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.