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Primary 2-Games to play for homework

Why not try these games?

To practise number bonds to 10:

http://www.ictgames.com/saveTheWhale/index.html 

andhttp://www.ictgames.com/beaver.html

For practising number sequencing:

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/whackAMole/

and http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/countingCaterpillar/index.html ( you can select the range of numbers in this game)

and https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering

and http://ictgames.com/rangeArranger/

and https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=SpringNumber

and http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/number_ordering/play/popup.shtml 

selecting medium level.

Find dot- to – dots here: http://www-en.toupty.com/dot-to-dot.html

Identify numbers in the 100 square:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue

In connection with our learning about the journey of food:

http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/Activity.aspx?siteId=0&sectionId=63&contentId=173

We have been looking at how shapes fit together in a tiling pattern. This game is great fun to practice tiling:https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/pattern-shapes/

Watch cows being milked on this video clip:http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/VideoActivity.aspx?siteId=14&sectionId=63&contentId=163&titleId=170

Practising reading using special friends ( groups of letters to make a new sound) – select the sound your child has been learning this week in their RWInc group( They will be able to tell you)The orange and green groups have just been looking at “ay”:

http://www.ictgames.com/dinosaurEggs_phonics/index.html

This is a word recognition game:http://www.ictgames.com/cvcPop.html

We know that we need a capital letter at the start of a sentence and the start of our names, but sometimes we forget what this capital letter looks like. This game helps you practise:

http://www.abcya.com/uppercase_lowercase_letter_matching.htm

 

For jigsaws, why not try:

http://www.magickeys.com/books/jigsaws/dog_1/e.html

or

http://www.hellokids.com/r_1747/free-online-games/kids-puzzles-games/animals-free-puzzles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary 2 -Tiling

On our walk we looked for 2D shapes which fit together well without spaces in between.

We discovered that rectangles fit together well and back in class we put rectangles together to make a tile pattern for the farmhouse kitchen floor.

Then we looked at which other shapes fit together well.