Monday, 2 June 2014
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Monday, 28 April 2014
Building Maths Skills at Home
Here are some simple things that you can do at home to help your child
with math.
•Play board games as a family! Many of them encourage math development. Yahtzee (basic addition), Connect Four (problem solving), Card Games (basic addition and subtraction and ordering numbers), Candy Land (make your own game
cards and use math facts instead of colors), Monopoly (money), and Battleship (coordinate graphs) are just a few to mention.
•Talk about the calendar with your child. Look forward to and countdown to special events such as vacations, birthdays, and holidays. Count the weeks and days to an
event, and determine which day it will fall on.
•Help your child learn to count money by playing store with them. Use real coins and dollar bills.
•Use an empty egg carton as a counting tool to practice addition and subtraction skills up to 10. Simply place objects in the slots, and use the empty slots to count up to/from 10.
•Be on the lookout for shapes. Discuss the shapes you see. For a challenge, ask your child how many sides the shape has. (Example: A triangle has three sides. Two
triangles would have six sides.).
•Help your child develop time skills by incorporating the clock into their schedule. At home, create a bedtime schedule (Example: Brush Teeth at 8:00; Bedtime story at 8:10; Bed at 8:30). Create a poster with the schedule, and hang it in your child’s bedroom. Begin with easy times (7:00), and gradually progress to more difficult times (7:30 and 7:45).
•Involve your child in activities at home that use measurement such as picture framing and home improvement projects.
•Bake with your child. Have them read recipes and measure ingredients.
•Develop an understanding of fractions when eating or making a pizza by discussing how many slices there are, and what fraction of the pizza they are eating.
•Play board games as a family! Many of them encourage math development. Yahtzee (basic addition), Connect Four (problem solving), Card Games (basic addition and subtraction and ordering numbers), Candy Land (make your own game
cards and use math facts instead of colors), Monopoly (money), and Battleship (coordinate graphs) are just a few to mention.
•Talk about the calendar with your child. Look forward to and countdown to special events such as vacations, birthdays, and holidays. Count the weeks and days to an
event, and determine which day it will fall on.
•Help your child learn to count money by playing store with them. Use real coins and dollar bills.
•Use an empty egg carton as a counting tool to practice addition and subtraction skills up to 10. Simply place objects in the slots, and use the empty slots to count up to/from 10.
•Be on the lookout for shapes. Discuss the shapes you see. For a challenge, ask your child how many sides the shape has. (Example: A triangle has three sides. Two
triangles would have six sides.).
•Help your child develop time skills by incorporating the clock into their schedule. At home, create a bedtime schedule (Example: Brush Teeth at 8:00; Bedtime story at 8:10; Bed at 8:30). Create a poster with the schedule, and hang it in your child’s bedroom. Begin with easy times (7:00), and gradually progress to more difficult times (7:30 and 7:45).
•Involve your child in activities at home that use measurement such as picture framing and home improvement projects.
•Bake with your child. Have them read recipes and measure ingredients.
•Develop an understanding of fractions when eating or making a pizza by discussing how many slices there are, and what fraction of the pizza they are eating.
How to make Spelling Fun!!
•Look at the word, say the word, try to memorize the letters in the word,
write the word from memory, and check to see if you are right.
•Use magnetic letters on a refrigerator or cake pan to spell words.
•Spell words with glue and sprinkle glitter on them or use glitter pens.
•Cut out letters from a newspaper or magazine to spell words.
•Make spelling flash cards – write words on index cards and cut the letters apart to spell.
•Call out spelling words in the car.
•Take a pre-test on Monday to see what words to work on. Don’t forget to review the known words too!
•Use scrapbook foam letters as a fun tool to study with.
•Write spelling words in bubble letters or another fun way.
•Use ABC Cookie Cutters and play-dough to cut out letters to spell words.
•Paint spelling words.
•Write words in sand.
•Use letter beads from a craft store to write your spelling words (You could even put them on a string, or a screw, which is a great motor skill!)
