Sitapatr School

Anuban Weekly Outline

Teacher: Sarah

Class: Stars

Week: Twelve

Opposites

This week we are learning:

Circle Time Review
In circle the children will begin the
day with their usual daily routine
discussing the weather, day of the
week and singing songs.
The children will also continue to
practice counting numbers 0-20. This
week we will particularly focus on the
pronunciation, order and recognition
of 11-20 as these are less familiar.
The transportation vocabulary will be
reviewed to include all vehicles and
the sky, sea and land.

Phonics

Activity Time
Vocabulary
Fast/slow, loud/quiet, boy/girl, happy/sad, left/right, big/small, yes/no, up/down,
open/close, clean/dirty, hot/cold, hard/soft.
Sentence structure:
What is the opposite? It is slow/fast etc
What is this? It is fast.
Games and Activities
The students will be completing a worksheet which matches opposites together. They will
draw lines to pair up the opposites.
There are some colouring sheets to be completed to further explain some of the opposites
that may need clarifying. The children will discuss the items on the worksheets and look at
real objects that are light and heavy, hard and soft etc, before colouring.
There will be a sorting activity where the children will need to differentiate between hard
and soft and long and short. Various objects will be used to demonstrate the vocabulary.
Songs
Open Shut- Super Simple Songs
Opposite- Debbie and friends video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjQT1kpBwcg

New letters and sounds

Phonics Activities
This week the children will finishing off
any colour by number letters that were
not completed throughout semester 2
so far. A few were missed due to
holidays and short weeks. We will
continue with these in order to cover
the whole alphabet. The children
practice numbers, colours, letter
sounds and writing with these
worksheets.
The children will also be reviewing the
blended sounds that we have covered
so far. We will play games such as
board race and sound jump to test
their knowledge and understanding.

Dates: 19/01/15 - 23/01/15

There will be no new sounds taught this week as we will be reviewing the blended two
letter words taught so far. We will learn the ABC alphabet song in order to prepare for
learning the letter names next week.

Writing Practice
The children will be writing in their
numbers book this week with focus on
numbers 6 and 7.
Practice will also continue with letter
writing during phonics.

Parent Follow Up / Useful

Websites / Homework:
Hello parents,
This weeks link is a video clip we
will be watching in class on
opposites. The children will quickly
pick up the vocabulary but may
find it more difficult to understand
the concept and meaning of the
word opposite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=BjQT1kpBwcg
Have a great week.