19 October 2012
This week’s homework is talk time. It’s due in on Wednesday 24 October 2012.
Should animals perform in the circus?
Remember that talk time homework is marked through a class discussion/debate once the homework has been handed in.
19 October 2012
The homework this week is Talk Time and is due in on 24 October.
Should households have more than one car? Discuss.
We want you to discuss with your child the different factors involved with having more than one car. In addition, we’d also like you to discuss the differences between need and want as well as looking at the effect cars have on the evironment. Encourage your child to use words and phrases such as:
- However,
- On the other hand,
- Nevertheless,
- Furthermore,
19 October 2012
We are breaking from the norm this week by only having six spellings. This is because the spellings are a bit trickier than usual.
The spellings are all ‘adding connectives’ which we’ll be using in our writing next week. Most of the spellings have a capital letter and a comma because we will be using them as sentence openers.
(‘Another point is…’ flows better without a comma.)
| 1. | First of all, |
| 2. | Furthermore, |
| 3. | Also, |
| 4. | Another point is |
| 5. | Additionally, |
| 6. | Moreover, |
19 October 2012
It’s time for Talk Time homework this week.
Should everyone be paid the same wage?
This question will generate some interesting discussion and is linked with our Rich and Poor topic. It also helps the children to address moral issues eg discussing whether it is right that certain professions get paid so much more than others.
We’ll discuss this in school on Wednesday 24 October 2012.
19 October 2012
This week’s spellings are “irregular” spellings for past tense. They do not follow the regular rules for adding “ed”.
These will be tested on Friday 26 October 2012.
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think |
thought |
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fight |
fought |
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bring |
brought |
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buy |
bought |
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can |
could |
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are |
were |
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catch |
caught |
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teach |
taught |
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hear |
heard |
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find |
found |
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wind |
wound |
19 October 2012
This week’s homework is talk time. It’s due in on Wednesday 24 October 2012.
Should animals perform in the circus?
Remember that talk time homework is marked through a class discussion/debate once the homework has been handed in.
19 October 2012
This week, the children have come up with some connectives that they struggle to spell. These will also help them with their report writing this week. For example…
Cars are ideal to get about from A to B. However, they do cause pollution and can cause accidents. Furthermore, it is known that opting to walk or cycle is much healthier. In other words, sitting in a car is not a way to exercise whilst travelling.
The spellings are a variety of different types of connectives – they do different jobs in a sentence. See if your child knows which ones they are.
| LO: connective openers |
| Meanwhile, |
| Suddenly, |
| Additionally, |
| Furthermore, |
| However, |
| Nevertheless, |
| Consequently, |
| Therefore, |
| In other words, |
| That is to say, |
Your child will only be tested on eight of these spellings. It’s important that your child remembers to have a capital letter at the start and a comma at the end.
19 October 2012
This week’s spellings begin with ‘th’. Your child will be tested on Friday 26 October 2012.
- three
- throat
- throne
- thigh
- thin
- thing
- thick
- throw
- threw
- think
Class assembly
Well done Year 1! I was very proud of you. Thank you to all the parents and visitors who attended today’s performance.
We loved hearing your views; here are a few: ‘Lovely production’, ‘Enjoyed the class telling the story’ and ‘Wonderful to watch.’
Talking about transport…
…this afternoon we split into groups to talk about the many things the children have learned from their talk time discussions at home.
