Laura’s Letterland News

Last week and today the children have had fun sharing their ‘Clever Cat Show and Tell’! This week I would like to encourage each child’s show and tell object to be something that starts with Annie Apple’s sound.

Once again please help them come up with three clues about what they have to show or tell so the group can then have fun guessing what the object is.  You may also like to encourage your child to sing Annie Apple’s song or encourage them to them to practice Annie Apples letter shape along with this verse:  “At the leaf begin.  Go round the apple this way.  Then add a line down, so Annie won’t roll away.”

Thank you.  Laura

Ringtail Possums Snake Busters Recounts:

• I held a crocodile!  It wasn’t scary.  X.M
• I like snake busters but I was scared.  B.O
• I touched a snake.  It was bumpy. C.T
• I saw a very long snake.  B.F
• I held a snake at school on Thursday night.  N.H
• Thank you Snake Busters for letting me hold a snake and lizard. S.K

What a lot of fun we are having as we find out about people who help us.  We have looked into what tools people use, what uniforms some helpers wear and what special vehicles they require.  Now we are making a vehicle that we can fit into for the helper on our project.

We really appreciate Murray (H’s dad) coming in for three mornings this week and cooking with us.  He talked about how and where chefs help us, some of the tools they use, their uniform and of course, cooking techniques.  Junior Master Chefs in the making here!  Our junior chefs enjoyed learning how to make brownies and pancakes – and we loved eating them! J

Thank you so much, Murray!

We have also been learning about the Letterland characters -Ticking Tess and Hairy Hat Man who together “think they hear thunder”.  The children enjoy the excuse to stick their tongues out as they practise saying the sound correctly in words.  We have all noticed how tricky it is to hear the difference between ‘th’ and ‘f’ but are beginning to realise how important it is for our spelling.HH

-Edith

The children have responded very well to “Letterland” and last week they enjoyed getting to know Clever Cat.  We practised Clever Cat’s shape and sound.

I would like to encourage each child’s show and tell object to be something that starts with Clever Cat’s sound, for example a toy car, a camera, or a clock. Please help them come up with three clues about what they have to show or tell.   The group can then have fun guessing what the object is.

Thank You. Laura