Home Learning 4.05.20

Phonics

Link to the online Letters and Sounds lessons.

Reception

Today’s grapheme is ‘ur’.

Revise all of your phase 3 flash cards and then watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

For today’s activity have a go at the Picnic on Pluto game by selecting the +ur option.

Year 1

Year 1 have now come to the end of Phase 5, it is still worth recapping the flash cards at the start of each lesson but there are no new phonemes to be learnt.

This week we will be focusing on reading and spelling words with adjacent consonants e.g. trap, milk.

Watch Mr Thorne does phonics and then have a go at Picnic on Pluto by selecting phase 4- Revise all phase 4.

Literacy

Friday the 8th May is a Bank Holiday in celebration of VE Day. This week’s tasks will be all about VE day and we are starting the week by creating a fact file.

Monday and Tuesday’s literacy tasks will be to create your own fact file. Your fact file can be about anything to do with VE day or World War 2 but I have included some suggestions to get you started:

What is VE Day?

When was World War 2?

What is Rationing?

Who was Winston Churchill?

The different planes that were used.

How did people celebrate VE day?

Maths

Reception

We are beginning to look more closely at numbers to 20 this week.

Begin by watching numberblocks .

For today’s activity we will be matching number to quantity to 20.

You will need the numbers 11-20 written on separate pieces of paper and 11- 20 items drawn on separate pieces of paper- to help your child see the way teen numbers are formed (e.g 12 is made up of 1 ten and 2 ones) draw them on a tens frame like this:

This is a great opportunity to work on subitising- encourage your child to see that the full tens frame is 10 and to add on from there rather than counting from 1 each time.

Play the game like pairs by turning all of your pieces of paper upside down and taking it in turns to find a match.

Year 1

Here is the White Rose activity sheet for you to use today.

Lesson 1 Find and make number bonds 2019

The link to the video tutorial is here.

Challenge

For today’s challenge I have attached a guided reading all about VE Day. There are three levels attached indicated by a star at the bottom of the page, 1 star is the easiest and 3 stars the hardest. There is also a comprehension question sheet to go with each level. This is aimed at Year 1 however reception children are more than welcome to give it a go- they may need more support though!

Guided Reading

Home Learning 1.05.20

Phonics

Letters and Sounds live lessons.

Reception

Today’s grapheme is ‘or’.

Revise all of your phase 3 flash cards and watch Mr Thorne does Phonics.

Then have a go at Mrs Summerfield’s game– why not change the sounds to 4 from this week.

Year 1

We have reached the end of phase 5 so today will be a recap day. Go through all of the phase 5 flash cards. Were there any you were unsure of?

Have a go at Mrs Summerfield’s game but choose the sounds that you are least confident with.

Literacy

This week we have been looking at the story Jasper’s Beanstalk. For today’s activity I would like you to complete a book review. You could use the template below or create your own.

Book Review Template

Maths

Reception

We are finishing our week by looking at both addition and subtraction with numbers to 20. Can your child correctly identify the + and – signs? I have attached three sheets today, the first is the most challenging, the second is slightly less challenging and the third uses numbers to 10, select the most appropriate one for your child.

Addition and Subtraction 1

Addition and Subtraction 2

Addition and subtration to 10

Year 1

Go to the White Rose website and complete the Summer term week 2 day 5 challenge.

 

Friday Challenge

Why not have a go at this BBC Supermovers dance all about believing in yourself!

Home Learning 30.04.20

Phonics

Letters and Sounds online lessons.

Reception

Today’s grapheme is ‘ar’.

Revise all of your phase 3 flash cards and watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

For today’s activity play Miss Pullinger’s sound river. Write words using all of the phonemes learnt this week onto pieces of paper and lay them in your river. Segment and blend the words before jumping over.

Year 1

Today’s grapheme is ‘u-e’.

Revise all of your phase 5 flash cards and watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

For today’s activity play Miss Pullinger’s sound river. Write words using all of the phonemes learnt this week onto pieces of paper and lay them in your river. Segment and blend the words before jumping over.

