Teacher: Andy Class: EP3 Toadstool Week: 11 Dates: 28/07/14-01/08/14

Anuan Weekl! "utl#ne

Sitapatr School
Th#s $eek $e are learn#n%:
Mother's Day and Family
Act#&#t! T#'e
Writing messages to your mother for mothers day make simple poems and
students can decorate cards to give to their mothers.
Practice mothers day song: Mama (based on bohemian rhapsody by ueen!"
#ith actions.
Making $asmine flo#ers from crepe paper for students to give to their mothers.
%ompleting #orksheets to revie# family members and emotions so that #e can
use this vocabulary to discuss the importance of Mother&s 'ay.
(ome students can practice reciting their short poems so that they can resent
them as part of the Mother&s 'ay celebrations.
)or the ne*t t#o #eeks #e #ill be preparing for the Mother&s 'ay celebrations"
and as part of this the students #ill revie# family members and emotions. We #ill
create crafts to give to our mothers and also complete #riting activities like
poems and creating cards. + #ill concentrate on helping the students develop
very neat and beautiful #riting as part of this unit because it #ill be nice for them
to complete their mother&s day cards to a high standard. We #ill practice #riting
messages in our notebooks and then transfer them to the car #hen + think they
are ready.
Phonics
(e$ )letters/sounds/&ocaular!*

,olidays" mother-s day" mother" mummy" mum" sunshine" care" love" happy"
skies" grey" dear" father" grandmother" grandfather" child" daughter" son" baby"
pregnant.
Words to describe emotions ho# you feel about your mother eg: happy" loving
etc.
)T+ ,#ke*
This week in phonics we will review both
unit 5 and unit 6. I will use the flashcards
to test both reading by showing the words
and understanding by showing the
pictures. I will also test the pronunciation
and phonetic spelling. We will also
practice which words rhye! with each
other and review other instructions that
the students encounter in their workbooks"
such as circle"! listen"! read! and write.!
We are going to coplete the unit 5 #short
i$ and unit 6 #short o$ review on pages %&'
%1 in the sall ()ford *honics World +
workbook. ,orrections and feedback will
be given and coon issues will be
addressed to the class as a whole. We will
then ove onto the ne)t unit" unit - #short
u$. The vocabulary is sun" up" .ug" hug"
bug" rug" ug" bud" ud" pup" cup. We
are going to use the flashcards to practice
reading" spelling and pronunciation with
several gaes such as splat"! stepping
stones"! flash card draw! and word relay.!
Wr#t#n% Pract#ce
The students will continue to practice
writing as part of their activity tie work
for e)aple writing the cards to give to
their others. /owever" they are not
doing any specific writing booklets at the
oent.
Parent -ollo$ ./ / .se0ul
Wes#tes / 1o'e$ork:
Dear Mothers its almost
mother's day! Time for you to
relax and let Dad do some
parenting!
.his #eek in phonics #e #ill begin
unit / in 0*ford Phonics World.
.he students can practice using
the '1' and #ill also be bringing
home their Workbook at times for
home#ork.
C#rcle T#'e 2e&#e$
We will review 0ainforest and 1ea anials
this week using a variety of gaes and
songs that we learned for those units" such
as the In the Jungle song and the 2ellyfish
gae. We will also be reviewing faily
ebers and connecting this with the
3other4s 5ay activities and crafts we will be
copleting in activity tie. The Thai
departent has taken the brunt of
preparation for 3other4s 5ay this year so we
can use this tie to review any topics that
the students have struggled with.