One of the new additions to school life that the girls are adjusting to is more homework. As explained in the note that went home, the general homework tasks will include 2 spellings, one or two spelling exercises, some reading, 10 Mental Maths questions and some number facts/ tables, these are being gradually introduced. When learning to spell new words the girls should use the approach Look, Say, Trace, Cover, Write, Check. This strategy should be repeated as many times as necessary until your daughter is familiar with the word. From time to time you might like to take another look at words that your daughter previously found tricky. When doing Mental Maths homework the objective is to develop maths skills so its okay to help your daughter by reading the questions so that she can focus on the maths concepts rather than getting frustrated with her reading ability. Obviously if she is comfortable reading the questions herself then it would be great to encourage this.
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