Good morning p1/2. I hope you all managed to get outside and have some fun in the sun yesterday 😃 . Tomorrow and Monday are holidays so……NO SCHOOL BLOG on Friday and Monday!
Look where I was this week……our class potatoes are looking brilliant! I gave them some water and made sure there was enough soil. Do you remember when our potatoes will be ready to harvest? …..June!
Mrs McMillan has made a great YouTube channel with lots of techniques to help us all relax and stay calm if we are feeling a bit worried – here’s the link if you would like to take a look. Mrs McMillan – Take a Moment
Reading Thursday
Warm Up:
Watch this video to learn about the 6 important questions to think about when we are reading or writing a story
Choose A Book:
Go ontoOxford Owland choose a book to read with someone at home.
Remember to click on ‘my class login‘ and enterwoodlandsreading into the username and pupil into the password box.
Talk about the story using the 6 questions:
Who?
When?
Where?
What?
How?
Why?
Main Activity:
Primary 1
Read the short story below about Tess and then answer the questions. You can answer the questions by talking to someone at home or you can write your answers in your jotter.
Remember to try and answer in a full sentence with a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop. Not just with one word. So for question number 1 your answer would start:-
Tess has a _______ ________ ________ .
Primary 2
Read the short story below and then answer the questions in your jotter.
Remember to write your answer in a full sentence with a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop. Not just with one word. So for question number 1 your answer would start:-
The class are ______ _______ .
Extra Challenge:
Pick a part of the story and make up your own illustration to go along with the story.
What do you think might have happened next in the story? If you would like to, write or draw what you think might happen next.
Remember to keep practising reading your common words from the Primary 1 and Primary 2 word walls.
Today we will be learning all about symmetry – I remember we really liked learning about symmetry in class. We made lots of symmetrical pictures using butterflies and scarecrows etc.
Can you remember what symmetrical means?
It means that both sides of something are the exact same – just like butterflies are.
Warm Up:
Watch this video (and sing along) to remind you all about symmetry
Go on a symmetry hunt. How many symmetrical things can you find in your house or outside?
Try and use some different things you might have around the house, or outside, to make a symmetrical picture.
Have a look at the pictures below for some ideas….you could use lego blocks, stones, leaves, or paint one half of a butterfly and fold it over.
Extra Challenge:
Use one half of a photograph of yourself, or a cutting from a magazine or newspaper, and draw the other half to make the picture symmetrical. Look a the example below to help you!
Primary 1’s watch this video with all our jolly phonics sounds and actions – how many do you remember?
https://youtu.be/1Qpn2839Kro
Primary 2’s watch this video with your digraphs – can you join in?
https://youtu.be/W8Jp5MutVlQ
Main Activity
Look at the sheet below. Write a word that begins with each letter of the alphabet – maybe you could draw a picture of something that begins with that letter too.
Remember to sound out your word when you are writing it and read it back to make sure you haven’t missed any letters.
Primary 2’s try and include your digraphs too.
Who can write a word for all 26 letters of the alphabet?
Extra Challenge
Try and write you words in capitals as well as lowercase letters.
Use your words to try and write a sentence – how many of your words can you get into one sentence?
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 book).
Start from 30 and count backwards – try and write your numbers all the way to 0. Maybe you could challenge yourself and start from 100 and try and count all the way back to 0!
Watch this video all about subtraction
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.
Primary 1
Primary 2
0 – 0 =
20 – 10 =
6 – 2 =
17 – 2 =
5 – 3 =
16 – 3 =
6 – 6 =
20 – 20 =
2 – 1 =
15 – 5 =
10 – 1 =
10 – 6 =
7 – 0 =
14 – 4 =
4 – 2 =
19 – 6 =
Extra Challenge:
Can you tell someone all the things you know about subtraction?
Maybe you could make a poster to teach someone how to subtract.
Morning p1/2. Looks like it’s going to be another sunny day – hopefully you’ll be able to get out and enjoy the sun for a bit. Here are today’s lessons – have a go and see how you get on.
Writing Tuesday
Warm up
Can you remember all our rules for writing? How many can you remember without having to look at the picture below?
Main Activity
Here is a video of one of our favourite books that we read in class – ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’
Listen to the story and try to join in with the rhyming
After you have read/listened to the story talk to someone about the story. What happened in it? Retell the story using your words.
After you have talked about the story write down and draw something that happened at the:
BEGINNING of the story
MIDDLE of the story
END of the story
Extra Challenge
Write down as many rhyming words as you can from the story. Can anyone get more than 3 pairs of rhyming words? I managed to get ‘boat’ and ‘goat’.
Fun Finisher
Julia Donaldson’s husband has made up a song about the story – have a listen and see what you think!
Remember, when you are doing an adding sum, you can add the numbers in ANY order – even when you switch the numbers about, the answer is still the same e.g. 3 + 5 is the same as 5 + 3
In class, when we were adding numbers together, we found it was easier to swap the numbers around so we always started with the big number and then added on the small number
Have a go at the worksheets below. Look out for the different Primary 1 and Primary 2 worksheets.
Primary 1 – write these in your jotter, please
Primary 2 Worksheet
Complete the worksheet below by writing the matching pairs in your jotter like this, please:
14 + 82 = 82 +14
If you can, try and answer the sums too. You might need help from someone (or a calculator) to work out 3 of them! Good luck.
Extra Challenge
If you have a dice at home, roll the dice twice then add the 2 numbers together. Switch the numbers round and write the sum the other way too!
Look at the worksheet below to help you complete your extra challenge
If you don’t have a dice, use this online dice rolling link: Online Dice
Game to Support Learning:
Play Sumdog for 10 minutes – Mr Green is awarding Sumdog champions each week.
Good morning p1/2. Monday again! Here are today’s online lessons for you to have a go at.
Last week I put on a link for Oxford Owl– it will give you access to lots of age appropriate books, including Biff, Chip and Kipper ones, to help you read at your level. You can filter by age or level at the top. I set up an account for our class:
Click on ‘my class login’ at the top and then ‘My Bookshelf’.
Username: woodlandsreading
Password: pupil
Phonics Monday
Today we are going to be doing some revision on our digraph oo.
Warm up:
Can you read these words with the digraphs ch th wh sh?
rush
whip
this
such
when
bath
Watch these two YouTube clips all about oo:
https://youtu.be/GVm1Fv9CuPk
Main Task
In your jotter write some oo words.
Write a sentence with an oo word in it. Remember a capital letter, full stop and finger spaces in your sentence.
Morning p1/2. Happy Friday to you all! Hope you are all doing OK.
If you are looking for something to do over the weekend, here is the link to the Art for Kids Hub that we liked to use in class. Have a go and see how you get on drawing the different things!
Friday Spelling
Warm Up:
Watch this video clip on spelling tricky words.
Main Activity:
Primary 1 spelling words
to
no
go
up
Primary 2 spelling words
her
are
all
they
Can you write your spelling words in CAPITALS?
Can you write your spelling words in bubble writing?
Can you write them in rainbow writing? e.g. they
Extra Challenge:
Be a Text Detective and have a look around your house. How many of your spelling words can you find?
Can you use any of your spelling words in a sentence?
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 book).
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