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25 January 2013

We’re still practising words which have split digraphs. This week we are looking at ‘u – e‘, for example, tub (with a short ‘u’ sound) changes to tube (with a longer ‘u’ sound) when there’s an ‘e’.

These will be tested on Friday 01 February 2013.

25 January 2013

The homework this week is creative and is due in Wednesday 30 January.

I can show what I already know about treasure.

As you all know, our new Big Topic is Hidden Treasure. We’d like you to show us what you already know about the topic. As always, you can be as creative as you like, but if you’re struggling why not…

• draw and label a picture
• use a computer to find information
• create a comic strip
• make a collage

We look forward to seeing your ideas.

Fun in the snow

18 January 2013

This week’s homework is practice makes perfect. It is due in on Wednesday 23 January 2013.

I can use speech marks.

The children have some sentences in which they need to add the speech marks to – we’ve been learning this in class. They need to put the speech marks before the first spoken word and before ‘said’.

Some children have also been asked to add ‘action enders’ to their writing (only if they’ve been working on it in class).

Here’s an example:

• “It’s snowing outside!“ said Aleena.
• “It’s snowing outside!” said Aleena, looking out of the window.

18 January 2013

This week’s spellings for Lions and Tigers end in ‘ge’ or ‘dge’. A useful tip is that if the word has a short vowel sound followed by the ‘j’ sound then you use ‘dge’. If the word has a long vowel sound followed by the ‘j’ sound then you use ‘ge’.

• bridge
• hedge
• huge
• damage
• village
• badge
• stage
• judge
• message
• badger

This week’s spellings for Zebras are words with the split digraph.

• take
• make
• bike
• like
• spoke
• came
• cake
• ride
• spike
• broke

Spellings will be tested on Friday 25 January 2013.

18 January 2013

The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 23 January 2013.

You will be practising using adjectives. An adjective is a describing word – it describes nouns. It gives more information to your sentences, making them more interesting to read. You will find the activities in your homework book.

If you have any questions, please come and see me or Mrs Weekes.

18 January 2012

This week we look at words with the split vowel digraph a-e: two letters, split by a consonant, which make a ‘long a’ sound.

These words will be tested on Friday 25 January.

18 January 2013

This week we are continuing to look at words with ful as a suffix. The words on the list can also become adverbs with the addition of an extra suffix: ful and ly.

For example: mercy   merciful   mercifully

Children will be tested on Friday 25 January on the root words with both ful and fully added as a suffix.

• beauty
• delight
• sorrow
• disgrace
• boast
• fear
• help
• spite
• power

The Paperclip Dance

Do you know how we are making the paperclips dance? Ask the scientists from Year 1!
Click on the link below to see ‘the paperclip dance’.
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18 January 2013

This week’s homework is creative.

I can show what I want to know about theme parks.

In class, children have discussed how they could present this homework, but the main thing is to get loads of questions and / or ideas down. This will mean that we can base lots of our Theme Park Big Topic lessons on children’s interests.