Friday 25th September 2020.
Maths
This week we have been looking at doubling and halving in our maths lessons using multilink and pictorial representations to calculate and write our number sentences.
We discovered that doubling means using the same number twice and then adding them together to find a new total. On our tables we talked about the ways we could help ourselves double such as using our fingers, counters and multilink to show the two groups and then adding them.
During our second lesson we used the knowledge we had gained about doubling to create picture sentences in our books to show the doubling of a number we had rolled on a dice and then write a number sentence.
Later in the week we started halving numbers using the concept of sharing objects between two groups equally. We role played being on a picnic and sharing out food between the people there to make sure that everyone got the same amount saying "one for me, one for you". After that we went outside and used hoops as sharing circles to find half of a range of numbers.
Ask your child what they discovered about odd and even numbers in that lesson.
In our last lesson we used all the information that we had learnt over the week to complete maths challenges in our books that cover doubling and halving.
English
We have been practising our cursive hand writing and letter formations then applying our technique to list and caption writing based on the traditional tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. We watched a video of the story and made a list of the characters in the order they appear. We started by practising cursive using chalk on the playground to write our names.
We discussed the features of a list and how to organise it clearly so that the reader can discover the information about which characters were in the tale.
During our caption lesson we explored the meaning and purpose of a caption and practised matching words to pictures of Jack and the Beanstalk before writing our own caption for each picture.
Computing.
This week in computing we looked at the features of a laptop and then labelled each part and its function on our picture of a laptop. We discussed the key buttons on the key board such as the space bar and backspace buttons and practised using our mouse control.
We explored some of the programs on the laptop including word and the calculator and discussed how to log on and off our laptops safely.
Geography
This week we had our first Year 1 Geography lesson where identified the geographical and man made features of our school grounds. We were shown close up and far away photos of our school. We then used positional language to describe the location of different areas e.g. the play equipment, our classroom door etc. We discussed seasonal changes and how different areas of the school look during different seasons.
Phonics
This week we have been looking at our phase 2 and three sounds and using our phoneme fingers to sound out and blend a range of words effectively. We discussed CVC words and identified where in each word the vowel was positioned. We re-capped the digraph flash cards and had some practice writing some words which use digraphs.
