Learning News Kindergarten

Kindergarten

Please continue to read home readers and practise tricky words every night. 

Regular revision supports progress!

Initial Lit 

We have officially learnt all of the sounds in the alphabet!

Here are the current digraphs that we have learnt!

Some students are finding our new digraph, ‘th’, a little tricky to articulate. We’ve been focusing on the correct mouth movement, poking the tongue gently between the front teeth to make the sound. Please continue to practise this at home to help build confidence and accuracy. I’ve also attached three sentences featuring our focus sound ‘th’ that can be used for dictation practice at home.

Tricky Words 

We are officially up to our 'Emu' words. As we move further into the Initial Lit program, a strong understanding of tricky words becomes very important! These words appear often in reading and writing, so regular revision at home makes a big difference. Please continue to revise these tricky words as often as possible.

Here are some fun, easy ways to revise tricky words at home!

• Rainbow Writing 
• Sand Tray Writing 
• Word Hunt around the house
• Chalk Writing 
• Playdough 

Maths 

Last week, we wrapped up our unit on data. Now, for the next three weeks, we’ll be focusing on subtraction.

Students will learn how to:

• Break apart groups of objects
• Compare amounts
• Understand how numbers can be split into parts

We’ll be working with numbers up to 10 as we build a strong foundation in subtraction.

Here are some tips you could try at home!

• Play Snakes & Ladders or a game of skittles! 
• Play a pirate treasure hunt game where you start with 10 objects and the Kraken hides some away. Keep the left overs in a box so the pirate can work out how many items have been hidden. Then go on the treasure hunt to find all the missing items! Take turns being the pirate and the Kraken. This game could be a princess and a goblin or any other characters your child likes! 
• Count backwards together taking turns to say the next number. Play a guessing game. Say, ‘I’m thinking of a number. Here’s a clue: it’s the number before 5.’ Or, ‘I’m thinking of a number. Here’s a clue: it’s the number before 21.’
• Draw a noughts and crosses grid and place a number in the middle. See if you can figure which numbers would go above, below, and either side of the number in the middle. The answers are (in clockwise direction from the top) 10 less than, 1 more than, 10 more than, 1 less than. Use a 100s chart to help you.
• When you’re at the shops, ask your child to count the number of items in the basket. Ask questions like, ‘How many will there be if we put back 1 item? After we put 5 items on the counter, how many will be left?’
• Play skittles! Write down the number of pins you start with, and take away the number you knock down. At the end, add your scores.