Reading Thursday

Warm Up

• Read your common words. How many can you read without help?

• Play this game to see if you can spell some of your common words.  Click on the Year 1 box.

http://www.ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

Main Task:

• Choose a story to read with someone.

• If you would prefer to, click on the link Book Trust and read one of the free online books .

• Discuss or write in your jotter the title, author and illustrator of your story.

• If it is a story you haven’t read before, can you predict what you think the story is about or what might happen, based on the front cover and the blurb.

• Discuss with someone the main things that happened in the beginning, middle and end of the story.

• Who were the main characters in the story?

• Where was the story set?

• Who was your favourite character in the story?  Draw the character in your jotter and write about why you liked them so much.

Extra Challenge:

• Can you list 3 new words you learned from your story?

• How many  joining words (and, but, because) can you find in your story?

Game to Support Learning:

• Play 10 minutes on Sumdog Reading.

The next link is for a website called Teach Your Monster to Read.  It is a free online interactive teaching resource which helps young readers.  All you have to do is register with an email address.  No payment required.

• https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

Maths Topic Thursday

Time

Today we will be learning about days of the week and months of the year.

Warm Up

• Watch these videos about days and months and sing along:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tx0rvuXIRg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omkuE6Wa5kQ

Main Task

• Play this fun game with Adventure Man to help you learn about the days of the week:

https://www.abcya.com/games/days_of_the_week

• Look at the days of the week trains below.  In your jotter, write the day of the week that comes next on each train.

• Can you write the days of the week in order?

• Play this fun game with Adventure Man to help you learn about months of the year:

https://www.abcya.com/games/months_of_the_year

• Look at the worksheet below.  Can you order the months of the year?

Extra Challenge

• Look at the calendar for this month of April below and use it to answer the questions below.

• How many days are in April?

• What is today’s date?

• What was yesterday’s date?

• What will the date be tomorrow?

• What day was it or will it be on:

• 8th April?

• 19th April?

• 24th April?

• 27th April?

• What was the date:

• 3 days after 3rd April

• 2 days before 13th April

Hi boys and girls,

Today is World Earth Day.  It is held on 22nd April every year and it is a day to celebrate our planet and think of ways we can look after it even more by making sure we recycle, save water, plant some plants, put rubbish in the bin, and take time to notice nature all around us.

Here is a wee song about Earth:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBmZjOHrVJ0

If you are out on a walk this week here is a nature scavenger hunt for you to do while you are out.  Can you spot everything on the list?

Happy hunting!  Happy Earth Day!

Blending Wednesday

Today we are going to be reading and writing words that have letter blends at the start of the word.

Warm Up:

• Play this game on a tablet/phone or computer: Forest Phonics. Click on the first box with the option for ‘sp gr sl fl‘.

• Watch this video on letter blends:

Main Activity:

• In your jotter, sound out and write the letter blend at the start of each word.

• Remember to form your letters neatly.

• If you would like to, you can draw the picture with the word.

Extra Challenge:

• Write the words in capital letters as well as lower case letters e.g. flag and FLAG.

• Try and write a silly sentence with some of the words you have written e.g. The crab wore a dress and glasses.

Game to Support Learning:

• To support reading, try and play this game. Click on Phase 2 or Phase 3:

Help a Hedgehog to Read

Subtraction Wednesday

• Remember when we subtract the number always gets smaller; we count backwards.

• Minus, take-away, less than and subtract all mean the same thing.

Warm Up:

• Primary 1’s: can you write your numbers backwards from 20?

• Watch this videos to help you:

Main Task:

• Write down your subtraction sums in your jotter and then answer them.

• Remember to put the big number in your pocket and count back the small number using your fingers or use a number line to help you.

Extra Challenge: 

• Can you answer these tricky missing number sums?

• Put the number in your pocket and count back using your fingers until you reach the answer. How many fingers did you need?

• Remember they are take away sums:

Game to Support Learning:

• Play the games below to practise your subtraction.

• Minus Mission

• Click on the – train: Mental Maths Train

Literacy – Writing Tuesday

I can write about a picture.

Today we are going to be writing about a picture of a family at home, which I know you all have a lot of experience of at the moment.  Maybe you could even add some sentences about what you have been doing at home.

Warm up:

You have seen this one before, but it’s a catchy song to help remind you of what you need to remember to write a sentence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tChuU2owaOI

Main Task:

• Look at the picture below.  Talk about it with someone at home.
• Write about the picture using sentences.  Use the words to help you.  Remember capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.

At Home

Example:  The cat is on the rug.

Extra Challenge:

• Try to include a joining word – and, but or because – to join two sentences together.

Example: The cat is on the rug and the dog is eating.

• Can you include any words to describe things?

Example: The cat is on the colourful rug and the cute dog is eating.

• Can you read your story to someone at home?

Phonics Game:

• To practise your reading and spelling play the game below.

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/viking/index.html

Addition Tuesday

Today is our day to practise addition.

Warm Up:

• Watch the video below to practise your number bonds to 10.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyK8iEO5-GI

• Use this virtual dice roll to roll the dice and add the numbers together.

https://www.virtualdiceroll.com/2/en/two-dice

• Remember to put the larger number in your pocket and count on the smaller number.  Use your fingers or objects you have at home as counters.

• Main Task:

• Copy and complete these addition sums in your jotter.

• Remember when you are adding two numbers together put the big number in your pocket and add on the small number on your fingers.

• When you are doing missing number sums, put the number in your pocket and count on using your fingers until you reach the answer. How many fingers did you need to use to ‘add on’?

Extra Challenge:

• Can you make up your own missing number sums to challenge someone?

• Can you practise some doubles up to 20 using the ‘Hit the Button’ game?

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

Click on the Doubles game and then press doubles to 10.

Welcome back primary 1!

I hope you have all enjoyed your Easter break and have had fun and stayed safe with your families.  I have had a nice break with Rosie and Lyla, we made lots of Easter crafts and we have enjoyed the last few days in the sunshine.  I think we even spotted the Easter bunny running under the trees in our garden!   We are also trying to do an 1000 piece jigsaw!  It’s really hard.  I can’t wait to hear about all that you have been up to over the holidays when I see you all again.

I thought you might like to do this wee Spring scavenger hunt at some point this week.  See if you can spot everything on the list.

So if you are up for some more home learning, today’s maths and literacy lessons are below…

Place Value Monday

Warm Up:

• Can you count forwards and backwards to 30?

• Use the video below to count along to and help you.

Main Activity:

• Complete these questions in your jotter.

• Remember to check for the different Primary 1 and Primary 2 questions.

Extra Challenge:

• How far can you write you numbers to? Can you write them all the way to 100?

• How far can you count up in 2′s or 10’s? Can you write them in your jotter?

Game to Support Learning:

• Try ordering and sequencing your numbers on  the Caterpillar .

• Play with this number square SPLAT!

Phonics Monday

Today we are going to be learning all about the digraph ch.

Warm up:

• Can you remember what a digraph is?

• Watch these two YouTube clips all about ch:

Main Task

• In your jotter write some words with ch e.g  chin, chat, rich.

• Write a sentence with a ch word in it. Remember a capital letter, full stop and finger spaces in your sentence.

• Draw a picture to illustrate your ch sentence.

• Set it out in your jotter like this:

Extra Challenge:

• How many ch words can you write in one sentence e.g. The chick sat on the bench and had a chat and his lunch.

Game to support Learning:

• Practise your blending with the game below. Challenge yourself by clicking on the ‘Phase 3 sounds’.

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/viking/index.html