Reception Planning w/c 28th January

Phonics
In Phase 3 we will be recapping all the previous digraphs learnt so far - qu, sh, ch, th, ng, ai, oa. We will be learning two new digraphs - ee, or. We will be learning about the story of a donkey who says "ee-or" when given carrots as well as learning the song (see previous post with songs attached). The action for these sounds is to place your hands on top of your head like donkey ears. Have your hands pointing up for /ee/ and fold them down for /or/ 
We will be practicing writing both digraphs and then applying our knowledge or the sounds by writing words which include either sound e.g.
f-ee-t,
w-ee-p,
g-r-ee-n,
b-or-n,
f-or-t,
p-o-p-c-or-n

You can practise these at home so your child is confident with the sound and how to write it in a word. We will then be looking at using our words in sentences. Our tricky word we will be learning this week is "was".

Numeracy
We will be practising ordering numbers 11-19 as some children are still struggling to recognise these numbers out of sequence. You could practise with your child - instead of always counting in order from 1, try counting from different starting points.
We will also be looking at counting 2 sets of objects and combining the total, using the + and = signs up to a total of 20. This is something you could try at home, make your own + and = signs out of matchsticks, or pipecleaners. Arrange some numbers on the table (e.g. 10, 6, 4) and see if your child can put them in the correct order using the + and = signs. You could use objects to support the numbers as well.
6 + 4 = 10
You could then ask them if they think the total will be the same if we swap the 6 and 4 around.

Reading Books
Please continue to listen to your child read on a regular basis and leave a comment in their reading diary detailing how they got on, any words they struggled with, did they blend them back together correctly etc. It is also a good idea to question them about the story and ask them to explain the story in their own words - perhaps they could explain the story to another adult/sibling. This will ensure they have understood what they have read and not simply decoded words on a page.