Homework from 10/2/16 until 22/2/16

Language

Phonemes

We are going to practise the phoneme families that we have been learning this year – take a look back at the phonemes on your homework blogs and test yourself on the sounds – take the phoneme challenge at home as well as in school.

Homework ideas:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/index.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/

 

Experiment with words and sounds.

• Write phoneme words in different ways.
• Look for phonemes in your reading books and any other texts – comics, recipes, instructions etc. and print in the environment; signs in shops, street signs, etc. http://www.spellzone.com/games/against_clock/index.cfm?wordlist=1191

Common words:

Keep practising the words you have been learning to read

you     they     all       are     my     herhow     last     many     miss   more   now    never   other   some     take     them   thing    ask         best         eat       find       gave     home  again     always       book     cold     day     fast   well     what     when   where   which   too   two     three   four     five   six     number

Take the sight word challenge How many can you read confidently?

• http://www.spinandspell.com/game.swf
• http://www.ictgames.com/wordreader.html

 

Reading

• A new reading book will now usually be given each Wednesday. The days for reading are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, so please make sure that pupils have their reading books in their bags so that they can complete reading activities.
• Make a note of any new words.
• Which strategy/strategies did you use to work out the new words.

Number

We have just started to explore the idea of fractions. We started with a whole then split this into halves – both halves have to be the same size! We have introduced the sign ½  so look out for that too.

Here are some ideas of how you can practise at home!

Halve it! Ask children to find as many examples as they can of halves being mentioned in newspapers or magazines. These examples might come from sports reports (half-time, first half), times (half an hour), adverts (half-price), measurements (half full, half a cup), etc. We have introduced the sign ½  so look out for that too. Children draw, stick or write about them for their homework jotter.

Half a shape Ask children to draw shapes and find different ways of finding half.

Half full Ask children to find containers at home, such as measuring jugs, plastic bottles and cartons, and to half-fill them with water

Only use whole and halves in these games until pupils have been taught other fractions.

http://nrich.maths.org/217 – Happy Halving

http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html – Scroll down to Fraction Help, click on Fraction Practice

http://www.primarygames.co.uk/fflags/fractionflagsres.html

Interdisciplinary Learning

We are learning more about where Scottish food and drink comes from.

• Just as we did on our Tesco trip, see if you can be a detective and look for Scottish foods when out in the supermarkets.
• Research foods with a Scottish place name e.g. Dundee Cake, Arbroath smokies and make a list of the foods.

Weather

As we have started to learn about different weather conditions, watch some weather reports and think about/note down what information is given.

• Create your own weather report about this week’s weather

• Bring in printed weather forecasts from newspapers or the web

• Bring in any news articles about Hurricane Imogen or other weather stories,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/whatisweather/