UPPER SWAN PRIMARY SCHOOLSUPPORT PACKAGE

 

YEAR ONE2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 We are often asked by parents, “What does my child need to know by the end of Year…”

Well to help parents get a better understanding, we have stipulated the core skills in our most important learning areas. The pages within this package contain:

The core basic skills and knowledge students are expected to achieve by the end of their current school year in Maths and English.

Advice on how to run an effective home reading programSome of the main words and spelling rules taught at this year levelA “100’s chart”A chart of the font used for handwriting 

 The list of Maths and English skills are the main core skills and do not represent everything that teachers cover in class over the year. The entire package, along with supporting activities will be placed on our school website, so you can always find it.

www.upperswanps.wa.edu.au

 

Core English Skills for Year One Speaking and Listening Listening and speaking behaviours—speak audibly, face the audience, use gestures, listen quietly, ask questions and make comments Make short oral presentations of a few related sentences on familiar topics, eg. Tell new. Ask and respond to who, where, what, why, when and how questions.

 Phonological Awareness How many words are in a spoken sentence Break words into syllables Identify all the sounds in a spoken word, play with words by removing or changing sounds. Generate words that rhyme eg. Hot, lot, spot  Reading After reading a text, retell the main idea in order Know about the features of books– cover, spine, title, author, publisher and illustrator Read short, predictable texts, using strategies such as sounding out and referring to the pictures Listen to longer, more complex texts read aloud Know the common letter combinations that make the 44 sounds of English Read two letter blends at the start and end of words eg. Blob, trip, melt, post Know the purpose of capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks and speech marks. Writing Write short texts such as recounts, lists, narratives, rhymes, letters and brochures Plan writing by discussing ideas or drawing pictures on a planning framework Use story starters such as ‘once upon a time…’ Use simple editing techniques, such as circling misspelt words, adding and crossing out words Write using correct letter formation Use a computer keyboard to write texts Grammar and Punctuation Write simple sentences with spaces between words Use punctuation– full stops, capital letters for names and sentence beginnings, exclamation marks, question marks, commas in lists and apostrophes for contractions Identify and use nouns, verbs, adjectives adverbs and pronouns Use conjunctions to write compound sentences, eg. and, but Spelling and sight words Spell words using common representations eg, including diagraphs such as: sh, ch, wh, ee, oo, qu, ay Accurately spell high frequency words including Rice Sight Word List Spell words by sounding out and using resources in the room, like word charts Write two letter blends at the start and end of words, eg. Stop, drip, dusk, best Use look, say, cover, write, check to learn to spell words

Core Maths Skills for Year OneNumberCounting and Patterns Count, read, write and say numbers to at least one hundred from any given number, forwards and backwards Skip count by twos, fives and tens Copy, continue and create simple repeating patternsPlace Value Place value of two digit numbers (what does the ones and tens mean?)Fractions Identify one half of a whole object or collection of objectsAddition and Subtraction Solve simple problems Write number sentences using correct symbols Use the terminology (eg. Add, subtract, take away, altogether, and) Instant recall of basic addition facts to ten  Use strategies such as counting on, breaking numbers into parts and rearranging them, number lines, calculators and drawingsMultiplication and division Solve simple problems by arranging or sharing collections into equal groups Find and show equal sized groups in everyday situationsMoney Recognise, describe and order Australian coins  Order the coins according to value not size MeasurementTime Tell time to the half hour, using analogue and digital clocks Use months, weeks , days and hours to describe duration Know the months of the year, seasons and days of the week Find simple information on a calendar Length/Capacity/Mass Measures and compare using informal units, such as straws and footprints for length, block and marbles for mass, blocks for area and yoghurt container for capacity SpaceSpatial Language Describe position using words like between, like, under, behind, near Use words such as; left, right, forward, clockwise, anti-clockwise to give directionsMaps Draw informal mapsShape Recognise. Name and draw 2D shapes, e.g. square, rectangle, triangle, circle and 3D shapes e.g. rectangular prisms, cylinders, cones and spheres.  Describe how many corners, edges and faces 2D and 3D shapes have Identify symmetry in 2D shapes, pictures and patterns   Make pictures and patterns with shapes  Use triangles, rectangles and squares in tessellating patterns ( A shape that fits together without gaps e.g. tiles)Statistics and probability Use simple tallies or numbers to represent data Describe and use the language of chance, e.g. likely, impossible, probable  Get information from simple graphs

 Use pictures, lists and tables to represent tables Mathletics: Every student at Upper Swan PS has a password for Mathletics, see your teacher or phone the school if you do not have this information: www.mathletics.com.au

 Username: __________________________ Password: __________________   

 

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How to Run a Good Home Reading Program  Reading at home is an important part of developing your child’s reading skills. It provides students with additional practise in comprehending texts. There are many ways that you can help your child build their confidence and develop stronger reading skills.  In Year One it is recommended that your child should complete fifteen minutes of homework per night, of which this should include ten minutes of reading and five minutes of spelling. Outlined below is an example of a quick and easy Home Reading program that you can engage in with your child. It should not take any longer than ten minutes a night. Each week your child selects a text of interest and one that they can read independently. This text will remain the same for the entire week. Research has proven that is better to develop

Numbers to 100!Use this chart to discuss counting and number patterns with your child.

and consolidate skills focussing on one text a week rather than reading a different text every night of the week.

 Tips: Encourage your child and tell them that they are doing a great job. Give your child time to work out difficult words. If they make a mistake say, “Are you sure about that?” and ask them to re-read the word. Help your child sound out the words using their phonetic knowledge such as ‘c and h makes

the sound ch’, don’t just tell them what it is. 

Below are some questions to help guide your home reading. 

 Before During After

 What story clues are in the title and pictures?

 Is this story real or make believe? How do I know?

 If the text is real, what will I learn?

 What will the main character need or want?

 Why do I want to read this story?

 How do I picture the setting?

What will happen next in the story?How do I feel about the main character?Why does the character act or feel a certain way?Does the story make sense?How will the story most likely end?How does this story or text remind me of my life?

How did the story make me feel?What do I like or dislike about the story?What is the main part of the story?How have my feelings about the character changed?How are the characters feelings or actions different at the end of the story?What is the author trying to tell me?

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