Reception Class Monday 11th May
To the Parents and children of Reception Class.
I hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend and took some time out to relax. Thank you for sharing with me the lovely things you made and how you celebrated such an important day in history.
"We need to stop just pulling people out of the river.
We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in."
Desmond Tutu
Now back to some serious learning!
Literacy
Mrs Garbett's Group.
Recap previous sounds/words
Sound- ow (blow the snow).
Words- slow, show, snow and blow.
Sentence- Make the sentence easier if required.
I like fish and chips. Yum said Bob.
Please remind your child that we always have a capital letter for a person's name.
Words to read over the week- then, said, sock, but and will.
Mrs Evans group.
Recap previous sounds.
New sound- ir (whirl and twirl)
Words- girl, bird, third and dirt.
Sentence- The girl has a bird.
Mrs Miles group.
Recap previous words.
Word time 6- chat, fox, six and thing
Read the words above and then write them down.
Please encourage your child to write this sentence down and mark together,
I am a fox. (Please remember a capital letter at the beginning, tall, short letters, and a full stop at the end).
Don't forget the- high frequency words. Perhaps learn 3 or 4 a week and just keep recapping.
I go come went a was look there are we and me like going she they my see on away this play no yes for can he am all you said to day there
Numeracy
Quick fire mental maths- Doubles to 10. Number bonds to 10.
Weight
All Children- Introduce language- heavier/est, lighter/est. Get 4 cans of different weights. Allow your child to explore and decide which is the heaviest, lightest? Can you arrange from lightest to heaviest? Perhaps you could have a can that is smaller but heavier. How can we find out which can is the heaviest? Encourage your child to find the weight on the can. In some cases these numbers might be too challenging for your child to read.
Most Children- As above but use more items. Can you arrange heaviest to lightest. Check your answer by weighing them. Were you correct?
Challenge- Collect 5 items and arrange them as 2 lighter, 2 heavier and 1 in the middle. Check your answer. Can you read the weight on the can?
Topic
To identify familiar smells
Talk about smells. What part of the body do we smell with? Discuss favourite smells, nasty smells, smells that remind us of people or places, smells that warn us of danger. Perhaps over the week you can encourage your child to close their eyes and identify familiar smells- toothpaste, vinegar, flowers, soap etc.
Please don't get too close to the substances as not to inhale.
Create an obstacle course.
Do this together as a family. Decide together if you have to go over, under, around etc. Who can complete the quickest? How can we make the course easier or more of a challenge?
Weekly Welsh
Create a welsh poem about food (bwyd). For example-
Bwyd, bwyd, bwyd
Dw i'n hoffi bwyd
Dw i'n hoffi afal
Dw i'n hoffi oren
Dw i'n hoffi mefus
Dw i'n hoffi bwyd
You can make this more challenging by using adjectives. For eg. bananas melyn, mefus coch.
My email address is- MilesD8@hwbmail.net if you need to contact me.
Thank you and keep yourselves safe.
Mrs Miles