Like last week's post highlighting our numeracy-focused task boxes, students also have the opportunity to explore literacy-focused task boxes each day. Below are some examples of our literacy task boxes for November.
For this task box, students are required to match uppercase letters in order to complete a simple bear puzzle. Oral language skills are practiced and reinforced with letter and sound recognition and discussion of colour.
This task box requires students to use their receptive language skills. An adult will read the descriptor card and students must match the visual picture. Oral language skills are also reinforced as students name the animal card.
This task box can be scaffolded depending on individual student skill. For some students, they use their visual discrimination skills in order to match the colour of the animal to the corresponding colour on the mat. Other students are tasked with using their receptive language skills as an adult will request a certain animal and students must match based on that oral request.
This activity introduces early reading skills as students practice reading the sentence on each card. Numeracy skills are woven into the task as students must use one-to-one correspondence in order to complete each card.
Students must use visual discrimination skills in order to find the shapes to complete each picture. Numeracy skills are woven into this task as some students are asked to count each distinct shape and print the corresponding written numeral.
For this task box, students must use their visual discrimination skills in order to sort bears. Adults practice oral language skills by asking students to identify the colour of each category and the size of each bear. Counting skills are also woven into this task as students are asked to count how many bears are in each colour category.
Reminders:
Tuesday November 12th: Swimming
Tuesday November 19th: Swimming
Tuesday November 26th: Swimming
Tuesday December 3rd: Swimming (This will be our last swimming session).
