Happy Monday! 🙂

Listed below is the reading, spelling and maths focus for each group.

Reading

Strawberries – A World of Sport (Mon)  (Just one book this week as I’m going to assess the children before we move to the next level)

Lemons – Where is Curly?

Pineapples – A Hot Surprise (Mon) Fizzkid Liz (Wed)

Grapes – Josie’s New Coat

Read over the text to develop confidence and fluency with decoding and tracking words.

Spelling

Red Team
‘au’ phoneme – Paul, sauce, Laura, because, applaud, August
Common Words – fall, week, keep, when

Purple Team
‘ue’ phoneme – blue, true, glue, Sue, clue
Common Words – best, number, other

Yellow Team
‘sh’ phoneme – shop, shut, fish, hush, ship, flash, brush
Common Words – she, come, from

Your child has been provided with a spelling activities sheet. Each night, they should complete a spelling activity. This can be a combination of written and active tasks throughout the week, to ensure your child has a firm grasp of the weekly phoneme words and common words.

A spelling test and dictation will be done at the end of the week in class to ensure the children are secure before they progress

Maths
Week 3 of Maths booklet

The children have been given a new subtraction mental maths booklet to encourage fast recall of subtraction number facts.

This can be worked on in the upcoming weeks, one page per week. (As the booklet is copied back to back, the children can hand in their completed sheet every second Friday).

Happy March! Hopefully it brings some spring weather with it 🙂

Listed below is the reading, spelling and maths focus for each group.

Reading

Strawberries – Changing Shapes (Mon) A Home for Bonnie(Wed)
Lemons – The Computer Game
Pineapples – No Ball Games(Mon) How Turtle Got His Shell (Wed)
Grapes – Bully Bear

Read over the text to develop confidence and fluency with decoding and tracking words.

Spelling

Red Team
Consolidation Week
Phonemes ‘ue’ ‘aw’ ‘oi’
Common Words – best, number, other, very, took, fast, there, their, some, then, last

Purple Team
Consolidation Week
Phonemes ‘ea’ ‘ow’ ‘ay’
Common Words – away, always, today, each, ask, year, eat, yellow, grow, again, food

Yellow Team
Common word week/consolidation (sheet sent home)

Your child has been provided with a spelling activities sheet. Each night, they should complete a spelling activity. This can be a combination of written and active tasks throughout the week, to ensure your child has a firm grasp of the weekly phoneme words and common words.

A spelling test and dictation will be done at the end of the week in class to ensure the children are secure before they progress

Maths
Week 2 of Maths booklet

The children have been given a new subtraction mental maths booklet to encourage fast recall of subtraction number facts.

This can be worked on in the upcoming weeks, one page per week. (As the booklet is copied back to back, the children can hand in their completed sheet every second Friday).

Good Morning 🙂 Hope you have  a lovely week!

Listed below is the reading, spelling and maths focus for each group.

Reading
Strawberries – Flyers (Mon) How Music is Made (Wed)
Lemons – At Last!
Pineapples – How Does Water Change (Mon) The Giant and the Frippit (Wed)
Grapes – Space Ant

Read over the text to develop confidence and fluency with decoding and tracking words.

Spelling
Red Team
‘oi’ phoneme – boil, spoil, coin, most, toilet, join
Common Words – their, some, then, last

Purple Team
‘ow’ phoneme – low, grow, throw, follow, show, shallow, flow
Common Words  – yellow, again, grow, food

Yellow Team
Common word week/consolidation (sheet sent home)

Your child has been provided with a spelling activities sheet. Each night, they should complete a spelling activity. This can be a combination of written and active tasks throughout the week, to ensure your child has a firm grasp of the weekly phoneme words and common words.

A spelling test and dictation will be done at the end of the week in class to ensure the children are secure before they progress

Maths
Week 1 of Maths booklet

The children have been given a new subtraction mental maths booklet to encourage fast recall of subtraction number facts.

