Learning focus this term:
Through our topic about Katie Morag we will be learning about:
- Scots dialect – we will be able to say some Scottish words, count in Scots and sing some Scottish songs.
- Where Scotland and Alloa are on a map
- Islands in Scotland
- The differences between mainland Scotland and island life
Core Skills learning focus:
- Working with others to complete tasks
- Being confident individuals when performing in front of others
- Recording our ideas in different ways
Literacy
- The children will be continuing to use our topic as a stimulus for writing activities.
- The children will be extending their knowledge of sounds and learning that there may be more than 1 way to make a sound e.g. ee and ea, ou and ow
- Spelling will correspond with the sounds they have learned that week.
- The children will continue to practise sentences beginning with a capital letter and ending in a full stop. As we develop writing skills we will continue to use V.C.O.P. learning how to use different connectives to extend sentences and continue to incorporate adjectives into our writing.
- When reading, we will continue to work on reading fluent with increased expression and accuracy.
Numeracy
- The children will be learning about numbers to 100 and will understand the terms tens and units.
- The children will be continually developing their skills in addition and subtraction.
- The children will begin to learn about money and use addition and subtraction skills to work out how much something costs and how much change would be given.
