Hello Wonderful Wolves and Happy Friday! 😊
In literacy we have covered:
- Writing – ‘Bonfire Night Safety’
- Writing Star Steps; use capital letters, finder spaces and full stops, using a connective word, neat handwriting and writing 2 or more sentences
- Sounding out/blending/spelling CVC words
- oy and oi diagraph
- Example oi words – join, boil, coin, foil
- Example oy words – boy, toy, annoy, enjoy
- Reading sentences and drawing pictures to match
- Tricky Words (Block 1 – 8 PowerPoints are attached to this post, if you would like to practise at home)
- Letter Formation/Hand Writing- cursive and non-cursive
- Word searches and Boggle (word building)
- Reading Groups – in class
- Reading sent home
Reading:
We have started a class novel – George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahls
- Reading groups
- Reading out loud
- Reading with expression
- ‘Fastest Finger First’ for tricky words and punctuation
- Predicating the story
- Recalling the story
Here is a link the PowerPoints of our Block 1 -8 tricky words:
In Numeracy we have covered:
- Subtraction within 30
- Using a 100 square to find 1 more/1 less
- Identifying numbers up to 100 and reading numbers up to 1000
- Mad Maths Minute – Addition Sums
- Chilli Challenge subtraction
P.E:
Our P.E days are a Monday and Wednesday.
This week for P.E we focused on:
- Dance, fitness and co-ordination
- Discussion around skills we are developing
Morning Starters:
- Monday – Weekend Whiteboard
- Tuesday – Maths Activity
- Wednesday -Literacy Activity
- Thursday –Fine Motor Control Activity
- Friday – Numeracy Activity
Learn Through Play Activities:
- Role Play – Home Corner
- Fine motor control activities
- Block Play
- Loose Parts
- Games and Puzzles
- Construction
- Arts and Crafts table
- Smartboard Games
- iPads (literacy and numeracy)
Outdoor Learning
We collected leaves, looked at and compared their colour, size, shape and features. We then created lovely and detailed lined drawings of them.
Other
This week the children also independently designed Christmas cards. They were encouraged to express and create pictures of what they thought was a Christmas scene.
I hope you have a lovely weekend and I will see you all on Monday.
Mrs Williamson x 😊
Buckstone Primary School 