January 2024 – 2025-26 Onthank P5

Homework 29th January 2024

These are the words for the Islander group. Please copy them into your jotter.

Here is a passage for you to read. Please write the words which have the ‘ey’ phoneme.

Have a go at the read and draw activity too.

These are the words for the Mainlander group. Please copy them into your jotter.

Here is a read and draw activity for you to try.

Choose a ‘ff’ word and write a sentence using it. Remember a capital letter at the start, finger spaces between words and a full stop at the end.

Bug Club books and maths games are available for you. Please ask your teacher if you do not know your log in details.

Complete these calculations in your jotter.

This is a really great game for multiplication. Click the link to play the game. We have been looking at the 2x table, 5x table and 10x table but feel free to challenge yourself with any of them.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Homework – 23rd January

Your words this week are –

Click on this link to see a video clip of the ea joined phoneme and the sounds it can make Mr Spelling – ea clip

Read through these words with someone in your family try your karate spelling strategy with them –

Read through this passage and write out all the ‘ea’ words you can spot. Then have a go at the ‘read and draw’ activity below –

Click on this link to watch this clip of Mr Thorne telling us about the ‘ll’ phoneme Mr Thorne – ‘ll’

Read these words to a partner and try the karate spelling strategy –

Now have a go at this matching activity – draw the picture and write the matching word in your jotter –

Click on this link to play Hit the Button on Topmarks. You can choose your own challenge – try the doubles activity and see if you can beat your previous score!

Top Marks – Hit the Button

Also have a go at this game it’s called Range Arranger and it asks you to put numbers into the correct order, click on this link to play – Range Arranger – number ordering

Keep going with your poems, we will have the recitals in class on Monday 29th January – remember to add actions, use your voice to make your poem sound interesting and add a prop or two if you want!

Homework – Week beginning Monday 18th January 2024

Your homework words for this week are:

The ‘g’ makes a ‘j’ sound in the words this week. Please read this passage and write all of the ‘g’ words you can find in your jotter. Write the read and draw sentences in your jotter and draw the pictures.

Please read this passage and write all of the ‘ss’ words you can find in your jotter. Write the read and draw sentences in your jotter and draw the pictures.

Click on this link to play Paint the Squares on the 100 square grid. 100 square grid. Try out some addition calculations with the grid – see if you can give yourself a challenge – here’s a few to get you started –

45 + 13 = 63 + 32 = 15 + 14 = 81 + 12 =

Remember to log in to Bug Club and read a book or play a maths game.

We are still learning our Scottish poems so keep practising at home. We can’t wait to hear the recitals on Monday 29th January 2024.

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year everyone, we hope you all had a lovely time over the holidays. We’re back to it now!

This week for homework you will find your child has chosen their Scottish poem for the poetry competition on Thursday 8th February.

The choices this year were

The Snawman, Sair Teeth or The Dinosaur. Your child has had the opportunity to listen to all three and has made their choice. The poem will be in their bags. The children should start reading over their poems and be ready to perform in class on Monday 29th January.

Please feel free to add actions or props to your performance!

Good luck and have fun!