Monday 2nd February 2018

This week we will be covering the following learning objectives in:

Writing

We have just read Dr Xargle’s Book of Earthlets which is written from the perspective of an ‘alien’ who observes the strange behaviour of humans. It is incredibly funny and will form the basis for our next unit of work. So far we have looked at the nonsense words/ phrases in the story and what they might mean. Our focus on the vocabulary really builds a strong foundation for the rest of our work.

 

Next week we will be continuing to embed words and phrases from the text and doing some drama based on the story.

Reading

We are coming to the end of The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith. Our favourite phrase this week was ‘there’s no use crying over spilt milk’. We have been talking a lot about how we can stay safe on the roads too.

Phonics/ SPaG

This week we will be focusing on using apostrophes for possession. We will also be looking at the four sentence types: exclamations, statements, commands and questions.

Maths

We have moved onto division and multiplication. We will be recognising equal groups, making equal groups and adding equal groups.

We have been using the following stem sentence to help us.

There are ___ equal groups with ___ in each group. There are ____ _____s.

There are ____ altogether.

 

This image shows:

There are 3 equal groups with 2 in each group. There are 3 2s. There are 6 altogether.

When we come to adding equal groups we will be using this format.

So there are two 3s.

3+3=6.  (multiplication as repeated addition).

The groups could also be represented using two ‘three’ pieces of numicon. They could be represented as two jumps of three on a numberline. They could be represented using two groups of three ones.

PSHE

We will be moving onto our next module of Zippy’s Friends: what makes a good friend? Please speak to your child about these sessions (which always take place on a Thursday afternoon).

P.E.

We are going to be doing dance on a Monday and doing circuit training on Thursdays.

Science

We are looking at differences between plants and animals and variation between animals. We will also be looking at seasonal changes.