This week the children in Class 1 have looked at and practised writing – ‘th’  ‘z’   ‘ch’  ‘qu’

th : Down the tower, across the tower, then down the horse’s head to the hooves and over his back.

z: zig, zag, zig,  stretchy sound  zip, zebra, zag, zap

ch: Curl around the caterpillar, then down the horse’s head to the hooves and over his back.

qu ; Round the queen’s head, up to her crown, down her hair and curl.

The children in Class 1 have been enjoying reading and listening to stories from the Oxford Owl website.  I have set up a class 1 login for them to access this at home.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/

username:  class1bicton

password: bictonschool

Do write in your child’s reading diary if they read some of these books with you.

This week the children have looked at and written the sounds – ‘j’  ‘v’ ‘y’ ‘w’

When writing ‘j’ we say ‘Down his body, curl and dot.’

For ‘v’ we say ‘Down a wing, up a wing.’

For ‘y’ we say ‘down a horn, up a horn and under his head.’

For ‘w’ we say ‘Down, up, down, up.’

To help with segmenting and blending words we play – http://www.iboard.co.uk/teacher/bictonclass1/1/5

Last week the children looked at and wrote the sounds   ‘l’  ‘h’   ‘sh’   ‘r’.

When we write ‘l’ we say ‘Down the long leg.’

For ‘h’ we say ‘Down the head to the hooves and over his back.’

For ‘sh’ we say slither down the snake, then down the  head, to his hooves and over his back.’

For ‘r’ we say ‘Down his back, then curl over his arm.’

We looked at words that begin/ end with the sounds and children enjoyed identifying if they had the letters in their own name.

Every day the children practise writing their name, some children are now having a go at writing their surname 🙂