Homework W/B 23rd September 2019

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

Reading
Lemons – Elephant Walk
Grapes – Have you got everything Colin?
Pineapples – Space Ant
Strawberries – Book 1 (Monday) The Singing Giant
Book 2 (Wednesday) Yo-Yo a Go-Go

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

Spelling
The children will be spending the beginning of the term revising phonemes and common words learned in Primary 1 to ensure retention and that they are secure to move on.

Red Team
‘ph’ Phoneme – Phil, elephant, dolphin, phonics
Common Words –one, first, little

A large majority of the group were confident with ‘wh’ last week but found ‘ph’ tricky so we’re going to spend another week on them. If you feel your child is confident with these particular ‘ph’ words, they could be challenged by finding ‘ph’ words that are not on their list.

Purple Team
‘wh’ Phoneme – whisk, when, whisper, whip,
Common Words – out, now, new

Yellow Team
ran, rim, man, Sam, dip, pen, met
common words – is, me, my

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
The children have been given a mental maths booklet to encourage fast recall of addition number facts. This can be worked on in the upcoming weeks, one page per week.

Additionally, we have been revising jigsaw numbers within 10 in class. You could go over this with your child at home. We are also working on reading and writing numbers 0-100. Following this we will progress to ordering numbers in ascending and descending order.

Homework W/B 16th September 2019

 

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

Reading

Lemons – Nature Trail
Grapes – At Last
Pineapples – Josie and the Play
Strawberries – Book 1 (Monday) I Take Care of My Dog
Book 2 (Wednesday) Josie Goes on Holiday

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

Spelling
The children will be spending the beginning of the term revising phonemes and common words learned in Primary 1 to ensure retention and that they are secure to move on.

Red Team
‘wh ’ and ‘ph’ Phoneme – whisk, when, whisper, whip, Phil, elephant, dolphin, phonics
Common Words – out, now, new, one, first, little

Purple Team
‘ng’ Phoneme – strong, ring, bring, thing, lung, sting, string, sing
Common Words – with, us, so, some, of

Yellow Team
map, flap, pip, rip, mit, kit, pin, pan
common words – the, my, an, was

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
The children have been given a mental maths booklet to encourage fast recall of addition number facts. This can be worked on in the upcoming weeks, one page per week.

Additionally, we have been revising jigsaw numbers within 10 in class. You could go over this with your child at home. We are also working on reading and writing numbers 0-100. Following this we will progress to ordering numbers in ascending and descending order.

Homework W/B 9th September 2019

Happy Monday Room 4!

Reading
Lemons – Nature Trail
Grapes – What A Week!
Pineapples – Today and Long ago
Strawberries – What’s it Made of?

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

Spelling
The children will be spending the beginning of the term revising phonemes and common words learned in Primary 1 to ensure retention and that they are secure to move on.

Red Team
‘ng ’ Phoneme – strong, ring, bring, thing, lung, sting, string, sing
Common Words – with, us, so, some, of

Yellow Team and Purple team found last week’s spelling tricky and should use this week to practise at home.

Purple Team
‘ch’ phoneme – chin, chick, much, chat, chest, chop, chips
Common words – much, of, or, come

Yellow Team
cat, mat, rat, fat, bat
common words – and, am, did, can

 

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
The children have been given a mental maths booklet to encourage fast recall of addition number facts. This can be worked on in the upcoming weeks, one page per week.

Additionally, we have been revising jigsaw numbers within 10 in class. You could go over this with your child at home. We are also working on reading and writing numbers 0-100. Following this we will progress to ordering numbers in ascending and descending order.

 

Homework w/b 2/9/19

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

Reading

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

Lemons – My Camera

Grapes – The Computer Game

Pineapples – Baby Animals

Strawberries – Make Your Own Monster

Spelling
The children will be spending the beginning of the term revising phonemes and common words learned in Primary 1 to ensure retention and that they are secure to move on.

Red Team
‘ch’ Phoneme – chin, chat, chick, much, chest, chop, chips
Common Words – much, of, or, come

Yellow Team
cat, mat, rat, fat, bat
common words – and, am, did, can

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
The children have been given a mental maths booklet to encourage fast recall of addition number facts. This can be worked on in the upcoming weeks, one page per week. Additionally, we have been revising jigsaw numbers within 10 in class. You could go over this with your child at home. We are also working on reading and writing numbers 0-100. Following this we will progress to ordering numbers in ascending and descending order.

Homework w/b 26th August 2019

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

Reading

Lemons – Josie and the Parade

Grapes – The Computer Game

Pineapples – Funny Ears

Strawberries – Where IS joe?

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


Spelling

The children will be spending the beginning of the term revising phonemes and common words learned in Primary 1 to ensure retention and that they are secure to move on.

All groups

‘th’ Phoneme – thin, with, cloth, thick, thorn, thud, moth

Common Words – this, that, then

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
The children have been given a mental maths booklet to encourage fast recall of number facts. This can be worked on in the upcoming weeks, one page per week.

Additionally, we have been revising jigsaw numbers within 10 in class. You could go over this with your child at home. We are also working on reading and writing numbers 0-100. Following this we will progress to ordering numbers in ascending and descending order.