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’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiT2nd4GJJQ

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.

 

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

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.