Rabbits' blog 15
Date: 18th Feb 2024 @ 1:31pm
18th February
I'm having not inconsiderable trouble uploading our zoo photos onto our class page so bear with. As soon as I upload and save one then it seems to delete the last one! I'll keep trying. I have a powerpoint of about half the pictures...
It was a great day- no rain, not too cold; the only complaining was about when we were going to have lunch (we gave in at 11.25). They walked and walked and ran and ran and gawped and giggled. We read lots of the information points, used the map and tried to show respect to the members of the public. #Rabbits did good!
So onto spring 2 half term. We teachers are just putting finishing touches to the planning. The synopsis on our class page is ready for you to browse. There's a lot to do in 5 weeks particularly in maths. Any extra practice you can do to help embed the new number facts will really help. Here's what they will be learning:
I know 3 + 4 = 7 so if I add a ten, I also know 13+ 4 = 17 and 3 + 14 = 17.
19 + 1= 20, 18 + 2 = 20, 17 + 3 = 20 etc (off by heart and inside out!)
I know my doubles to 6 so now I will learn to 10 +10
I know my doubles to 10 so now I can work out near doubles eg I know 4 + 4 = 8, so 4+5=9
I know my addition number facts to 20 so I can work out subtraction number facts. (20- 1 = 19, 20- 2 = 18)
Phonics is still full on with new GPCs but definitely less common ones than the ones we've learnt so far. All fabulously useful for understanding the code. I mentioned Best Bets to a few people at parents' eve, here it is:
I want to spell that word that means I hurt myself and I have a purpley-blue mark on my skin. I know that oo (food), ue (blue), u-e (huge), ui (cruise), ew (few) make the right sound so now I need to write it using each of these GPCs and see if the dictionary part of my brain that grows when I read a book can spot the right one...
broose brues bruse brews bruise
We talk about where in the word the phoneme often goes which can help to rule out one or 2. If they get it wrong, no big deal, strike it off and have another guess. They really liked playing this game last week. I used words that they had seen before. Maybe you could play this after they have read their book? I'll aim to get a Grow The Code and accompanying notes to you week 1 (#MakingALongListOfToDosThisWeek!).
On the subject of parents' evening, thank you so much for coming. It was lovely to see you and be able to spend 10mins talking about your Remarkable Rabbit. Please keep coming to me at the end of the day (I have until 3.30 most days before meetings start) so any future problems remain small.
Right, enough from me; back to the photos...
See you on the 26th.
Mrs H
