Letter of the week I

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Little Chicks have been learning the letter of the week I. We learnt words beginning with the letter I, found objects beginning with I and wrote the letter I on the white board.

 

 

follow the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL7w-PAQUb8 to learn I song.

 

 

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Letter of the week D

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Little Chicks learning the letter D. 

Little Chicks brainstorm what begins with d, they found objects beginning with d and found letter d on the interactive board.

 

 Little Chicks use the chalkboards and chalk to write the letter d.

 

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Letter C

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Little Chicks have been learning  the letter C. They have found objects beginning with C.

 

They have learnt the letter C song.

follow the link to sing along to the C song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZxaDdJpxns

They have used the interactive board to trace over the letter…

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Write a rhyme

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Here are some of the Ducklings using their phonics knowledge confidently to help them spell simple rhyming words such as cat, hat, bat and rat!

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writing Rhyme phonics

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Number 5

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Little Chicks have been learning number 5.

Finding five flowers                       Finding the pen with five Llamas                                

 

  Little Chicks worked out to share five leaves how many does a Little Chick have when shared, one each.

 

 

Little…

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Letter formation outside

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Even in this wet and windy weather it is lovely to see the Ducklings practising their letter formation.

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Writing our names

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The Ducklings have been busy practising writing their names. Aren't they getting good at it?

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Number 3

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Little Chicks have been learning the number three this week. They have traced over number three on the screen and attempted to draw three apples.

The rhyme we sing as we trace.

Round the tree,

Round the tree,

Now I've made the number three

 

The children have used chalk boards to…

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Fine motor skills

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Fine motor skills are critical in early years, so opportunities to develop these skills are always a priority. This week we are writing our names in the sand with tools and practising the letters and sounds we are learning. 

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Ai or ay?

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Today at home the Ducklings have been learning about the alternative ai sound - ay.

They have been busy looking for this sound in book, writing stories with as many ay words in as they can and chalking ay words! 

Theo has even made a fantastic video (with the help of his daddy!) all about…

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writing reading phonics

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Maths

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Little Chicks had a treasure hunt searching for the pictures around the room. Once found they had to count the pictures on the card and document the number counted.

 

 

Make a treasure hunt at home to find numbers around the home and document onto a whiteboard.

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Spelling CCVC words

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The Ducklings have been looking at how to segment and spell words that have two consonants at the start. The trickiest part is the second letter. Mrs Catterall kept making silly mistakes and the Ducklings helped to correct the spellings!!

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writing phonics Spelling

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