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

Blending Wednesday

Today we are going to be reading and writing words that have letter blends at the start of the word. 

Warm Up:

• Watch this video on letter blends:

• Play this game on a tablet/phone or computer.

• Click on the first box with the option for ‘sp gr sl fl‘.                         https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/forestPhonics/index.html

Main Task:

• In your jotter, sound out and write the words for each picture.

• Remember to form your letters neatly.

• You can draw the picture with the word if you would like to.

Extra Challenge: 

• Write out the words in capital letters as well as lower case letters e.g. drum and DRUM.

• Try and write a sentence with some of the words you have written e.g. The frog and the crab got a drum.

Game to Support Learning: 

• To support reading, try and play this game:

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/helpAHedgehog/

Subtraction Wednesday

Today we will be learning all about 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: 

• Go on a number hunt around your house. Can you identify the number before the number you find? Remember to find the number before, you must subtract 1.

• Watch this subtraction video:

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 blue.

Extra Challenge: 

• Can you answer these missing number sums. Remember they are take away sums:

Game to Support Learning: 

• Play the game below to practise your addition and subtraction.

• Click on the + or the – train.

•  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

Writing Tuesday

Just like we do in class on a Tuesday, today we are going to be writing sentences about a picture.

Warm up:

• Watch and join in with Jack Hartmans sentence rap.

• Tell someone at home how you write a sentence. What do you need to remember?

Main Task:

• Look at the picture below.  Talk about it with someone at home. What do you see? What is happening in the picture?

• Write a story about the picture using sentences.

• Remember capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.

• Remember to sound out your words and ‘have a go’ at writing them.

• Write your letters neatly on the line and keep reading your sentence back to make sure you haven’t missed any words.

Extra Challenge:

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

• Can you include any th words?

Reading Game:

• To practise reading and writing sentences in order, play this game:

• https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/writingRunway/index.html

Addition Tuesday

Today we are going to be learning about doubles and near doubles e.g. if we know that 3+3 = 6 then we can use this to work out that  3+4=7 (it is a near double – you just add one more) .

Warm Up:

• Watch and join with these double videos:

• Can you tell your doubles to someone?

Main Task:

• Write these double and near double sums in your jotter with your answers.

• 2 + 2 =	2 + 3 =
  3 + 3 =	3 + 4 =
  4 + 4 =	4 + 5 =
  5 + 5 =	5 + 6 =
  6 + 6 =	6 + 7 =
  7 + 7 =	7 + 8 =
  8 + 8 =	8 + 9 =
  9 + 9 =	9 + 10 =
  10 + 10 =	10 + 11 =

Extra Challenge:

• Make up your own doubles, or near doubles, with bigger numbers  eg. 20 + 20 = 40 so 21 + 20 = 41.

Game to support learning:

• Play the two games below to practise addition.  Click on the link to doubles and/or number bonds.

• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/archeryDoubles/index.html