Tuesday, 19th May, 2009

 PHONICS

Mike:  oo as in shoe, cloze activity using all the o sounds learned so far

Giana:  medial vowels, begin chapter on u

MATHEMATICS

Mike:  Time on the analogue clock

Giana:  Addition using pictures, greater than, less than or equal to

COPYWORK

Mike:  last verse of Hey there, Hoopla by C J Dennis

Giana: letter n and n words

SPELLING

Mike:  o sound as in squash

Giana: Dolch words #5/#6

READING

Mike: Toothless chapter 2 + narration

Giana: Lions and Tigers + narration

GRAMMAR

Mike: Lesson 9 (beginning memorisation of poetry)

Giana:  Lesson 4 Proper nouns are in the family + writing activity

HISTORY

* collect objects for archaeological "dig"

* look through books from Library on Archaeology

SCIENCE: Kingfisher First Book of Animals

Mammals

• narration
• paint outside of "Animals" lapbook
• locate books on home bookshelves related to mammals