Week 12
This week we spent time revising what we have learnt this term, along with playing games to help us revise.
To help with your revision, most importantly, you should be able to identify the difference between short and long vowel sounds, and be able to identify the sounds that we have covered this term. You should also re-read the ORT books that we read this term - The Outing, and The Land of the Dinosaurs.
To help with your revision, most importantly, you should be able to identify the difference between short and long vowel sounds, and be able to identify the sounds that we have covered this term. You should also re-read the ORT books that we read this term - The Outing, and The Land of the Dinosaurs.
Week 11
Homework: GTE p.28-29 Presentation from the lessons
My Magic Schoolbag!
This week we've been talking about our magic schoolbags and what magic things are inside. For the page 28, you need to design and color your special schoolbag! On page 29, you need to write about two things: (1) What special things do you take out of your schoolbag, and (2) How do these special things make your school day better? To answer these questions in complete sentences, you can write:
My Magic Schoolbag!
This week we've been talking about our magic schoolbags and what magic things are inside. For the page 28, you need to design and color your special schoolbag! On page 29, you need to write about two things: (1) What special things do you take out of your schoolbag, and (2) How do these special things make your school day better? To answer these questions in complete sentences, you can write:
- I take _____________________ out of my schoolbag.
- I use my _________________ to _______________________. (You should explain how your magic item(s) work(s).
Week 10
Homework: GTE p.21-22 Presentation from the lessons
Land of the Dinosaurs this week...roarrrrrr. We read the story, wrote our own stories, and made our own hatching dinosaurs. It was fun!
We're getting close to the end of the term and the second assessment. It's going to be most important to understand the vowel sounds that we have covered in this term - the short-U and a wrap-up of all of the short vowels. And also the long-A and long-E sounds. So your child should be able to differentiate between short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds. Remember, long vowels just say the letter's name!
Land of the Dinosaurs this week...roarrrrrr. We read the story, wrote our own stories, and made our own hatching dinosaurs. It was fun!
We're getting close to the end of the term and the second assessment. It's going to be most important to understand the vowel sounds that we have covered in this term - the short-U and a wrap-up of all of the short vowels. And also the long-A and long-E sounds. So your child should be able to differentiate between short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds. Remember, long vowels just say the letter's name!
Week 9
Homework: GTE p.26-27 Presentation from the lessons
This week we learned about using commas to separate things when we write sentences.
If you are talking about three or more things in a row, you use commas to keep them from bumping into each other.
Think of a comma like a tiny speed bump for your voice.
When you see a period (.), it’s a stop sign—you take a big breath and stop. But when you see a comma (,), it’s just a little "pause button." It tells you to take a tiny, quick breath before you keep going!
This week we learned about using commas to separate things when we write sentences.
If you are talking about three or more things in a row, you use commas to keep them from bumping into each other.
- No commas: I like apples bananas and grapes. (This sounds like one giant, weird fruit!)
- With commas: I like apples, bananas, and grapes.
Think of a comma like a tiny speed bump for your voice.
When you see a period (.), it’s a stop sign—you take a big breath and stop. But when you see a comma (,), it’s just a little "pause button." It tells you to take a tiny, quick breath before you keep going!
Week 8
Homework: GTE p.14-17 Presentation from the lessons
We had fun with the long-E sound this week! I think everybody is an expert, because we're in 1EEEEEE!
Just like the long-A sound, the long-E sound says it's name. Like tree, bee, happy, and Mr. Leigh!
Have a look at the presentation to revise, and watch the video below 👇 And enjoy the photos from Friday when we played the games we made on GTE p.17 😁
We had fun with the long-E sound this week! I think everybody is an expert, because we're in 1EEEEEE!
Just like the long-A sound, the long-E sound says it's name. Like tree, bee, happy, and Mr. Leigh!
Have a look at the presentation to revise, and watch the video below 👇 And enjoy the photos from Friday when we played the games we made on GTE p.17 😁
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Week 7
Homework: GTE p.10-13 Presentation from the lessons
We learned all about the long-A sound this week and you all did such a wonderful job!
Remember: Long vowels always say their name - you can hear it in the word play, lake, and sail.
Have a look at the presentation from this week for a more detailed explanation!
