Monthly Archives: June 2020
Event 9: Frog Dash
Event 10: Spinny Challenge
Primary 2 – Home Learning – 8th- 12th June
A new week!
I am working in the hub this week, so I will post a selection of activities for the whole week. Any activities on past posts can also be carried out of course.
Literacy
Grey group
Read this poem (the numbers just count how many words are in each line)about a scarecrow and show how well you understand it by answering the questions. You might want to write them down or answer verbally: A Scarecrows Job poem
Grey and established yellow group
- Read this recipe (the numbers just count how many words are in each line)and show how well you understand it by answering the questions. You might want to write them down or answer verbally:Recipe for a Healthy Fruit Salad Activity Card
- You might prefer this comprehension activity based on The Enormous Turnip , reading the first version and answering questions on it:t-l-51730-the-enormous-turnip-traditional-tales-differentiated-reading-comprehension-activity
All groups
Please remember to read. If you have run out of books to read from your home, here’s a reminder of link to site with books to read online: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
(Login using the password on front of folder.)
Numeracy
Squares
- Let’s practise place value. This is where we think about how a number is made up. We did a lot of work on this using rods and Numicon and learned that 65 is made up from 6 tens and 5 ones.Play this game to practise : https://www.topmarks.co.uk/place-value/place-value-charts selecting TU . (We used the term ones instead of units.) You might like this game too. It has towers of 10 and ones but they are different colours than our rods.http://www.ictgames.com/sharkNumbers/mobile/index.html
- Mrs Taylor has been making pictures with rods on the site I mentioned previously.https://nrich.maths.org/4348The value of my house is: 6 x10 ( orange)
+ 2 x 5 ( yellow)
+ 4 ( pink)
= 74.
Can you calculate the value of this picture?
and this one?
Now go to the website and make your own pictures. Calculate the value of each one.
Triangles
Enjoy making pictures on above site and calculating the value of each picture.
Squares and Triangles
Here is the game I posted about last week:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=SpringNumber
This time go to the parcels page and select 2x to answer / 10 x to answer. Squares you may also like 5x to answer.
Circles
- Here is the game I posted about last week:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=SpringNumber
Select the flowers option. Choose Count 10 -20 ,Match 1 more/ Match 1 less, or any of the match answer in bottom section. Good luck!
- Or you might like a challenge here:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families
Select + and –
You need to use 3 numbers and the + and – signs to make sums. Remember when you add you get a high number , so put the largest number at the end. If taking away, put the largest number at the start.
Good Luck!
- Number Shape Addition To 10 Activity Sheet gives you practise adding using Numicon. This sheet does too, but is a little trickier, giving practise with your number stories of 10): Number Shapes Number Bonds To 10 Activity Sheet
- Here’s a missing number activity: Raindrop Missing Number Activity Sheet
Other activities
If you have an empty cereal box, you might like to make this with some adult help:Cereal Box Guitar – Craft Instructions
or a trickier one :Cereal Box Weaving – Craft InstructionsCereal Box Teddy Bear – Craft Instructions
or another trickier one:Cereal Box Puppet Theatre – Craft Instructions
or maybe :Cereal Box Teddy Bear – Craft Instructions
Have a good week!
(Remember you can contact me via glow, or adding a comment to blog.)
Take care!
Primary 2 – Home Learning – Friday 5th June
It’s Friday again!
Literacy
- Ask an adult to read each word for you to spell. Remember the ending sounds like “t” but is written as “ed“
Green, pink and new yellow groups:
played showed looked sprayed started whirled
Established yellow and grey groups:
thanked jumped pushed ( this is a red word!) lived ( you just add the d as the e is already there) crossed checked watched ( this is a red word)
Here’s another chance for the grey and yellow groups to explore adjectives ( describing words):
Numeracy
Squares and Triangles
Choose the game on yesterday’s post :
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=SpringNumber
( Select the flower, then Match 10 more/Match 10 less)
Remember we looked at the 100 square and 10 more means going 1 space down on the square, take away 10 means go up 1 space.
