Reading
Please read with your child every day. The first time they read their book please help them use phonic skills to decode new words, or recognise words that cannot be decoded. Help them to understand new vocabulary. The next time they read their book please help them read fluently with expression. Finally, please ask questions about the book helping them use the text to answer.
Some children are now ready to take Accelerated Reader Quizzes. If your child has login details in their reading diary this link can be used to access the ARP quizzes.
https://ukhosted74.renlearn.co.uk/2236795/
Please make sure your child really understands the book before they take a quiz and only help them with prompts such as directing them to the text to help them answer questions.
If your child has a Lexia account please use this at home. Lexia can be accessed using this link:
If you need the teacher email to access Lexia at home please use: lexia@southill.dorset.sch.uk
Spellings
Next week’s words are:
call
talk
always
warm
towards
Parents: We are now following the year 2 curriculum for spellings. Many of these words will be in sets with common or alternative spelling patterns. For the first few weeks our focus is homophones – same sound; different spelling – their meaning and use in context. Other words have more complex or unusual spelling patterns and are on the list of common exception words for year 2. Later, we will be looking at how suffixes are added to the end of root words and how the spelling of the root word might need to change (e.g. ‘drop the ‘e’ add the suffix). The children are being taught strategies for learning spellings as part of their work at school. Please encourage them to practice at home during the week and carry out an occasional test to prepare them for Friday morning. When your children are confident spelling the words please encourage them to use them in sentences. This will help with understanding and using the words in context. They could also explore more words with these spelling patterns and bring them to school to share with us. They will be tested by writing the words in dictated sentences.
Mental Maths
Learn to recall the five times table facts from memory, in any order.
Test: complete the missing numbers, e.g. __ x 5 = 20, __ x 5 = 45, etc
If your child has a TT Rockstars login, this is the link: https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/5669
Optional Challenge
As we are now learning about fractions, practise finding one quarter of quantities or whole things at home. This could be sharing things with 4 friends or members of your family, for example, lego bricks, colouring pens, a pizza or cake, etc. Remember: the four quarters must be equal in quantity or size (but not necessarily shape).