In Letters and Sounds this week we have been learning all about how to write a super sentence. We have learnt that we need to start each sentence using a capital letter. We need to remember to leave a 'finger space' in between each word we write so that it can be read by ourselves and other people. We need to read it and check that it makes sense. We need to remember to put a full stop at the end of the sentence as well. The children are doing really well at using the sounds they have learnt to read words by blending all the sounds together. They are also learning to look at the sounds in the words to see if they can spot a 'digraph' which has 2 letters but only makes 1 sound. Have a look at your child's latest writing on their display board. This week we are learning 2 new digraphs: ooOO and ow/ou. We are learning how to hear, read and write these digraphs in words and sentences. We have been practising our tricky words by playing a tricky word bingo game too !
In Maths we started the week by getting ready for Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day. We made the pancake batter together by using our measuring skills. We used scales to weigh the flour and we used our capacity skills to measure how much milk we would need. We had to do some problem-solving too because the pancake recipe we used was not going to make enough batter for us all so we had to 'double' the quantities. Our recipe stated we needed 1 egg but we had to double it to use 2 eggs ! Our recipe stated we needed 100 grammes of flour, can you ask your child if they can remember how much we needed ? Our recipe stated we needed 300 mililitres of milk, can you ask your child how much milk we needed to measure ?
We were very excited about cooking the pancakes and choosing a topping for our pancake too. Ask your child which topping they chose.
We have been thinking about our school's Golden Anniversary by learning all about the number 50. We have been counting to 50 in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s. We have been looking for number 50 on number lines and 100 squares. We have been using Numicon and cubes and counters to show the value of 50.
We are looking forward to dressing up in clothes similar to the fashions of 50 years ago in 1970.
We have also started our new topic all about African animals called 'Why do zebras have stripes ?'
If you have anything at home about Africa we would love to hear from you !
We are looking forward to ''Show and tell' in which each of the children will be talking about an animal they have found out about !
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