Fluency boxes

There are fluency boxes (for reading) in the hub now. These boxes contain a variety of books at different levels (marked on the box) and are available for you to take one or two home to read with your child.


Please return the books before taking a new one!


Along with the books, there are a range of different ways you can support or read with your child. Below are some prompts that can focus the way you read at home. You can choose what type of reading, or your child may be sent home with a card and a particular book so you know how you can support their reading with this text.


Ask a teacher if you're not sure which box to get the books from.

HOME READING

Purpose of this book:  Fluency and expression

This book should be easy to read.  I will try to:

• ·       Make my voice sound like talking
• ·       Read smoothly – not too fast, not too slow
• ·       Stop at the full stops
• ·       Read with expression – make my voice go up and down, loud and soft
• ·       Make it sound interesting

    Purpose of this book:  To practise using my reading strategies to work out new words This book should be instructional for me (at my reading level).   When I get stuck at a word I will:

• ·       Go back to the start of the sentence
• ·       Look in the picture for clues
• ·       Think of what will make sense and sound right
• ·       Stretch the sounds out across a word
• ·       Look for parts of the word I already know
• ·       Reread and check if it makes sense, and also check that it sounds right and looks right

    

     Purpose of this book:  Comprehension

      This book could be easy, instructional (at my reading level) or a book that an adult reads to me.  At the end of the book I will try to:

• ·       Retell the story
• ·       Answer some recall questions (who, what, when, where, why, how)
• ·       Answer some inferential questions (why, what if… how do we know… could…)
• ·       Talk about my own experiences that relate to the story

    Purpose of this book:  Increase knowledge about a topic

    This book is hard so I need an adult to read it to me.  Together we can:

• ·       Talk about what I already know about this topic
• ·       Discuss the pictures, labels and diagrams
• ·       Talk about the facts
• ·       Ask and answer questions about the topic
• ·       Talk about how it relates to my own experiences

How Storms Form

Natural Disasters Inquiry - Tsunami

Tena koutou katoa,


We have been learning some really exciting things through our tsunami inquiry. For example, tsunamis can be 10 metres high...that's the height of the staffroom with the library on top of it! We have come up with a number of 'wonderings' and have been researching using different media. We are currently looking at the question...How are tsunamis formed/created?


If you want to know the answer to this question (it will be on our site before the end of next week) or you just want to know what we have been up to, then check out the link below.


Tsunami Inquiry

Keeping Safe at Amesbury School

Children learnt about what practises need to be followed to keep safe at Amesbury School.  They wrote the script, took the photos and made the video.

Reading Bags

Kia Ora


If your child has a reading bag at home, encourage them to pack it in their bag and bring it to school everyday.  We can put our reading books and library books in it to bring them home safely.


Happy reading!

Koru Overnight Camping Experience

Mihimihi

Hello hello,
I seem to be the first to blog on here, which is nice!
I am planning on doing some arts and crafts activities and science experiments over the next couple of weeks which we need some house hold things for.
1 litre or larger drink bottles
egg cartons
card board boxes
card board tubes (toilet rolls,paper towels etc)

If you would be able to bring such things in to me that would be great, many thanks.

Michael