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Maths Thursday 4th June

Time Thursday

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Today we are going to learn about telling the time.
We are going to tell the time to the o’clock.  That’s when the big hand, the minute hand is pointing to 12.  and the small hand, the hour hand points to the hour that it is.
So if the big hand is at 12 and the small hand is at 4 it would be 4 o’clock!
Warm Up
  • Go on a clock hunt round your house.   How many clocks and watches can you find?  Remember there are 2 types:
  • analogue which have hands: Analogue Clock - Large - Black | MUJI Online
  • and digital, which have just numbers: KSIX Smart Alarm Clock 2 With Qi Fast Charge Wireless Charger ...
  • Watch this Jack Hartmann video about the analogue clock:

Main Task

Watch the song about o’clock times and then see how many o clock times you can read correctly in the sheet below.

What Time is it?

Telling the time to o'clock/half past | Teaching Resources

 

Extra Challenge

Can you draw a clock face with any of these times on it? Or use this Online teaching clock to show the times.

O'clock worksheets | Teaching Resources

Games to support Learning:

Telling the Time

 

Literacy Wednesday 3rd June

Morning Primary 1!  I hope you have enjoyed all the sunshine we have had – I think it’s about to go away for a wee while 🙁   I wanted to have a BBQ today but I’m not sure if it will be a bit too cold outside.  I might just have one anyway!

BBQ in the rain | pensitivity101

Here are Wednesday’s Home Learning activities…….

Plural Wednesday

Today we are going to do some work on plurals. Plural means there is more than one of something.
When there is one of something we call it singular and when there is more than one of something we call it plural
To make something plural we just add ‘s‘ to the end of the word e.g. 1 cat and 5 cats

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So adding ‘s‘ to the end of the word means there is more than 1 of something and it is plural

Warm Up:

  • Watch this video to help you understand plurals:

Main Activity:

  • Complete the worksheet below by adding s to the end of the word to make it plural
  • If you would like to, you can draw pictures to go along with your writing
  • Try and set it out like this:            1 cat        3 cats

Plural Nouns: Adding -s Worksheet by Carly Taylor | TpT

Extra Challenge:

  • Can you use any of your plural words to write a sentence? I came up with the sentence:         He had 2 fast cars

Game to Support Learning: 

  • Match the singular with its plural and then choose a present for Lucy in this game – click here! (you can skip the advert after 15 seconds). 

Maths Wednesday 3rd June

Number Bond Wednesday

The Number Bond Challenge - make addition and subtraction number ...

Today we are going to do some work on our number bonds. Remember, a number bond is an addition sum that we can recall and answer really quickly.
If we know our number bonds off by heart, it helps us as we start to work with bigger numbers. 

Warm Up:

  • Jack Hartman has all the number bond videos for numbers from 1 to 10 on YouTube. Here is his video for number 8 – in the video he will show you all the different ways to make 8

  • If you want to watch the number bond videos for all the other numbers….click here! The videos should play one after the next.

Main Activity:

Number Bond Worksheet
  • Complete the addition sums below in your jotter. Try and answer the number bond sums quickly, without using your fingers!
  • If you need  to use your fingers  remember to always take the big number and add on the small number. 

Kindergarten Number Bonds Worksheets to 10 | Numbers kindergarten ...

 

Extra Challenge:

  • Look at the picture below. Choose a number and write it in the middle of a your flower and then write all the different adding sums that make that number in the petals – remember we call all the different ways to make a number our ‘Number Story‘. 
  • Here are the number stories for 5 and 10….

KS1 Number Bond Flowers Display/Teaching resource | Teaching Resources Complete Set of Number Bonds Signs inc. 2-10 & 20

Game to Support Learning:

  • Click on the picture below to practise your number bonds. Choose ‘number bonds‘ and then ‘addition within 10

Hit the Button Maths game (yr 1-6) | Nailsworth CofE Primary School

Literacy Tuesday 2nd June

Morning primary 1
Happy Tuesday to you all.  Here are today’s lessons for you. 

Writing Tuesday

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Today is the day we do some work on our writing 📝 .  Remember it doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to spell a word – just sound it out and try your best to write it 🤩.

Warm up:

  • Start today by writing the alphabet in your jotter –  try and use your neatest handwriting
  • Make sure you remember tall, fall and small letters
  • You can choose to practice writing lowercase letters, uppercase letters or both!

Upper and Lower Case Letters Worksheet / Worksheet, worksheet

Main Activity:

  • Look at the picture below.  Talk about it with someone at home. Think about these questions:
What is the weather like?
Do you think they are friends?
What are they doing?
Do you think they are having fun? How do you know?
Where might the children be playing?
What do they need to remember if they are in the sun?
  • Write about the picture using sentences.  Say your sentences out loud before you write them and read them back to make sure they make sense
  • Remember capital letters, finger spaces and full stops

The Paddling Pool

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Extra Challenge
  • Can you include a joining word – and, but, so or because – to join two sentences together?
  • Can you use any describing words to add extra detail to your story e.g. rubber duck,  cold water.
Game to Support Learning:
  • Dance along with Jack Hartman doing the alphabet

Maths Tuesday 2nd June

Addition Tuesday

Addition strategies and tips for primary-school children and ...

Today we are going to do to solve some addition problems.

Warm Up:

Try to work out the answers before Jack tells you…

Main Activity:

Try to solve the problems below…

Extra Challenge:

Games and video to Support Learning:

  • Click on the link to take you to a variety of problem solving games for 5-7 year olds: Top Marks Problem Solving Games
  • Watch the ant solving the problem of making sure there are enough spaces for 29 ants: Ants problem

Literacy Monday 1st June

Morning Primary 1.
I hope you had a lovely weekend in the sunshine!
Can you believe it’s June already? I hope you’re all well and ready for some more Home Learning tasks. 

