Morning p1/2. 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: 

• Primary 1’s try and count backwards from 30.

• Primary 2’s try and count backwards from 100.

• Watch these videos to help you:

Main Task:

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

• Primary 1 sums are in red and Primary 2 sums are in orange.

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 addition and subtraction.

• Click on the + or the – train: Mental Maths Train

• Minus Mission

Addition Tuesday

Today we are going to do some more work on our adding.

Warm Up:

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

• Can you write down the 11 different ways to make 10?

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 be the teacher and teach someone how to do missing number sums?

Game to Support Learning:

Play the two games below to practise addition.

• Hit the Button!
• Mummy Maths.

 Writing Tuesday

Today we are going to be writing sentences about a picture.

Warm up:

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

• Writing Runway

• Watch this video about sentence writing:

Main Task:

• Look at the picture below.  Talk about it with someone at home.

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

• Remember capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.

• Write your letters neatly and remember to keep reading your sentence back to make sure it makes sense and you haven’t missed any words.

Extra Challenge:

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

• Can you include any wh, ch, ee, oo or th words?

• Can you read your story to someone at home?

I can’t wait to read your stories when we get back to school! Well done for working so hard.

 Morning p1/2. I hope you had a nice weekend – it was so nice to see the sun! I have seen lots of rainbows on peoples windows when I have been out a walk….they all look great!

Phonics Monday

Today we are going to be learning all about the digraph ‘wh’.

**Look below to see how to set your work out in your jotter**

Warm up:

• Watch these two YouTube clips all about wh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mppiO8xtYoA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuYZVrh1iPc

• In your jotter write some words with wh in the word e.g  wheel what, when, etc.

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

• Draw a picture to illustrate your wh sentence.

Extra Challenge:

• How many wh words can you write in one sentence e.g. The whale’s whiskers went white when he whispered.

Set it out in your jotter like this:

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

Place Value Monday

Warm Up:

• Count up to 100 in 10’s.

• Now try counting up in 2’s. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 etc.

• Watch these videos to help you practise counting in 2’s:

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 count up in 2′s? Can you write them in your jotter?

• Can you count objects in 2’s e.g. socks or shoes?

• Can you spot a pattern when you count up in 2’s?

Game to Support Learning:

• Play with this number square SPLAT!

• Count up in 2’s or 10’s and splat the numbers.

Hi Primary 1/2.

Its Friday! That is your first week of ‘home learning’ almost done. I hope you are all safe and well and are having fun at home.  I am missing seeing you all in school but can’t wait to hear all your stories when we are back.

Miss Murray

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.

p

u

t

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 Spooky Spelling to practise your spelling (click on Year 1 or Year 2 at the top then choose a book).

• Play  for Sumdog Spelling 10 minutes.

Friday’s Mixture of Maths

Warm Up:

• Count forwards and backwards in 10’s.

• Try and start from a different number each time e.g.

50, 60, 70 etc.

40, 30, 20, etc.

• Watch this video to practise counting in 10’s:

Main Activity:

• Copy and complete these maths problems in your jotter.

• Look for the Primary 1 and Primary 2 sums.

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

Extra Challenge:

• Can you make up your own maths problems to challenge someone?

Game to Support Learning:

• Click on this link and play the Basketball Game. 

Reading Thursday

Warm Up:

• Read your common words – how many can you read in 30 seconds?

• Write the alphabet in your jotter – write the uppercase and lowercase letters. Remember to form your letters correctly.

• Watch this video of our friend, Jack Hartman, acting out the alphabet…..

Main Task:

• Choose a story to read with someone.

• If you don’t have a book at home, click on the link below for The Book Trust and read one of the free online books . They are great fun and you can read along with them….

Book Trust

• Tell someone what happened at the beginning, middle and end of the story.

• Who were the main characters in the story?

• Where was the story set?

• In your jotter, write down the title, author and illustrator of your story.

• Draw your favourite part of the story. Tell someone about your favourite part or, if you want to, have a go at writing why this was your favourite part.

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 link and play this reading game:  Tell a T-Rex

• Click on the CVCC/CCVC option on the menu.

Maths Topic Thursday

Time

Today we will be learning about telling the time.

• Remember when the big hand is at 12 it means o’clock and when it is at 6 it means half past the hour.

Warm Up:

• Find something in the shape of a circle to draw round.   Draw a circle clock face in your jotter with the numbers 1-12 around the face in the correct order and position.     

• Find 2 items which you could use as the long hand (minute hand) and the short hand (hour hand) to use on your clock face to practise telling time e.g. a pencil or a piece of pasta.

• Watch this video on o’clock and half past times:

Main Task:

• Look at these times with someone at home.  Can you read them correctly?  You can write them in your jotter if you want to.

Extra Challenge:

• Can you draw an analogue clock, or make an analogue clock to show these times?

Resource to Support Learning:

• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock

Game to Support Learning:

• https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling_the_time#
• http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L9643/index.html