Sunday 1 December 2013

December has arrived!

December has arrived and we are about to have 3 very busy weeks in Year One! On the build up to Christmas we will be learning about instruction writing, doubling numbers and will be continuing our theme of babies and toys, as well as finding time to practise the nativity!!

Literacy
In Literacy we are going to look at some non-fiction texts! We will be thinking about the different features of instruction writing and how we can begin to make our own instructions. We will be ordering events, sequencing instructions and thinking about time words and bossy words!

Numeracy
In Numeracy we are going to be exploring number doubles! In year one we need to be able to remember our number doubles off by heart, just like our number bonds! So we will be doing lots of different activities to find out and learn our number doubles! You could practise these at home with dominoes, a dice, number cards, or even doubling numbers up to 10 (e.g. 10+10=20) that you see on your way to school!

You can practise your doubles here too!

Bridge Doubles
Robin Hood Doubles


Topic
In topic this week we are going to be practising our computer skills. Year One showed me how brilliant they all have become on the laptops this week when they made a story book with a partner and this week will be thinking about what skills we are using when we are using the laptops. We will be playing some computer simulation games and comparing these to real life situations. We will be evaluating games and thinking about how easy they are to use!

Here are some links for you;

Dress Teddy
Paint a Picture
Jack and the Beanstalk
Water Play
Car Mechanic