Curriculum

READING

Children are expected to read their take-home books at least 5 nights a week. Books would usually be changed every Monday, Wednesday & Friday. This term, you will find a Take Home Readers tab on the BPS Learning Hub. The books that your child would usually bring home should be easy to build fluency and expression. Your child's teacher can explain the levels on the Learning Hub to you. Please record books read in your child’s Reading Diary.
Classroom reading includes whole class reading, guided reading and individual reading with a focus on reading strategies and comprehension of a variety of fiction and non fiction texts. (PLEASE NOTE: Your child will be allocated to a weekly guided reading group session following one of our daily webex meetings during the remote learning period.)
5 Finger Retell (Character, Setting, Beginning, Middle, End)

Diary writing & recounts related to their own experiences
Common words - recognising the gold and red words and spelling them correctly within student writing pieces
Revision of alphabet and single letter sounds
Introduction of common digraphs (ar, ng, ay, sh, ck, ch, ea, er)
Word families (eg. play, plays, played, playing)
Handwriting formation, size & placement using dotted thirds
Introduction to narrative text structure

MAJOR FOCUS: Number
Addition and subtraction strategies using concrete materials
Understanding simple place value with two digit numbers, particularly teen numbers eg. 13 is 10 and 3 more
Exploring counting patterns, by 2s, 5s, & 10s and 1st-10th
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