Math mania!

In preparation for next week's World Math Day I have been looking out some fun games for you.






Practice Math Facts here:
http://www.abcya.com/math_facts_game.htm

You can practice adding and taking away - good luck getting those basket balls in the net too.

I have also added some extra links on my favourite sites to include more fun places to practice Math.

Can you count in 2's?

Today we counted in 2's from zero. We looked at the hundred square to see which colour the numbers are when we count in jumps of two and we saw that they are all even and end in 2, 4, 6, 8 or 0.


How many chicken legs are there in total?
Count in 2's to find out!




 Practice counting in 2's here but be quick to catch the fish!

http://www.ictgames.com/fishy2s.html

Practice counting in 2's all the way to 100 here:
http://www.abcya.com/connect_the_dots_1-100.htm
Can you see you Shark's friend is?

New week, new sound!

Our sound this week is 'er' as in mixer. We are learning three ways that this can be written in English; er, ir and ur.
How tricky. Remember to practice your spelling words a lot this week so you don't get tricked.
Practice making words with the  'er' sound here:
http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/control-r/load.htm?f

We're going on a dragon hunt!

Today First Grade wrote their own poem based on a much-loved story 'We're going on a bear hunt'. We used ideas and patterns from the story then made our own version with sound effects and very unique ideas. We're going to cross a volcano, an island and New York.
Watch the original version here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb-nTnriTP8

Practice your patterns

First Grade have been enjoying working with shapes. We have been finding and naming plane and solid shapes and have been using them to make patterns.
Practice making patterns here:
http://www.abcya.com/patterns.htm

Click on and drag the correct space   rock to complete the patterns

Science is electrifying!

We have started a new science unit in First Grade that is really electrifying. We have been talking about how electricity is used in school and at home and how to be safe around electricity. Practice finding how to stay safe around electricity here:
http://www.switchedonkids.org.uk/

Happy 2013

Happy 2013 everyone. The new year will bring lots of lovely learning and fun.

Ho ho happy holidays!

December is flying by in First Grade. We have been very busy working on our reading and writing skills and  have also been using our number bonds in adding and subtracting and finding fact families. Christmas is almost here and so we have been writing about the most famous reindeer of all: Rudolph. This week we will also be writing to Santa, making cards and decorations and tallying and graphing Santa's friends. We will also be helping Santa deliver presents to the right children by using map co-ordinates. 
Listen to Rudolph's song here:

Help Santa catch his reindeer here:

http://www.santagames.net/calendar/7dec.htm

Don't those reindeer fly so fast...

Pirate Island

Today we had some very special visitors. Three pirates came to do a play at school. 
Their names were Minnie, Bibi and Max. Minnie the pirate wasn't being very fair to the others, but in the end she learned how to work in a  team and how to be fair to her friends.


Some of the First Graders even got up on stage and did the limbo with the pirates and we all had fun singing their songs and joining in.
Listen to a bed-time pirate story here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a7PJLqPfBA&playnext=1&list=PLC70263E817A343A0&feature=results_video

Naughty clown sounds

This week we are sticking out our tongues and making naughty clown th th th sounds!

Listen to the sound here:
http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/soundsea_v3.html
Just choose th on the menu.
Practice reading th words with the pirates here:
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html
Choose phase 3 and click on +th

Happy treasure hunting!