Monday Maths Lesson

Place Value Monday

Warm Up:

  • Primary 1’s can you count forwards and backwards to 30?
  • Primary 2’s can you count forward and backwards to 100?
  • Use the videos below to count along to and help you.

Main Activity:

  • Complete these questions in your jotter.
  • Remember to check for the different Primary 1 and Primary 2 questions.

Primary 1

Primary 2

Write these numbers in order from smallest to largest:
·       28     15     11       7
·       16      2      13        12
·       25       15        5         30
·       19       10       11        20
Write these numbers in order from smallest to largest:
·       17     11      13      12
·       47     67     57       37
·       30     20     40       70
·       99     52     17      68
Write down the number before and after:
·       ____     29   ____
·       ____     13   ____
·       ____     11   ____
·       ____     25   ____
·       ____     8   ____
Write down the number before and after:
·       ____     73   ____
·       ____     50   ____
·       ____     81   ____
·       ____     13   ____
·       ____     64   ____
Copy these numbers and fill in the blanks:
·       12  __    __   15  __  17  __
·       7   8  __  10  __    12  __
·       16  __  18 __  __ 21  __  23
·       13  14  __    __  17  __    __
Copy these numbers and fill in the blanks:
·       20  __    __  23  __  25    __
·       42  43  __  45  __    47  __
·       91  __  93   __   __  96   __
·       33   34  __    __  37  __    __
What is the number 2 more than these numbers (count on 2):

·       2

·       7

·       17

·       11

·       19

Split these numbers into tens and units:
75 = 7 tens and 5 units

·       23

·       48

·       17

·       60

Extra Challenge:

  • How far can you write you numbers to? Can you write them all the way to 100?
  • How far can you count up in 2′s or 10’s? Can you write them in your jotter?

Game to Support Learning:

  • Try ordering and sequencing your numbers on  the Caterpillar .
  • Play with this number square SPLAT!

Easter Holidays

Below are the last lessons I will put up until the 20th April as it is the Easter Holidays! Thank you so much for working so hard over the last 2 weeks, p1/2 – I am very proud of you all.
10 egg-citing things to do during the Easter holidays - Go North EastI hope you can enjoy Easter as much as possible with your families…..and get to eat lots of chocolate!
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. I see there is a link to the Art for Kids Hub – I remembered you enjoyed watching these videos to teach you how to draw in class….Art For Kids HubLinK

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL

Friday Literacy Lesson

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:

Primary 1 spelling words
the
into
no
back
Primary 2 spelling words
with
see
now
down
  • 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:

Friday Maths Lesson

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.
  • Look for the Primary 1 and Primary 2 sums.
  • Don’t be caught out by and + sums!

Primary 1

Primary 2

·       Double 3  =
·       Double 9 =
·       3 9 =
·       3 + 52 =
·       7 2 =
·       22 2 =
·       11 + ? = 15
·       98 + ? = 100
·       6 + 5 =
·       78 + 10 =
·       4 more than 16 =
·       10 more than 33 =
·       2 less than 13 =
·       10 less than 85 =
·       18 1 =
·       19 – ? = 17
Order these numbers:
11     5     13      20
Order these numbers:
81     77     80     79
·       Copy and complete:
0  2 __ 6  __  10 __
·       Copy and complete:
10   12   __   16  __   __ 22

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’.

Thursday Literacy Lesson

Morning p1/2.
I hope you are all well and happy. Did any of you play an April Fool on your family yesterday? I saw lots of signs of Spring on my walk this morning – did you see any on yours?
Here are todays Literacy and Numeracy activities for you to try and have a go at. Well done for working so hard – it must be tricky learning from home when you are inside all the time. I can’t wait to hear all your stories when we are back at school.

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:

Thursday Maths Lesson

Maths Topic Thursday

Shape

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

Warm Up:

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

Main Task:

  • Shape Hunt – Go on a shape hunt around your house.  How many 2D and 3D shapes can you find around your home?  What made the shapes e.g. a picture, coaster, ball, box of tissues, tin of beans or 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 see if you can guess the correct shape.

shape riddles Y1/2 | Teaching Resources

  • Can you make up your own shape riddle to challenge someone?

Game to Support Learning:

Wednesday Literacy Lesson

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

Happy April Fool's Day 2020: Wishes, SMS, Facebook and Whatsapp ...

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.

Free consonant blends with r worksheets for preschool children

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

 

 

Wednesday Maths Lesson

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.
Primary 1
Primary 2

1 – 1 =

23 – 1 =

4 – 2 =

17 – 2 =

 5 – 3 =

30 – 3 =

7 – 4 =

16 – 4 =

9 – 3 =

13 – 5 =

19 – 0 =

26 – 0 =

10 – 3 =

17 – 4 =

11 – 4 =

21 – 4 =

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:
·         8 – ? = 7
·         7 – ? = 3
·         12 – ? = 10
·        10 – ? = 8
·         5 – ? = 2
·         14 – ? = 11
Game to Support Learning: 

Tuesday Maths Lesson

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’?

Primary 1

Primary 2

6 + 4 =

16 + 4 =

3 + 12 =

3 + 82 =

5 + 6 =

5 + 64 =

2 + 17 =

2 + 71 =

8 + 2 =

59 + 2 =

3 + ? = 6

10 + ? = 13

4 + ? = 7

23 + ? = 26

10 + ? = 10

18 + ? = 22

? + 1 = 5

? + 17 = 19

? + 2 = 7

? + 21 = 24

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.

Tuesday Literacy Lesson

 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.
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