Homework

Homework at this young age is used to encourage children to practice what they have learnt at school. 

It can be a lovely time spent with your young one, the goal is not for the homework to be a horrible job that both parents and children resent but a time when families can share the joy of learning.

Some nights your child will bring home a worksheet in the back of their early words book. These are the high frequency words that make up the majority of words in a book. Your child would have read the worksheet with me in class and practiced learning the word before they take it home. For homework they are to read the worksheets or fill out the worksheets with the learnt word. Please remember to go back over the previously learnt words.  

Other nights your child will bring home a book that they read at group reading time. Your child can read the book to you or other members of the family (brothers, sisters, aunties, uncles etc.) once your child has read the book you are to record the date, the name of the book and write a lovely encouraging comment to your little one about how they read into their reading notebook (e.g. I love how hard you tried to sound out tricky words, I enjoy listening to your reading, you really are a clever reader etc.) I then read the lovely comment back to the child at reading time the next day.  

Please remember to return all books and the notebook into the reading folder and make sure it is sent back to school everyday for a new book!!

On Fridays your child will bring home their poetry book; this is a collection of all their wonderful poems they have learnt throughout the year. Each week they add a new poem. 

Your child will also bring home their phonics homework. They are to read the letter and share the sound with you; you might also like to read the words to your child. They can practice writing the letter also. If they have time they can colour in their picture. Remember to go back and look at other ones they have learnt. Phonics is important when learning to read and write. The more time you spend on revising phonics learnt the faster your wee one will be writing or reading. 

These two homework activities are meant to be stress free and won't take a lot of your time.

If you have any questions or problems, please don't hesitate to make contact.