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Welcome Back!
Welcome Back!
It has been so wonderful to see the children again and to welcome them back to school!
We have been exploring our new classrooms, meeting our teachers and getting to know new friends.
We have been practising our active listening skills. We look at the person speaking, and wait for our turn to talk.
These are the different places in school.
Can you remember where they are?
The Three Little Pigs
The Three Little Pigs
This term we will learn the story 'The Three Little Pigs.' This will be our first Talk 4 Write unit. We will learn how to follow a text map to recite the story. We will also focus on learning about body part vocabulary. We will finish the unit by labeling a caracter from the story.
The Three Little Pigs - Vocabulary
During the past five weeks we have been learning the story Funnybones. Through this learning journey we have focused on the plot of the story including the characters, places and prepositions from the story.
We started by making a story map of the story.
We then enjoyed finding fun new places to hide in, on, behind and under, and new characters. We used our new hiding places and characters to create a new story invention.
Ask your child today to tell your their story invention.
Instructions
Our first toy is a Roley Poley. Above is a text map we used to learn the building instructions.
Our second toy is a peg puppet. Above is a picture of the puppets and a text map we used to learn the building instructions
Toy Makers
Toy Makers
Over the next couple of weeks we will be learning about how to make toys. This is an exciting unit that allows students to use their creative side and practice their building skills. Additionally, they will also learn the fundamentals of following and making instructions. Each week as the students make a new toy and get familiar with instructions, they will also learn new vocabulary such as imperative verbs and time connectives (first, then, next, after finally).
Check back each week for the toy we are making during the week.
The children have been learning about instructions this term. Instructions can help us do something or make something.
We have been focusing on the features of instructional texts, including bossy verbs and time connectives. The children have been making peg puppets, roly poly toys and many other exciting crafts.
Please check some of the examples below to practice following instructions!
We are learning the story The Tiger Who Came to Tea. To the left you can find a video of the original story being read aloud. In school we have developed an edited version to help the children learn following the Talk for Writing program. This week we have been learning our version of the story. We do this by creating a story map and we recite the story many times. By adding actions when we retell the story, the children can remember the words more easily. Below is a copy of the story map and the text that goes with it. There is also a video to demonstrate how we use actions to help us remember the words from the text.
We are learning the story The Tiger Who Came to Tea. To the left you can find a video of the original story being read aloud. In school we have developed an edited version to help the children learn following the Talk for Writing program. This week we have been learning our version of the story. We do this by creating a story map and we recite the story many times. By adding actions when we retell the story, the children can remember the words more easily. Below is a copy of the story map and the text that goes with it. There is also a video to demonstrate how we use actions to help us remember the words from the text.
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
One evening, Sophie and her mum were having tea.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
Sophie opened the door and saw a big, furry, stripy tiger.
He was very hungry.
Sophie gave sweet cakes and big buns to the tiger but he was still hungry.
Next Sophie gave purple plums to the tiger.
Then he was full.
Finally, he said goodbye.
She looked in the kitchen.
There were no sweet cakes, big buns or purple plums.
She walked, and she walked, and she walked, to the shops and she bought a bag of yummy food. She never saw the tiger again.
Wishing you all a fun and relaxing Christmas break, from the Year 1 EAL Team!
Wishing you all a fun and relaxing Christmas break, from the Year 1 EAL Team!
Here are some Christmas words for you to learn!
Here are some Christmas words for you to learn!
Have fun singing along to these Christmas songs!
Have fun singing along to these Christmas songs!
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