Our classroom’s June calendar is here .

This month in literacy, we’ll be working on:

• all the amazing skills we’ve learned so far!

This month in numeracy, we’ll be working on:

• formal numeral writing
• measuring length, weight and volume using comparison

Our classroom’s May calendar is here  .

This month in literacy, we’ll be working on:

• sorting words by their middle sound (e.g., long and short vowels)
• using letter-sound connections to write words in a simple sentence with or without a sentence frame

In numeracy, we’ll be working on:

• decomposing numbers to 10
• addition and subtraction within 10

Our classroom’s April calendar is here  .

This month in literacy, we’ll be working on:

• blending 3 or 4 sounds together to make a word
• sorting words by their beginning sound
• ‘stretching’ words to hear (and print) each sound
• using letter-sound connections to write words in a simple sentence frame (e.g. It is … / I like… / I can …)

In numeracy, we’ll be working on:

• composing and decomposing numbers to 10
• creating numbers sentences for numbers in 2 parts
• creating subtraction (‘take away’) sentences

As your child starts to take more ownership of reading, parent support is essential. Here is some information about the reading process, choosing books and reading prompts.

Our classroom’s March calendar is here.

This month in literacy, we’ll be working on:

• blending 2 or 3 sounds together to make a word
• ‘stretching’ small words to hear (and print) each sound
• using letter-sound connections to write a simple word and complete a simple sentence frame (e.g. It is … / I like…)

In numeracy, we’ll be working on:

• building sets to 10 using a 10-frame
• composing and decomposing numbers to 5
• creating number sentences for numbers in 2 parts

Here  are some strategies for beginning readers that you can use even before your child is a beginning reader!

Our classroom’s February calendar is right here .

This month in literacy, we will be working on:
• clapping syllables in words
• breaking off the first sound of words (e.g. p – ig = pig)
• using letter-sound connections to write a simple word

In numeracy, we’ll be working on:
• building the number sequences to 50
• counting larger sets and skip counting these sets by 10s and 5s

Here are some ideas for reading together.

Support your child’s pre-reading skills with these listening activities.

Our classroom’s January calendar is here .

This month in literacy, we’ll be working on:

• breaking off the first sound of words (e.g. p – ig = pig)
• the difference between sentences, words and letters
• listening for individual sounds in words
• more independently setting up of Story Writing pages
• independently copying the date from the calendar

In numeracy, we’ll be working on:

• geometry by describing, sorting and building 3-D objects and 2-D shapes
• using positional language
• using comparative language (as many as, fewer than, more than)
• finding 1 or 2 more/less than a given number
• using doubles to make adding sentences