•Put letters on Legos, rocks, popsicle sticks, or bottle caps, and put them together to spell your words.
•Got a Magna Doodle? Write your spelling words on it!
•Use Scrabble tiles (add up the points for each word to practice math skills)
•Use magnetic letters on a refrigerator or cake pan to spell words.
•Spell words with glue and sprinkle glitter on them or use glitter pens.
•Cut out letters from a newspaper or magazine to spell words.
•Make spelling flash cards – write words on index cards and cut the letters apart to spell.
•Call out spelling words in the car.
•Take a pre-test on Monday to see what words to work on. Don’t forget to review the known words too!
•Use scrapbook foam letters as a fun tool to study with.
•Write spelling words in bubble letters or another fun way.
•Use ABC Cookie Cutters and play-dough to cut out letters to spell words.
•Paint spelling words.
•Write words in sand.
•Use letter beads from a craft store to write your spelling words (You could even put them on a string, or a screw, which is a great motor skill!)
•Put letters on Legos, rocks, popsicle sticks, or bottle caps, and put them together to spell your words.
•Got a Magna Doodle? Write your spelling words on it!
•Use Scrabble tiles (add up the points for each word to practice math skills)
Sunday, 6 April 2014
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Sunday, 9 March 2014
SAILING AT PEGASUS WEDNESDAY 12 MARCH
I am looking forward to a fantastic day of fun in the sun!! (hopefully) It is important that children are well prepared for a full day out in the weather and the water. We WILL be getting wet. Children must wear clothing and footwear that is appropriate for in the water. Thermal tops are recommended especially if it is a cooler day. Pack morning tea, lunch and lots of water too as children get very thirsty!! A towel and change of clothes and dry shoes, hat jacket and sunscreen are important also.
Parents are welcome to join us however you need to make your own way out to Pegasus as we have limited room on the bus. Look back in a few days for photos of the fun!!!!
Parents are welcome to join us however you need to make your own way out to Pegasus as we have limited room on the bus. Look back in a few days for photos of the fun!!!!
ATHLETICS DAY TUESDAY 11 MARCH
A reminder that it is athletics day tomorrow. Children need to have suitable clothing and dress in their Whanau group colours. A warm jacket, sunhat, sunblock, extra lunch and drink bottle are also advised.
The PTA are running a Cafe tomorrow in Room 5 during the school athletics. There will be tea/coffee, cold drinks, baking, savories and more, plus a sausage sizzle at lunch time so bring along some money and purchase something yummy while enjoying all of the events.
Parents come along and support your children if possible, it should be a great day. Unfortunately I can't be here as I have a sporting commitment with my daughter and I am disappointed to be missing the fun, however I wish everyone the best luck in their events and encourage you all to do your personal best and respect all other competitors. Have a great day!!!
The PTA are running a Cafe tomorrow in Room 5 during the school athletics. There will be tea/coffee, cold drinks, baking, savories and more, plus a sausage sizzle at lunch time so bring along some money and purchase something yummy while enjoying all of the events.
Parents come along and support your children if possible, it should be a great day. Unfortunately I can't be here as I have a sporting commitment with my daughter and I am disappointed to be missing the fun, however I wish everyone the best luck in their events and encourage you all to do your personal best and respect all other competitors. Have a great day!!!
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Crying Wind
A storm struck Christchurch. The leaves are forming tornadoes making the leaves scatter everywhere. The road is a rising river making it hard for people to drive through. The puddles are like rock pools. Trees are bowing down to mother earth. The wind sounds like a whistling ghost and rain shoots down like bullets.
By Mya Reynolds
By Mya Reynolds
Storm Attack
Black booming clouds come rolling towards us. As soon as the the big angry clouds filled the sky all I could hear was a drumming rhythm on the roof. The wind started to intensify and the trees started to bow down to mother earth. The gutters were like over flowing rivers with leaves swimming along like little baby fish.
By Millie
By Millie
Monday, 3 March 2014
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