This week in Reception, we’ve continued to think about Where we live and have even been creating our own maps!
In Maths, we’ve been comparing quantities- saying which group of objects has the most and the fewest. We’ve also been comparing capacity and exploring this in the classroom:
In phonics, we have now learnt our first six sounds; s,a,t,p,i,n. We’ve started to read words consisting of these letters, by segmenting (sounding out the individual sounds, called phonemes) and blending (reading the sounds all together)
When we are segmenting words, we put sounds onto our ‘phoneme fingers’, then swoop across them to blend. Here is Mrs Allen-Kelly with an example:
Can your child show you how we use phoneme fingers, when reading the words in their word book?
We used our robot ‘metal mike’ to practice segmenting words. We’ve also started to write some simple words, by segmenting the sounds first.
Here are some more pictures of our busy week, having fun and learning with our friends:
Next week- Local Walk
Next week, the children will explore using maps as we take a short walk in the village. A letter has gone home with your child today. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your class teacher/s. Thank you.
Home-Link Challenge
Following on from our learning in class this week, have a go at comparing capacity in simple ways at home. Here are a few ideas:
Diary Dates…
Wednesday 13 October- School Photographer in School (Individual Photos)
Monday 18 October- Parent Teacher Meetings. Please book an appointment if you have not done so already.
Wednesday 20 October- Harvest donation collections.
Wednesday 20 October- Parent Teacher Meetings.