Highlights from Week 5's learning

Literacy

We focussed on middle sounds this week - the kids had to listen to a word and figure out if the middle sound was 'a', 'o', 'e','i' or 'u'. This was a bit tricky but with some practice the kids got the hang of it. 

We also learnt about 'word families' - so for example, the word 'cat' would be in the 'at' family. The kids made word family sundaes and had a lot of fun with the activity!

Writing

We read the story 'The little red hen' and the kids practiced writing the title and labelling characters in their writing books. 

Numeracy

For Numeracy, we learnt about capacity and volume this week. Here we are doing a small experiment to show the kids that although the size of the container varies, the capacity remains the same. The kids thought I was doing magic at one point! But eventually they understood the concept :) 

Then we worked with sand and worksheets to understand the meaning of 'half', 'full' and 'empty'. 

Art

We had a lot of fun making the little red hen from our book of the week. 

Please find the review/preview below:

RM Weekly Update Term: 3              Week: 5        Dates: 15th – 19th  May 2017

                                                                                                                                        

	This Week (The Little Red Hen)	Next Week (Jungle/Animals)
Literacy	We covered the sound ‘th’ and learnt words that begin and end with the sound: thin, thump and special ‘th’ words such as then, that, this.	We will cover the sound ‘wh’ and learn words that begin and end with the sound: when, which, where, whip.
Math	We learnt about volume and capacity – we covered new words such as: half, full, empty and capacity. Then we did some experiments to test out capacity of sand and water.	We will be learning about sharing: half and quarter. We will do this in fun ways and may even make a giant (craft) pizza to learn how to share.
Science	We learnt about the lifecycle of a hen.	We will learn about the layers of the forest and what kinds of animals you can find in each layer. Then we will use our critical brains to think of why these animals like particular layers.
Art	We loved the little red hen book and enjoyed making a little red hen with real feathers!	We will make various animal masks and crafts for our very own forest.
PSED/Physical	We made a cake after reading the book, the little red hen.	We will make binoculars and go on a jungle walk!
Home Learning	Please revise the camera words with your children: have, little, there, were, some, come.
Notices and Events	Thank you for attending the Learning Journey Conference and the presentations. We would really appreciate your feedback on how useful it was and what can be made better for next time. Additionally, if you have any questions regarding Primary, please feel free to e-mail Mr.Renie on renie@ascot.ac.th. You can e-mail him in English or Thai and he will be happy to follow up on any of your questions.  Thank you, Miss.Myshi

                                                                 

                                                                              

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