This week in maths we have continued our learning about measuring
height and length. We have practised using rulers to measure and we wrote some
top tips to ensure we measured accurately. These are:
·
Make sure the start of the object lines up with the 0 mark
·
Keep the ruler (or tape measure) straight
·
The number next to the end of the object is the measurement
·
Record showing the unit of measurement – we used centimetres or
cm
We practised measuring the length and height of objects in the
playground and we recorded our measurements using our clip boards, remembering
to use ‘cm’. Please
encourage your child to compare and accurately measure the height and length of
objects this weekend.
        
As it is Fairtrade fortnight we have been using a set of
instructions to make banana and chocolate Fairtade muffins.
In our first lesson we were given a set of unnumbered jumbled
instructions that we had to unjumble as a group.
 
Once we had put them in order we discussed the order we had
put them in.
We then looked carefully at the instructions and talked about
the features a good set of instructions have.
Using this knowledge we co-constructed our own toolkit for
writing instructions.
On Tuesday in our groups we made our own banana and chocolate
Fairtade muffins. We had to read the instructions carefully, follow the
instructions in order and check as we went along that we hadn’t
missed anything out!
              On Wednesday we enjoyed sharing our muffins with you at the Fairtrade Café. We hope you thought they tasted delicious! Here is the recipe for the Fairtrade banana and chocolate muffins just in case you want to make your own at home!          
Later that day we wrote a set of instructions with a partner
checking we had all the features on the toolkit.
On Friday we wrote our own set of instructions of how to make
banana and chocolate muffins. Again we had to remember what a good set of
instructions have. Instructions have got to make sense to the reader so it is
very important to re-read them to check.
Home Learning
Your child may like to
write a set of instruction to bring
into school to share with the rest of the class. It may be how to make something ( a lego
model, a sandwich, something out of
paper) or how to play a game, or how to brush their teeth.
Phonics
This week in phonics we
have been learning about the split digraph ‘a-e’ and consolidating ‘ai and
‘ay’
Can your child show you how they use their phoneme fingers to segment
these words make, made, cupcake, flames, space, skate, plane, again, brain,
paints, afraid, waist, birthday, crayon, hoiliday, yesterday and then blend
them back together again?
Can they spot the digraph or spilt digraph in the words above.
Is there only one digraph in these words or do some have more than
one?
Can they read these alien words –
strape, hapes, braib, quait, slaym
paymp
Spelling ideas.
Perhaps you could get your child to think of a sentence using the
words above with this week’s digraphs and the sentence starter Today………
to practise the common exception words.
Don’t forget all the Year 1
common exception words are in your child’s Progress Book
We have been learning to
edit our work in Computing. We used the arrow keys, back space and delete keys
to correct our work. Please
continue to encourage your child to practise their typing skills and also edit
their work.
Today Kingfishers have enjoyed a 'sleepover' as their ten apple treat. They all behaved wonderfully and the night flew by!       We hope you have a good weekend, enjoy the film evening!
Year One Team
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Friday, 15 March 2019
Friday 15th March
