This afternoon we continued our Growth Mindset Learning by watching a Charlie and Lola episode- Too Many Big Words. In this story Lola has just started school and is excited and happy to attend until new learning becomes tricky.  At this time she begins to avoid trying and decides she doesn’t want to go to school anymore. Lola demonstrates a Fixed Mindset and rather than confront the challenge she avoids it.  Charlie helps remind her that she has got better at things she previously found difficult.  He encourages her to adopt a Growth Mindset.  The children thought about areas of learning that they find trick.  We thought of Growth Mindset messages we can say to ourselves or our friends when learning becomes challenging.

Read our home link sheet to find out more about Fixed and Growth Mindset.

Homework tasks this week

Growth Mindset Homework-

Cut out the Fixed and Growth Mindset messages and mix them up. Take time to talk about them and decide whether they demonstrate a Fixed or a Growth Mindset.  We will go through this on Friday.  Try and provide some Growth Mindset encouragement when your child finds a task tricky.

Reading– core reader (reading book);

Spelling– spelling pattern ai– and common words (this, that, then, with- I have noticed that some children are mixing th and f sounds in independent writing)

 

Please encourage your child to:

Say the word   e.g. pain

Break it into the sounds e.g. p-ai-n(3 sounds)

Blend it- p..ai…n.(stretching out each sound)

Write it (whilst covering the word)

Check it (against the written format)

If possible tackle one column of spelling on 2 different nights. An active spelling grid is in the front cover of the literacy homework jotter. You should pick one to try on a third night.

There will be a spelling dictation on Friday this week.

Maths-There is no new maths task in recognition of the Growth Mindset homework task. However if you are looking for a maths task and if your feel your child would benefit please continue with the numbers to 20 activities.  If anyone is looking for extra challenge practice forward and backwards counting to 50 and beyond (this is particularly tricky over the decade e.g. count from 34- 28).  We will also be counting in 5’s this week.

 

Activities with numbers to 20.

Reading numbers (this could be extended to writing numbers without looking)

• Sequencing numbers– low to high and high to low using knowledge of forward and backward number word sequences to help (increase challenge level by starting at numbers other than forward from 1 and back from 20.
• Ordering numbers– from low to high and high to low- (the difference between ordering and sequencing is that there won’t be a pattern in ordering it is just placing in order 6/8 random cards)
• Find the number before/ after   1 less than/1 more than (it’s useful to become familiar with different number vocabulary) (make it more challenging by asking for 2/3 less than/more than- children will need to count on and back)
• Sorting numbers into odd and even. How do you know? (prove it through drawing? Partitioning? Other method?)
• Make an odd or even number sequence (e.g. 2,4,6,8…    1,3,5,7… )
• Partitioning teen numbers in to 10 and ___- e.g. 16 is 10 and 6

Thanks for your support with homework.

Ms Crawford