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It’s the beginning of a new week and you should all congratulate yourselves at how well you are coping with this major change to life and your routine.

We would like you to continue reading for enjoyment this week and remember to post on Twitter , you reading:  parts of your favourite books or a reading corner you may have set up outdoors or in your house. @ReadSPS.

The children in P1D really enjoyed the story, One Button Benny by Alan Windram. You can hear Alan reading this book below, using  the link.

 

https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-itm-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=itm&p=salan+windram+reading+one+button+benny#id=1&vid=81f442f0a4b9d946f10e80ab7eb40ea4&action=click

 

Here is the link to learn how to dance like a robot too:

https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-itm-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=itm&p=alan+windram+robot+dancing#id=1&vid=884711d803a9c5101c6e27c2f493b4b7&action=click

This week you could all make your own robots like Benny. He needs to have a button which can only be used in an emergency. You could create your own stories about your robot and tell them to your parents. I’d love to see pictures of your robots.

Scottish Book Trust are also showing a great author, Kes Gray this week. Use the link below;

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live-on-demand/kes-gray

Keep practising your keywords. Some parents have asked for more to be issued and I will issue more next week. Remember there are activities set on Education City to help you practise these words. Have a go!

I’ve added also some more books from Oxford Owl which are suitable for P1. These books use the words and sounds you have already been taught in class.

To help practise your blending, you may want to use Doorway Online. You can use this link. https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/literacy/legacyfirstblends/

Have fun Primary One and share your learning with your teacher.

 

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Primary One Reading

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This week I want you again to think about some of your favourite stories and add them to Twitter. Maybe you could even add a video of you reading some of your book ( parents remember no names of children if photograph or video is added.) Use @ReadSPS when you add your favourite book or any activities you do related to these stories. You may inspire other children to read your favourite book too.

I am going to read to you one of my favourite stories, I hope you enjoy it.

Maybe you could retell the story in your own words. I’ve started to draw some pictures of the characters in the book and I’m going to put these onto sticks. I’ll then use these puppets to retell the story, can you do this too?

Can you think about our Emotion Works, orange cog too. How do you think the platypus was feeling , when each animal said, this zoo is not for you, how many different emotion words can you think of? How were the animals feeling too when they realised they hadn’t been very nice to platypus?

Remember to keep practising keywords and letter sounds. Use these sounds to make lots of words, remember the vowel sounds- ai, oa and igh in some of your words too, not just- a,e,i,o,u. More activities for phonics and common word recognition have been added to Education City.

I have also added some suggestions for reading books for next week, remember you will find these on Oxford Owl ebooks.

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PRIMARY 1 READING

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I hope you are all managing to do some learning activities suggested to you on the blog and are managing to have some fun at the same time.

Remember there were lots of reading activities and books in your packs, which I’m sure will keep you busy for a long time.

Reading should be for pleasure so remember to ask an adult to read books to you and have a go at reading the words you know too.  Post on Twitter @ReadSPS, your favourite stories. All your teachers love to see what you are reading. It’s great to see the interesting places where you read too, maybe in a den, under the table or in a tent!

Below are some ideas to help you continue to learn to read.

Keep practicing your keywords, you should have lots now in your reading bags. Some activities were added to Education City to help you learn these words. I can see that some of you have tried these activities and have shown great results. How many more children can try these, this coming week?

If you want to look at more reading books, you can also download Oxford Owl and look for their ebooks.  Choose the book best suited to your level of reading.

Suggested books for this week are :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Draw or write about your favourite part of the story.

 

I have also added a new sound this week. This is quite a tricky sound as it is made up of 3 letters. It lives in the vowel house and it is called a moving sound as it consists of 2 sounds-  igh (a+ee)

Here it is below.

This is how we write this sound.

 

Can you practise writing it, maybe in rainbow writing or you could use a bucket of water and practise writing it on the pavement outside with a brush. What about using chalk?

Can you read these words with this sound in them.

 

I’ve also added some reading cards and some worksheets with this sound. These are a real challenge and will keep you busy for weeks.

igh sentences for reading and writing.

3 igh a code breaker

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Reading for Primary One

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We can’t believe how much work you are all doing at home. All your P1 teachers are so impressed. We are really enjoying seeing messages on the blog or Twitter as this lets us see what fun you’ve been having.

Last week we created a grid of reading activities. These have been added here to help if your child was absent or if you have misplaced the pack.

It’s been great also to see that you have been using lots of different ways to learn, some of you have used Sumdog, others Education City and others have been trying the activities on IDL.

Next week, please look at your favourite books at home. Post on Twitter your favourite book. You can post this on Twitter at #SPSLovestoRead. When my children were little their favourites were Owl Babies and Dear Zoo.

After you’ve finished looking at your favourite books you could look for some of your keywords in these books.

Next week focus on- they, that, could, come, do,to- how many times can you find these words. Can you make them too- you could use paint, pens, crayons or maybe you can think of another way to create these words.

The last few sounds we had been learning in class had been th, y and qu. There are some activities on Education City which practise these sounds. Look at literacy and there is a section on jolly phonics. How many words can you find in your books which start or end with these sounds.