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Reading

3 times a week challenge! Can you do it?

Children should spend some time reading for enjoyment every day. They might be reading comics, or poetry, or encyclopaedias or novels. They might be reading on screens or on paper. It doesn't really matter, as long as they try to understand and think about what they are reading.

Reading out loud is really important, not so much to test if they can read the words, but to help them understand what they are reading and to share their thoughts about it with someone else.

Reading to children is also really important and enjoyable, even when they are fluent readers themselves.

 

Spelling

Spelling Logs

Children are used to making a note in their log book of words they need to learn. While they are at home, they can still do this, even though they may not have their logbook. If they have to look up a spelling when they are doing some writing, or if they come across an interesting word when they are reading, they can make a note, and choose a few words each week to practice.

Children should also try and learn all of the words on the list of "common exception words". These are words which don't necessarily follow a common spelling pattern, but they are common words which everyone should know how to spell.

 

Maths

The expectation is that children will have learnt their 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables by the end of Year 2. By the end of Year 3, they should confidently know all of these plus 3 and 4 times tables. There is nothing to stop them going on and mastering the rest!

You can practise at home by using Times tables rock stars.