We learned all about the long-A sound this week and you all did such a wonderful job!
Remember: Long vowels always say their name - you can hear it in the word play, lake, and sail.
Have a look at the presentation from this week for a more detailed explanation!
Week 4
Homework: GTE p.24-25 Presentation from the lesson
Blooket about exclamation marks: https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=6944bcaafc2750aa8e89218f
We also learned about using exclamation marks in our writing.
🚀 What is an Exclamation Mark?
🎉 When Do We Use It?
🐶 Easy Examples
Blooket about exclamation marks: https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=6944bcaafc2750aa8e89218f
We also learned about using exclamation marks in our writing.
🚀 What is an Exclamation Mark?
- It looks like this: !
- It’s a special punctuation mark that shows big feelings.
🎉 When Do We Use It?
- Excitement: I won the game!
- Surprise: Wow, that’s a huge balloon!
- Strong command: Stop!
🐶 Easy Examples
- I love my puppy!
- Look at the rainbow!
- Hooray!
Homework: GTE p.19-20
This week we're reading "The Outing" in class. You might have heard that I read the "funny version" first, and then everybody got a turn to read it out loud. I'm very happy with your loud reading voices in class and the confidence that you show in front of each other! Let's keep working to become the best readers 💪🏼 💪🏼 💪🏼
This week we're reading "The Outing" in class. You might have heard that I read the "funny version" first, and then everybody got a turn to read it out loud. I'm very happy with your loud reading voices in class and the confidence that you show in front of each other! Let's keep working to become the best readers 💪🏼 💪🏼 💪🏼
Week 3
Because you loved the songs so much, here's a video of our song - the 1E Parade! youtube.com/shorts/vnSpdXK7btI?si=xgsyBSy0jf7MHQIp
Week 2
Homework: GTE p.6-7 Presentation from the lesson
This week we finished learning about the short-U sound and then started to wrap-up learning about short vowels. We read Mel Did Not Say "Yum!" and Ben Bat is Sad. Now that we're finished with all of the short vowel phonics books, you can keep the red box of books at home! We will use the blue box for the rest of the school year now!
Remember, short vowels are the sounds that some letters make when we say them quickly. Like this:
What About Long Vowels?Now that we've learned all about short vowels, we're going to start learning about long vowel sounds next! Long vowel sounds are when the vowel says its own name. For example:
And for those who stuck around, here's the Blooket that we played in class on Friday: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=69321f17873d088110063f78
This week we finished learning about the short-U sound and then started to wrap-up learning about short vowels. We read Mel Did Not Say "Yum!" and Ben Bat is Sad. Now that we're finished with all of the short vowel phonics books, you can keep the red box of books at home! We will use the blue box for the rest of the school year now!
Remember, short vowels are the sounds that some letters make when we say them quickly. Like this:
- A as in "cat"
- E as in "bed"
- I as in "sit"
- O as in "hot"
- U as in "cup"
What About Long Vowels?Now that we've learned all about short vowels, we're going to start learning about long vowel sounds next! Long vowel sounds are when the vowel says its own name. For example:
- A as in "cake"
- E as in "see"
- I as in "bike"
- O as in "home"
- U as in "use"
And for those who stuck around, here's the Blooket that we played in class on Friday: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=69321f17873d088110063f78
Week 1
Friday Homework: GTE p.2-5 (due Monday) Presentation from the lesson
This week we leatned all about the short-U sound.
The short-U sound is like the sound you hear in words such as "up," "cup," and "fun." It sounds a bit like "uh."
Let's try saying it together:
You can think of it as a quick, little sound, not like the long "u" in "unicorn." Can you think of some more words with the short-U sound?
Try to sing the short-U sound from the song below!!
This week we leatned all about the short-U sound.
The short-U sound is like the sound you hear in words such as "up," "cup," and "fun." It sounds a bit like "uh."
Let's try saying it together:
- When you say "up," the "u" makes a short sound—like "uh."
- In "cup," it sounds the same.
- And in "fun," the "u" is also a short sound.
You can think of it as a quick, little sound, not like the long "u" in "unicorn." Can you think of some more words with the short-U sound?
Try to sing the short-U sound from the song below!!