Good morning primary 2!
This post will have information for the week ahead.
Assembly
This isn’t something I thought I’d be writing to you! Assembly from home?! Thanks to the fab folk at Fischy Music, there will be a live assembly every Monday at 11AM whilst schools are closed. They have written some great songs that are popular in lots of schools and I know that they love to have a dance too!
If you’d like to tune in at 11AM, head to their YouTube page!
Phonics and spelling
Our sound this week is oa. I have loaded an oa activity on to all Education City accounts which you may wish to play. Please enjoy this video of Geraldine the Giraffe finding out about our sound.
Can you think of any more words that use the oa sound?
Throughout the week you may wish to practice the words:
- boat
- toad
- soap
- groan
- throat
- toast
We are also looking at the common words
- kind
- find
In order to learn these sounds you may wish to choose one of these activities per day.
- Rainbow writing – write each word out using a different coloured pencil for each letter
- Pyramid words – start with the first letter of the word at the top of the pyramid, on the next line have the first and second letter, on the third line have the first, second and third letter. continue until the bottom of your pyramid has the full word e.g
g
g o
g o a
g o a t
- Uppercase and lowercase – write each word first in lowercase and then again in all uppercase
- Bubble writing – use fancy bubble writing to write out each word
- Play dough/ pasta/ slime – use any of these materials to form our spelling words
Maths
At Abbotswell we use the Big Maths scheme. Each week the pupils word on CLIC targets which we explore together in short, regular lessons. These help the children’s core numeracy skills. Each letter stands for one of the elements.
C- Counting
L – Learn Its
I – It’s Nothing New
C – Calculations
This week our targets are:
C – Saying Numbers to 100
You may wish to look at your number square to support you. Practice moving from a multiple of ten on to the next line (e.g moving with your finger from 30 to 31), remember that we use a number line the same way we read a book, we start on the left and move to the right. When we get to the end of the line, we move down a line and go back to the left to read the next line.
This song might get you moving!
L – adding on 2
We are pretty good at adding 1 on to a number, can we work on adding 2 now? Start small, and use blocks, lego, pasta pieces etc. to help you memorise
- 0+2
- 1+2
- 2+2
- 3+2
- 4+2
- 5+2
- 6+2
- 7+2
- 8+2
- 9+2
- 10+2
I – Doubling and halving
We’ve been working on doubling and halving numbers within 10 (1+1 to 5+5).
To remind yourself about halving, have a watch of this Number Blocks episode.
Can you think about doubling and halving multiples of 10 now? Is there anything similar about it?
- 1+1 = 2
- 10+10 = 20
- 2+2 = 4
- 20+20 = 40
Do you see a pattern?
C – Multiplication (x3)
Use blocks, lego, pasta etc. to set out 3 equal groups. Remember that a multiplacation sum like 3 x 1 means the same as “3 groups of 1”. Can you use your resources to work out
- 3×1
- 3×2
- 3×3
- 3×4
- 3×5
To support some of these concepts, I have added some numeracy activities on Education City, please access them throughout the week. Most are accessible on tablets and phones as well as PCs and laptops.
Additional activities
Throughout the week I will be updating the blog with more ideas for activities and these will include the other curricular areas. I’m including a picture which gives you 100 ideas for indoor activities – I would suggest choosing 1 per day that interests you.
Please share any pictures of your activities and ideas you may have that your classmates might be interested in, I would love to hear from you!
Have a lovely day, and please ask a grown up to send me a message on ClassDojo or by email if you need help or support.
-Miss Allardyce