You may have to enable Flash to let this game play.
Triangles and circles
Choose the game on yesterday’s post :
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=SpringNumber
( Click on the flower shapes, then select bonds to 10 or 20)
You may have to enable Flash to let this game play.
Other activities
Cosmic Kids
Here’s a reminder of the link to this site with lots of children’s yoga:
Primary 2 – Home Learning – Thursday 4th June
Wishing you a good Thursday!
Literacy
All groups
- Today , take your pointing stick ( end of pencil, spoon, straw, etc) and practice reading the words from the red word list ( there is a copy in your home learning pack, or it is shown in link below).
Remember “you can’t Fred a red”. These words don’t follow the sounds rules. You might be able to tell an adult why they each word is a red word. ( In was, the a sounds like an o!)
Ask an adult to choose a word. Can you write it without looking at it?
- Green and pink groups: Can you write the words to match the pictures. Use your sounds chart to blend sounds: c – o -t
Now you try:
All groups
Identify and make sentences: (click here) sentences
Numeracy
Squares
I know some of you enjoy a challenge. Did you manage the Suduko puzzle in a previous post? Here’s another one: suduko 3 (more suduko)
Here’s a game for you:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=SpringNumber
( click on egg, then sequence numbers twos/ fives ( for squares group) /tens
Triangles and Circles
Here’s some practice in identifying and ordering numbers. We have played some before in school and I have mentioned some on posts but it might be a good time to have little more practice.
Select the range of numbers you need to practice:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering
or:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue
or:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=SpringNumber
( Click on the egg, then select order/ sequence numbers within 20 /100)
Other activities
If you enjoyed yesterday’s experiment from the Glasgow Science Centre, you might like to try this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT62wvFEkR0&feature=youtu.be
Primary 2 – Home Learning – Wednesday 3rd June
With best wishes for a good Wednesday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqfSXMzN8Hs
Here are suggested tasks for today ( remember you can always choose learning from previous posts too):
Literacy
- Grey and yellow groups, please continue tasks from the BBC Teach lesson. Details given on on yesterday’s P2 post: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zv78jhv
- Green, pink and new yellow groups:
Today we are looking at the oo sound : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9U9y5XfJEs
Now read these sentences. Take a note of why the red words are red words ( they don’t follow our spelling pattern – the sounds misbehave). Count the number of words and look at the punctuation.
I took a book to look at.
Today I will help cook the lunch.
Say them in different voices.
Now without looking at the sentences, write them down.
How well did you do?
- Established yellow and grey groups
Add ing to each word to make new words. Remember you can’t have an “e” with an “ing”!
look shout cook make take play choose enjoy wave start like twirl sort score squeeze count chase
Numeracy
All groups
Here’s a problem solving challenge:
How many different combinations can you find?
( draw different doors with different combinations in your jotter)
Squares and Triangles
- Keep moving to the 2 times tables: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=62&v=9C4EN7mFHCk&feature=emb_title
- Play the times tables dominoes from your pack.
- Practise your 2 times tables with this game (just select 2 for the table): https://www.timestables.co.uk/speed-test/
Triangles and circles
Practise the names of 2 digit numbers with this game: Take 2 playing cards – take out the 10, J, Q K and Ace-(or numbered pieces of paper) . Can you say the number? ( Use your 100 square if stuck).
Here is 67.Here is 22.This is 99.
Other activities
Here’s a fun experiment to do at home, which investigates how things change. The explanations might be bit tricky, but the experiment is easy to do ( no expensive materials needed!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Dr4ddfds8&feature=youtu.be
Primary 2 – Home Learning – Tuesday 2nd June
Hallo again everyone!
