week beginning Monday 23rd September

Literacy - this week we have started the set 2 sounds from "Read Write Inc"

ay - may I play

Your child has a sheet in their reading folder with a list of ay words on it which they should be able to sound out using "Fred Talk" and some children will be able to spell them too.  You do not need to complete or return the sheet, it is for your information only and they will receive a similar sheet each week.

Here is a video showing all the set 2 sounds. Again this is more for your information, to help you with pronunciation although the children may watch it if they wish. We will work on 1 sound each week.

We are also doing more work on the body and reading sentences using is & are


Today most children have been given new reading books. Please make sure your child brings to school his/her reading books and the yellow "reading record" every Monday in order for me to change the reading books. We have not yet started working with the "read write inc" reading books.

The bigger library books (in the large transparent folder) should be brought and changed on Thursdays.



Maths
We are still practicing counting and writing numbers to 20. Please continue to help your child at home if he/she struggles with numbers to 20.

This week we are working on number pairs to 5 (all the ways of making 5) 
4 + ? = 5      2 + ? =5 etc

Try listening to this song to help your learn your number bonds. Initialy they may need to use blocks/toys or their fingers to work out the answers, but with practice they should be able to know them by memory.

Some children will also be learning number bonds to 6 or revising number bonds to 4. 


Topic
We are still working on parts of the body.