We started the week by listening to the story lots of times, so that the children could really get to know the characters and events. While they were listening, the children picked out words and phrases that they liked.
At home, you might like to listen to the story on this youtube video and make a list of interesting words that the author (Nick Butterworth) used.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiYNdFuvAkU
Next, the children identified the key sections in the story. We split the story up into 10 parts and mapped it as a class.
After that, they mapped the story independently. See if your child can use this map to retell the story to you:
Later in the week the children used their story maps to retell the story. They started by only using one or two key words to explain what happens in each section of their story map. Then they built up their vocabulary each time they retold it, until they were retelling the whole story, using interesting vocabulary supported by the list we had made previously on the working wall.
Finally on Friday the children listened to the teacher version of After the Storm. In our story, we changed the habitat that got destroyed, the animals involved and where the new home was built. The children came up with lots of alternatives for how they could change the story themselves. This was in preparation for next week, when the children will be planning and writing their own version of After the Storm. The children will be encouraged to change some parts to make it their own.
At home over the weekend, you might like to have a go at coming up with some ideas for your child's own version of After the Storm.
Think about what you would change these things to:
The habitat that is destroyed by the farm.
Who lives in that habitat.
What happens to the wheelbarrow (instead of falling in the stream).
Where is the new home built?
In Art this week the children learnt about different techniques for creating dark and light areas. They learnt about shading, stippling and cross hatching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJtlAgrCGr0
The children have also looked at art work by:
Steven
Brown
Dieter
Braun
David
Stribbling
At home you might like to google these artists to compare and contrast their work. You might also like to have a go at recreating one of their pieces at home.
The children then used the new techniques they had learnt to copy one of the artists' pieces of work either using pencil or pastels.
                        
In maths this week we have been exploring the concept of finding one more and one less of a given number using a range of resources and mathematical thinking to help us identify the answer and to gain an understanding of the process.
On Monday we used our maths resources to build our numbers and looked at which columns change when we had one more or have one less than the number we started with. We identified if the number was getting bigger or smaller and explored which way our counter would move on the number line to show one more and one less. On Tuesday we used our building knowledge to draw our numbers pictorially and show the changing numbers in each column using counters and diennes to represent the number and how it changes ass we add one more or take one away. Wednesday's lesson focused on games all linked to the concept of one more and one less. We played in pairs and then discussed what we had found out as a whole class back on the carpet. On Friday we used all of the learning across the week to help us complete our maths pots challenges and show our evidence in our maths books. At home this week you could go on a maths hunt and observe natural objects and see if you can make groups of one more and one less to show how the numbers change as we add and subtract. With your child discuss the number and how many tens and ones it has and explore which column is changing as we had one more and one less. Is this different when we cross the ten?                              
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year One Team
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