Year R Autumn 2 2024:Down in the woods

This half-term we are learning about Down in the Woods and the celebrations of Diwali and Christmas. We will be learning:

What will I learn about down in the woods?      

What is Diwali?

Why do Christians perform nativity plays at Christmas?

Important Vocabulary

Celebration, Festival, light, dark, Bonfire Night, Diwali, Christmas, family, friends, woods, trees, habitat, nocturnal.

Reading

•  What letters can I read?
•  What sounds can I blend to read words?
• What words can I read?
• What sentences can I read?

Writing

• What lower case letters can I write?
• How do I write my name?
• What words can I spell by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letters?

Maths

• What are the composition of numbers to 10?
• What is one more than a number?
• What is one less than a number?