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

• Orally count to 200 and from 100 from any starting point.

• Orally count starting from 0 by 2s to 100.

• Identify odd and even numbers to 20.

• Read and understand basic facts to 40 (addition and subtraction) 

• Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems to 40 using concrete materials, illustrations and counting on.

• Count collections to 100 or more by partitioning numbers using place value.

• Accurately share and group objects equally.

• Understand and describe the concept of one-half as part of a whole.
• Recognise, describe and order Australian coins and notes according to value. 

·        Measurement and Geometry

• Measure and compare capacity using uniform informal units.

• Tell the time (hour and half hour).

• Give and follow specific directions to familiar locations (positional words, clockwise/anticlockwise).

Statistics and Probability

• Choose simple questions and gather responses to collect data.

• Draw simple data displays. 

• Represent data with tally marks.

     

   English Skills

• Identify vowel digraphs, which is when two vowels come together and make one sound (ie-tie, ea-beast, ea-bread and ee- bee)

• Use nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives correctly in sentences. 

• Use basic conjunctions, contractions and similes in their writing. 

• Use a variety of sentence beginnings (openers) in their work. 

• Become aware of prefixes and suffixes.

• Spell the first 150 high frequency words. 

• Write narratives, with neat writing and approximately one page in length. 
• Apply basic proof reading and editing skills.

• Explore features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature. 

Kind regards

Miss Ryan