Our week: Ready for Class 1, week 10
Dates: to · Try one activity on a day that suits you. Repeat or pause any part.
Reading & talking
Do: Find the answer. Ask a question and let your child find the sentence that answers it, pointing with a finger.
You need: A short passage
Talk: Why do you think she was sad?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Listen & Remember
Writing & pencil control
Do: Notice the tricky part. Write the and said. Read them aloud. In said, notice the familiar s and d and point out that ai represents the sound heard in bed. Mark the part to remember in a different colour. Choose just one word if that is enough.
You need: Paper and two coloured crayons
Talk: Which part of this word do you already know?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Sight Words
Numbers & shapes
Do: Bundle sums. Show 23 and 14 with bundles. Put the tens together and the ones together. How many altogether?
You need: Straw bundles from the tens and ones unit
Talk: Should we add or take away? How do you know?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Add & Take Away
wasilearn.com/learn/class-1-ready/add-and-subtract-to-one-hundred
Science & our world
Do: Texture hunt. Find something rough, smooth, soft, hard, bendy and stiff. What is each one made of?
You need: The house
Talk: Can you find something bendy and something stiff?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Sort It Out
Thinking & feelings
Do: Lost and found. Label everything with your child's name. Practise opening their lunch box and bottle on their own.
You need: Labels, a marker
Talk: What will you do if you lose something at school?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Helper Heroes
Moving & making
Do: Plan who makes each part. Choose a shared picture, such as a garden gate. Decide which parts could use rings from the cup rim and broad rectangles from the folded cloth. Sketch a plan and agree one part for each person. Explain how the shapes will fit together.
You need: Paper, a large unbreakable cup, a whole folded cloth and crayons
Talk: Which shapes could make this part of our picture?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Shape Builder
wasilearn.com/learn/class-1-ready/print-a-cooperative-picture
A possible rhythm: one or two strands a day, on the days that suit you. Swap days freely. Games are optional and never replace the home activity.
Something we would like to repeat: