Hello Wonderful Wolves! Happy Friday and Happy Holidays too! 😊
It’s been such a fun and busy term so far and I can’t believe it is the holidays already! I hope you all have a lovely relaxing break and just a reminder that Monday 26th of October is an In-service Day so I will see you back in class on Tuesday 27th of October.
This week we have been very busy!
  In literacy we have covered:
- Feelings Monsters – writing super sentences, using capital letters, full stops and finger spacesÂ
- Writing Challenge Star Step: use a connecting word to extend the sentence
- Sounding out/blending/spelling CVC words
- Recap of the oo and ew sounds
-  Example oo words – food, hook, book, cool
-  Example ew words – new, dew, chew, few
- Phonics Sound Sorting Boards
- Â Tricky Words (Block 1 – 8 PowerPoints are attached to this post, if you would like to practise at home)
- Â Letter Formation
- Word searches and Boggle (word building)
-  Reading Groups – in class
- Â Reading sent home
Reading:
- Â Reading groups
- Reading out loud to the teacher
- Reading with expression
- ‘Fastest Finger First’ for tricky words and punctuation
- Identifying the beginning, middle and end of a story
- Identifying the problem and solution in a story
- Predicating and recalling information
A reminder that reading groups have been set up and are based on in-class assessments – these groups are fluid. Please don’t be alarmed or worried if your child moves groups – changes are only made in order to support your child’s individual development and engagement
Here is a link the PowerPoints of our Block 1 -8Â tricky words:
In Numeracy we have covered:
- Â Numbers bonds to 10, 20 and 100
- Addition to 10, 20, 50 and beyond
- Addition with missing numbers (eg 3 + ? = 8)
- Identifying 2D shapes and their properties Identifying
- 3D shapes and their properties
- Shape sorting activitiesÂ
- Repeating patterns
- Chilli Challenge addition
P.E:
Our P.E days are a Monday and Wednesday.
This week for P.E we focused on:
- Fitness – exercise video in class
- Cosmic Yoga
- What skills we are developing during P.E
Morning Starters:
- Â Monday – Weekend Whiteboard
- Tuesday – Monster Pattern/Fine Motor Control Activity
- Wednesday -Maths Activity 2D shape
- Thursday – Literacy ActivityÂ
- Friday – Numeracy Activity – Addition
Learn Through Play Activities:
- Role Play – Home Corner
- 3D shape problem solving puzzles
- Block Play
- Construction
- Arts and Crafts table
- Â iPads (literacy and numeracy)
- 2D shape games
- Feelings MonstersÂ
I hope you have a lovely holiday everyone and I will see you back in class on Tuesday 27th October for another busy term filled with lots of fun learning!
Mrs Williamson x 😊
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