Literacy

At the end of Jasper’s Beanstalk Jasper decides to climb all the way to the top to see what he can find. What do you think Jasper finds? Can you describe it for me using adjectives to make your writing more interesting? Can you draw a picture to match what you have described?

Maths

Reception

For today’s activity you will need between 10 and 20 items (depending on how confident your child is with numbers) and a cloth. Show your child a number of items e.g 12. Cover them with a cloth and ensure your child is happy that there are still 12 items. While they are covered, remove some of the pieces one at a time counting as you do so e.g 1, 2, 3. Ask you child to work out how many will still be hidden. They can count back in their head by holding up three fingers to represent how many need to be taken away and putting 12 in their head. As they count back, fold down a finger so they know when to stop. To further challenge your child ask them to record the number sentences.

Year 1

Go to the White Rose website and watch the video for Summer term week 2 lesson 4- Problem Solving.

PSHE

For today’s optional challenge we are going to look at healthy and unhealthy foods. Have a look at the food in your cupboards and fridge at home, can you say which foods are healthy for you and which are unhealthy? Can you make a healthy snack?

Home Learning 29.04.20

Phonics

Thank you for the feedback regarding the Letters and Sounds phonics lessons. I will continue to post the link for these as I know some have found parts of them useful however I will continue to post activities for each year group as well. You can choose either the youtube live lessons or my activities below but please don’t do both! You may find it beneficial to dip in and out of the live youtube lessons and only participate for a small section instead of the full 20/30 minutes.

Reception

Today’s grapheme is ‘oo’ making the short ‘u’ sound as in book.

Start by revising all of your phase 3 flash cards then watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

For today’s activity have a go at Mrs Summerfield’s game- you could try changing the sounds to include today’s.

 

Year 1

Today’s grapheme is ‘o-e’.

Start by revising all of your phase 5 flash cards and then watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

For today’s activity have a go at Mrs Summerfield’s game- you could try changing the sounds to include today’s.

 

Literacy

Start by sharing Jasper’s Beanstalk again. For today’s activity I would like you to write a diary explaining what Jasper did on each day of the week- can you remember how to spell the different days of the week? Try to start each diary entry with the day of the week for example ‘On Monday he…’

You could use the template below or create your own diary.

T-T-26946-Jaspers-Beanstalk-Black-and-White-Mini-Diary_ver_2

Maths

Reception

We are continuing with subtraction today.

Have a go at playing the subtraction bus route board game. Take it in turns to roll a dice and move the corresponding number of steps forward- if you can answer the question on the space you can stay there- if you can’t you have to go back! There are three different levels to the game so choose whichever is most appropriate for your child. This game is also good for practicing subitising to 6.

T-N-4590-Subtraction-Bus-Board-Game_ver_1

Year 1

Use the White Rose video and activities for Summer term week 2 lesson 3- Find a quarter.

 

Geography

Have a look at the next Geography lesson on BBC Bitesize- Introduction to Europe.

Home Learning 28.04.20

Phonics

Did anyone watch the Letters and Sounds lessons posted yesterday? If you did let me know what you thought. If you haven’t had chance yet they are posting daily so have a look.

The lessons follow a set structure and cover all areas of phonics so are very useful however you are watching the screen for the full 20/30 minutes.

I will continue to post activities for now but you only need to do one so either watch the youtube lesson or follow my activity below. Choose whichever works best for you.

Here is the link for the youtube lessons.

Reception

Today’s grapheme is ‘oo’ there are two phonemes for this grapheme. The first is a long ‘oo’ sound as in moon, the second makes an ‘u’ sound as in book. We are focusing on the long oo sound today.

Revise all of your phase 3 flashcards and watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

For today’s activity I would like you to see how many ‘oo’ words you can think of. Can you write them down? Could you put them into a sentence?

Year 1

Today’s grapheme is ‘i-e’.

Begin by revising all of your phase 5 flashcards and then watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

For today’s activity I want you to write a list of words that have the ‘i-e’ grapheme. Can you make silly sentences using the words you have written. Mine would be:

The pink flamingo won a prize for standing on her head.

