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This week Phonemes/Spelling, Reading and Numeracy homework has been issued.

Phonemes/Spelling

Please try to practise phonemes/phoneme words/common words each night using a multi-sensory activity in preparation for a quiz in class on a Friday.  Multi-sensory ideas could include: making the phonemes/words using play dough, painting the phonemes/words, writing the phonemes/words in a sand tray or on a whiteboard/chalkboard, as well as, writing the phonemes/words on a computer then changing the font/size, writing the phonemes/words using fancy letters or with eyes shut. The phonemes/words could even be written using the hand not normally used for writing. Can you think of any new multi-sensory activities to try?  These jobs do not have to be returned to school.

Phonemes for the Blue Group:

q, y, z

Words for the Green Group:

Second Consolidation Week for “ai”, “oy”, “oa” and Common Words.  Please recap words from previous weeks:

stair, hair, chair, rain, brain, train, stain, said, big, could
toy, enjoy, royal, boy, cowboy, our, down, off
boat, foal, coat, road, float, loan, him, all, came

Words for the Red Group:

home, rope, stole, awoke, hope, smoke, more, school, Mrs.

Words for the Yellow Group:

Same as Red Group.  In addition, think of two words of your own which have the “o-e” phoneme.  Write them down on both post-its given out in class on Monday.  Are the words spelled correctly?  Keep one post-it at home and bring the other into school to allow practice to be done in class too.

Challenge Activity – Try writing a sentence for each word.  Remember to use V.C.O.P. (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation).

Reading

Please read/discuss the following pages:

Apples: Pages 1 – 8 of “The Lost Teddy” for Thursday
Pineapples: Pages 1 – 8 of “The Lion’s Dinner” for Thursday
Grapes: Pages 1 – 16 of “Mrs Mog’s Cats” for Thursday
Strawberries: Pages 9 – 16 of “How Music is Made” for Thursday

Numeracy

Circles: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet.  Complete Maths sheet and return to school on Friday.

Squares: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet.  Complete Worksheet Number 3 only of the Mental Maths Homework Booklet and return to school on Friday.  Please try to attempt the whole page on three occasions/three nights.

Triangles: Please continue to practise counting forwards to 10, as well as, counting backwards.  Also, practise writing numbers to 10 correctly and try to count different objects around the house e.g. spoons, crayons.  Discuss numbers before, e.g. What number comes before 3?  Complete Maths sheet and return to school on Friday.

Additional Information

Primary Three are busy practising songs for the Nativity they will perform at Christmas.  Song words will be issued this week for children to take home.  Please try to practise the songs as often as possible.  Your help is greatly appreciated.