Phonics Monday

Today we are going to do some work on our sounds and learn about the sound ‘ff‘. 

Warm Up:

  • Can you read these words with some of our digraphs?
  • Consonant Blends Practice Bundle (With images) | Digraph ...
  • Watch these clips to learn about ‘f’ and ‘ff’

The f & ff sound | Phase 2 Phonics | f words | ff words - BBC Bitesize

Main Activity:

  • Read the ‘ff‘ words on the poster below
  • Choose a ‘ff’ word and try to write a sentence with it. Remember to begin with a capital and end with a full stop
  • Draw a picture to illustrate your ‘ff’ sentence

ff words - Phonics Poster (con imágenes) | Ingles para preescolar

Extra Challenge:

  • Can you be a text detective and find any of the ff words in the wordsearch? Some of the words might be backwards – good luck!
ff Double Final Consonant Word Searches! by Lauren McIntyre | TpT

Game to Support Learning:

  • Click on the picture below to play this ‘ff’ game. You need to select the ‘ff’ sound too!

Review: Phonics Bloom – Special Educational Needs Resources Blog

 

Maths Monday 1st June

Monday’s Maths

Since today is the start of a new month AND a new season I thought we could do some work on months of the year and seasons of the year!
Today is the first day of June and it is the start of the season Summer

june-summer-month | CD Williamson Karate

Warm Up:

  • Can you remember how many months are in a year? Can you name them?
  • Can you remember how many seasons there are? Can you name them? 
Sing along with these videos to help you remember the months of the year and seasons – I have put on your favourite seasons song! Remember in America they call Autumn, ‘Fall’. 

 

Main Activity:

  • Have a look outside and see if you can spot any signs of summer
    What do the trees look like? Look at their leaves.
    Is it dark when you go to bed or get up in the morning?
    What are people wearing?
      What is the weather like?
  • If you can, have a go at this ‘Signs of Summer Scavenger Hunt’. I managed to find 6 of the items – can you beat me?

Summer Scavenger Hunt Printable •

Extra Challenge:

  • Draw a picture of yourself in summer – try to include as many signs of summer as possible. Think about what you would be wearing and where you would be. What would the weather be like?

Game to Support Learning: 

  • Play this fun game where you have to dress the character for the season….click here!
  • Click on the link to play the months of the year game….click here!

The Dog and the Hippo!

Hi Primary 1!
 It is Friday of week 10 away from school – Yes TEN!! I even had to double check!  Can you believe it? 10 weeks away from school?
Anyway, I remember that we used to enjoy this funny dance at the end of the day sometimes, and I thought it might be fun for you to dance to this Friday.
  Remember that you have to copy just what the dog does.  Get everyone in your house to join in too – it’s fun.  Those who have older siblings I have taught will remember this too! 😉

Literacy Friday 29th May

Morning Primary 1.   I hope you’ve had a good week and you are looking forward to the weekend!

Friday Sentence Jumbles

Sentence Scramble - YouTube

Today we are going to be unscrambling some jumbled sentences.  That means that the words are not in the right order
Do you think you can put the sentences in the right order?

Warm Up:

  • Watch this video clip to help you remember how to make a sentence.  Can you join in with the singing and dance moves?

Main Activity:

Read these jumbled sentences and put them in the correct order.  You can just read the sentence or have a go at writing them in your jotter.  There are a couple of sets to try.  The second sheet is a little trickier.

English worksheets: Easy Jumbled Sentences

Jumbled Words to Form a Sentence Worksheet - Turtle Diary

Extra Challenge

Make your own jumbled up sentences for someone else to solve.  You could write a sentence and then cut it up to rearrange in the correct order.  Don’t forget the punctuation mark.

Game to Support Learning

Click on the link to play this fun Sentence Unscramble game.

Maths Friday 29th May

Friday’s Mixture of Maths

Warm Up:

  • Count along with this video – count in 2’s, 5’s or 10’s
  • This is a challenging one so just do and dance what you can!

Main Activity:

  • Copy and complete these coin sums into your jotter.

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Portcullis and Chains 1p - 20p Coin - Mintage: TBC+Portcullis and Chains 1p - 20p Coin - Mintage: TBC=
1990-2020 UK GB DECIMAL 5P FIVE PENCE COINS - SELECT DATES FROM ...+1990-2020 UK GB DECIMAL 5P FIVE PENCE COINS - SELECT DATES FROM ...=
In 1982, the reverse inscription on the 2p coin was changed from ...+Portcullis and Chains 1p - 20p Coin - Mintage: TBC=
Portcullis and Chains 1p - 20p Coin - Mintage: TBC+1990-2020 UK GB DECIMAL 5P FIVE PENCE COINS - SELECT DATES FROM ...=
1990-2020 UK GB DECIMAL 5P FIVE PENCE COINS - SELECT DATES FROM ...+In 1982, the reverse inscription on the 2p coin was changed from ...=
10p – Change Checker+1990-2020 UK GB DECIMAL 5P FIVE PENCE COINS - SELECT DATES FROM ...=
In 1982, the reverse inscription on the 2p coin was changed from ...+10p – Change Checker=
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·    Order the numbers:
19       4        9       12       0       6
·       Copy and complete:
0  5  __  15  20    __  __  35    __  45

Extra Challenge:

Last Thursday we were learning about gathering and recording information.  Today, or over the weekend you can go on a bug hunt in your garden or when you are out for your daily walk.
Record how many of each bug you can spot and record this using a tally system.  You can lay it out like this, or print this image from the blog.

Watch this song about how to record tally marks and why they are useful:

Games to Support Learning:

  • Click on this link Maths Games and choose your own game or games from the selection available.