THIS WEEK IN YEAR 1

Students will have fun

May 17th to 21st, 2015
Please read below to see what we are doing in Year 1 this week so and reflect on the
you can discuss and revise with your child, as this helps them to
school year working
retain what they are learning about in class. Please also make
on a memory book.
sure to read to/with your child each day at home.
SUBJECT
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT
THEME
(Science/
Students will review pushes and pulls concepts.
Social
Studies)

MATHEMATI
CS

READING &
WRITING
PHONICS

RELATED
ONLINE
ACTIVITIES

REMINDERS

Students will combine two single-digit numbers to practice addition and

subtraction.
Count and compare quantities to determine which is more.
Learn about combining and separating situations (addition/subtraction word
problems, e.g.: The cat catches 2 rats in the morning and 5 rats in the evening.
How many rats does it catch in a day?)
Find a total after 1, 2, or 3 is subtracted from a set, e.g.: 10-1=9; 10-2=8; 103=7.
Students will keep working on poetry. They will learn that reading is better when
we share thoughts and discuss about it.
Writers will learn to recognize the music in poetry.
Students will review and practice spelling and meaning of all sight words
learned.
They will practice common spelling of vowel phonemes already studied: "oo, ai,
ee"- (e.g.: moon, boots, tooth, cook, tail, snail, pail, bee, tree, sleep, teeth, etc.)
Science
http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/push_pull/eng/Introduction/InteractiveWhiteboardA
ctivity.htm
http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/push_pull/eng/Introduction/default.htm
Math
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=WaystoMake
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/numberbond.html
http://www.abcya.com/kindergarten_word_problems_add_subtract.htm
http://www.abcya.com/kindergarten_word_problems_add_to_10.htm
Phonics
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/music/fd2.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/rhyming_words/play/
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx?cat=139
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/poems/flash/fpoem1.shtml
http://www.kizphonics.com/phonics/ai-vowel-digraph-long-a-phonics-game/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxwmUea2dQI
Sight words
http://www.starfall.com/n/matching/sight-words/load.htm http://www.education.com/games/sight-words-cloud-catcher/ http://www.education.com/games/sight-words-sun-attack/ http://www.education.com/games/sight-words-bingo/ http://www.education.com/games/sight-word-sentence-match/
Online Sight Word Bingo: http://www.abcya.com/dolch_sight_word_bingo.htm
Sight Word Listen and Match:
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/dolch/List1/listenmatch.html

We are now posting our timetables, weekly newsletters, ESLRS and

our events and photos on this link: http://eccems.weebly.com/
Year 1 students have only one snack per day. Please remember to supply a
healthy snack and water for your child.
School opens at 6:45 am. Lessons begin at 7:00. Students arriving after 7:20

need to get a late slip from the secretary. Dismissal is at 12:00 noon.

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