This can be worked on in the upcoming weeks, one page per week. (As the booklet is copied back to back, the children can hand in their completed sheet every second Friday).

Listed below is the reading, spelling and maths focus for each group.

Reading
Strawberries – Korkra the Mighty Elf (Mon) Is the Wise Owl Wise? (Wed)
Lemons – What a week!
Pineapples – Camping(Mon) How to Make a Bird Feeder(Wed)
Grapes – Terrible Tiger

Read over the text to develop confidence and fluency with decoding and tracking words.

Spelling
Red Team
‘aw’ phoneme – jaw, draw, hawk, crawl, awful, saw
Common Words – very, took, fast, there

Purple Team
‘ea’ phoneme – speak, clean, steal, team, stream, wheat
Common Words  – each, ask, year, eat

Yellow Team
‘qu’ and ‘x’ phonemes – quick, quack, quit, six, fox, wax, next
Common words – are, dad, no

Your child has been provided with a spelling activities sheet. Each night, they should complete a spelling activity. This can be a combination of written and active tasks throughout the week, to ensure your child has a firm grasp of the weekly phoneme words and common words.

A spelling test and dictation will be done at the end of the week in class to ensure the children are secure before they progress

Maths

Week 4 of Maths booklet

The children have been given a new subtraction mental maths booklet to encourage fast recall of subtraction number facts. This can be worked on in the upcoming weeks, one page per week. (As the booklet is copied back to back, the children can hand in their completed sheet every second Friday).

Listed below is the reading, spelling and maths focus for each group.

Reading
Strawberries – The Giant Jumperee (Mon) The Perfect Pizza (Wed)
Lemons – Grandpa
Pineapples – Josie Goes on Holiday(Mon) Animal Feet(Wed)
Grapes – Josie and the Play

Read over the text to develop confidence and fluency with decoding and tracking words.

Spelling
Red Team
‘ue’ phoneme – blue, Sue, clue, true, glue~
Common Words – best, number, brother

Purple Team
‘ay’ phoneme – day, tray, play, stay, prayer, way
Common Words  – away, always, today

Yellow Team
‘qu’ and ‘x’ phonemes – quick, quack, quit, six, fox, wax, next
Common words – are, dad, no

Your child has been provided with a spelling activities sheet. Each night, they should complete a spelling activity. This can be a combination of written and active tasks throughout the week, to ensure your child has a firm grasp of the weekly phoneme words and common words.

A spelling test and dictation will be done at the end of the week in class to ensure the children are secure before they progress

Maths
Week 3 of subtraction Maths booklet

The children have been given a new subtraction mental maths booklet to encourage fast recall of subtraction number facts. This can be worked on in the upcoming weeks, one page per week. (As the booklet is copied back to back, the children can hand in their completed sheet every second Friday).

Listed below is the reading, spelling and maths focus for each group.

Reading
Strawberries – Where do all the Puddles go?(Mon) That’s Not My Hobby (Wed)
Lemons – Pop!
Pineapples –  Stone Soup(Mon) The Singing Giant (Wed)
Grapes – A Boy Called Sam

Read over the text to develop confidence and fluency with decoding and tracking words.

Spelling
Red Team
Consolidation Week
‘ea’, ‘ow’ and ‘ay’  phonemes (consolidate any unknown phoneme words from last 3 weeks)
Common Words –away, always, today, yellow, each, ask, year, again, food

Purple Team
Consolidation Week
‘ai’, ’oi’ and ‘oa’ (consolidate any unknown phoneme words from last 3 weeks)
Common Words – him, all, came, here, said, big, could, our, down, off

Yellow Team
‘y’ and ‘z’ phonemes – yelp, yet, yap, yes, fizz, zebra, zap
Common words – your, by, only

Your child has been provided with a spelling activities sheet. Each night, they should complete a spelling activity. This can be a combination of written and active tasks throughout the week, to ensure your child has a firm grasp of the weekly phoneme words and common words.

