Phonics

Today use the basic code in the back of your reading diary and go though all the sounds together. You could always make a bingo out of it using small counters or coins. Get someone in your family to call out a sound and cover it up using different small objects.

Tricky word challenge! See how many tricky words you can write in 2 minutes, use the following or a selection of your own. 

said there so little have one  like do some when come out were what

For today’s session have a go at reading the following, remember that tricky words are highlighted in red. Most words should be phonetic but there might be a few where your child may need some assistance. Talk to your child about the speech marks. Point to them and ask them to tell you what they are and what they mean (we have looked at them in school). Once they’ve read the sentence once, encourage them to read it again in the voice of the character who is speaking.

Maths

Over the next few weeks we will be learning about place value focusing particularly on ‘teen’ numbers. If you feel like your child needs more of a challenge please feel free to use some larger numbers with them however it is important that they do have a good understanding of place value at a ‘teen’ level too. The main objective is that your child is aware that, for example, 14 is made with one 10 and a 4. 

Start with a number song to get your brain warmed up!

Adults you’ll have to take the lead with this introduction to teen numbers. Have 20 objects (if possible 20 of the same thing, lego / duplo blocks etc and if possible make some place value cards 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6 ,7, 8, 9 (see example picture) or alternatively if you have access to a printer you can find some here. (You will only need pages 4-6)
http://resources.sparkleplus.co.uk/5000-6000/sb5862.pdf

Explore the numbers on the cards and see what happens if you place the single digit on the 0 of the 10, how does that change the number? 

What new numbers can you make? 

Discuss what you see is happening for example this is 17, can you see that it is one 10 and 7 ones?  

Use the duplo/lego or other counting objects to count out the numbers that you make with your cards. Experiment with making a group of 10 objects and a group of objects to represent the single digit and just changing the single digit amount to change the value.

Have a go at exploring all numbers to 20.