This week we have been learning how to write a description of a setting. We looked at a strange planet called Pandora and thought of adjectives to describe what we could see. We then wrote these descriptions as sentences in our books.
In maths we have been learning how to use different resources to represent numbers. We wrote the number as a numeral, word and picture and then used our Base 10 Diene sticks to represent a 2 digit number.
In science we have continued learning about different materials and their properties. We helped Bob who needed some new items for his rocket. We told him which material would be best for a: chair, waterbottle, bookshelf and window by describing their properties.
This week the children took home their weekly reading books. The books will need to be returned on Tuesday so that the children can take home a new set on Wednesday.
In phonics we have been revising the sounds:
‘igh’ (flight, light, bright)
‘ar’ (car, star, far)
Attached is a website with a game for the children to play to revise some of the sounds they have learnt so far: http://www.ictgames.com/hybrid.html
To celebrate our love of reading we would like the children to bring in a photograph of them reading in an unusual place. These photographs will be used as part of our Reading Area display.
This week we enjoyed learning about Sean’s owl called ‘Tootie’, Albie’s velociraptor ‘Razor’, Matilda’s penguin ‘Fluffy’, Finn’s monkey from Go Ape and Marcus’s bike in Show and Tell. Next week it is the turn of the ‘Beegu’ table (Guy, Lewis, Caroline, Ramir, Valeri and Eliza).
We hope you all have a lovely weekend,
The Year One Team