Primary 1B news update!

Literacy

In writing this week we have been using our sounds to make words.

 

We used pictures as a stimulus for our writing; these pictures allowed us to use lots of the sounds that we know so far.

 

We had to choose one of the pictures about the cat to write about.

Some of us chose to write about a cat on a mat and some of us chose to write about a cat who had a cap.

We are really trying to have a go and have been talking about important things to remember when writing- capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.

This week in phonics we have been learning the ‘a’ sound and the ‘t’ sound.

 

Connor- To say the ‘a’ sound you need to open your mouth wide.

Can you practise saying this sound at home or forming it with some loose parts?

 

Sophie- “This sound is black.”

Lucy- “It is black because you make a tunnel with your mouth.”

Isla- “The vowel house is at the end of the tunnel and the ‘a’ sound lives in the basement.”

 

Lily- “When you say the ‘t’ sound you can feel it at the tip of your tongue.”

Lewis- “The ‘t’ sound is blue.”

Syzmon- “It is a blue sound because your tongue has 2 blue veins”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mVER0qQ6Q0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg_KvU5oc9Q

Maths

 

This week was maths week and we have completed lots of activities.

We have been using our loose parts to measure objects in the classroom.

 

We have been using the language- largest, smallest, larger and smaller when building houses with our blocks. We worked as a team to build the houses. We measured our structures.

We used the language empty, full and half full when measuring water into bottles.

We had to colour the correct amount on the picture of the cups to show Miss Boyes our understanding.

 

We loved using this game because it let us use all of the words we have learned to use when measuring.

https://www.education.com/game/castle-measurement/

Numeracy

We have been counting total amounts and asking our friends to find 5 shells, 3 pebbles or 7 pegs in the loose parts tray.

We have also been using our loose parts to form our numbers.

Science

For Science this week we have been learning how to predict and investigate ways to make sounds louder and quieter. We have been finding out where sounds come from.

 

 

We closed our eyes and listened carefully to the sounds around us.

Miss Boyes asked us questions to encourage our thinking-

 

Were they loud or quiet sounds? Were they high or low sounds? How often did you hear the sound?

 

We played with the musical instruments and played an imitation game, in which Miss Boyes drummed a different rhythm each time, and then we had to copy it.

 

Can you listen for sounds at home, what do you hear?

 

We have discussed the GIRFEC theme safe. We spoke about how to stay safe at school and at home.

 

We played an interactive game with Miss Boyes (http://www.switchedonkids.org.uk/electrical-safety-in-your-home)

where we had to find all of the things that weren’t safe with the electricity in a house.

We spoke about how to keep safe around electrical items and wrote all of our thoughts in our talking book.

 

We also linked it to our 3 key words of our class charter, ready, respectful and safe and discussed why it’s so important.

 

 

Wishing you all a lovely weekend, looking forward to having you back on Wednesday!