Good morning Year 1!
What are we learning today?
Phonics
Today I would like you to do the lesson Read Longer Words, by following the link to the YouTube channel above.
Use the links below to continue practising your speedy words and for those who are whizzing through them, can you spell them? Go on, have a go!
Reading
Remember to read everyday, just like we do at school. I would love you to read for at least 20 minutes each day, be that a physical book or an ebook on Epic/Accelerated Reader. If your book has an option to quiz on AR or Epic, please remember to do so.
English
Look at the front cover of the book The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters by Janet and Allan Ahlberg.
Discuss why the postman might be described as being jolly. What does that word mean? Can you use the word jolly orally in a sentence? Ask your child: Do you know any of the characters on the front of this book? Where have you seen them before? What stories or rhymes are they from? Predict why the familiar characters might be receiving letters from the Jolly Postman. Who might have sent them? What might they say? Begin to read the story by clicking on the button.
Pause at each envelope and after reading the address to predict who the letter/leaflet/ postcard etc. is for. Write a list of who the mail is for, what type it is and who the sender is, e.g. First of all there is a letter of apology for Mr and Mrs Bear and Baby Bear from Goldilocks. Next there is a leaflet for the Wicked Witch from Hansel and Gretel from the Hobgoblin Company. There is also a postcard for the giant from Jack, etc.
Check for capital letters for names of the characters, words such as Mr or Mrs, plus at the start of sentences. Check for full stops at the end of sentences.
Maths
Missing you all lots!
Miss Lane