P2M Magic Monkeys 06.11.2020

Hello Magic Monkeys and Happy Friday!

In literacy we have covered:

• Single sounds of the alphabet
• Tricky words (block 1 – 5)
• Sounding out/blending/spelling words (CVC, CVCC, CCVC)
• oi – coin, boil, soil, oil, foil
• oy – toy, joy, boy, enjoy, annoy
• Dictation – oi/oy words
• Writing: ‘Fireworks’
• Writing Star Steps: use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops, using a connective word and writing 2 or more sentences
• Letter formation – cursive and non-cursive
• Reading Groups

Spelling

• We are doing a whole school focus on spelling – this week our sounds for spelling were oi and oy.
• The words we focused on are: coin, boil, oil, soil, toilet, toy, boy, joy, annoy, Troy
• A Spelling Wall has been added to the Buckstone website – this can be found under Home Learning and then on the level page
• Please use this to support you at home if you wish to do a little extra
• Thanks for all your help and support!

In Maths/Numeracy we have covered:

• Addition to 30 and beyond
• Number bonds to 10
• Number bonds to 20
• Chilli Challenge addition – today we marked our own jotters!
• Time – o’clock, half past, quarter past, quarter to times
• Analogue and digital clocks
• Digital clocks – 12 hour
• Days of the week
• We also explored ‘yesterday’ and ‘tomorrow’ concepts
• Number formation

Reading

We are enjoying the class novel – we are already on Chapter 4!

• Reading groups
• Predicting the story
• Recalling the story
• Reading out loud
• Silent reading – BEAR Time
• Independent reading with Miss McGhee

P.E:

• Fitness – exercise video in class
• Theory – writing about the skills we develop in P.E
• Joe Wicks fitness
• Yoga

Morning Starters:

• Monday – weekend whiteboard
• Tuesday – word building  
• Wednesday – Tricky Words
• Thursday – drawing
• Friday – dance and movement  

Learn Through Play Activities:

• Marble Run
• Block Play
• Lego/construction
• Magnetic building blocks
• Role Play – the new “shop” is a big hit this week!
• Arts and Crafts table
• iPads (literacy and numeracy)
• smartboard games
• Train tracks   

What I would like to learn next…..

“about volcanoes” – Eliza

“about the sea” – Max

“about the Titanic” – Carl

“I would like to learn about the jungle” – Zoe

“I would like to learn about nature” – Ella

“I would like to learn about people in the past” – Eesha

“I want to learn about cars” – Lewis

“Higher numbers in Maths” – Louise

“I would learn about the war” – Scarlett

“I would like to learn about timetables” – Megan

Outdoor Learning

• This week we used objects from nature to make addition calculations
• We worked in groups to develop teamwork and communication skills as well as practise numeracy skills

Extra Information 

• I have added tricky word PowerPoints (blocks 1-5). If you could practise these at home it would support our learning in class – thank you.
• Practise reading and writing them

• This week we enjoyed painting Poppies on stones for Remembrance Day – these will be delivered to the church on Friday

• We also independently designed a Christmas card this week, children where encouraged to do what they thought showed a Christmas theme  
• We have some unclaimed/unlabelled uniform (and one welly boot!?) in the classroom – please let me know if you are looking for any items.  

Enjoy the weekend, have fun and stay safe,

Miss McGhee.