Literacy

Read the story Jasper’s Beanstalk again then have a look at these images

Jasper’s Beanstalk images

You don’t have to use all of them, just select your favourites. Can you label the picture and write a caption to let me know what is happening in each one.

Maths

Reception

For today’s starter have a go at this number blocks game on the Cbeebies website.

For today’s main activity we are carrying on with subtracting. Have ten green bottles/ten frogs/ten monkeys/ten currant buns and line them up. We are going to use the rhyme but change them up slightly. For example, if I was using ten green bottles I would line them up and sing, ‘There were ten green bottles standing on the wall, ten green bottles standing on the wall, but if 3 green bottles should accidentally fall’ knock 3 green bottles over ‘There’d be 7 green bottles standing on the wall’.

You can challenge your child to record these as number sentences and you could go up to 20 bottles etc. The key learning is that your child understands that when we subtract something we are taking it away so out total gets smaller.

 

Year 1

For today’s starter we are going to practice our two times table. You will need 10 pairs of socks- make sure your child understands that a pair equals 2. You will also need number cards or post it notes with numbers in increments of 2 from 2-2-. Each pair of socks represents one lot of 2. Lay down the first pair of socks and place the number card 2 on top- say to your child 1 lot of 2 equals 2. Lay the next pair down beside the first and say 2 lots of 2 equals 4 placing the number 4 card on top of the second pair of socks. See if your child can carry on the pattern saying the same sentence each time. If your child is confident with this you can ask them in a random order e.g lay down 5 pairs of socks first and say 5 lots of 2 equals? Get them to tell you the answer.

Go to the White Rose website and look at Summer term week 2 lesson 2- Find a quarter.

 

Art

For today’s optional challenge we are going to be doing some observational drawings. You could choose any plant inside your house or in your garden to draw or paint. Make sure you look closely at the shape, size and colour of your chosen plant.

Home Learning 27.04.20

Phonics

The Government have commissioned a daily letters and sounds phonics lesson for children in reception and year 1. The videos go up daily beginning today and there are three to choose from:

10am- Reception phase 3 and 4.

10.30am- Year 1 phase 5.

11am- Learning to blend- phase 2 recap. This is great if your child is finding it tricky to belnd all of the phonemes back together to make a word.

I will be watching all three lessons tomorrow morning so feel free to join in with these instead and let me know what you think!

Here is the link to the youtube page.

 

Reception

Today’s grapheme is ‘oa’.

Revise all of your phase 3 flashcards and then watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

Have a go at Mrs Summerfield’s game for today’s activity.

Year 1

Today’s grapheme is ‘e-e’.

Revise all of your phase 5 flashcards and then watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

Have a go at Mrs Summerfield’s game for today’ activity. You could use the same sounds for revision or select your own from any of your phase 5 sounds.

Literacy

This week’s story is going to be Jasper’s Beanstalk. If you don’t have the story at home, have a look at this story powerpoint.

Jasper’s Beanstalk

In the story Jasper gets very confused when trying to grow a beanstalk. Can you write a set of instructions so that next time he knows exactly what to do?

You could include a picture diagram to go with each set of instructions. Year 1s I expect to see numbered points and time connectives such as first, next, then, finally. Reception- a couple of words for each instruction would be great!

Maths

Reception

For today’s starter play I count, you count but this time counting backwards. You start on 10/20 dependent on how confident your child is with number and then they say 19 and so on.

This week we are moving onto subtraction by counting back. We are going to begin by using the first then now method:

You could draw your own bus or use anything else that your child may like e.g boat, shop, lego house. Place 5 people onto the bus and say ‘First there were 5 people on the bus’. ‘The 2 people got off the bus’. As you say this remove the 2 people. ‘Now there are 3 people left on the bus’. If your child understands this concept, see if they can record the number sentence e.g. 5 – 2 = 3.

Begin by using numbers to 5 or 10 depending on how confident your child is, you can then move on to numbers to 20.

Year 1

For today’s starter have a go at recalling all of your number bonds to 10. Can you think of what the matching number bond to 100 would be?

Go to the White Rose website and complete the tutorial and activity for Summer term week 2 lesson 1- Find a half.