For today’s learning, please try activities from those suggested below in the Literacy and Numeracy sections:
Literacy
- There is a lesson with many activities using punctuation. It is suitable for grey and yellow Read Write Inc groups. There is a lot to do in this lesson, so please just try some today and some tomorrow:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zv78jhv
It starts with a reminder of how to use punctuation (filmed before social distancing). Activity 1 is a game:
Select sentences and easy to put words into the correct order and ensure each sentence has a capital letter and full stop.Then select punctuation and an option to practise using different punctuation.
In Activity 2, you are asked to write sentences before watching the clip. After watching it, write some more.
In Activity 3, you are asked to make a list ( as in Monday’s suggested Literacy activity on blog). You might then write some sentences using some of the words in your list.
- ReadWriteInc
Here are some reading activities on the Read Write Inc site. Just click on the arrow to scroll through words to read words using the sounds you know. These words are in the books you at your level.
Green group
Please practise reading these words:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29098.html
Pink group
Please practise reading these words:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29093.html
Yellow groups
Please practise reading these words:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29095.html
Grey group
Please practise reading these words:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29092.html
Numeracy
Squares and Triangles
Practise using your 10 times tables:https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk89d6f
For activity 1, write 2 number sentences ( sums) fro each picture, an addition one and a times table one. ( example 10 + 10 + 10 = 30 and 3 x 10 =30)
There are games in activity 3 and 4.
Activity 2 is more suitable for squares as it uses “turnaround sums”
(2x 10 is the same as 10 x 2)
Circles
You have been learning about numbers bigger than 10 or 20.
Take your 100 square.
Ask an adult to say a number. They will tell you something about it, can you guess what it is?
Examples : My number is the number that comes between 21 and 23.
My number is the number that comes just before 31.
My number is the number that is 2 more than 18.
Other activities
This site has many ideas to do outside:
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/03/kids-nature-activities-self-isolation/
- Some groups enjoyed making pictures from natural materials as part of our LOL Fridays. This activity is mentioned on the site and is something you might like to do ( activity 4).
- Activity 2 gives instructions on how to make a bird feeder.
- If you collected some leaves for yesterday’s art activity, you might like to try and identify the trees the leaves came from.http://www.treetoolsforschools.org.uk/activities/pdfs/pdf_leaf_spotter_sheet.pdf
- Here’s a similar one to identify where sticks come from:
http://www.treetoolsforschools.org.uk/activities/pdfs/pdf_twig_spotter_sheet.pdf
- Here’ s the identification sheet for tree http://www.treetoolsforschools.org.uk/activities/pdfs/pdf_blossoms_and_flowers_spotter_
Primary 2 – Home Learning – Monday 1st June
Good morning everyone!
A new week and a new month!
Literacy
This activity helps you practise your writing and your listening and remembering:
Make a list: Remember a list does not need capital letters and full stops. Each word is written under the last. It might be list of things you can see, your favourite toys/games/animals, etc, or maybe even help write a shopping list! Write each word using your sounds chart to help with the spelling.
Read it out loud ( or ask a grown up to do this for you) a number of times. Repeat out loud what is on your list.
How well did you do? How many things did you remember?
How many times did you need to listen to the words ?
Numeracy
Circles and Triangles
Write numbers 1-20 or 20-40 on separate pieces of paper.
Put in a pile face down, adult calls a number, within the range of numbers. Child turns over first number. If the numbers match, child keeps the card. Take turns.
This game can also be played at a harder level. This time, is your number 1 smaller or 1 bigger than the number called?
Squares
Play this game , but you need to make a sum for each number , in order to win the card!
Other activities
Leaf rainbow prints
Here’s an idea I saw online and tried out, it’s great fun!
Take a leaf and on the underside (not the shiny side,) colour between the veins with rainbow coloured felt pens.
Now, turn the leaf over and press down on a piece of paper, rubbing all over the leaf.(It is probably easiest to hold the stalk as you do this)
Take the leaf away , and………
you should have a lovely rainbow leaf!
Why not experiment with different shaped leaves?