Ch ch choo!

This week, we are looking at the sound 'ch' - one of my favourite sounds. 
Practice this and other Phase 3 sounds here by singing the Jolly Phonics songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjKq8s8154s

Double the fun!

Today we looked at doubles in Math. We did a really good job at adding the same number together and took part in a challenge to find out who could write down the most doubles. Practice your doubles here:
http://www.ictgames.com/robindoubles.html
Practice trickier doubles here:
http://www.ictgames.com/rhoodbeyond10.html

Today we celebrated the start of the Chinese New Year. It is the year of the dragon. Read a dragon story here:
http://www.starfall.com/n/chinese-fables/yay-gung/load.htm?f
We tried some Chinese snacks and everyone told me a fact about China and Chinese New Year. Well Done First Grade!

We have been making tangrams today. Tangrams are special Chinese puzzles. You can play with tangrams here:
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html#tangram



Have fun!

Today we read the Magic Paintbrush in class and thought about what the message of the story was. Read it again here:

http://oxfordowl.co.uk/EBooks/The_Magic_Paintbrush/index.html#
We also made our own watercolor paintings to see if the paintbrushes in First Grade were magical.

Today we learnt how to write numbers in Chinese.
Practice counting in Chinese here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxN6HNWZTdg

We are learning a new sound this week 'or'. Read a book here:
http://www.starfall.com/n/control-or/or/load.htm?f
How many 'or' words did you spot?
Practice reading 'or' words here.
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html
Choose Phase 3 and click on 'or'. Give Bob the words in English and Obb the nonsense words. How many did you get right?

Amazing new kind of penguin found!

Today we discovered that penguins can fly! We really could not believe our eyes! Check it out for yourself here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4