This
week in English we have deepened our learning about the story of ‘George and
The Dragon’ by Chris Wormell. First we made a ‘mood map’, when we thought about
how George was feeling at each part of the story. We thought about different
words we could use to describe how he was feeling, such as miserable, cross,
delighted and elated.
Next
we worked with a partner and did a ‘phone home activity’. This is when one
person pretends to be George and the other is his parent. George starts to tell
the events of the story and the parent asks George questions to help him
explain what has happened and how he is feeling.
The
following day we practised writing sentences based on pictures from the story.
We had to remember to put the sentence in our head, use finger spaces, capital
letters, full stops and to check it made sense. As we wrote each word we
remembered to ‘say the word, finger the word, write the word’, trying to ensure
we formed our letters correctly.
Finally
we had a quiz to see how much we could remember about the story. We worked in groups to practise our good teamwork skills. Here are some
of the questions if you would like to try it at home!
When you read a book with your child please encourage then to ask and answer questions about the text.
This week in maths we began the week by looking at fact families where we linked addition and subtraction facts. We talked about addition and subtraction being the inverse of each other that means they undo each other. For example if we start with
4 + 2 = 6
we then know that addition can be done in any order so
2 + 4 = 6
And that addition is the inverse of subtraction
6 – 2 = 4
6 – 4 = 2
Then we talked about the equals sign can be positioned at the start or end of a calculation.
6 = 4 + 2
6 = 2 + 4
2 = 6 - 4
4 = 6 - 2
These are the 8 facts.
On Tuesday we began learning about place value within 20. We counted forwards and backward from 0 to 20. You may like to help your child practise this at home.
we then know that addition can be done in any order so
2 + 4 = 6
And that addition is the inverse of subtraction
6 – 2 = 4
6 – 4 = 2
Then we talked about the equals sign can be positioned at the start or end of a calculation.
6 = 4 + 2
6 = 2 + 4
2 = 6 - 4
4 = 6 - 2
These are the 8 facts.
On Tuesday we began learning about place value within 20. We counted forwards and backward from 0 to 20. You may like to help your child practise this at home.
We looked at some Numicon images that represent
numbers from 11- 19. We noticed each number had one ten in. We chanted 11 - 1
ten and 1 ones, 12 - 1 ten and 2 ones, 13 - 1 ten and 3 ones..........you may
like to play a game asking your child which number has 1 ten and 8 ones or vice
versa 15 is made up of ....... It is important that they understand it is thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and not thirty, forty, fifty, sixty.
On Wednesday we were then shown some images and had to say what number between 11 and 19 it represented. These included tens frames.
On Wednesday we were then shown some images and had to say what number between 11 and 19 it represented. These included tens frames.
What number is represented below.
Your child may like to find different ways of
representing numbers between 11 and 19 and bring them in to share with their class.
We talked about which way is easier to see
straight away.
1
1
In history we investigated what life was like in
Victorian times so we are prepared for our Victorian workshop on the 4th
December. We used DK Findout.
Follow the link to find out more about what it was like to live during the reign of Queen Victoria.
Follow the link to find out more about what it was like to live during the reign of Queen Victoria.
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/search/the-victorians/
Have a wonderful long weekend.
The Year One Teachers
Have a wonderful long weekend.
The Year One Teachers
