Grade 1 Fortnightly Snapshot - Term 2 Week 6
May 26 2021
Grade 1 News
We are so proud of all of the Grade 1 students who participated in the Lapathon last week. All students gave their personal best and had an absolute ball whilst doing so.
A friendly reminder to please ensure all Grade 1 students return their take home decodable reading text each day. We are noticing that an increasing amount of books are not being returned. The school spent a lot of money on upgrading these books this year and we would like to ensure they don't get lost. If you find any lying around the house please send them back to your child's classroom.
We would like all students to please bring in a plastic bottle this week that can be repurposed for an inquiry experience they will participate in.
English
Reading
Over the fortnight students have been learning about the features of non-fiction texts including:
- Identifying headings, images and captions.
- Finding key information.
- Selecting information that is important in a text.
- Using a graphic organiser to take notes.
Students will move on to learning about how to find the main idea in non-fiction books.
Writing
In writing this fortnight students have been developing their ability to create short informative texts. This includes:
- Learning to identify a fact versus an opinion.
- Learning to write a sentence to introduce the information text topic.
- Identifying categories in animal information texts.
- Turning fragments into sentences to write an information text.
- Learning to use the text structure of an information text.
Students will move on to creating their own information texts next week.
Word Work
Students are continuing to revise the codes they learnt in Prep as well as adding new codes to their classroom working pack each week. Below is a PDF of the first 60 codes if you would like to continue revising these at home. If you click on 'present' and then click the code it will play the sound/s each one makes. A link to a video of the codes being said is also included below for students to revise.
This week students have started a new bootcamp learning to identify when to spell words using “ai” or “ay”, and “oi” or “oy”
Students have boot camped the following rules so far this year:
Rule #1 - q doesn't go anywhere without u.
Rule #6 - y replaces i at the end of an English word.
Rule #2 - c makes its second sound /s/ when followed by e, i or y.
Rule # 3 - g usually makes its second /j/ when followed by e, i or y.
Rule # 26 - Capital Letters
Rule #7 - Silent final e (SFE).
Handwriting and letter formation is a focus during each boot camp session as this year we are trialing print instead of Victorian Modern Cursive.
Below you will find the handwriting script and the codes for your own use at home.
Mathematics
This fortnight students have been learning to use a range of strategies to solve addition problems. These strategies have included:
- Counting on,
- doubles and doubles plus 1,
- make to 10,
- jump Strategy,
- split Strategy.
In order to consolidate, learn and extend the above skills, students participated in numerous hands on Maths experiences.
Students will move on to learning about money in the coming weeks.
Unit of Inquiry
We started our new Sharing The Planet inquiry this week, where students began inquiring into:
- What living things need to survive.
- What habitats consist of.
- What is and isn't considered a habitat
Students also wrote wonderings, experienced a concept game and participated in a 'see, think, wonder' learning experience.
Next fortnight students will move on to thinking about reducing, reusing and recycling.
**Please remember to have students bring in a plastic bottle to be used for inquiry next week!
Well-Being
As part of our weekly well-being sessions students have been learning about how how our actions (what we do) can have positive and negative consequences (a result of our actions). You will see evidence of students understanding of this capability on your child's SeeSaw portfolio.
Students have also started a series of sessions on Growth Mindset where they will look at the magic of mistakes and the power of yet.
Reminders
*Queen's Birthday Public Holiday - Monday 14th June
*Last Day of Term 2 & Fun Lunch - Friday 25th June
Grade 1 Team
Tessa Woodgate 1A
Nicole King 1B
Zoe Picton/Jewel Jackson 1C
Michelle Flood 1D
Amy Chadwick HU