Good morning, we hope you all had a relaxing weekend. The clocks went back an hour so you all got an extra hour in bed! This week will be fun and exciting as Halloween is approaching and remember you can come to school on Friday dressed up or in your own casual clothes. Buckets will be in the playground here you can hand in a £1 donation. Please find below homework tasks for this week.
Spelling Homework
This week we have introduced spelling groups. Each week we will learn different spelling rules and practice our spelling words at home as well as in class. At the end of the week on a Friday, we might sometimes do an informal spelling test with our homework words. We will be using the ‘Look, say, cover, write and check’ method. Please find more information on this below. There are also other spelling strategies which can also be used to help improve spelling and these can be found below too.
Group 1 Group 2
‘sh’ _at word family
- shop cat
- shut hat
- shed bat
- fish sat
- I mat
- the
Find your group spelling words and write them in your homework jotter on the left hand side.
Look at the first word and say it. Cover it and the try and write it. Check to see if you spelled shop correctly. Repeat again. Now try it with all the other words.
Over the next few nights, why not try some of these spelling strategies to help you spell your words:
Click here to play Spooky Spelling! http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html
Reading
In class we have been learning to use different reading strategies to improve our reading. Please find this useful poster to go over with your child. Ask your child to explain what each strategy means. See is you can use these strategies when reading at home.
Tricky Word Practice
Last week, we read Snail and the Whale. Listen to the story again and on a piece of paper draw a story map of the key events in the story.
Maths and Numeracy
Addition Train Game! Click here to play. Choose from one of the levels circled below in the image:
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html
Spooky Handprints!
If you are bored in the house, why not make some spooky handprint decorations. Click on the link to find out more!
