Phonics
Online Letters and Sounds lessons.
Reception
From the feedback that I have received from the phonics assessments and from teaching in school this week I would recommend focusing on the digraphs (2 letters that make one sound) and trigraphs (three letters that make one sound). Particularly reading them in words and being able to identify them when segmenting for spelling.
Watch Mr Thorne does phonics for your chosen sound and then complete 5 spellings- 3 3 words that include today’s focus sound and 2 that contain the revision sound from your previous lesson.
I have also been using the Jolly Phonics songs to help with sound recognition, you can watch the video and join in with the actions.
To help with the writing section of phonics you can adapt the Miss Pullinger sound river game. Get children to sing the song, ‘Miss Pullinger, Miss Pullinger, can we cross your sound river?’ But then respond by saying ‘Only if you can spell…’ and give them a word containing phase three sounds. You can support them to segment the word and encourage them by asking what 2/3 letters make that sound if they are struggling.
Year 1
Year 1 children should be working on filling any gaps in sound recognition by watching Mr Thorne does phonics and by joining in with this Phonics song.
To help with the writing section of phonics you can adapt the Miss Pullinger sound river game. Get children to sing the song, ‘Miss Pullinger, Miss Pullinger, can we cross your sound river?’ But then respond by saying ‘Only if you can spell…’ and give them a word containing the sounds they need to focus on. You can support them to segment the word and encourage them by asking what 2/3 letters make that sound if they are struggling.
Literacy
This week’s Literacy work will based on the story Sidney Spider- A Tale of Friendship.
Sidney Spider- A tale of friendship
Read the story together and then for today’s activity use pages 5, 6 and 8 to develop your child’s comprehension skills.
Maths
Reception
We are continuing to learn about different forms of measurement this week but we are moving onto weight.
Go through this Post Office powerpoint which looks at identifying heavier objects. Then ask your child to be a human scale. Ask them to pick up an item in one hand and then another item in their other hand. Which is heavier? Which is lighter? Can they find items that they think would be heavier/lighter than their first object and test them?
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For an additional challenge I have the year 1 White Rose home learning for weight. There is an accompanying video and worksheet.
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Look at the video for Lesson 4- Introduce weight and mass.
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Year 1
Year 1 are continuing with their learning of numbers to 100 this week.
Watch Numberblocks to begin today’s learning.
You can then have a look at the presentation for this week by going through day 1. This is optional.
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I have attached today’s activity below. Select two number cards on page 3 and ask your child to compare them using the stem sentences on page 4. They can begin by saying more than and less than but should then progress to using the inequality signs, < and >. Children can build the numbers by drawing them using a stick to represent a ten and dots to represent the ones. Alternatively they could use straws/sticks for the tens and cubes/counters for the ones.
Year 1 – PRACTICAL – Compare numbers (2)
There is also an additional activity for them to have a go at if they are confident.
Year 1 – ACTIVITY – Compare numbers
I have also attached the White Rose learning for this week which is looking at counting in multiples. This is an optional activity to complete and can always be completed at a later time.
Lesson 1 Count in 2s 2019
Challenge
Our Science topic this term is growing and changes. This week we are looking at what’s growing in our gardens. You could watch this episode of Mr Tumble to get you started.
Show children a selection of vegetables/fruit that could be grown locally and encourage questions such as: What sort of plant does this grow on? Would this be an easy thing to grow? How much water do you think it would need? How long do you think it would take to grow? Ask your child to feel and smell the fruit and veg. Ask them to guess what they look like inside.
Then cut the vegetables/fruit open and discuss what you can see. Encourage your child to look closely at the inside of their fruit/veg (you could use a magnifying glass) and ask them to describe what they can see. Think about:
Does it have hairs? Or little droplets of juice? Or bumps?
Can they draw a close up image of a piece of their fruit/veg? You might want to have a look at these images first.
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