Hello Magic Monkeys and Happy Friday!
Sorry for the delay – technical issues this afternoon!
- Single sounds of the alphabet
- Tricky words (block 1 – 5)
- Digraph revision
- Sounding out/blending/spelling words (CVC, CVCC, CCVC)
- au – sauce, pause, Paul, haul, August, Autumn
- aw – jaw, law, paw, saw, claw, pawn, prawn
- Dictation – au/aw words
- Writing: “Favourite Day of the Week”
- 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
- Introduction to blocks 6-8 of Tricky Words
Spelling
- The words we focussed on are highlighted in ‘Literacy we have covered’
- 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 Numeracy we have covered:
- Addition to 30 and beyond
- Number bonds to 10
- Number bonds to 20
- Chilli Challenge addition – we mark our own jotters!
- Timed Addition calculations – this focusses on speed, accuracy and correct number formation
- Time –days of the week
- Time – yesterday and tomorrow
- Number formation
Reading
- Reading groups
- Predicting the story
- Recalling the story
- Reading out loud
- Silent reading
- Independent reading
- Reading with Miss McGhee/Miss Collyns
- We finished ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark’ this week and completed individual book reviews
Health and Wellbeing
- This week we focused on ‘Our Rights’
- We enjoyed an assembly provided by the NSPCC
- We discussed different emotions and feelings
- We discussed that having different emotions and feelings is ok
- We decided to make a ‘Worry Wall’ in class – on this wall we can stick a post-it with our name on it if we are feeling worried then Miss McGhee will check in with us
P.E:
- Fitness – exercise video in class
- Cosmic Kids Yoga
Morning Starters:
- Monday – Weekend whiteboard
- Tuesday – Cursive letters
- Wednesday – Tricky Words
- Thursday – Word building
- Friday – Tricky words
Learn Through Play Activities:
- Marble Run
- Block Play
- Lego/construction
- Magnetic building blocks
- Role Play
- Arts and Crafts table – card writing/making
- Smartboard games
- Train tracks
- Independent writing table with ‘Story Spoons’
Outdoor Learning
- Last week we worked in teams and used objects from nature to make addition calculations
- We took photos and put them in our ‘Outdoor Learning Journals’
- This week we wrote about the learning – using the photo to help
Extra Information
- We have some unclaimed/unlabelled uniform in the classroom – please let me know if you are looking for any items.
- Next week we are having a revision/assessment week
- Your child may come home with targeted learning to help support them
Enjoy the weekend, have fun and stay safe,
Miss McGhee.
Buckstone Primary School 