Science

This is an optional extra for you to have a go at but is by no means compulsory.

For this experiment you will need white flowers, food colouring and some clear cups to place the flowers into. If you haven’t got these items you could just watch the video and pause every so often to discuss what is happening.

There is a full explanation of how to do the experiment, a video and a scientific explanation on this website for you.

Home Learning 24.04.20

Phonics

Reception

Today’s grapheme is ‘igh’.

Revise all of your phase 3 flash cards and then watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

For today’s activity have a go at the Buried Treasure game by selecting +igh.

Year 1

Today’s grapheme is ‘a-e’.

Revise all of your phase 5 flashcards and then watch Mr Thorne does Phonics.

For today’s activity have a go at the Buried Treasure game by selecting + a-e.

Literacy

Yesterday you planned the details of your story including who the main characters were, where your story was set and what adventure your characters would go on.

Today I would like you to put your ideas into a story. You need to have a clear beginning, middle and end to your story and remember to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops!

You may want to draw pictures to go along with your story.

Reception children can have a go at writing their story alternatively, they could draw the pictures for their story and verbally tell you what’s happening. They may want to use toys/puppets to act out their story to you. Being able to communicate a story verbally is just as important as writing one down.

Maths

Reception

For today’s starter choose number songs to sing and practice your counting backwards. You could sing:

5 cheeky monkeys

5 speckled frogs

5 currant buns

10 green bottles

For today’s activity you will need to write the numbers 1-10 on separate pieces of paper and turn them upside down. Turn over two pieces of paper and record your number sentence. For example if I turned over 9 and 3 I would write 9+3= Then work our your total by counting on- remember to put the biggest number in your head and count on from there. You may need to use physically resources like pasta, lego, counters to support your child.

Year 1

For today’s starter have a go at rolling a dice- whatever number it lands on shout out the double. You could also have a go at shouting out what half would be- what happens if you land on an odd number?

Go to the White Rose website and complete the Friday maths challenges.

P.E Challenge

For today’s challenge have a go at the Bean Game, I had a go in my garden to remind you of the different movements.

Home Learning 23.04.20

Phonics

Reception

Today’s grapheme is ‘ee’.

Begin by revising all of your phase 3 flash cards and then watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

For today’s activity write the graphemes, ‘ee’ ‘ai’ ‘ng’ and ‘th’ on separate pieces of paper and position them around your garden. Parents read a word out to your child and ask them to identify which of the four sounds they heard by running to the correct piece of paper. You can use your own words or use the ones from the list below:

Them, this, path, ring, song, king, wait, sail, main, feet, week, deep.

Year 1

Today’s grapheme is ‘ey’.

Begin by revising all of your phase 5 flash cards and then watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

For today’s activity write the graphemes, ‘ey’ ‘au’ ‘oe’ and ‘ew’ on separate pieces of paper and position them around your garden. Parents read a word out to your child and ask them to identify which of the four sounds they heard by running to the correct piece of paper. You can use your own words or use the ones from the list below:

chew, grew, few, toe, doe, poatoes, haul, launch, author, donkey, honey, chimney.

Literacy

Today we are going to begin to write our own story about two animals that meet and go on an adventure together. You could follow the plot line of The Snail and the Whale or you could create your own journey.

For today’s task you will need to think about:

Where is the story set?

Who are the main characters in the story?

How do they meet?

Why are they going on an adventure together?

Where are they going?

What problem will they face?

How will they resolve the problem?

How will the story end?

It may be useful for year 1 children to include descriptive words in their planning in preparation for writing tomorrow. You may want to use a thesaurus to introduce some new words into your writing!

Reception children, you could draw pictures of your setting, characters etc to use as prompts tomorrow.

Maths

Reception

For today’s starter play the Mental Maths Train game on top marks, select the addition and up to 10 one more options.

For today’s activity we are going to carry on with addition by counting on. I have done a demonstration video for parents to watch modelling today’s activity.

Year 1

For today’s starter have a go at Archery Doubles on ict games.

The go the white rose website,Summer term week 1 lesson 4- finding a half.

