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         During P1, P2 and P3, students will read 18 big       many words they can remember. It is my goal to
         books in my English class. The books contain          repeat the same words many times in different
         over 100 high frequency words which will enable       ways so that all students will finish P3 with a
         students to read over 70% of primary level texts.     good vocabulary to help them with their further
                                                               studies.
         As it is difficult to remember a word if it is only
         heard once, we try to repeat the same words           The Christmas holidays are a great opportunity
         several times. After reading the high frequency       for children to pick up a book and use their new
         words from the story, students learn the words        knowledge. It is important that children choose
         individually and try to make other sentences          books that are not so easy that they find them
         using those words. Students can see the words         boring or so difficult that they struggle. I would
         from the story books posted on the walls of           recommend that parents go to the library to
         English Wonderland in our school and can use          choose books with their children.
         them to complete worksheets. Students then
         take home reading books and self-directed             Enjoy reading and have a great Christmas!
         learning books which encourage students to use
         the same words. Students are asked to complete        Philip Stride
         a writing activity using those words. Finally, each   NET
         child is given a quick informal test to see how       CRGPS


                   Below are photographs from one recent P2 lesson.











                                                                                  Can you guess which high
                                                                                  frequency word was used
                                                                                  during  this  lesson  in  the

                                                                                  song, sentences, big book,
                                                                                  game, Self-directed Learning
                                                                                 Book and Small Book?       Answer: run / running
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