Writing Task
For the writing task on Monday 2nd March, children will be retelling the story of 'The Lion Inside' which is one of our core books. If you have the book at home please can you share the book together and see if your child can sequence the key events. We will be reading the book daily in class before the write. Children will also have the sequence pictures and a word mat available during the write.
In Spring 2 thee 5 key areas we will continue to look at are:
The extra areas we will be looking at are:
Phonics
Repeated practice of spelling helps children move their new learning into long-term memory. In Year 1 especially, it’s important to find time to practise and embed spelling outside of phonics lessons. Please keep sessions short and fun!
WE HAVE NOW MOVED TO PHASE 5 FOR PHONICS.
Graphemes:
NEW PHASE 5 graphemes (check your child is confident with them).
a-e (shake)
i-e (time)
o-e (home)
u-e (rude, cute)
Ask your child to:
Decodable words: (this week our focus has been introducing four phase 5 digraphs)
made, same, game, snake, amaze, take
time, like, ripe, inside, prize, slide
home, woke, note, stone, those, explode
cute, cube, tube, rude, use, rule
Ask your child to:
Read the words.
Add the sound buttons (dots and dashes).
Write the words.
Remember to sound out and segment each word before spelling it.
Tricky words:
could, would, should, our
Ask your child to:
Read the words.
Circle the tricky part.
Write the words.
Remember to sound out and segment each word before spelling, thinking carefully about the tricky bit.
Additional dictation:
It is fun to play the game snakes and ladders.
I would like a ride in a hot-air balloon.
The note was hidden under the stone.
I made a cube using a tube and a ruler.
Challenge your child to apply their phonic knowledge in short dictated sentences.
Model and check the correct spelling of the sentence together.
Handwriting
Please continue to practise handwriting at home. We will be practising this daily in school, with a focus on keeping letters on the line and ensuring consistent letter size. The handwriting rhymes can be found in the phonics section of the school website. When forming capital letters and numbers, we are placing particular emphasis on starting at the top.
This week we have focussed on:
ow (both same size letters and start from the top)
oi (both same size letters and start from the top)
ear (all same size letters)
Maths Number Fact Task
Each half term, we will have a number fact focus, which will form part of the weekly homework.
Number facts are calculations that children should be able to recall instantly, without working them out — in other words, they need to learn them by heart.
To help your child succeed, here are some top tips:
The children will be assessed on these facts during the week commencing 30th March.
The number facts to learn this half term are:
If you are confident your child knows their number bonds to and within 10 with automatic recall including subtraction facts then please move onto number bonds to 20
If your child is now confident with number bonds to 20 (including subtraction facts) please move onto adding 10 to numbers within 100.
CHALLENGE SECTION: Please can you complete as much of the challenge section as possible as this fills each child's heatmap. Any part of the challenge section will help support with filling in the heatmap. Thank you!
Any questions about homework please ask a member of the Year 1 team.