We celebrated the life and work of Robert Burns , looking at Burns Cottage and discussing his life. We watched a modern day version of “Tam O’Shanter.”
We had our own ” Burns Supper”, starting with “The Selkirk Grace” and then we ate oatcakes and cheese and shortbread and we drank ” Ribena”. At the end we sang ” Auld Lang Syne”.
We learn so much in 1.4. We learn a lot through play, but we also learn by working with our teachers. We are learning to put our phonics to good use and can now read and write. We are starting to extend our writing by writing more than one sentence. We are trying so hard.
“What could we add to our room?” We asked the children.
“A rocket !” Replied the vast majority. What can we say? It was a challenge!
We made our first space station and it was a great success, with
lots of “astronauts” visiting and recording things in the log book.
Then, a new piece of furniture arrived. ” Let’s add it to the space station! ” we thought. A great success was born. It has lead us in many different directions. We now have space discussions and can tell you all about the moon and gravity. Amazing!
Our wonderful P6 teacher, Mr Tyler, came to read some space books to us today. He loves all things science , but especially space. We got to ask him quesrtions too, such as ” What is the Moon made of?” and ” How can I be an astronaut? ” He is so clever, that he knew all of our answers!
He read us two stories – ” The Way Back Home” by Oliver Jeffers and “On The Moon” by Anna Melbourne and Benjit Davies. They were really good.
Our Mystery Reader was a real surprise to one person in the class! Lily’s Mum came in to read to us today and Lily didn’t know a thing! Lily was amazed! Her mum read us two wonderful books- ” Nora… the girl who ate and ate” by Andrew Neale and Ben Corr and “Spinderella” by Julia Donaldson and Sébastien Braun. They were great stories . Thank you, Mrs Nixon, for coming in today.
We were so lucky to have a special Christmas Mystery Reader in 1.4 today. He wore a special red suit and took time out from his busy schedule. He read us ” Careful, Santa” by Julie Sykes and Tim Warnes and “Aliens Love Panta Claus” by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort. Thank you, Santa!
Our Mystery Reader last week was Mrs Monie, who is a fantastic PSA in our school in P2. She read us “Monkey Puzzle” by Julia Donaldson. It was a brilliant book.
One of the lovely librarians from Clarkston Library visited us. She brought Book Bug bags with her full of goodies and read some of the books. The bags are great, with books, a whiteboard and pen , posters and information. The more we read books, the better thinkers, readers and writers we become.
When we go in to class in the morning, we order our lunch, choose a book from the book baskets and sit and read. It is called ERIC time. ( Everyone Reading In Class) It is important to know that we can read books other than our reading books. These books have been specially selected for us and include words we know. It is lovely to hear the children reading and seeing them pointing to words.
So…. what are these tricky words and word lists and what do we do with them? The answer is simple: read them! Choose a few a night. We don’t expect the children to learn them all every night. 🙀
Choose any of the word lists for your child to read. They will sound out the word, using their phonics and blend the sounds together, then watch as their little faces light up as say the word! As they get better, they will be able to look at the words and say them, without sounding them out, but this a work in progress and it all takes time. A lot of patience is required in Primary 1. Remember not to read a list from top to bottom, as the children are clever and will soon memorise it!
The tricky words are words that the children cannot sound out. They are, indeed, tricky words. ( The clue is in the title) You may want to cut the cards up and turn the cards over one at a time, or you might want to “lucky dip”and choose random words on the sheet. ( probably best to choose just a few words) Again, it is a work in progress. We reinforce all of these words in class every day. Quite often a child will pipe up “that is a tricky word!”as we read a story. Bingo!
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