Counting by 4's

Term 4, week 7

This week in literacy we are learning...

* Handwriting - Re-visitng any letters we have struggled with, especially k, f, p, g, r and z.
* Grammar - Dictionary skills - learning about alphabetical order and how to use a dictionary.
* Blend - 'um'.
* Writing - Reports, writing about our visit to Healesville Sanctuary.

This week in numeracy we are learning...

* Money - learning about dollars and cents.

This week in integrated we are learning...

* Australian Animals - birds

Waterways visit

Healesville Sanctuary

Odd and Even numbers

Mamma Mia Performance

Term 4, week 5

This week in literacy we are learning about...

* Handwriting - the letter Yy (it is from the U family and it is formed downwards).
* Blend - 'ug'.
* Grammar - Similes (A simile is a group of words that compare one thing to another e.g. 'as light as a feather').

This week in maths we are assessing the children in preparation for reports.

This week in integrated we are learning about...

Don't forget your Australian Animal project is due Wednesday 9th November!

* Placental Mammals (they give birth to live young and have no pouch).

Performance!

Well done 1E and 1G on an amazing Mamma Mia performance! Everyone was smiling and and looked like they were having a great time. Photos will be uploaded ASAP.

Grammar Rock Conjuctions

Adjective Rock

Marsupial video Part 2

Marsupial video

Our plants - first few days

Term 4, week 3

This week in literacy we are learning...

* Handwriting - The letter Ww (it is from the Uu family and is formed downwards).
* Grammar - Conjunctions (joining words, such as, and, but, then, so, or).
* Writing - Recount writing
* Reading - focusing on comprehension (asking children questions about the books they are reading to check for understanding).

This week in maths we are learning...

* Before and after numbers
* Place value

Ou integrated topic is Australian Animals and this week we are learning about Marsupial Mammals.

Term 4, week 2

This week in literacy we are learning...

* Handwriting - the letter Vv (u family, formed downwards).

* Grammar - full stops and capital letters.

* Writing - recounts.

This week in maths we are learning...

* Fractions (1/2, 1/3 and 1/4) & Time (o'clock and half past).

This week in integrated we are learning about Mammals.

Term 4 Week 1

This week in literacy we are learning about...

* Handwriting - the letter 'U' (a downwards letter).
* Grammar - Full stop and capital letters.
* Writing - Recounts.

This week in numeracy we are learning about...

* Number patterns - counting by 2's, 5's, 10's and starting at different numbers between 0-100.

This week in integrated we are learning about...

* Australian animals - What do we know? What do we want to find out? What is our favourite Australian animal?

WELCOME BACK!

Welcome back 1E! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and are excited to get back to school to see your friends, your teachers and get learning. This term our topic is Australian Animals and we have an exciting excursion coming up. We also have a project that will be going home shortly. I'm looking forward to a great term 4!

Homophones

Term 3, week 10

I can't believe its the last week of term 3 already!

This week in literacy we are learning about...

* Grammar - Nouns and articles e.g. 'A' and 'An'.
* Writing - Reports, making sure we include a heading and at least three subheadings.

This week in numeracy we are learning about...

* Calculators - we are exploring using calculators.
* We all still need to be practicing counting backwards from 100, counting by 2's, 5's, 10's and 11's.

This week in integrated we are learning about...

* Transport in the future.

Verbs

Adjectives

Grandparent's Day

Father's Day - Technology. We made sail boats with our Dad's!

Term 3, week 9

In literacy this week, we learning about...
* The letter Ss, we are practising to form this letter correctly (anticlockwise).
* The blends 'ot', we are brainstorming words we know and new words that has this blend in them e.g. cot, tot etc...
* Grammar - we are learning about homophones  - words that sound the same but have different meanings e.g. to, too, there, their etc...

In numeracy this week, we are learning about...
* Volume/Mass/Capacity, we are using informal units such as counters to find out about mass and capacity/volume.


In integrated this week, we are learning about...
* Submarines

Term 3 week 8 - We are learning about...

In literacy this week, we learning about...
* The letter Rr, we are practising to form this letter correctly (clockwise).
* The blends 'ib' and 'ix', we are brainstorming words we know and new words that have these blends in them e.g. fib, fix, six etc...
* Grammar - we are learning about adjectives (describing words) and how they help us to paint a picture in our minds when we are reading or writing.


In numeracy this week, we are learning about...
* Time, we are looking at the measurement of days, weeks, months and seasons. We exploring clocks and calendars in the classroom to help us learn these concepts.


In integrated this week, we are learning about...
* Boats and ships

Area - we measured the area of lots of shapes, our own hands and Celine's body!

Week 6 Maths rotations

Hi Everyone!

There have been some changes to our blog and there will be lots to come... So keep an eye out!


There are lots more websites and activites so scroll down and check them out!


I hope everyone is enjoying our class blog and will continue to play around with it at home.


Have fun!


Mrs Ellis

Counting by 11's

Counting by 5's

Road Safety

Place Value

Making Gloop - Science Week

Weekly Summary

Term 3 Week 6

In literacy we are learning about -

* Report writing - using headings and subheadings.
* The letter 'Pp', we are learning how to form the letter correctly (clockwise).
* Grammar - we are learning about talking marks and how to use them in our writing.
* Blend - we are brainstorming words that have 'ip' inside them e.g. ship, trip, flip, slip etc...

In numeracy we are learning about -

* Multiplication - we are using the words 'groups of', 'times' and 'multiply'. We are using lots of hands on materials to solve 'groups of' problems.

In integrated we are learning about -

* Aeroplanes and helicopters.

Term 3 Week 7

In literacy we are learning about -

* Report writing - using headings and subheadings.
* The letter 'Qq', we are learning how to form the letter correctly (anticlockwise).
* Grammar - we are learning about verbs (doing words) and how to use them in our writing.
* Blend - we are brainstorming words that have 'im' inside them e.g. slim, dim, him etc...

In numeracy we are learning about -

* Area - making estimations about the area of different objects e.g. a table top and measuring it with informal objects e.g. playing cards.

In integrated we are learning about -

* Hot air balloons, parachutes and rockets.

Term 3, week 6

Literacy:

This week we will be learning about...

* The letter 'Oo', we are practising forming this letter correctly (anticlockwise).
* The blend 'id', we are brainstorming words that include this blend and we have chosen our favourite 'id' words from our brainstorm and put them into our share books so we can practise reading and spelling them at home.
* Talking marks, we are learning what they are by looking at them in books we are reading and how we can include them in our own writing.
* Report writing, we are learning how to write a report, making sure were have an appropriate heading and sub-headings.

Maths:

This week we are learning about...

* Multiplication - Groups of, we are using lots of hands on materials, such as counters to solve lots of multiplication problems.

Integrated - Transport:

This week we are learning about...

* Trains and Trams

3D Shapes!

Counting by 3's

Counting by 2's, 5's and 10's