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Book of the week- Watch the Gruffalo or read the book if you have it at home. Questions to discuss- 1. How does the mouse feel when he sets of on his journey through the woods? 2. Do you think the mouse likes the other animals: owl, fox and snake? 3. Why do you think the mouse tells the other animals he is going to have tea with the Gruffalo? 4. Do you think the Gruffalo is afraid of the mouse? |
| Phonics- qu Click here to watch today’s phonics video Activity 1: Have a go at reading this sentence. Did you spot today’s new phoneme? Activity 2: Can you work out the missing phonemes for these ‘qu’ words? Write the words in a list. |
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| Maths- Number 7 Click here to watch today’s maths video. Click here to do today’s activities. |
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| Tuesday | Phonics- ch Click here to watch today’s phonics video Activity 1: Write the words to match these pictures. You could print these phoneme frames, or draw your own. Parents: If you are unsure, click here to view the words. Activity 2: Have a go at writing this sentence. Parents: Read the sentence aloud. |
| Math – Number 7 Click here to watch today’s maths video. Click here to do today’s activities. |
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| Wednesday | Phonics- sh Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Activity 1: Have a go at writing this sentence. Parents: Read the sentence aloud. Activity 2: Play Phase 3 Sentences on Phonics Play. Have a go at reading the three ‘sh’ sentences. Parents: Click here > Login in using Sphere (username) Spher3 (password) > Resources > Phase 3 > SENTENCES PHASE 3 > Start > Next > Click ‘sh’ |
| Maths- Number 7 Click here to watch today’s maths video. Click here to do today’s activities. |
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| Thursday | Phonics- Tricky words – was Click here to watch today’s phonics video Activity 1: Practise writing all of the tricky words using the look, cover, write, check method. Click here to see if you have practised writing all of the tricky words. Activity 2: Write a sentence which includes any of the tricky words. Steps to writing a successful sentence… 1. Think of a sentence. 2. Say the sentence aloud. 3. Count the words in your sentence. 4. Use your phoneme fingers to segment every word. 5. Check your sentences makes sense. 6. Have you used a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop? Activity 3: Have fun using different voices to spell the tricky words aloud. Word Passport Click here for this week’s word list. Remember to use your phoneme fingers when blending! |
| Maths- Shape Click here to watch today’s video. Activity 1: Play ‘Guess the Shape’ with an adult. Describe a shape, remembering to say how many sides and corners it has and to be specific, e.g. “It has 4 sides. It has 4 corners. It has 4 equal sides.” See who can guess the most shapes correctly. Activity 2: Go on a 2d shape hunt around your house. What 2d shapes might you find? If you have access to electronic device, take photos of the shapes you find. |
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| Friday | Understanding the World with Professor Myers – RSPB Bird watching Click here to watch this week’s video with Professor Myers. Activity 1: Be a bird watcher. Can you spot any of these birds? Count and record the different types of bird you see in your garden. Activity 2: Follow these instructions and make an apple bird feeder. Activity 3: Can you draw a picture of the birds in your garden? |
| Story time- Veggies Assemble Click here to watch today’s story read by Miss Marsden. Sit back, relax and enjoy the story. Questions to discuss: 1. Why was the lolly melting? 2. Why did Supertato blush at the end? 3. Who helped Supertato to get free? 4. How did Supertato call for help? 5. Why couldn’t we hear what the evil pea was saying when Supertato captured him? |
Story Link activities to select throughout the week
Literacy
1. Can you write a recipe for Gruffalo Crumble? Write a list of all of the ingredients you will need. Think about the things that the mouse might find in a deep dark wood.
2. Can you make a sign to warn people about the Gruffalo ? What would you write on your sign? Think of some interesting warning words.
3. Can you draw and label a map of the mouse’s journey through the deep dark wood? Who did he meet first in the story? Where did he find the owl?
Understanding the World
1. Find out about owls and some other birds of prey by watching Andy’s Secret Hideout. Can you find out some more interesting facts about owls?
2. Do you have any dried spaghetti at home? How does it feel, is it hard or soft? Adults could you cook the pasta and watch it with your child. Talk about the changes. How does it feel once it has been cooked? Now you have your own bowl of scrambled snake to enjoy.
Expressive Arts and Design
Can you make a Gruffalo or a mouse headband? Use some paper and Sellotape then colour it in. You could then act out the story.
Are you going to be the mouse or the Gruffalo?
Physical Development
1. Using your fiddly fingers thread some tubes of pasta onto a piece of string, ribbon or an old shoelace. Can you add on eyes and make your snake slither around?
If you haven’t got any pasta you could make a paper chain snake or cut out a spiral snake from some paper.
2. Have a go at doing some Cosmic Yoga. It tells the story of Tallulah the owlet. We really enjoy cosmic yoga at school and we hope that you do at home too.
Online Gruffalo Activities
Click here and play some Gruffalo games.
1. Monster maker – make your own Gruffalo – choose your own face, body and legs. What would you call the new Gruffalo? If you have access to a printer, print it out and colour it in.
2. Hide and Seek – play the matching game with the Gruffalo cards.
3. Menu matcher – is a short quiz about the Gruffalo story.
I hope you all enjoyed the nursery rhyme themed Zoom. It was lovely to see all your smiling faces. Don’t forget next Wednesday’s Zoom is a Scavenger Hunt. You will be asked to go and find lots of different things.
Parents: be prepared to help your child look for things.
See you then!