A spelling test and dictation will be done at the end of the week in class to ensure the children are secure before they progress

Maths
Week 2 of Maths booklet

The children have been given a new subtraction mental maths booklet to encourage fast recall of subtraction number facts. This can be worked on in the upcoming weeks, one page per week. (As the booklet is copied back to back, the children can hand in their completed sheet every second Friday).

Listed below is the reading, spelling and maths focus for each group.

Reading
Strawberries – Is it a Fruit?(Mon) Ambulance Service (Wed)
Lemons – Pop!
Pineapples – Too Much Talk (Mon) The Wind and The Sun (Wed)
Grapes – Today and Long Ago

Read over the text to develop confidence and fluency with decoding and tracking words.

Spelling

Red Team
‘ow’ phoneme – low, grow, throw, follow, shallow, show
Common Words – yellow, again, food,

Purple Team
‘oa’ phoneme – oats, floats, coat, soak, croak, oars
Common Words – him, all, came

Yellow Team
‘y’ and ‘z’ phonemes – yelp, yet, yap, yes, fizz, zebra, zap
Common words – your, by, only

Your child has been provided with a spelling activities sheet. Each night, they should complete a spelling activity. This can be a combination of written and active tasks throughout the week, to ensure your child has a firm grasp of the weekly phoneme words and common words.

A spelling test and dictation will be done at the end of the week in class to ensure the children are secure before they progress

Maths
Subtraction Maths Booklet (Week 1)

The children have been given a new subtraction mental maths booklet to encourage fast recall of subtraction number facts. This can be worked on in the upcoming weeks, one page per week. (As the booklet is copied back to back, the children can hand in their completed sheet every second Friday).

 Listed below is the reading, spelling and maths focus for each group.

Reading
Strawberries – Chloe the Chameleon (Mon) Clay Creatures (Wed)
Lemons – Josie and the Baby
Pineapples – Make Your Own Monster (Mon) Yo-yo a Go-Go (Wed)
Grapes – Baby Animals

Read over the text to develop confidence and fluency with decoding and tracking words.

Spelling
Red Team
‘ea’ phoneme – speak, team, clean, steal, stream, wheat
Common Words – each, ask, year, eat

Purple Team
‘oy’ phoneme – boy, toy, coy, soy, oyster
Common Words – our, down, off

Yellow Team
Consolidation week
Practise j, v, u w, h and letters and the previous 3 weeks common words
(these are in previous blog posts)

Your child has been provided with a spelling activities sheet. Each night, they should complete a spelling activity. This can be a combination of written and active tasks throughout the week, to ensure your child has a firm grasp of the weekly phoneme words and common words.

A spelling test and dictation will be done at the end of the week in class to ensure the children are secure before they progress

Maths

Children should continue to work on their addition booklet this week. Next week the children will be given a new subtraction mental maths booklet to encourage fast recall of subtraction number facts. This can be worked on in the upcoming weeks, one page per week. (As the booklet is copied back to back, the children can hand in their completed sheet every second Friday).

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and managed to squeeze in some time to relax 🙂

There is no official reading or maths homework this week. However, the children could be working on their phonemes that we have been learning in class.

Red Team 
‘ay’ phoneme –  day, tray, play, stay, prayer, way
Common words – away, always, today

Purple Team
‘ai’ phoneme – pain, chair, flair, paint, stain, chain, made
common words – said, big, could

Yellow Team
‘j’ + ‘v’ – jump, just, jacket, jam, vest, visit, travel
common words – have, to, into

Happy Monday, 2 weeks to go!

Just reading and maths home work this week.

Reading
Strawberries – No Ball Games!
Pineapples – Where is Joe?
Grapes – Funny Ears

Read over the text to develop confidence and fluency with decoding and tracking words.

Maths

Children should continue with the 1d+1d booklet that they have at home.