We had a busy morning today learning about commas and using them to separate a list. We also practised spelling words with our ‘ea’ sound by using different apps on the iPads.
Grammar and Phonics
Autumn Is Here
P3c. 1 and P3c.2 had a great time working together yesterday exploring the outdoors. We searched for different shapes and colours of leaves to create some animal portraits. We had to use our creativity to try and piece them together. We think they look great, can you work out what we designed?
In the afternoon, we extended our learning by creating some amazing autumn poems using similes. We worked together in our classes to come up with some fantastic similes about autumn leaves and then in pairs we wrote our own simile poem. We are really proud of all our hard work!
Spelling Words Being Taught in Class This Week
Click the links if you would like to see the Spelling words we will be working on in class this week.
Want To Practise Handwriting At Home?
Some of our parents have asked if we could help them find resources that would allow their children to practise forming letters correctly at home. This is a great idea because forming letters the right way help children write clearly and fluently. It also helps them get ready for joined-up writing which will be coming along very soon!
Jolly Phonics Letter Sounds is one app that allows children to form letters using a finger on a phone or a tablet. Apparently it is available for Apple or Android devices and costs about £5.  Let us know if you are aware of any other good handwriting apps and we’ll share your ideas on the blog.
We have also made handwriting paper which you can print out if you want your child to practise making letters exactly the right size and positioning them in exactly the right place! Click on the link below to download it.
Click here for handwriting paper.
Hope that helps!
Spelling City Website
Today we were playing some games on the Spelling City website to practise our spelling and some of the children asked if we could find a way for them to play the games at home too.
Below is a link that takes you to the wordlists for our most recent spelling patterns. We’ll keep updating them as we learn more!
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/kirkhill2c
