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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.

Phoneme for the Blue Group:

y  Also complete worksheet and return on Friday.

Words for the Green Group:

Revision Week for “wh”, “ph”, “ee”, “oo” and Common Words.  Please practise:
whisk, whisper, Phil, phone, green, sleep, mood, spoon, have, your, only, by

Words for the Red Group:

cake, came, spade, brake, name, sale, take, gave, cold, don’t

Words for the Yellow Group:

Same as Red Group.  In addition, think of two words of your own which have the “a-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 Swingball” and practise Key Words for Thursday
Pineapples: Pages 1 – 8 of “Today and Long Ago” for Thursday
Grapes: Pages 1 – 16 of “Super-Duper Shoes” for Thursday
Strawberries: Pages 9 – 16 of “Korka the Mighty Elf” 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 5 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.  Continue to discuss numbers before, e.g. What number comes before 9?

Additional Information

Primary Three – Please continue to practise the Nativity songs at home.  Also, could children please bring in clothes required as part of the costumes for the Nativity as soon as possible.  Please label all your child’s clothes and accessories and put them in a bag with their name clearly written on it.  Many thanks for your continued support.

Primary Two – Could children please bring in a Christmas jumper or t-shirt and any Santa hats or elf ears to wear as part of our Christmas Show costumes.  Please label all your child’s clothes and accessories and put them in a bag with their name clearly written on it.  Many thanks for your continued support.