This week, please revise all spelling sounds. You can play this game to revise. On Friday there will be an end of term spelling test.

This week were ar continuing our flossy rule: ss and zz

Also, we are revising ‘ot’ word family.

 

Good morning P2! We hope you had a great weekend. This week our homework is Christmas themed!

Literacy 

Try and find some of the words in this word search game.

https://stormedapps.co.uk/christmas/

 

Read along to this winter story and answer the questions.

1. What animal did the Gruffalo say you would meet in the deep dark wood?
2. How did the Gruffalo describe the mouse’s eyes?
3. What was the weather like when the Gruffalo’s child went into the woods?
4. What was the first creature the Gruffalo’s child met in the woods?

Maths

Complete the Christmas pattern sequence using the link below!

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/christmas-patterns

Practise adding your numbers with these sums.

Practise your double number sums by counting the presents from Santa!

 

Welcome back P2! We hope you had a good long weekend. This week’s homework tasks are noted below.

Spelling

Group 1

• shark
• park
• farm
• arm
• art
• part
• was
• for

Group 2

• man
• pan
• fan
• ran
• was

Choose one of the activities below to practise your spelling words this week:

Listening and Writing 

Listen carefully to this video all about turtles. Recall three different facts about turtles to an adult at home. Choose two of your favourite facts and write them in your homework jotter!

 

Reading 

Have a go at reading some of your tricky words in this video.

 

Maths

Practise counting out loud in 2s and 10s.

Sing along to the rocket dog to practise counting in 2s…

 

Use this caterpillar to help you count in 10s…

 

What numbers are missing?

 

 

Spelling

Use Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check to practise spelling your words in your homework jotter 3 times.

Group 1:

• ring
• wing
• sing
• king
• is
• you

Group 2:

• mug
• bug
• jug
• rug
• is

Have a go at scribble spelling where you draw a scribble shape and write your spelling words in different colours in different sections. Here is an example below…

 

Reading 

Story time

Listen carefully to this story about a shark called Clark. Imagine you were a sea creature in Clark’s class.

1. Draw a picture of the sea creature you would be. You might want to be a starfish, a crab or something else!
2. Give your character a name and label your picture.
3. Write a sentence about your character. What are they wearing? Are they friendly?

Tricky words

Listen, read and sing along to ‘Do you want to build a snowman?’

How many times can you spot the tricky words ‘is’ and ‘you’?

 

Maths

Practise saying and writing your numbers between 1 and 100. Have a go at saying them backwards!

 

 

 

Spelling Homework:

Use the Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check to spell your words into your homework jotter 3 times. You should know what spelling group you are in. If you need a new homework jotter, then let your teacher know.

Challenge: Choose 1 of your spelling words and write a sentence for your chosen word. Remember a sentence starts with a capital letter and needs a full stop at the end.

Reading

As you are aware, we cannot send reading books home at the moment because of the Covid19 pandemic. However, we will continue to do reading in class and your child will have access to reading books at school. In the meantime, Oxford Owl have published some free digital reading books for children to read at home. Click on the image below to see the full library catalogue. All you need to do is register your free account to get started. Happy reading!

Tricky words search: Listen, read and sing along to this song. Each time you hear ‘to‘ ‘I‘ and ‘go‘ and ‘me‘ do the action for the word!

Number Time! Copy and complete into your homework jotter.

Science: Senses 

Choose 1 task to complete. You can do more is you wish!

 

Spelling

Each week we will learn different spelling rules to practice at home and in class. The children will know whether they are in Group 1 or 2. At the end of the week we sometimes do an informal spelling test of our homework words.

Use the ‘Look, say, cover, write and check’ method to practise your words at home. Here is a reminder below…

Group 1 ‘ch’

• chip
• chop
• chin
• lunch
• and
• of

Group 2:  ‘_en’ word family

• hen
• men
• ten
• pen
• and

Here are some ideas to keep spelling fun:

 

Reading

Tricky words

Have a go at saying some of your tricky words out loud with this video below!

Listen and sing along to ‘This is Me’ from ‘The Greatest Showman’. How many times can you spot your tricky word ‘me‘, ‘and‘ and ‘of‘ in the song?

Story time

Listen to this story below about a brave fish called Stanley. Write a sentence about your favourite part or your least favourite part of the story in your homework jotter and draw your own picture.

‘I liked it when…’ or ‘I did not like it when…’

 

Maths

This week we are practising writing, ordering and sequencing our numbers to 100. Get active saying your numbers to 100 with this video below.

Write your numbers to 50 using these raindrops to help you.

Have a go at writing numbers 1-100 all by yourself!

Sequence your numbers 0 to 100 with this caterpillar game…

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering 

 

 

Good morning, we hope you all had a relaxing weekend. The clocks went back an hour so you all got an extra hour in bed! This week will be fun and exciting as Halloween is approaching and remember you can come to school on Friday dressed up or in your own casual clothes. Buckets will be in the playground here you can hand in a £1 donation. Please find below homework tasks for this week.

Spelling Homework

This week we have introduced spelling groups. Each week we will learn different spelling rules and practice our spelling words at home as well as in class. At the end of the week on a Friday, we might sometimes do an informal spelling test with our homework words.  We will be using the ‘Look, say, cover, write and check’ method. Please find more information on this below. There are also other spelling strategies which can also be used to help improve spelling and these can be found below too.

Group 1                                      Group 2                                      

‘sh’                                      _at word family

• shop                                       cat
• shut                                        hat
• shed                                       bat
• fish                                          sat
• I                                                mat
• the

Find your group spelling words and write them in your homework jotter on the left hand side.

Look at the first word and say it. Cover it and the try and write it. Check to see if you spelled shop correctly. Repeat again. Now try it with all the other words.

 

 

Over the next few nights, why not try some of these spelling strategies to help you spell your words:

Click here to play Spooky Spelling! http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

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Reading

In class we have been learning to use different reading strategies to improve our reading. Please find this useful poster to go over with your child. Ask your child to explain what each strategy means. See is you can use these strategies when reading at  home.

Tricky Word Practice

Last week, we read Snail and the Whale. Listen to the story again and on a piece of paper draw a story map of the key events in the story.

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Maths and Numeracy

Addition Train Game! Click here to play. Choose from one of the levels circled below in the image:

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

Spooky Handprints!

If you are bored in the house, why not make some spooky handprint decorations. Click on the link to find out more!

https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/halloween-handprints/

This week we are revising the sound ‘ch’.

Task:  Look at the worksheet below. Which images have the ch sound in them. Draw your answers into your homework jotter. 

Challenge : Can you try to write your answers next to your drawings in your jotter? Remember to use strategies like Sound it out or get an adult to help you.

Reading Strategies of the Week:

Use your reading strategies to read at home. Listen and read along to the story below and then answer the questions.

 

Tricky Word Practice

Click here to open our tricky word powerpoint. How many tricky words can you read? Practice a  few words every day until you become more confident at recognising them.

Tricky Words Powerpoint 1-30 With actions (click here)

Numeracy & Maths

1. Practice your counting with this video:

2. Practice writing your numbers to 30 correctly in your jotter.

3. Last week we were exploring patterns. Watch this video and see if if you can make up your own dance move patterns!

3.  Copy and complete in your jotter. Remember you can use objects, counters, pasta etc. to help you make 10. The answers will be posted on Friday.