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. 

Phonics

Let’s start with a song…

Now practise your tricky words

For today’s phonics session you will need to work with a partner. Ask an adult or a sibling to play with you. This game is called Sentence Substitution. Adults, ask your child to write a sentence starter, choose from the list below or do all three –

The pigs hid in the…

The goats ran to the…

The duckling felt…

Once your child has written a sentence starter, get their partner (it might be you or another member of your family) to finish the sentence with a real or fun and silly ending. Encourage your child to read the whole sentence back adding in your chosen word. You can rub out the final word and repeat with a different one. Possible endings could include –

The pigs hid in the…mud/grass/shed/car/bed

The goats ran to the…chip shop/beach/field/farm

The duckling felt…sad/happy/upset/grumpy

Ask your child to read these riddles and tell you which traditional tales character they are about.

Tricky words are in red, don’t sound them out, and digraphs and trigraphs are underlined.

Literacy

For literacy this week we would like you to get as familiar with as many different traditional tales as you can. Refer to Monday’s session and watch, listen or read a different story each day or more if you like. 

PE

We will no longer be delivering a traditional PE session in school each week. We will however still be practising mindfulness, yoga and Just Dance in the classroom. We will provide you with links to the sessions we’re accessing at school so that you can carry out the same activities at home. Don’t forget to still go out for your daily exercise and if you are in school we will be spending a lot of time in the outside area. 

Mindfulness – breathing exercise

Listen to this calming mindful video. Turn off everything around you and find somewhere comfortable to sit down and take a moment to just concentrate on your breathing. It’s quite a long session at 12 minutes so you may want to break it into 2 chunks. 

Welcome back. We are so looking forward to seeing many of you return to school. If you are remaining at home then please access all of your learning here. We will be teaching the same content in the classroom. 

This half term we will be immersing you in traditional tales. We will be looking at stories that have been around for many years, stories that your parents, grandparents and other family members will know! Ask your grown ups at home what their favourite story was when they were younger. You’ll notice that a lot of our activities in Literacy, Phonics and even Maths, are based on traditional tales. We hope you’ll love this topic as much as we do.

Phonics 

Start by singing one of our favourite alphabet songs 

Now practise your digraphs…

With our new topic in mind have a go at reading the picture and caption cards below. After you’ve read them can you tell which story they’re from? Don’t forget the words in red are tricky words, don’t sound them out.

Literacy 

We love traditional tales. How many can you think of? Here’s a list to get you started. Have you read or heard any of these before? Maybe you’ve heard some in your class or at home.

Goldilocks and The Three Bears 

Jack and the Beanstalk

The Three Little Pigs

The Three Billy Goats Gruff 

Little Red Riding Hood

Hansel and Gretel 

Rumpelstiltskin

The Ugly Duckling 

The Gingerbread Man

There are probably a lot more that you know that aren’t included on our list. These are just a few of our favourites. If you have any of these stories at home, start reading them. 

If you don’t then here are a few links to some online stories you can read, watch and listen to. 

The Gingerbread Man. Listen to the story or follow the words to read

The Gingerbread Man

Another version of The Gingerbread Man. Read the story with an adult

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/stories/GingerbreadMan.aspx

Goldilocks and The Three Bears 

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Jack and The Beanstalk. Listen to this story on BBC Teach. Scroll down for all the episodes. There are some great activities to go alongside the story too 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/english-ks1-jack-and-the-beanstalk-episode-1/zjfwkmn

Enjoy listening to the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff

https://elt.oup.com/student/oupeprimary/traditional-tales?cc=gb&selLanguage=en

Listen to Malvyn Hayes read you The Ugly Duckling 

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/the-ugly-duckling

Your job for Literacy this week is to read as many different stories as you can ready for next week’s Literacy tasks. Just read, listen and enjoy. You could listen to one of the links above each day. Talk about the stories with your family. Listen to the same story from different sources e.g, Youtube, a book, an online book, a video. Do you notice any differences between the same story? Talk about characters, who is good and who is bad? We will be looking more at characters later on. For now, just enjoy stories and try and read as many from the list above as you can.