What skills to revise during the holidays? 

During the holidays, I will like you to reinforce the following skills with your child.

Mathematics Skills 

Number and Algebra

• Reading, writing and ordering numbers to 100.
• Making and drawing collections to 50.
• Locating numbers 1 to 100 on the number line.
• Orally counting to 200 and from 100 from any starting point.
• Orally counting starting from 0 by 2s, 5s and 10s to 100.
• Reading the word numerals for 1 to 20.
• Reading and understanding basic facts to 20 (addition).
• Representing and solving simple addition and subtraction problems to 30 using concrete materials, illustrations and counting on.  

Measurement and Geometry

• Naming and ordering the days of the week and months of the year.
• Naming the seasons.
• Knowing the duration of an hour, day, week and month.

Statistics and Probability

• Identifying outcomes of familiar events involving chance and describing them using everyday language such as “will happen”, “won’t happen” or “might happen”.

English Skills

• Identifying constant digraphs, which are two letters coming together to make one sound (sh, ch, th, wh and ck).
• Identifying trigraphs, which are three letters coming together to make one new sound (ang, ing and ong).
• Recognising the first 200 high frequency words (fast and consistent).
• Identifying and using nouns and verbs correctly in sentences.
• Providing examples of antonyms and synonyms.
• Spelling the first 150 high frequency words.
• Applying blends and digraphs, when writing. 
• Writing recounts, with neat writing and approximately one page in length.
• Identifying when, who, what, where and why in a sentence (underline the areas).
• Using full stops, capital letters, question marks and exclamation marks appropriately.

Reading

I will like to encourage you all to provide opportunities for your child to read every day during the school holidays. It is very important that your child reads aloud with fluency and expression, and answers literal and inferred questions using a range of comprehension strategies. 

Kind regards

Miss Ryan