Dictation Dictation words this week are broom crab brush crow brick crib brain crash Before you start recap the sounds from this week: br and cr (you can re watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for both sounds) Or search on YouTube for “br songs” or “cr songs” Say the word out loud and give your child time to sound it out and write it down Letter formation is not the focus during this activity Please encourage your child to write what they think – mistakes are completely fine. Please allow your child to work independently – its tempting to help them but independent spelling will show you where your child is Once they have finished all 8 words then you can go over it together and look at spelling/letter formation Challenge: ‘Hold the Sentence’ You say a sentence and your child tries to remember the sentence and write it independently. “I have a broom the sweep the floor.” “The baby is sleeping in the crib.” Say the sentence and get your child to repeat – do this a few times before they start writing Say it in different ways – whisper, robot voice, squeaky voice. This helps your child to remember the sentence Give you child lots of thinking and writing time Repeat the sentence of needed