Reading
On Wednesday your child bought home their next reading book. This book has been read in school with them following the Little Wandle Scheme – it is directly matched to your child’s reading ability. We will read your child’s new Little Wandle book in school on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The book sent home on Wednesday is now for you to read and follow up at home. Your child has also bought home a school library book of their choice – this is not matched to their reading ability and is therefore a book to share together.
We visit the library on Tuesdays and Thursdays where they can be changed .
Please record ALL reading in your child’s reading record so that we can see that reading, story sharing or other reading for pleasure has taken part every day at home.
Reading records and reading books are expected to be bought into school every day to be monitored and to record when your child has read in school.
Spellings
This weeks words are taken from the Year 1 National Curriculum. These are ‘common exception’ words that your child is expected to be able to spell independently in their writing by the end of Year 1. You will notice that some of these words your child is familiar with from Reception. Please practise writing the words below together.
We will ‘test’ these spellings next Friday. The scores will be in your child’s reading record for you to see and to continue practising any words that they need further support with. We will continue to learn these words in Year 1 using our spelling list to support when writing.
This weeks words are..
no go
A copy of the Year 1 National Curriculum ‘common exception’ words been sent home. You can also access the list in the link below.
Maths
This week we have started to look at subtraction.
Your child has come home with a number line – we have been learning how to subtract using a number line for support. This is one of the methods we will learn so support with subtracting.
Please support at home by practising the questions that have been sent home. You will notice that we are working within 10. This is to ensure children are focusing on the method using numbers that they are confident with. They do not need to be working outside of 10 at the moment.
Follow the steps below:
- Read the number sentence aloud together pointing at the numbers/symbols as you say them. Encourage your child to say ‘subtract’ rather than ‘take away’.
- Identify the first number in the number sentence and circle it on your number line.
- Identify ‘how many’ you are subtracting, this is the second number that we will read in the number sentence.
- Now jump that many times DOWN the number line. Focus on how you are going down in ones, therefore the answer will be a smaller number than the one we started with. This understanding is key.
- Circle the number that you land on. This is your answer!
- Complete the number sentence by writing the answer.
Please support your child using the resources sent home. You can also draw pictures and cross them out.
This will help to consolidate learning in class and ensure they are confident with one method of subtracting.
Thank you for your continued support