This week in English we have been learning the story ‘George and The
Dragon’ by Chris Wormell. In this story a mouse named George moves into a cave
next door to a dragon who is scared of mice. When George pops next door, to ask
to borrow some sugar for his tea, the dragon is terrified of George so he flies
away. This means George rescues a princess and the princess treats George to a delicious
tea and lets him live in a cosy hole in the castle wall. Here is a link if you
would like to share the story at home.:
We started by listening to the story and drawing a story map to help
us remember what happens.
The next day we used our story map to ‘step’ the story. This is when
we say a noun and verb to tell each part of the story, taking a step each time.
Here is some of the script to try and explain:
Dragon lived
Fly higher
Burn breath
Smash castle
Flick tail
Brush army
The next day we told the story in pairs. We held a pencil when it
was our turn to speak and took turns to talk and listen to each other.
Finally we have had a ‘George and The Dragon’ chil, when we could
choose draw pictures of characters or the tea, make puppets of the characters
and act out the story, sequence traditional version, write thank you notes from
the princess or George, write about
dragons and princesses, write list of food at tea or sequence phrases from the story.
All of the activities this week are to help us learn the story in
order to write the story. We also thought about phrases we could ‘magpie’ when
we tell or write other stories. Please ask your child to retell the story for
you at home, watch and listen to the story online or try one of the other chil
activities.
This week in maths we were learning about subtraction. We used the part whole model to write our own takeaway calculations. We talked about breaking apart to take away. What number did we start with? How many did we take away and how many where left?
On Tuesday we used a number line to use counting back as a strategy.
On Friday we continued to find the difference. We had to find the difference between the spots on Pudsey and the spots on Pudsey’s friend. We used the same strategies as the day before.
This week in maths we were learning about subtraction. We used the part whole model to write our own takeaway calculations. We talked about breaking apart to take away. What number did we start with? How many did we take away and how many where left?
On Tuesday we used a number line to use counting back as a strategy.
6 – 1 = 5
We had to remember to put our right finger on the number we were starting with (6) and then use our left index finger to count back 1 to find what is left. Your child may like to practise this at home.
On Wednesday we had to find the difference between two numbers. We used unfix to make two sticks to find the difference between the two numbers. We looked at where they were the same and where they were different.
We talked about the strategies we could use to find how many more. Here are some of them
· use unifix
· count on from the smallest number
· count back from the biggest number
· use our number facts
On Friday we continued to find the difference. We had to find the difference between the spots on Pudsey and the spots on Pudsey’s friend. We used the same strategies as the day before.
In art this week we used our observational skills to draw a portrait of our favourite member of the Royal Family.
In history we used our knowledge about Queen Victoria to answer a quiz. We also put events of her life in chronological order.
We have
had a great day having our spotty teddies in school.
Have a great weekend.
The Year One Team
