Primary 1,

I hope you’ve been enjoying completing some of the activities over the last few weeks, and please don’t worry if you have only been doing a little.  Just do what you can and when in these tricky times.

I am very proud of everything and anything you have been doing at home, and you will be learning new skills in helping around the house, self management skills due to being in the house all day with your whole family, and many other things.

I will not be posting any more activities now until Monday 20th April, so enjoy your Easter holidays and best you can.  Be kind to everyone in your family and keep an eye out for the Easter bunny! Happy Easter Primary 1.

Miss Donald x

Mr Green has put lots of links on the Woodlands Home Page on the Blog for different activities – there are drawing, dancing and music ones. You can have a wee look if you are looking for something to do over the holidays.

Friday Spelling

Warm Up:

• Read your common words.

• Watch this video clip on spelling tricky words.

• Can you remember how to spell any of the words from the video? Try and spell them in your jotter.

Main Activity:

• Can you write your spelling words in capitals?

• Can you write your spelling words backwards?

• Can you write them in a vertical line? e.g.

t

h

e

Extra Challenge:

• Can you find any of these words in a book or a magazine?

• Can you use any of your spelling words in a sentence? Remember a capital letter, full stop, finger spaces and keep reading your sentence back to make sure it makes sense.

Game to Support Learning:

• Click on this link Little Bird Spelling to practise your spelling (click on Year 1 or Year 2 at the top then choose a bird box).

• Play  for Sumdog Spelling 10 minutes.

Friday’s Mixture of Maths

Warm Up:

• Count forwards and backwards in 10’s e.g. 50, 60, 70 etc or 80, 70, 60 etc.

• Count forwards in 2’s….how far can you get?

• Watch this video to practise counting in 2’s:

Main Activity:

• Copy and complete these maths sums in your jotter.

• Don’t be caught out by – and + sums!

Extra Challenge:

• Can you be the teacher and make up your own maths sums to challenge someone? Remember and mark their work afterwards!

Game to Support Learning:

• Click on this link and play the Hit the Button! Choose ‘number bonds’ or ‘doubles’.

Reading Thursday

Warm Up

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

• Watch this video to practise naming the capital letters…..have a go at writing them in your jotter afterwards.

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 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?

• What do you think might have happened once the story ended? Draw what you think would have happened to the characters next. If you would like to, you can try and write your new part of the story along with your drawing.

Extra Challenge:

• Can you find any th, sh, ee, oo or wh words in your book?

• Can you name the capital letters you find in your book?

Game to Support Learning:

• Click on the CVCC/CCVC option on the menu and play this reading game:  Tell a T-Rex

• Play 10 minutes on Sumdog Reading.

Maths Topic Thursday

Shape

Today we will be learning about 2 Dimensional (flat) and 3 Dimensional (solid)  shapes.  

Warm Up:

• Watch these videos about 2D and 3D shapes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beTDz9HSNOM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guNdJ5MtX1A

Main Task:

• Shape Hunt – Go on a shape hunt around your house with a grown up.  How many 2D and 3D shapes can you find around your home?  What made the shapes? A picture? a coaster? A ball?  A box of tissues? A tin of beans? A box of cereal?

• Use the templates below to help you know what shapes you are looking for.  Who can find the most shapes?

Extra Challenge:

• 2D shape Riddles – grown ups can read the riddle and you see if you can guess the correct shape.

• Can you make up your own shape riddle to ask anyone else in your house?

Games to Support Learning:

• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns
• https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/geoboard/

Morning primary 1. We have decided that today you should wear your school uniform when you are learning from home. Please go and change into your uniform now…..

…….APRIL FOOLS

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. grass and GRASS.

• Try and write a silly sentence with some of the words you have written e.g. The frog did a big jump up the tree.

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

Today we will be doing some more work on subtraction.

• 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: 

• Try and count backwards from 30.

• Watch these videos to help you:

Main Task:

• Write down your calculations in your jotter and then answer them.

Extra Challenge: 

• Can you answer these tricky missing number calculations?

• 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 calculations:

Game to Support Learning: