Group reading books and sounds

Hello everyone,

Today the first 2 groups of children had a group reading session with an adult where they were given their own book. The books have been placed in a plastic wallet with a yellow band at the top. We would kindly ask that only group reading books live in this wallet. Some of the books given out this week contain pictures in order to get children talking about books and creating their own story to an extent. Other children will have a book that contains sounds - hopefully children will be able to tell you what they are! There are also some books that contain full words - I would like to reiterate that I believe your child should be able to read this story to you instead of the other way around - your voice finally gets a rest! If you have any queries regarding your child's book please come and speak to one of us. Not all groups will have a book yet but they will by Thursday. 

We are pressing on with our phonics lessons and today we covered our first digraph (a sound with 2 letters in it - ck). The other sounds we are covering this week are.

'e' - as in egg - Pretend to tap an egg on the side of a bowl and crack it into

the bowl, saying eh, eh, eh.

'u' - as in umbrella - Pretend to be putting up an umbrella and say u, u, u

'r' - as in rug - Pretend to be a lion roaring, hold out your hands and say rrrrrr.

The reason we are covering slightly fewer sounds this week is because we had a surprise  visit from the local Echo to take the receptions class picture. This should be appearing in the next few weeks and we will let you know when this is the case. 

Reception team.