Language

Phonemes

We have been learning the phonemes wh and ng.

Homework ideas

• It is nearly Halloween during this fortnight, so why not use these phonemes to help you write a descriptive poem or piece of writing. When, where and what as questions in a spooky story – “Where  are you?” said the witch.  Bang Bang rattled the door.
• These are fun websites to practise the phonemes and use the words correctly in sentences.http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html (for ng words and revision)

Onset and rime

• We have been practising – “am” words e.g. ram, Sam, jam etc and making up silly “am” stories. Next week it will be “it” words, so you make up a silly story to share with us. How about using – hit, fit, lit, sit, etc?
• http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/wh/play.html
• http://www.ictgames.com/chuteShuffle/index.html (for ng words)

Reading

• A new reading book will be given each Friday. The days for reading are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, so please make sure that pupils have their reading books in their bags each day.
• Can you find any words with our phonemes in them?
• What is happening at the beginning, middle and end of the story? Tell someone the most important things that happen.

Number

We have been practising our number bonds to 10 (10 + 0 = 10, 5 + 5 = 10 etc) and will be extending our additions up to 20, this will include adding doubles (e.g. 2 + 2 ). We will use different materials- cubes, number lines, etc and will be using ten frames to help visualise the numbers.

• Totals- Give your child a total within 20 e.g. 6, 9, 17(that is appropriate to their confidence with number). Ask them to draw pictures to show ways of combining groups of objects to make that total.

• Doubles -Explore the pattern when adding doubles 0+0, 1+1, 2+2 etc. This links well to –
• Investigating – dice/domino patterns. Show a number and ask the child to describe the pattern. This can help children learn to combine and partition numbers in the range 1-10 without counting by ones. Play dominoes and roll dice to practise adding skills.

These are fun games to help you practice:

http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum.html

 

HWB/Interdisciplinary Learning

Think about the rules for keeping safe at Halloween and Bonfire Night.

• Draw a poster in your Thinking jotter which shows which rules are important for keeping safe at these times.
• Rules are important in lots of places – how many can you think of? Make a note of them in your jotter.

http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids

This is a comprehensive site which covers lots of information about rights, responsibilities, rules and discipline.