Summer 1 Week 4
Week beginning 8th May 2017.
Our topic for the next few weeks will be Minibeasts and our learning will centre around this.
THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
LITERACY:
Our book this week will be a non fiction Life cycle of a butterfly book. We will be writing about what the Very Hungry Caterpillar had to eat, encouraging the children to be more independent, think of their own sentence and then write it.
PHONICS:
The Reception children have now been grouped following our assessments at the end of last term. They will be working in phase 2,3, and 4 according to individual needs.
KEY WORD LISTS:
Your child will continue to bring home the animal word lists. These are the key words that occur most frequently in books your child will read in Reception and beyond. We have added additional lists as some children have finished the first set of words.
The word lists will encourage your child to learn to read these words and start to instantly recognise and sight read them in the books they read. When they are confident with reading the words bring them in to class so Mrs Keer or Miss Dale can check them. Well done to those chidren who are progressing through the lists really well.
MATHS:
We will continue with doubling games this week and paint spots on ladybirds to find double the spots. We will contiue to revise 3D shapes, their names and properties. We will also be formally assessing maths progress and continue with number star work.
READING
Please make sure reading records, reading books and library books are in book bags EVERY day. We read with the children on a weekly basis, not always the same day. We are finding several children do not have books in bags so are unable to change their books. As the children become more confident readers we will sometimes do a small guided reading session with groups of chidren who are at a similar level of reading. We will begin to look at the use of punctuation and adding expression when reading.
Now that the children have learnt all sounds in phase 2 and 3 please try to read with them for 10 minutes every day so they can begin to apply the phonic knowledge they have learnt and ensure they become independent readers. Please take a minute to write a comment in the yellow contact book so we know how they are progressing at home.
ROLE PLAY AREA
We will be turning our role play area into a camp site with a tent, torches and a minibeast investigation table for the children to explore.
Please note
As the weather is hopefully going to be getting warmer can you please ensure children have water bottles in school everyday. Thank you
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
Thursday 18th May Individual and class photos
Friday 19th May Friends of Howard Bring a bottle and wear your own clothes day
School closes for half term on Friday 26th May and opens on Tuesday 6th June.