Phonics

Online Letters and Sounds Lesson.

Reception

Revise all of the phase 3 flash cards and then watch the Mr Thorne does phonics video for your focus sound for today.

We are going to practice writing words today. Select items from around the house that contain some of the phase 3 sounds. Ask your child to say the word and then segment it for each sound. Get them to write the word down, if they miss a letter (e.g. just write the letter ‘r’ for the ‘ar’ sound) then prompt them by saying the sound ‘ar’ and asking them what two letters make that sound.

Year 1

Revise all of the phase 5 flash cards and then watch the Mr Thorne does phonics video for your focus sound for today.

We are going to practice writing sentences today using words with the phase 5 and 6 sounds. Select items from around the house that contain some of the phase 5 and 6 sounds. Together come up with a sentence about the object e.g. The car is blue and has four round wheels. Say the sentence out loud and prompt your child to use a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop. They could have a go at using question marks or exclamation marks where appropriate. If the select the incorrect sound e.g. oo instead of ue in blue, then ask them what other graphemes do you know that make the oo sound.

Literacy

For today’s activity we are going to be thinking about the author Julia Donaldson. Watch this video and think of questions that you would like to ask her. Year 1 have learnt about question marks and should use these in their work. Reception haven’t learnt about them but with modelling they can have a go.

Maths

Reception

Today we are going to be looking at patterns with odd and even numbers. Have a go at this workbook and see what your child notices about which numbers are odd and which are even.

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Year 1

Begin by looking at page 3 of the flashback 4.

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Then have a go at the second describing positions White Rose activity sheet.

Y1 Summer Block 3 WO3 Describe position (2) 2020

You may also like to have a go at these challenges:

Activity Cards – Describe Position (1)

Challenge

Today’s optional challenge is a PE challenge. Think about the different animals that were in ‘The Highway Rat’, how would each of them move?

Phonics

Online Letters and Sounds Lesson.

Reception

Revise all of the phase 3 flash cards and then watch the Mr Thorne does phonics video for your focus sound for today.

Play Picnic on Pluto by selecting your chosen sound.

Year 1

Revise all of the phase 5 flash cards and then watch the Mr Thorne does phonics video for your focus sound for today.

Play Picnic on Pluto by selecting your chosen sound.

Literacy

Here are the links for the online version of the story and video if you don’t have the book at home:  video of the story being read. The BBC adaptation.

For today’s activity we are going to be writing a diary entry from the point of view of the Highway Rat. What does he do each day? How does he feel about it?

Maths

Reception

Today we are looking at pictorial representations of halving. Children will need to share a given number between the two wings of a ladybird, they will need to be able to match number to quantity by drawing the dots whilst still sharing them equally between the two sides:

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Then have a go at these problem solving challenges:

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Year 1

Today we are moving onto position and direction.

Start by looking at page 1 of the flashback 4:

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Then have a go at this White Rose activity sheet.

Y1 Summer Block 3 WO1 Describe turns 2020

For a further challenge have a go at these:

Activity Cards – Describe Turns

Challenge

Today’s optional challenge is to create a picture of the Highway Rat using a computer program. You could use the program paint or purple mash.

Phonics

Online Letters and Sounds Lesson.

Reception

Revise all of the phase 3 flash cards and identify any sounds that your child has found tricky/hasn’t remembered. If there are multiple sounds select one to focus on today and work through the rest across the week. Watch the Mr Thorne does phonics video for your chosen sound.

Play Buried Treasure by selecting the sound that you are focusing on today. You can also select revise all if your child is confident with all phase 3 sounds.

Year 1

Revise all of the phase 5 flash cards and then watch the Mr Thorne does phonics video for your focus sound for today.

For today’s activity go on a hunt around the house and see what items you can find that have the same sound as your focus sound. Can you write them down in a list?

Literacy

Here are the links for the online version of the story and video if you don’t have the book at home:  video of the story being read. The BBC adaptation.

For today’s activity we are going to be writing a police report about the crimes of the Highway rat using page 4 of the resource pack:

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Maths

Reception

We are going to have a go today at sharing items between 3/4 groups using physical resources, again you could choose toys or items of food. Start by giving your child 4 items and say that we need to share these between 3 people (could be family members or teddy bears/dolls) so that you all have the same. See what your child does with the fourth item, do they try and give it to one person making their groups unequal or do they try to split the item into 3?

Increase the number if items and try splitting them into 4 equal groups. When using a higher amount of items can your child count in 2s to move the items into the different groups?

Year 1

Today we are revising finding a quarter. Look at both of these activity sheets from White Rose:

Y1 Summer Block 2 WO3 Find a quarter (1) 2020

Y1 Summer Block 2 WO4 Find a quarter (2) 2020

For an additional challenge I have added the mastery challenge cards from Year 2.

Activity Cards – Find a Quarter

Challenge

Today’s optional challenge is a Geography lesson from the BBC Bitesize website looking at Asia.

Phonics

Online Letters and Sounds lesson.

Reception

We have now learnt all of the phase 3 sounds! This week we will be covering letter names as well as working segmenting and blending for reading.

Continue to revise all of the phase 3 sounds to ensure retention and then join in with this alphabet song.

For today’s activity play Miss Pullinger’s alphabet river:

Write each letter of the alphabet on separate pieces of paper and lay them in a ‘river’. Stand on one side of the river and sing the song ‘ Miss Pullinger, Miss Pullinger, can we cross your alphabet river?’ Pick a letter and say the letter name to jump across. You could increase the challenge by writing a mix of capital and lower case letters.

Year 1

Revise all of the phase 5 flash cards and identify any sounds that your child has found tricky/hasn’t remembered. If there are multiple sounds select one to focus on today and work through the rest across the week. Watch the Mr Thorne does phonics video for your chosen sound.

For today’s activity play Buried Treasure by selecting the sound that you are focusing on today.

Literacy

This week we are going to be using the book ‘The Highway Rat’ by Julia Donaldson. If you don’t have the book you can watch this video of the story being read. The BBC have also done an adaptation that you may enjoy watching.

We are going to be using the resources from this Scholastic resource pack throughout the week:

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For today’s activity we are going to be working on comprehension of the story and the ability to discuss a story and join in with repeated phrases. Use the introduction section on page 2 to lead your discussions about the story and then complete the page 3 activity: return to owner.

Maths

Reception

This week we are going to be looking halving and sharing. We will begin by sharing into two equal groups and looking at fair and unfair sharing.

For today we are going to be using physical resources, you could choose toys or items of food. Start by giving your child 4 items and say that we need to share these between 2 people (could be you and your child or your child and a sibling) so that you both have the same. See if they can equally share the items into the two groups. Increase the number of items you give and then progress to giving your child an odd number of items. Can they share these equally? What could we do with the spare item? If it is a food item or something like playdough they may suggest breaking it apart to give each person half of the item.

Year 1

We are going to begin this week with revision of fractions before moving onto position and direction later in the week.

For today’s activity look at both of these workbooks on finding a half.

Y1 Summer Block 2 WO1 Find a half (1) 2020

Y1 Summer Block 2 WO2 Find a half (2) 2020

For an additional challenge I have attached some mastery maths challenge cards from the Year 2 curriculum. If your child has really grasped the concept of finding a half it may be worth having a look through these to deepen their understanding.

Find a Half

Challenge

Today’s optional challenge is a Science challenge based on the story ‘The Highway Rat’. We are going to be investigating echoes using this resource pack from Scholastic.

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The aim is for Early Years but this is a great opportunity for Year 1 to develop their skills at predicting and observing whilst conducting an experiment.