Year One
Welcome back to Week 6 of Term One.
In Week 5 The First 20 Days of learning has concluded and students have now settled into our classroom routines.
In Week 6, students have begun learning about our First Unit of Inquiry.
Transdisciplinary Theme: Who we are
Central Idea:
Understanding and respecting others supports us to build positive relationships.
Lines of Inquiry
Different relationships and why they are important.
How we build and maintain relationships.
Understanding empathy and how to resolve conflict.
Reading
In reading, students were learning about concepts of print to learn what books, print and written language are, and how they function. They were learning to explore the similarities and difference between digital and printed texts.
In addition to this, students have been learning and practicing to choose just right texts and reasons when students might abandon books while circling back to choosing appropriate book selections. Students have been practicing to apply 'Good Reader Strategies' to help comprehend the text they are reading and to read with fluency using punctuation marks.
Furthermore, students have been exploring multiple texts and learning to make connections while retelling familiar stories using key events and characters in order.
Spelling/Phonics/Word Work
Students have been exploring the long /e/ and the short /a/ sound in mentor texts. Students were able to write down some words that they knew have the long /e/ sound and short /a/ sound in them and identified the spelling patterns.
In addition to this, students have been exploring the word 'Giggle' and how they can utilise the word in a sentence, define the word, understand the word through synonyms, antonyms, idioms and how it is represented as a picture as well as a spelling connection such as giggled and giggling.
Writing/Handwriting
In writing students were able to practice writing a recount of their weekend and students have been practicing to stretch out words to hear all the sounds when writing about a topic.
Furthermore, students have been exploring 'Who they are/All about me' focusing on describing themselves such as their name, age, family, strengths, challenges, hopes/dreams, passions, dislikes and an item (treasure) of importance to them.
Handwriting focus has been to practice correctly forming the letters 'd', 'g', 'q', 'w', 'v' and 'u' on dotted thirds so that students can improve their handwriting and letter formation. Also, students have been practising writing correct formation of numbers 0 – 9.
Mathematics
In mathematics students have been continuing to learn to skip count by different numbers forwards and backwards. Students have been focusing on skip counting by 10s, 5s and 2s to identify the missing numbers in number patterns while also creating their own number sequences. In addition to this, students have been learning how to use a hundreds chart to recognise, represent and count with numbers to 100 counting forwards and backwards to identify and follow number patterns.
Wellbeing
Our wellbeing learning focus has been 'Kindness' where students understand what it means to be kind and can identify ways to show kindness.
Learner Profiles Explored:
The learner profiles explored were Open-minded and Inquirers.
Students were learning to be open-minded and inquirers by trying new ideas and asking questions.
REMINDERS:
Students are expected to bring their reading satchel to school EVERY DAY.
Please ensure all of your child’s belongings are clearly labelled with their first and last names.
Hats are to be worn when outside for the whole of Term One. Please ensure to put sunscreen on your child before arriving at school.
Snack and lunch eating times are 20 minutes long. Please encourage your child to eat snack/lunch within 20 minutes as this will help them to follow the school routine.
Kind Regards,
The Year One Team.