Read Write Inc
This week the children have looked at the trigraph air – ‘That’s not fair’ and the digraph ir – ‘whirl and twirl’
air ir
Some children have started to read Green, Read Write inc books. These books reinforce the sounds and words that we have covered so far, the children also use them as a basis for their sentence writing. The children on Green books will bring home a copy of the book to share and practise reading at home. I will change the book on a weekly basis.
Some children have read short ditties also based on sounds and words they have covered so far, each ditty will be added into the plastic wallet that is in your child’s book bag, so they can share and practise it at home.
All children have completed word time activities, where they have to build up words using the sounds taught.
Reading and Writing
The children have written shopping lists and recipes to help Mr Wolf make his pancakes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kBV1sqq5DM
Lots of children have chosen to write their own stories in their busy books, it is so wonderful to see the children choosing write during child initiated time.
Maths
We started the week by watching – https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6lpx0s
This week the children have concentrated on finding number facts related to the number 9. They looked at how 8 add 1 more equals 0 and 8 is one less than 9. The children then explored the parts of 9 practically and used the sentence – 9 is the whole, 8 is a part and 1 is a part, 8 add 1 equals 9 etc.
The children found the addition and subtraction facts for 9 with the help of counting Caterpillar. Sometimes Counting Caterpillar makes mistakes by having the wrong amounts and the children in class 1 are very good at explaining what he needs to do and why his maths sentence is wrong.
