The book we have been reading this week in reception is called ‘A Squash and a Squeeze’.
Children listened well to the story and talked about their favourite part with their talk partner. Children were also able to re tell the story using some great adjectives that they have learnt during carpet sessions. Children enjoyed reading this book and loved learning about the different animals.
The photos are a few examples of what children saw at the farm. Children have been using their phonic knowledge to write their wonderful words.
Areas that we have covered:
Communication and Language
Children were able to answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about their experiences and in response to the story.
After listening to the story, children expressed their views about events and characters in the story and were able to answer questions about why things happened.
Personal, Social and Emotional
Children talked about how they and others are feeling.
Children worked in a group to discuss the characters feelings in the book.
Literacy
Writing
Children used their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds.
Children are able to spell phonically regular words of more than one syllable as well as irregular but high frequency words
Reading
Children can read and understand simple sentences.
Children use their phonic, semantic and syntactic knowledge to understand unfamiliar vocabulary.
