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This week’s ‘Tricky Words’

The ‘Tricky Word spellings for this week are:

• was
• my
• you
• her
• they

Reception will be opening the Summer Fair

 Reception Class will be opening the Summer Fair this Friday at 3pm with an amazing Maypole Dance. Don’t miss it!

24 June 2011

The spellings this week are all words which require a letter to be doubled up because of a short vowel sound just before.

For example: hopping. The short ‘o’ (different to the ‘o’ in ‘hope’) sound means that the ‘p’ must be doubled up. (If it was a long ‘o’ sound the word would be hoping and wouldn’t need a double ‘p’.)

Nouns and verbs should practise numbers 1-8. Adjectives and adverbs should practise 1-10.

1. follow
2. happy
3. banning
4. swimming
5. batter
6. spinner
7. trigger
8. different
9. accommodation

Spellings will be tested on Friday 29 June. Practise hard!

24 June 2011

The homework this week is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Wednesday 29 June.

I know other words for said.

We are just about to start writing stories in literacy and will be writing speech between characters. Therefore, your child has been tasked with finding as many different words for ‘said’ as possible, for example, shouted, whispered, replied etc. They can use dictionaries, thesauruses, the internet or other sources to find the different words. How they choose to present the information is completely up to your child.

The person who can find the most words will win a prize!

24 June 2011

The homework this week is ‘Creative’ and is due in on Wednesday 29 June.

I can create a map of a journey I make.

Here are some ideas:

• Bird’s-eye view map of their route to their school / grandparent’s house etc on paper or on a computer.
• A constructed model of a familiar journey using Lego/K’nex etc.
• Another idea would be for you to make the journey, taking a picture every few minutes.
• Drawing your route is a great idea, too.

I look forward to seeing all the maps.

24 June 2011

This week, we are again learning to spell ‘ai’ words and to use them in sentences.

Children will be tested on them in class on Friday 01 July.

24 June 2011

This week, we’re again learning to spell WOW words and to use them in class in the correct context.

Children will be tested on them in class on Friday 01 July, and will be given points for using them correctly in written work and verbally in class.

Here are the WOW words for all groups to learn how to spell and how to use in context:

• scrambled
• trotted
• glanced
• laboured
• grimaced
• tumbled
• stuttered
• staggered
• screeched
• stumbled

24 June 2011

Your homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 29 June.

I can express my opinion about Rebecca’s World.

We’ve been reading Rebecca’s World by Terry Nation. Homework is to produce a piece of work that tells me your opinion of the book.

This piece of work could be:

• Some art work
• A timeline
• A cartoon strip of the story so far
• An interview with you answering questions about as though you were one of the characters
• A prediction of the exciting events still to come

Or…your own even more creative idea!

24 June 2011

The homework this week is ‘Creative’ and is due in on Wednesday 29 June.

I can create a map of a journey I make.

As prospective navigators and explorers, your child will have to become accustomed to creating maps. This is your child’s chance to put their cartographic skills to the test and design a map of a familiar journey. Here are some ideas:

• Bird’s-eye-view map of their route to school / grandparent’s house / friend etc on paper or on a computer.
• A constructed model of a familiar journey using Lego/K’nex etc.
• Another (more elaborate) idea would be for you to make the journey, taking a picture every few seconds.

As always, these ideas are here to inspire you or help if you can’t think of anything. They are by no means compulsory.

24 June 2011

This week’s spellings for Bananas, Oranges and Apples are all adverbs.

They will be tested on Friday 24 June.