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READING: (Fluency and Comprehension)

In Reading, students will begin to explore various comprehension strategies they can use to help them understand what they have read. This week the focus will be using what they know to predict what will happen next. During these lessons students will continue to practise reading fluently.

In our storybook lessons we will continue to read the text Pete the Sheep by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley.  Students will explore vocabulary used in the text and summarise the main events in the story.

WRITING: (Persuasuve text)

This week students will continue to write a persuasive piece of writing. We will explore persuasive language (such as modal verbs) and the structure of persuasive texts (e.g. starting a paragraph with an opinion and then providing reasons to support our opinion).

MATHS: (Addition)

This week students will continue to explore addition. They will be learning to add within 20 by bridging-10 on ten-frames and number lines.

SPELLING and GRAMMAR

In Spelling this week, we will be exploring the spelling choices for – ‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘e_e’

We will be focusing on the tricky words: who, people, caught

 At home, you can support your child by doing the following activities: 

• Child writes the word, saying each sound as he/she writes.

• Draw child’s attention to the target phonic pattern.

• Help child choose the correct spelling pattern if there are options.

At home, you can support your child by doing the following activities: 

• Child writes the word several times, saying each letter name as he/she writes.

• Child writes a sentence using the target word.

In Grammar this week, students will be focusing on adjectives (describing words).

** Differentiated learning will be present in each class to cater for all students individual learning requirements.