Phonics

Reception

The grapheme for today is ‘qu’.

Revise all of the phase 3 phonemes and watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

Mrs Summerfield has a game for you today- you will need a pencil and paper for todays activity.

Year 1

Your grapheme for today is ‘aw’.

Revise all of the phase 5 phonemes and watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

Have a go at Mrs Summerfields game, you can use the same phonemes for some revision or you could choose 4 phonemes from your flashcards and find items around your house for each.

Literacy

Reception and Year 1

We are still using the caterpillars shoes as the stimulus for our writing today. We are using the activity from page 9 of the workbook, choose which character from the story you would like to be and write a thank you letter to the caterpillar for giving you his shoes. You can use yesterday’s activity to help you structure your letter.

Maths

Reception

For today’s starter have a look at this presentation revising counting. It is a great way to develop mathematical vocabulary and your child’s ability to reason.

We are moving on to pattern for today’s activity. You could use one of the sheets I have uploaded below to help you create a pattern or you could do one of these activities:

Choose at least 2 colours and create a pattern by alternating the colours. You could choose to do lines, shapes or even numbers.

Find items around your house or garden and create a repeating pattern, you could have leaf, stone, leaf, stick etc.

Begin with 2 items or colours and increase them to up the challenge.

Shape Patterns

Simple Patterns

Year 1

For today’s starter use Times Tables rock stars to practice your tables.

Then go to the White Rose website and complete week 1 lesson 4. You can also look at page 20 of your Year 1 maths workbook.

Phonics

Reception

Today’s grapheme is ‘zz’.

Start by watching alphablocks.

Revise all of the phase 3 phonemes and see if children can remember where ‘zz’ is normally found in a word (at the end). For today’s activity write the graphemes ‘z’ ‘zz’ and ‘y’ on separate pieces of paper in large letters and place them in 3 different parts of the room or garden. Say a word to your child that contains 1 of the phonemes initially, they need to walk to the sound they hear. To increase the challenge you can give your child a word containing 2 of the phonemes and ask them to walk to both sounds in the order they hear them. To further increase the challenge they can write the word on the grapheme card.

Year 1

Today’s grapheme is ‘ue’.

Start by watching alphablocks.

Revise all of the phase 5 phonemes. For today’s activity write the graphemes ‘ir’ ‘oy’ and ‘ue’ on separate piece of paper in large letters and place them in 3 different parts of the room or garden. Say a word to your child that contains 1 of the phonemes initially, they need to walk to the sound they hear. Challenge them by asking them to write the word on the grapheme card.

Literacy

Reception and Year 1

Watch caterpillar shoes again. Talk about the different characters in the story and how they must have felt when they received the shoes before completing the point of view activity on page 8 of the booklet.

Maths

Reception

Have a go at singing one of our number songs to get you started.

We are carrying on with positional language today. Children can complete one of the activities set yesterday or they can have a go at drawing a map for the caterpillar from our Literacy activity to get through the forest. Write these positional words for them to use and make sure to include 1 of each action for your caterpillar:

Over

Under

Through

Around

Children could write their instructions for the caterpillar or you can scribe it onto the map for them.

Year 1

Begin by watching numberblocks. How many arrays can children make to make the number 12? Record your answers as an array using columns and rows.

Go to the White Rose website and watch the tutorial video and complete the task for week 1 lesson 3. Then use your Year 1 maths workbook and complete page 19.

As an additional activity today why not make an Easter card and write a message inside for a relative or friend.

Phonics

Reception

The grapheme for today is ‘z’.

Revise all of the phase 3 phonemes using the flashcards then watch Mr Thorne does Phonics.

For today’s activity play grab a giggling grapheme on top marks.

Year 1

The grapheme for today is ‘ir’.

Revise all of the phase 5 phonemes using the flashcards then watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

For today’s activity play sentence substitution. 

Literacy

Reception and Year 1

For this week’s Literacy activities we will be watching Caterpillar Shoes via the Literacy Shed website. Each day I will guide you to a different activity within the activity booklet- for some reason I can’t upload the document but here is the link for you to download it.

For today’s activity you will be using page 7 to design your own comic strip of the story. You can draw a different picture in each box to show the key events throughout the story.

Maths

Reception

For today’s starter practice your number formation, this could be in your workbook, with chalk or with water and a paintbrush onto outside pavement. Match the number you have written with the same quantity of items e.g 5 shoes, 4 flowers. See if you can get to 10 and for an extra challenge have a go at writing numbers to 20.

For today’s activity we will be looking at positional language. The challenges in the sheet below are for today and tomorrow. You could also set up an obstacle course in your garden and guide a member of your family through it using your positional language.

tf-n-115-eyfs-uses-positional-language-home-learning-challenges

Year 1

For today’s starter have a look at Times Table Rock Stars. I have set the tables to be practiced each week for you.

Then go to the White Rose website, watch the videos and complete the activities for week 1 lessons 1 and 2 on weight and mass.

Activities

In addition to your phonics, literacy and maths I have created a list of activities based on the caterpillar shoes for you to have a go at across the week:

• Research and either draw or write about the life cycle of a butterfly.
• Research what camouflage is and see what animals use it and why.
• Design your own pair of insect shoes.
• Go on a mini-beast hunt and see what bugs you can find. How many shoes would they each need?
• Complete the word search on page 10 of the activity booklet.
• Complete the shape reflection on page 12 of the activity booklet.
• Draw your own butterfly- can you match the pattern on either side?
• Make your own stick insect.
• Pages 4, 5 and 6 of the activity booklet have some comprehension questions for the video. Watch the video again and see if you can answer them.

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and are ready for week 2 of home learning!

As always please message me with any questions or updates.

Miss Pullinger

Phonics

Reception

Today’s grapheme is ‘x’.

Revise all of the phase 3 phonemes using the flashcards. Then watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

For our activity today we will be practicing our segmenting and blending by playing Buried Treasure Word Sort.

Year 1

Today’s grapheme is ‘ea’.

Revise all of the phase 5 phonemes using the flashcards. Then either go through the Sneaky Seals powerpoint or watch Mr Thorne does phonics.

For today’s activity complete the sentences in the Sneaky Seals work sheet. Can you come up with your own sentences? Afterwards why not make your own Seal Mask.

Literacy

Reception and Year 1

Complete your diary entry for today, try and include as much detail as you can.

Listen to the story A Monster Surprise. Have a go at drawing your own monster or use the Roll and draw monster sheet to help you. Once you have drawn your monster, tell me about him. Why have you given him those features? What does he like to do? Is he a scary or nice monster? Year 1 to write in full sentences. Reception either words or sentences.

Maths

Reception

For today’s Maths starter watch Numberblocks Whole of Me.

Have a go at the Easter maths booklet or the Spring I Spy and Add to 20. You will need the Spring I Spy and Add to 20 Checklist. These activities can be spread over today and tomorrow along with the number formation and shape colouring booklets.

Year 1

For today’s starter count in 2s to fill in your number square. What do you notice about the numbers that you are filling in today?

For the main activity you will need your Year 1 maths booklet. We are moving onto the addition and subtraction section today using pages 10, 11 and 12.

Please feel free to share your home learning with me via email, I would love to see how you are all getting on.

Miss Pullinger