I can’t believe we are at the end of another week. The class have worked so hard this week completing lots of tricky tasks like learning the months of the year, addition sums and learning about planting potatoes.

We had some special helpers join us in the Learning Zone this morning – the Primary 7’s helped us go onto Sum Dog & helped us to create some models. It was hard to tell who had the most fun!!

In gym today we were practicing our balancing skills.

I hope you all have a brilliant holiday & I look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday 14th!

Literacy

• Reading book:  when reading your reading book each night                                               try and find the uppercase letters (capital                                                     letters). Can you remember the name of the                                               capital letter? What sound does it make?

• Common words:  this weeks words are     no  has   look   play                                                     complete one page of the homework booklet

• Word Sheet – continue to practice a row of words each night.  We have some super champions in our class who are doing really well with their common words.
• Sound cards:    with your sound cards can you make/spell the                                             words  below

• Spelling game: follow the link below to play the spelling game.                                       Click on the first or second birdhouse for the                                             spelling words. 

                             http://www.ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

Maths

We have been learning about numbers from 0-20. Which number:

• comes after 13?
• is before 16?
• is one more than 12?
• is one less than 13?

Can you count to 20 and then back again?

We have been adding on by putting the big number in our pocket and adding on the small number with our fingers. Try these at home:

• 3 + 7 = 
• 4 + 4  = 
• 2 + 6 =
• 5 + 4 = 

• 10 + 5 =

Play this game at home:

Click on ‘number bonds‘  and then ‘addition within 10‘.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Nursery Rhyme of the Week

What a busy week. We have been working so hard!

I apologise it’s taken me so long to thank you all for coming to the Parent Open Morning last Friday – it was lovely to see so many of you there!

Today we had a look inside our special box from Summerlee to find out all about when Gran was a Girl. We loved trying on all of the clothes, using the camera & feeling how heavy the roller skates were. We even danced along to some of Grannie’s favourite tunes – Shang a Lang by The Bay City Rollers & Daddy Cool by Boney M!

Thank you to the super effort being put in with homework – the children are becoming really confident with their common words as a direct result of the time being spent going over them at home.

Literacy

We are continuing to learn about Upper-case letters (capital letters). Please  play this game again at home this week for extra practice:

http://www.abcya.com/uppercase_lowercase_letter_matching.htm

• Please take the time to read your child’s reading book as often as you can.                                                                                          Can you spot the upper-case letters in your reading book? What are their names and what sound do they make?

• This weeks words are: one new out now                              Please continue to revise all words on the Common Words sheet.  Concentrate on the words your child still finds tricky.

• Complete one page of the homework booklet.

• With your sound cards can you make the words:

  fat	red
  rent	gran
  lamp	nest

• Extra challenge:                                                                                           Can you make up a long sentence with your words and sound cards? e.g. She got in the car with the cat.

Maths

We have been learning how to add numbers within the Story of 7.  Try these at home:

• 3 + 4 =

• 2 + 5 =

• 4 + 3 =

• 5 + 2 =

• 6 + 1 =

Play this game at home to practice your number bonds to 5 or log into your Sumdog account at home:

• http://www.snappymaths.com/addition/addw5/interactive/addw5totc.htm

• https://www.sumdog.com/

Nursery Rhyme of the week

Literacy

We are learning about Upper-case letters (capital letters). Please  play this game at home to practice:

http://www.abcya.com/uppercase_lowercase_letter_matching.htm

This weeks words are:  first little had see

• Some children are still working on the first set of words.  Please practice a row of words each night until your child can read them confidently.
• Complete 1 page of the homework booklet.
• If possible, read your child’s reading book every night. Encourage your child to point to each word as they read it and sound out words they are unsure of.  Look at the pictures for clues and talk about the punctuation.

• With your sound cards can you make the words:

  jam	run
  vet	nip
  wet	ten

• Extra challenge:                                                                                           Can you make up a sentence with your words and sound cards? e.g. I went in the car.

Maths

• Play this game at home to practice your number bonds to 5

• http://www.snappymaths.com/addition/addw5/interactive/addw5totc.htm

Nursery Rhyme of the week

Primary 1 have been busy bees this week – working very hard on all of our tasks. We loved our new book Wee Granny’s Magic Bag & have been sharing why our grannies and grandpas are so special to us.

Our reading this week has been fantastic – so please remember to bring reading books every day! We are really improving with fluency and by practising our common words we are becoming more confident.

We enjoyed the Learning Zone with Mr Green this morning. Some of us built new cars to drive & take to the garage.

Later we loved a run around in the gym playing Planes & Helicopters & then Follow the Leader. We played one of our favourite games ‘Corners’ to finish off. Our cheeks were rosy after all that exercise!

Have a great weekend!

We’ve had a really good day – working so hard.  We talked about Rex the Retriever and how he can find information. We found information in our book The Magic Porridge Pot and wrote about the beginning and the end of the story.

Words and Sounds

This weeks words are:  much   of    with   so

There is no homework sheet this week or reading book – please spend the time revising all words to date.

Try and make up some words with your sound cards e.g:

• man

• bus

• pig

• ten

• fan

How many can you make?

Maths

We have been learning to add on. Can you challenge the children to these sums? Using objects to count at home will really help them.

• 3 + 2 =

• 2 + 2 =

• 9 + 2 =

• 7 + 2 =

Thank you for all your support with homework this term. It really makes the difference. :).

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and every happiness for 2019. 

Mrs Rutherford and Mrs Thomson