Letter Sounds
This week our sounds are y and x. Letter sound y homework should be completed for Wednesday and letter sound x homework should be completed by Friday.
Common Words
Please keep revising word walls 1-3 at home. Words for this week are our and out. Please complete the common word homework for Thursday. You may need to help your child to write the number after counting the words together. They should also try to write the words.
Reading
The children will get 2 new books this week on Monday and Thursday. We will move onto the Oxford Reading Tree Fireflies set of books on Thursday.
Word Pots
Words will be added to match the books.
big and up will be added for My Dad
am, going and me will be added for Going Up and Down
went will be added for Breakfast
dog and my will be added for My Dog Needs A Bone
put will be added for Making Muffins
yes and no will be added for Is This Too Much?
Maths
This week we will be doing some information handling. The children will be sorting things into sets and working on simple bar graphs and pictograms.
As part of our Big Maths we do CLIC sessions in the class which now in Primary 1 involve C – counting L – learn its I – it’s nothing new and C – calculations.
Counting – CORE numbers – order numbers to 10 or 20
Learn its – 1 + 1 = 2, 2 + 2 = 4, 3 + 3 = 6, 4 + 4 = 8, 5 + 5 = 10
It’s Nothing New – doubling 1 digit numbers
Calculations – division sharing out objects fairly
Topic
Our topic for the rest of the term will be a creative topic linked to the story of The Rainbow Fish. We will be doing lots of art and craft activities, listening to Rainbow Fish stories and creating some of our own.