Unit of Inquiry – ‘How the World Works-Water’

(see attached sheet)

Parent: Fill a small glass with hot water, place a larger glass or clear jug up side down over the top of the steaming glass.

Child: Watch what happens to the steam when it hits the glass. Draw a picture below to show what you see.

Parent: Please write notes on your child’s work to let us know what they have said or noticed, and any questions or ‘wonderings’ they have.

Language Arts

This week we learned about the sounds ‘p’ (as in pin and pink) and ‘n’ (as in net and nine).

• Please remember to read a range of books with your child and discuss them.

• Cut out the weekly words (pat, in, tap) and stick them to card, try reading them by saying the sounds and blending them together. Keep them with your word collection.

• Cut out the attached letters (s,a,t,i,p,n), and stick them to card. See if your child can make simple words by placing letter cards on the table and saying each sound carefully.

Maths

Take 2 containers, different sizes and shapes (e.g. pots, cups, bottles). Compare them by looking at them. Guess which one will hold the most. Use pouring from one container to the other (and vice versa) to find out which one really holds the most. Try with very different sized containers at first (e.g. a cup and a pan), and then compare containers that seem to be a more similar size. Can your child explain what is happening and how they know which one is bigger? Focus on careful pouring so that the comparison is fair-will the measuring be correct if water is spilled? Use vocabulary, ‘over-flowing’, ‘full’, ‘empty’, ‘half full’, ‘this one holds more/less’.