Welcome to Tuesday
At the moment thing are uncertain and for many of us we are taking things day by day.
Please be reassured that your child’s well-being and education is my priority.
Blogs will continue to be used to communicate learning, to spark conversation and to make connections with home and school.
Remember there is learning in all that we do – from playing board games, drawing, cooking and reading together. Time together with family is so valuable. Enjoy!
I feel routine is important for the children at school – so we continue to begin our day with – Come read with me. This also gives myself valuable time to engage with children individually with their reading books.
Happy Birthday Kalil – we hope you had a super fun day celebrating with your friends – Enjoy your chocolate cake tonight 🙂
Come Read with Me – Thank you Kalil for taking photos.
Writer’s Workshop – Today we explored what is a character?
Our thinking before  watching the below clip.
Felipe – A dinosaur can be a character.
Hendrix – A dragon can be a character
JOrdan – An NBA player can be a character.
Keth – A soccer player can be a character
Elnathan – A netball player can be a character.
The children worked hard on the next page of their books. Today they focussed upon a sentence about the characters in their story. The children are encouraged to write down the sounds they hear when they say or stretch out the word. Then during conferencing with the individual children we talk about blending sounds, long and short vowel sounds and High Frequency Word recognition.
Numeracy – 10 Frames
Today we explored learning about number using the 10 frames.
The children explored:
- Patterns
- Counting
- Different ways to represent number
- Addition
We started with a number and the group needed to represent the number on their 10 frame with red/yellow flip tiles. From this simple task there were  many ways to represent the number. Foe example – the number 4. 4 Yellow, 1 yellow and 3 red. 2 yellow and 2 red, 1 yellow and 3 red and 4 red. Doing this task enables the children to see patterns in numbers and addition.
The children then got 10 flip tiles and tossed them in the air. After they landed they placed them on the 10 frame. The only rules was to keep the colours together. This allowed the children to quickly count how many of each colour there were. The children then said a verbal sentence about their frame. For example – I have 5 red and 5 yellow which makes 10 all together.
The children then moved into recording their discoveries using pictures or addition sums. The aim of these tasks is for the children to understanding and be confident with numbers, counting, recognition and solving problems with numbers to 10.
Investigation – Learning through play. Play is a time to collaborate, solve problems, test new ideas and be creative.
Some the experiences  the children enjoyed today included –  drawing pictures/ planned their learning, making necklaces and building with duplo.
Literacy – Mini Lesson – Letter’Vv’
Together we read our shared text and explored the formation of the letter ‘Vv’
