This week P2 have been reading ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’. We created our own amazing Mr Grinling pictures. As a class we thought of words to describe him and wrote them in our speech bubble like cross, old and grumpy!
Benjamin ‘I think Mr Grinling looks mad!’
Abbie ‘Mr Grinling looked shocked when the seagulls stole his lunch!’
Today P2 were scientists and tested out different objects to see whether they would float or sink. Before we put the object in the water we had a class vote to see what we thought would happen. We then completed a checkbox to record what we found out from the experiment!
Hello and welcome to our new P2 online homework page. Due to Covid 19, no formal homework is being issued that would require it to be returned to school on a weekly basis. Therefore, each week, homework tasks, videos and games will be published on this blog for your child in order to continue to reinforce their learning at home. Update: Homework does not need to be submitted electronically, as long as your child is doing the tasks and practising reading and writing their numbers and letters.
Sound of the Week
This week we are revising ‘ie’. Watch the videos below and choose at least 1 task to do at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzDimrhVZhA
Tasks:
Go on a sound hunt. Look around your home and write and draw any objects you find or think of that has the ‘ie’ sound.
Rainbow spelling. Think of some ‘ie’ words or use the list below to do some rainbow spelling. Firstly, pick a colour to write down an ‘ie’ word. Then choose another colour to go over the word. Choose another colour to write over the word again. You can keep doing this until you have used lots of colours! You can do this for tricky words too: the, and, he, she, I, my, we, be.
Reading
Revise your tricky words by playing the dino egg game:
In class we are learning to use reading strategies to decode unknown words. This week we are focusing on ‘Sharp Eyes’ and ‘Mouse the Mouth’. This is where we look at the first letter of the word and use the pictures to look for clues. When reading stories at home, encourage your child to use these strategies to develop their reading skills.
Maths
Counting practice
Practise writing your numbers out to 20. Can you write them back the way from 20-0.
Click on the image below to play the caterpillar ordering game. Choose level ‘1 to 20’. For a challenge, choose level ‘1-30’. Can you order from largest to smallest?
Good morning! It is Friday 26th June 2020 and we have made it to the last day of term! How do you all feel? Drop us a comment, it would be lovely to hear from you.
We want to thank you and your families for all your hard work and support. It has been a strange year so far but you have all coped so well. We are very proud of you. Your Summer holidays will now start and we wish you a very happy Summer filled with lots of fun. Here are some activities below to keep you busy. Take care and all the best for the future!
Use the demonstration clock by dragging the hands to the times below.
https://www.visnos.com/demos/clock
Alternatively you could try this teaching clock on top marks by clicking on the buttons.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock
1 o’clock
3 o’clock
6 o’clock
9 o’clock
12 o’clock
8 o’clock
11 o’clock
5 o’clock
2 o’clock
4 o’clock
6 o’clock
half past 8
8 o’clock
half past 10
12 o’clock
half past 12
3 o’clock
half past 7
quarter past 4
quarter past 81. quarter past 3
2. quarter past 6
3. quarter to 8
4. quarter to 10
5. quarter past 9
6. quarter past 12
7. quarter to 2
8. quarter to 1
9. quarter past 1
10. half past 6
Break time
Literacy – Writing
Find your story planner that you did yesterday. It will look something like this.
You used this to decide on your setting character and problem.
In your home learning jotter. Write sentences for each section.
Describe about where the story took place
Describe the character in the story. Include what they look like and what kind of person are they.
Explain the main problem
How did the character take to solve the problem?
How does you story end?
Remember when you are writing you need to remember how to write a superhero sentence. If you are stuck on how to spell a word try and sound it out, say it slowly so you can hear the letters in the word.
Enjoy writing your story.
Lunch time
Science
Storm in a Glass
We tried this experiment in class. Can you remember? Have a go doing this experiment at home.
Materials
Shaving cream
A large glass
water
Food coloring
A spoon
Instructions:
Fill the glass 1/2 full with water
Spray some shaving cream on top of the water to fill the glass to ¾ full.
Use your finger or a spoon to spread the shaving cream evenly over the top of the water. The top of the shaving cream should be flat.
Mix ½-cup water with 10 drops of food coloring in a separate container. Gently add the colored water, spoonful by spoonful, to the top of the shaving cream. When it gets too heavy, watch it storm!
Clouds in the sky hold onto water. They can hold millions of gallons! The layer of shaving cream is our pretend cloud in this experiment. The shaving cream layer can also hold onto water. Clouds can’t keep storing more and more water forever, eventually they get too heavy. When that happens, the water falls out (precipitates) as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
Further Experiments
Try more water and less shaving cream, or less water and more shaving cream. Which one looks more like a drizzle, and which one looks like a downpour?
Good morning Primary 2, we are nearly at the end of term, not long to go! Let’s start our day with this:
Tricky Word Sentences : copy and complete, answers are in the word bank below!
Gran ____ I can have fish and chips for tea.
I saw ____ big dog chase the black cat in the park.
____ are going to Tesco but I am staying home.
We ____ playing in the garden.
I ____ hungry so I made a sandwich.
A man went in the van _________ he had a delivery to make.
the were said because They was
Maths
Last week we looked at multiplication. Remember ‘multiply’ and ‘times’ mean adding the same number again and again or ‘groups of’ a certain number. For example, 3 x 2 or 3 twos means that we add 2 three times, 2 + 2 +2 or we add 3 groups of 2 like this, ** + ** + **
Did you know that when you count in 2s, 5s and 10s you are reciting the 2, 5 and 10 times tables!
Here is the two times table. The answers are even and are going up in twos
Twiggle wants you to know that he misses you all very much! He said he did the Turtle when he was upset last week because he wanted to see his friends but he couldn’t. Remember when you are feeling upset, worried or angry to
Stop
Breath
Say what the problem is
I know it has been a long time since you have all been at school and you are missing your friends so much! Why don’t you write a letter to your friend or teacher? Or you could leave a comment. When you come back you will be big boys and girls in P3! Why don’t you write down or draw some of your favourite things you like to do at school or write down 3 things you want to learn about in P3 and keep it safe. When you come back to school in August you can show it to your friends and teacher!
Royal Queens
At the weekend it was Queen Elizabeth ii’s royal birthday. She turned 94. Write and draw what would you give her as a present.
Remember the Queen’s great-great-grandmother was Queen Victoria. What facts can you remember learning about her and the British Empire?
Write down 1 or 2 facts. If you cannot remember then click on the ppt below.
If you could ask 3 questions to Queen Victoria, what would you ask her? Write them down or leave a comment.