{"id":10643,"date":"2021-04-01T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T02:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=85b71ffe8883ccaed787d5e1582fd4a2"},"modified":"2021-04-01T14:17:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T02:17:03","slug":"kahikatea-newsletter-term-1-week-9-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/kahikatea\/kahikatea-newsletter-term-1-week-9-2021\/10643","title":{"rendered":"Kahikatea Newsletter Term 1 Week 9 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Literacy in Kahikatea<\/u><\/b><\/h3>

It was awesome to see so many families at our structured literacy information sessions with Caroline Morritt (Resource Teacher for Literacy). If you were unable to attend, we hope to have a recording of the session available soon. Caroline reinforced the importance of comprehension, during these parent meetings, with reference to  'Scarborough\u2019s Rope'<\/p>

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Reading with your child<\/h3>

This is always a great opportunity to focus on comprehension skills. Here are some great ideas from www.speechpathways.ca\/2018\/01\/12\/reading-with-your-child\/<\/a><\/p>

\u201cUse a variety of words to talk about the pictures<\/u><\/div>

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This means stay away from nouns (naming objects) and talk about words that describe (rough), action words (jump), locations (under) and words about time (later)<\/div>

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Highlight important words<\/u><\/div>

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Stress the important words or new vocabulary by changing your voice (make your pitch go up or down, change the rate of your speech by talking faster or slower)<\/div>

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Build on your child\u2019s understanding<\/u><\/div>

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A great way to help your child understand is to relate it to a similar experience in his or her life. This will help them build a better connection between the book and something that has happened to him or her in the past.<\/div>

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Think outside the book<\/u><\/div>

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Encourage your child to think beyond the pages of the book to expand his or her thinking. You can help your child predict what might happen next, compare and contrast an object from the story to real life, make an inference and draw a conclusion, identify a problem and solution and sequence the events of the story by retelling what happened. These discussions will help your child to think, solve problems and imagine.\u201d<\/div>

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Team Hui <\/u><\/h3>
Each week, we have a team hui. It is a special time, where we come together, connect and celebrate. As part of our hui, we say our karakia and waiata. We have noticed a number of our learners confidently reciting these off by heart, ka pai! We have attached these below, in case your child would like to practice at home.<\/div>

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