P1C

Literacy

• Using our ORT books we have been completing sentences by picking the correct word from a selection.

E.g. Biff _____ the door. (painted, went, wallpaper)

 

• We have been playing snakes and ladders to learn Fry’s Common Words (we are finding these quite tricky to read as they don’t always sound how they look e.g. was/wos what/wot one/wun…)

 

• We have written imaginative stories about McCoos to accompany our fantastic art work last week.

 

Numeracy/Maths 

“If I have *7* counters under the screen and I add 5 more counters, how many do I have altogether? Let’s check…” Questions like these help us count on from a particular number.

We’re also beginning to add 2 numbers when both collections of counters are screened. “If I have 6 counters under here and 5 counters under here, how many do I have altogether? How do you know? Let’s check…”

“I know 5 and 5 is 10 so you just add 1 more.”

 

 

 

 

 

Subtraction:

• “10 fingers takeaway 3 fingers. How many are left up?”
• “10 take away 4 takeaway 1.”

 

PE

In P.E we have been learning how to throw chest passes, bounce passes and catch. We have also been learning some games which involve throwing/catching for us to play in the playground.

Mrs. Tait has been teaching us all about balance. We tested our balance by walking a tight-rope…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monster Points 

We have introduced monster points in the classroom to embed the ‘language of learning’. We are beginning to understand that this is a TEAM effort, not an individual effort of who has the most points! We will all be rewarded when the whole class reaches a certain number of points 🙂 Points are awarded when we display certain learner qualities e.g. using our imagination, managing a distraction, working as part of a team, learning from our mistakes etc… This is not a behaviour system, and no points would ever be taken away!