Literacy highlights this week:
This week we visited the library. We enjoyed returning our old library books and were given the opportunity to choose a new book. We can’t wait to read our new library books. When we were at the library we met Shona who works at the library. She was telling us lots of things that happen in the library. We were also given a bookmark to use with our new library books. Shona also read us a story called ‘Delilah Darling is in the Library’.
Our sounds for this week are ‘ee’ and ‘oo’. We participated in lots of different activities to help us use our knowledge of these sounds. We played games on the smart board; writing ‘ee’ words on play-dough mats; making sentences with ‘ee’ and ‘oo’ words; sorting out ‘ee’ and ‘oo’ words and spelling words too. Find some links below to play these games at home too.
This term we are using a reading scheme called ‘muckle reading’. In our muckle reading lesson this week we completed a task called ‘picture it’. We had to read or listen to some instructions and draw what we read or could hear. When we finished with the instructions we had drawn a picture of a pirate! We have also been working on our tricky words this week too. Mrs Stewart quickly showed us one of tricky words and then she hid it, we had to try to remember the word and write it on our whiteboard. In class, we enjoy listening to stories on the oxford owl website. Have you used this at home yet?
Maths highlights this week:
We have enjoyed taking a break from number lessons to participate in some practical maths this week. Our focus for practical maths this week has been patterns and symmetry. We started our week by creating patterns with colours and then moved onto shape patterns. Our favourite task was creating our own patterns. We made colour patterns by using the pegs and peg boards and we created shape patterns using a range of 2d and 3d shapes. We had to finish patterns, copy patterns and match patterns too.
During our symmetry learning we initially found it quite tricky but soon grasped the concept quickly. In the pictures below Patryk and Poppy had sorted out 6 pictures into ‘symmetry’ and ‘not symmetry’ headings. We were also given the opportunity to finish a picture to make it symmetrical – these were pirate themed pictures.
This week we were introduced to our new Play: Plan, Do, Review where we were given 6 more choices. Ask your child what they completed in play this week and which play task they would like to join in our next session?
Red: Numbers to 50. We have to drive a car around a course ensuring my follow the numbers in the correct order. We try to count out loud to make our car drive even faster! We have to really concentrate doing this task as there are a few different turns we can take on the roads!
Blue: Ordering numbers. We complete pirate themed dot-to-dots at this group. We can choose some easier dot-to-dots or some tricky ones if we can manage!
Orange: We use the smart board and ipads to play our favourite numeracy and maths games and apps.
Yellow: Patterns – we use the peg boards and shapes to create patterns.
Green: Subtraction bowling. We use the game bowling to create subtraction sums
Purple: Jenga. We play the game jenga but on the end of each piece of jenga is an addition or subtraction sum which we have to say the answer to in order to keep the jenga piece.
After we finished our first session of this play we spoke to a partner about what we had been doing and what we would like to do during the next session.
Health and Wellbeing highlights:
We began our new PE block of gymnastics. This week we have been working on balancing – we try to hold a balance for 3 seconds. We have also been working on our strength and ensure when we jump that we land on our feet with squishy knees.
Our GIRFEC focus for this month is active. We completed a page in our talking book where Miss Meechan helped us to write all of the different ways we keep active in our lives.
Did you hear about our letter we received this week? On Monday, we found a letter, in a bottle in our sink! We guessed that it might have been from a pirate, and we were right! It was from a Pirate called Pete Pigeon. Pete is part of the Squeaky Sail Ship and they are lost in the North Sea somewhere and have asked for our help. We thought of lots of different ways we could help. Then, on Thursday we received another letter in a bottle. It was Pirate Pete Pigeon again and we was so pleased with all of our ideas that he asked us to join us crew. Before we were allowed to join the crew we had to write in our Pirate Passport. Have a look for these in our writing jotter!
School-Home Learning: Here are some apps, websites and videos we have used to support our learning in class this week.
http://www.ictgames.com/dinosaurEggs_phonics/index.html
http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/simple_patterns/eng/Introduction/StarterActivity.htm
http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/math/games/preschool-kindergarten/pattern-matcher/
http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/simple_patterns/eng/Introduction/MainSession.htm
http://www.abcya.com/shape_patterns.htm
iPad app: spelling bug
iPad app: doodle app (use this to practise writing the sounds you know – make sure you use the correct colour)
Videos:
