This afternoon we continued our Growth Mindset Learning by reading the story of The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. Vashti is a young girl who does not believe she can draw. One day, her teacher tells her to just make a mark and see where it takes her. She grabbed a marker and made a dot, and signed it. The next day when she saw it hanging in a frame, she told herself she could make a better dot than that! Vashti experimented and painted until she made dozens of dots in all different sizes and colors. At the end of the story, she helps encourage another girl to believe that she too can do anything she puts her mind to.

We thought about our special talents and attributes and those of our friends. We are all different and have different special talents but what is important to remember is that we can all get better at anything.  We may need to plan to use good strategies, ask for some help to begin with and keep practising but we can get better.

 

Homework tasks this week

Growth Mindset Homework-

Ask someone at home to help you think of something you can’t do yet or that you want to get better at.  This can be something in school or at home and will be your target.

-What kind of things will you need to do to get better?

-How will you know that you have achieved your target?

-Who could help you meet your goal?

-What Growth Mindset messages might you tell yourself in order to keep learning?

Please complete the target speech bubble with a grown-up. We will share our targets on Friday and you will review this at the end of the Growth Mindset lesson block.

 

Reading– core reader (reading book);

 

Spelling– spelling pattern oy 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. boy

Break it into the sounds e.g. b-oy (2 sounds)

Blend it- b..oy.(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. If you wish, please practise alternate counting (e.g. you say 26, child says 27, you say 28, child says 29) both forwards and backwards from different starting numbers (this is useful for counting on/counting back strategy for addition/subtraction).   It is easier to count forwards than backwards- so children will benefit from additional backwards counting practice.  It may be easier to separate forwards and backwards counting between days if your child gets confused by switching between them.  It can be tricky when we ‘cross the decade’ (the 10) particularly backwards (e.g. 21,  20,   19).  Work within 30 but if that is easy you may wish to try within 50.

Thanks for your support with homework.

Ms Crawford