Learning to Read and Spell!

Hi Families!

Guess what?! We are learning how to read and spell! So far, we have learned the letter names and sounds for the letters t, b, f, n, m, i, u, c, o, a, and g. Because we know the sounds that these letters make, we can use what we know to read small phonetic words like "tag" and also spell words like "bit." We are also learning how to track text from left to right and top to bottom on a page. We know that when the words on one page end, we need to go to the next page. We are also using picture clues and beginning sounds to help us figure out what words say.
When we write, we have been labeling our stories with words. To write the words, we tap out the sounds we hear with our fingers. When we write "apple" we may spell it like "apl" because those are the sounds we hear. That is perfectly excellent for a kindergartener! We are really proud that we can label things in our stories with beginning sounds and the other sounds we hear in a word. Please cheer us on when we practice reading and writing small phonetic words!

Love,
Mrs. Dupuis's K Team