Happy Friday!
I am ending the week with a huge smile on my face thanks to the fantastic home learning that has been happening:
Ralph has completed some work for Beavers. He walked 2000 steps for his ‘Hike to the Moon’ badge by going up and down the stairs 72 times!
Jacob is beginning to join his letters in preparation for year two. Keep up the good work!
The maths learning has been all about money. Playing shops is a fun way to learn about this – great work, Lucas and Jacob!
1 May 2020: Home Learning
Phonics
- Practise your letter formation- you can use the laminated sheet handed out at parent’s evening.
- Quickwrite! Write the following digraphs.
Parents: Please read the digraphs to your child. They can then write them their home learning book. For help with pronunciation please see the phase 3 video proviously posted by Mrs Allen-Kelly.
Time to talk!
How to play:
- Dance to the music:
2. When the music stops find a partner.
3. Talk to your partner about some news you’d like to share.
Remember: to be a good talking partner your eyes should be looking and your ears should be listening AND hearing.
4. Now it’s time to write! Practise saying your news in a sentence. Count the words in your sentence. Now write your news in a sentence. Don’t forget to check your writing! You can draw a picture too.
Challenge: Can you write your news using a narrative e.g. First, then, after that, finally.
Maths- Sharing
- Sing the number bonds song below.
(in the tune to twinkle, twinkle little star)
5 and 4 add up to 10
6 and 4 make 10 again
7 and 3 will also do
Look carefully, so will 8 and 2
9 and 1
0 and 10 completes the way of making 10.
- Solve 3 number problems from the card below.
Parents: if needed, your child could use objects at home to help when counting.
Challenge: Can you solve all of the number problems?
30 April 2020: Home Learning
Phonics
- Sing the ‘jolly phonics songs
Please note: a couple of the representations for the sounds are different in this video. In phase 3 we use:
ow instead of ou
igh instead of ie
We do not meet ue until phase 5.
- Read the words below.
Parents: you could write them in your child’s home learning book if your child cannot read them on your device.
3. Answer the yes/no questions.
Literacy
Book of the week: The tiger who came to tea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsXtqJp8Az8
- An alternative story. Can you think change the story to make it your own? For example, it might not be a tiger who came to tea! It may be a different animal.
- Draw a story map for your alternative story and retell it to somebody at home.
Challenge: Write your story using narrative language e.g. One day, then, after that, suddenly, finally.
Maths- Halving
- Listen to the halving story.
- Solve 3 number problems from the card below.
Parents: if needed, your child could use objects at home to help when counting.
Challenge: Can you solve all of the number problems?
Maths lesson at home: Week 2- 14
I’ve had some serious technology gremlins against me making this week’s maths video! Please excuse the outfit and location change part way through, as half of the original video was deleted. Still getting used to this new video-teaching life!
There is also a missing numicon example page from the video, so afterwards please share the numicon combinations below with your child (after they have had a go at the challenge themselves)
Please click here to view this week’s video.
Storytime: Pog by Lynn Lee
If you fancy listening to me reading the story of Pog, the little monster who was afraid of children, click on the link. It’s my first time at videoing me reading a book, so I hope it’s ok! We are all learning new things in lockdown!
29 April 2020: Home Learning
Phonics
- Sing the tricky word songs.
Phase 2
Phase 3
2. Write the following tricky words
Parents: Please read the words to your child. They can then write them their home learning book.
4. Read your ‘love of reading’ book. Spot the tricky words in your book before reading the story.
Literacy
Book of the week: The tiger who came to tea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsXtqJp8Az8
- Use your story map to retell the story to somebody at home. Create your own actions and use ones you have learnt in class.
Maths
Please see today’s Maths video (posted at 10.00 am)
Writing challenge
Thank you to Sofia, who emailed me her writing challenge that Mr Roundtree set last week. The challenge was to write an article for parents and carers to read, and offer top tips and other guidance to support parents and carers with their child’s home learning.
A writing reminder…
Remember, it is okay for things to be spelt phonetically. It is important your child grows into an independent learner. Encouraging your child to write the words as they sound rather than always spelling correctly is important. It encourages the children to use their own skills – rather than copy from an adult.
It is important you do not let your child simply copy your writing. They need to use their phonics skills to write. Here is an example of a child’s writing in Foundation 2.
28 April 2020: Home Learning
Phonics
- Practise your letter formation in your home learning book. You can use the letter formation ditty’s in your pack to help you.
- Write the following digraphs.
Parents: Please read the digraphs to your child so that they do not copy them. They can then write them their home learning book. For help with pronunciation, please see the video previously uploaded by Mrs Allen-Kelly.
3. Write a sentence to match the picture e.g. ‘fish and chips on a dish’ or ‘I had and chips for dinner’.
Challenge: Can you use an adventurous word in your sentence? e.g. ‘fish and chips are delicious’
Literacy
Book of the week: The tiger who came to tea
- Listen to the story of the week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsXtqJp8Az8
- Draw a story map of the story.
Parents: Here is an example of a story map.
Maths- Subtraction
- Count backwards from 20 using the song.
Oh no! The song seems to have forgotten the number 0! We talk lots about the number 0 being nothing but still being a number. Try to add the number 0 when singing the song.
- Solve number problems.
Parents: if needed, your child could use objects at home to help when counting.
- There are 6 ducks in the water. 4 got out of the water. How many are left in the water?
There are 6 ducks in the water. Some ducks got out of the water. Now there are only half left in the water. How many ducks got out of the water? How many are left?
- I had 8 chicken nuggets. I ate 3. How many do I have left?
I had 8 chicken nuggets. I ate some and have 5 left. How many did I eat?
- There are 6 people in our house. 3 people left and went to the shop. How many people are in the house now?
There are 5 people in the house. How many shoes will be by the door? Try to count in 2’s to find the answer when counting the pairs of shoes.
27 April 2020: Phonics Lesson
Please use the following link to access today’s phonics video:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ERrvbRb3qZyzwwZQj0JrgC-Qcrr6Xlzm