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Last week we looked at Row, Row, Row Your Boat. We sang the orogianl version and then looked at an alternate version that incorporated different animals and bodies of water. Using the different animals the students then chose an animal to create their own page in our class Row, Row, Row Your Boat Book. They then had to identify the correct words from a list and copy them into their Nursery Rhyme. We identified the rhyming words in the Nursery Rhyme which helped us to remember each animal and where it belonged. We then discussed various environments that animals can live in and special features they have as a result. You can read our class book in our book corner.
We explored the concept of float and sink using the water trolley and then designed and created a boat using various materials. We drew a diagram of our boat, listed the materials we used and explained why we chose those materials. Once we had built our boat we tested them in the water trolley. We then reflected on the materials we chose and if they were effective.
In Literacy we are continuing to look at text conventions and as a class highlighted the start of the Nuresry rhyme passage, capital letters, long and short words, full stops and text direction. This is an important skill that helps us to navigate a text as well as apply this kowledge when we are writing.
To develop our oral language we played a game called pass the picure. We sat in a circle and passed a beanbag around to the left, that is the way we form our letter c, just like we are learning this week. When the music stopped the person holding the beanbag was given a picture card. They created clues for the rest of the class to guess what they were holding. We were very good at giving descriptive clues and guessing what the mystery picture was. After this game, we used our skills to create a class book. We selected a picture and gave clues for our reader to guess. You can read our class descriptive language book in our book corner. You could play this game at home using pictures or objects.
As a part of tuning into sounds and phonetical awareness we have been looking at final sounds in words. We are getting much better with our initial sounds and are now listening carefully to detect the final sound in words. This will assist us to blend letter sounds when reading and segment sounds when writing.
In Numeracy we are revising addition and also looked at odd and even numbers. We discovered that all even numbers must have a 2,4,6,8 or 0 at the end. An even number means it can be shared into two groups or divided into two equal groups, just like when we line up with a parnter. If we have an odd number of people not everyone will have a partner. We then played Numbler Jumbler on the Interactive Whiteboard to sort the even and odd numbers. We have also been looking at the concept of measurement and using objects to measure height, length and width. When measuring we need to remember to start at the bottom of an object and measure all the way to the top in a straight line with no gaps. We used this skill to measure the height and width of a boat using blocks and then created an anchor to any length we chose.
We explored the concept of float and sink using the water trolley and then designed and created a boat using various materials. We drew a diagram of our boat, listed the materials we used and explained why we chose those materials. Once we had built our boat we tested them in the water trolley. We then reflected on the materials we chose and if they were effective.
In Literacy we are continuing to look at text conventions and as a class highlighted the start of the Nuresry rhyme passage, capital letters, long and short words, full stops and text direction. This is an important skill that helps us to navigate a text as well as apply this kowledge when we are writing.
To develop our oral language we played a game called pass the picure. We sat in a circle and passed a beanbag around to the left, that is the way we form our letter c, just like we are learning this week. When the music stopped the person holding the beanbag was given a picture card. They created clues for the rest of the class to guess what they were holding. We were very good at giving descriptive clues and guessing what the mystery picture was. After this game, we used our skills to create a class book. We selected a picture and gave clues for our reader to guess. You can read our class descriptive language book in our book corner. You could play this game at home using pictures or objects.
As a part of tuning into sounds and phonetical awareness we have been looking at final sounds in words. We are getting much better with our initial sounds and are now listening carefully to detect the final sound in words. This will assist us to blend letter sounds when reading and segment sounds when writing.
In Numeracy we are revising addition and also looked at odd and even numbers. We discovered that all even numbers must have a 2,4,6,8 or 0 at the end. An even number means it can be shared into two groups or divided into two equal groups, just like when we line up with a parnter. If we have an odd number of people not everyone will have a partner. We then played Numbler Jumbler on the Interactive Whiteboard to sort the even and odd numbers. We have also been looking at the concept of measurement and using objects to measure height, length and width. When measuring we need to remember to start at the bottom of an object and measure all the way to the top in a straight line with no gaps. We used this skill to measure the height and width of a boat using blocks and then created an anchor to any length we chose.
Making and comparing height towers using dice
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Creating addition sums
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Creating consonant-vowel-consonant words using word frames.
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Creating words using playdough cutters.
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Sorting intial sound pictures
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