**Friendly reminder that this week is a planning week, and all specialists will occur on Thursday.
This week we will be practising our prediction skills, and continue to practise reading fluently.
This week students will publish their narrative writing they have been working on the past two weeks. Students will also practise using different skills to spell unknown words.
This week students will be practising their mental strategies for addition problems, specifically doubles and near doubles.
In Spelling this week, we will be focusing on the following:
Spelling choices for /ō/- ‘oa’, ‘ow’, ‘o_e’
Tricky words: something, ask, what
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.
We will also be focusing on the words woman, home, where. 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.
** Differentiated learning will be present in each class to cater for all students individual learning requirements.
This week, we will begin to focus on Cyber Safety in the area of 'responsibilty'.
This lesson will focus on answering:
-three types of unsafe people they might meet online.
-appropriate strategies for students to use if they come across strangers, unkind people or tricky people in offine and online playgrounds.
-one thing they can do if they come across a stranger, unkind person or tricky person*.
** We will talk more about what a 'tricky person' might be in the online world in week 10.