Computing

For today’s challenge I would like you to have a go at following the coding program Fun with Fish on purplemash. You can work your way through the challenges and see how far you can get!

Home Learning 22.04.20

Phonics

Reception

Today’s grapheme is ‘ai’.

Revise all of your phase 3 flash cards and then watch Mr Thorne does phonics. For today’s activity have a go at segmenting these words for spelling (parents say the word to your child and ask them to write it):

rain, Spain, pain, vain, train, cain

For an extra challenge, can you put any of the words into a sentence?

Year 1

Today’s grapheme is ‘au’.

Revise all of your phase 5 flash cards an then watch Mr Thorne does phonics. Then have a go at segmenting these words for spelling parents say the word to your child and ask them to write it):

Autumn, cause, August, pause, Paul, sauce, autograph.

Can you put any of the words into a sentence?

Literacy

We are continuing with our Snail and the Whale story today so you may want to begin by looking at the story again.

For today’s activity we are going to be we sequencing pictures from the story. If you’re child is finding it tricky to sequence all of the images, take some away and leave them with no more than 5 pictures. You can then talk about the other images and discuss where they might fit into the story.

Year 1 and as an additional challenge for Reception, I would like you to describe what is happening in each of the pictures.

Story sequencing images.

Maths

Reception

To begin with have a look at the BBC Super Movers- Counting.

Then have a go the game Roll and Colour. Roll a dice two times and add the numbers together, then colour in the picture with the total. See if your child can count on from the first number they rolled rather than starting at 1 again.

Year 1

To begin with have a look at BBC Super Movers- 2 Times Tables.

Then go to the White Rose website and follow the tutorial and activity from Summer term week 1 lesson 3.

Geography

For today’s challenge have a look at BBC Bitesize and learn all about the 4 countries that make up the UK.

You could also use a map of the UK to locate the 4 countries or use google earth. What’s different about the 4 countries that make up the UK? What’s the same?

 

PE

The energize Shropshire website is a great place for daily physical challenges. It is updated with new challenges and resources each week and also has links to other websites offering ideas for exercising and playing.

 

Home Learning 21.04.20

Phonics

Reception

The grapheme for today is ‘ng’.

Watch Mr Thorne does phonics and revise all of your phase 3 cards.

Then have a go at Mrs Summerfield’s phonics game. The video is in two halves to allow you time to set up the activity.

Fun Time Phonics- Lesson 3 part 1

Fun Time Phonics- Lesson 3 part 2

Year 1

The grapheme for today is ‘oe’.

Watch Mr Thorne does phonics and then revise all of your phase 5 flashcards.

The have a go at Mrs Summerfield’s game posted above. You could use the same graphemes as Mrs Summerfield for revision or choose some from your phase 5 flashcards and make your own words!

Literacy

Re-read The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson.

Reception

Julia Donaldson uses lots of rhyming words throughout the story. Can you identify which words rhyme?

Could you make a list of your own rhyming words?

Year 1

In the story Julia Donaldson describes the rock as being ‘as black as soot’. This is called a simile. Can you write down some more similes? You could choose to use things you see on the book or things from around your house.

Maths

Reception

We are continuing to add by counting on today.

Begin by watching this numberblocks episode.

For today’s activity you will need the numbers 1, 2 and 3 written on separate pieces of paper and building blocks. Turn the numbers upside down and ask you child to pick one- get them to tell you the number and then collect the corresponding number of bricks to begin building a tower. Then choose another piece of paper- again tell you the number and collect that many bricks to add to the tower. Whilst adding the new bricks see if your child can count on from where they left off at e.g if they have 3 bricks in their tower and then select the number two, can they say 4, 5?

Repeat the steps and see how tall you can make your tower!

Year 1

Begin by watching this numberblocks episode.

Go to the White Rose website and go to Summer term week 1 lesson 2- Make equal groups. Watch the tutorial video and complete the work book.

 

Design Technology

Using your knowledge from yesterday’s floating and sinking Science activity, can you design and make a raft for the Snail from our Snail and the Whale story to use?

What material do you think will be best?