Writing Tuesday

Morning p1/2. Happy Tuesday to you all. Here are today’s lessons for you to have a go at…..

Warm up:

• This was one of our favourite games in class – try and beat our class score of 18….Help a Hedgehog to Read. Click on CVC or challenge yourself by choosing CVCC/CCVC

• Write out the alphabet using lowercase or uppercase letters. Remember to make sure you are forming your letters correctly; think about tall, small and fall letters.

 

Addition Tuesday

Today is our day to practise addition.

Warm Up:

• Practise your addition playing Hit the Button

• Write down your numbers as far as you can – you can try and count up in 1’s, 2’s, 5’s or 10’s. Who can reach the highest number?

Main Task:

• In class we learned our number stories to 10.

• Remember a ‘number story’ includes all the different ways to make a number e.g. here are the number stories of 2 and 3:

• To remind you of your number stories, click on this link: Number Stories and it should go through each number story one after the next. If the link doesn’t work then type ‘number pairs’ into YouTube.

• In your jotter, or on a piece of paper, can you write down the number stories for numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Write down all the different ways to make each number, just like in the examples above.

• You can make you number stories colourful, or make them like a poster, if you wish.

• Do you remember the pattern we worked out in class? There are 2 ways to make 1, 3 ways to make 2, 4 ways to make 3, 5 ways to make 4 etc.

Extra Challenge:

• Can you write down the number stories for numbers bigger than 10?

Game to Support Learning:

• Play Sumdog for 10 minutes – Mr Green is awarding Sumdog champions. Well done to MS for being a Sumdog Champion last Friday!

Reading Thursday

Warm Up:

• Practise your reading with this game: Help a Hedgehog to Read

• Read your common words from the Primary 1 and Primary 2 word walls below. How many can you read without any help?

Primary 1

Primary 2

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 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.

• 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 be a Text Detective and name any capital letters you find in your story?

• Can you find any words in your story with the digraphs ch sh wh th?

• Can you find any words in your story that have 6 letters?

Game to Support Learning:

• Play 10 minutes on Sumdog Reading.

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

Teach Your Monster to Read

Maths Topic Thursday

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

Warm Up:

• Watch these videos about days and months and sing along

Main Activity:

• Click on this link to learn some more about the days of the week and play some games: Days of the Week Game

• Complete this worksheet in your jotter:

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

•  Look at the worksheet below.  Can you order the months of the year? Can you think of any celebration that happens in each month e.g. which month is Hallowe’en or Valentines Day in?

Extra Challenge:

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

Good morning p1/2,

It looks like it’s going to be another sunny day – hopefully you’ll get to go outside and enjoy some of the lovely spring sunshine! Have you seen any spring daffodils or buds on the trees?

Here are today’s activities for you to have a go at – remember just to try your best and do what you can. I can’t wait to see some of the super work you have been doing!

Writing Tuesday

Today we are going to be writing a story about a picture of a family at home – just like you and your family at the moment!

Warm up:

• Play this game to help you practise writing sentences. Click on ‘Phase 3’ – Writing Runway

• Watch this video to help remind you how to write a sentence.

Main Task:

• Look at the picture below.  Talk about it with someone at home. Who is in the picture? What are they doing? What time of day is it?

• Write about the picture using sentences. Say your sentences out loud before you write them.

• Remember capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.

• Try to include a joining word (and, so, but, because) to join two sentences together.

• Can you use any describing words to add extra detail to your story e.g. The grey cat is on the round rug.

Remember to keep reading your sentence back to make sure it makes sense and you haven’t missed any words.

Extra Challenge:

• Can you read your story to someone at home?

• If you would like to, draw a picture of what you think might happen next in the story.

Addition Tuesday

Today is our day to practise addition.

Warm Up:

• Can you remember your double facts to 10?

• Watch this video to help you…..

• Practise your double facts using Hit the Button

• Click on the ‘doubles’ and then press ‘doubles to 10’.

Main Task:

• Copy and complete these double and near double sums in your jotter.

• Remember for near doubles you use your knowledge of double facts to help you. First, add the double then take away 1 or add 1 e.g. 5 + 6 is the same as 5+5+1 or 6+6-1

Extra Challenge:

• Try these missing number sums.

• Remember 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’.

Game to Support Learning:

• Use this dice game to roll the dice and add the numbers together – Dice Game