This week in literacy,  we will be focus on The very hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle. We will be discussing the story identifying the author and illustrator and will recap the ambitious vocabulary ravenous, devour  and metamorphosis.  During the week, the children will be writing a dictated sentence to match the story, completing a butterfly symmetry painting, writing a given sentence to match the illustration and will be unscrambling a sentence.  They will also have the opportunity to use the computers and peg boards to create a butterfly, explore life cycle puzzles, use transient natural materials to decorate a butterfly and perform the emergence of a butterfly from its cocoon using rainbow wands and musical instruments.  We will also be watching our real caterpillars grow and change. 

In maths, the children will be continuing to use rekenreks.  They will be using their subitising skills to use one finger to move any number of beads along the rekenreks.  We will also be looking at more and fewer this week linking to an amount of objects.  The children will have the opportunity to complete missing numbers from number tracks, build duplo towers to match a given number and will be comparing a number of objects with a friend to see who has more and who has fewer. 

In phonics, we will be reviewing words ending with ing and ed e.g.  sleeping, splashed,  toasted and groaned.  There will be no new tricky words but please practise all those in their boxes. 

Reading will be on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and children need their reading folders each day.  They will choose a new book for the reading challenge on a Friday.
 

Rhyme of the week: 1, 2, Buckle my shoe

PE: Please send children to school in their PE kit on a Friday only.  We will be using some of our PE time as physical development, exploring and working in the wooded area. 

Please send your child with a coat every day as we use the outside classroom every day and will be outside for playtimes and lunchtimes. If sunny, where possible, please apply an 8 hour or long lasting sun cream in the morning to avoid the children needing to reapply themselves. 

Monday 22nd June 2.30pm - 3.30pm: Fathers’ Day celebration - one special guest per child please.