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16.03.2020

This week the children will have spelling, reading, maths and IDL homework.

Spelling Homework

Bananas: Unit 6 rule words

hop, hopping, hopped, beg, begging, begged, plan, planning, planned, stop, stopping, stopped

Write out words 3 times. Choose 4 words and write a sentence for each.

Oranges: revision of ‘oi’ and ‘oy’

toilet, coin, join, moist, poison, hoist, enjoy, royal, cowboy, loyal, boy, toy

In jotters write words 3 times each and a fourth time using writing writing.

Reading Homework

Unicorns 1: New book – The elves and the shoemaker (whole book)

Unicorns 2: New book – A world of sports (pages 1-8)

Centaurs: New book – The hundred mile an hour dog – Chapter 7 & 8

Dragons: Charlotte’s Web- Chapter 17, 18 & 19

Does anyone have an extra ‘The hundred mile an hour dog’ book? We are missing 1 copy.

Please ensure pupils keep their reading book in the clear reading folder provided at all times.

Maths Homework

Triangles: Practice 9 times tables

Circles: Practice 3 times tables

IDL Homework (to be handed in week beginning 30th March)

09.03.2020

This week the children will have spelling, reading, maths and IDL homework.

Spelling Homework

Bananas: Unit 6 common words

seven, seventeen, clothes, garden, yesterday, swimming, sure, before, never, fruit, believe, decided, another, quiet, quite

Write out words 3 times. Choose 4 words and write dictionary definition.

Oranges: revision of ‘igh’ and ‘y’

thigh, might, night, light, bright, why, sky, fly, buy, shy

In jotters write words 3 times each using the Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check method. Then write out words in alphabetical order.

Reading Homework

Unicorns 1: New book – Grow your own bean plant (whole book)

Unicorns 2: New book – Flyers (pages 1-8)

Centaurs: New book – The hundred mile an hour dog – Chapter 6

Dragons: Charlotte’s Web- Chapter 15 & 16

Please ensure pupils keep their reading book in the clear reading folder provided at all times.

Maths Homework

Triangles: Revise 3, 4 and 8 times tables

Circles: Revise 5, 10 and 2 times tables

IDL Homework (to be handed in week beginning 30th March)

Make a Viking Longship

The pupils have been given out a help sheet to use if required, or they can use their own ideas and materials to design and create a longship!

See https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/ideas/kids/how-to-make-a-viking-longboat for help and ideas.

We can’t wait to see them!

02.03.2020

This week the children will have spelling, reading and maths homework.

As part of a health & wellbeing lesson this week, we are looking at how we change from a baby to a child. If possible, could you give your child a photograph of when they were a baby or toddler to bring in tomorrow? (Tuesday).

Spelling Homework

Bananas: Unit 6 extension words

faithful, raffle, photocopy, telephone, profile, magnificent, pheasant, face, phonics, offering

Please dictate the following for pupils to write words in their jotter.

Rows of daffodils were ruffling in the faint spring breeze. We arrived at the wildlife park and paid at the office. A family ticket was on special offer and came with free raffle tickets! We saw many magnificent animals including elephants and pheasants. I took photos on my mobile phone.

Oranges: revision of ‘u-e’ and ‘a-e’

June, ruler, rude, flute, rule, cake, spade, sale, came, brake

In jotters write words 3 times each using the Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check method. Choose 3 words and include them each in a sentence.

Reading Homework

Unicorns 1: New book – Pedal Power (whole book)

Unicorns 2: New book – Korka mighty elf (pages 1-8)

Centaurs: New book – The hundred mile an hour dog – Chapter 5

Dragons: Charlotte’s Web- Chapter 13 & 14

Please ensure pupils keep their reading book in the clear reading folder provided at all times.

Maths Homework

Triangles: Subtraction game worksheet

Circles: Subtraction worksheet

24.02.2020

This week the children will have spelling, reading and maths homework.

Spelling Homework

Bananas: Unit 6 core words

flight, traffic, elephant, phantom, family, photograph, faint, difficult, graph, daffodil

Complete the phoneme grid for ‘f’, ‘ff’ and ‘ph’

Oranges: revision of ‘ck’ and ‘ew’

lock, sick, bucket, brick, rock, screw, Lewis, flew, threw, blew

In jotters write words 3 times each using the Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check method. Choose 3 words and include them each in a sentence.

Reading Homework

Unicorns 1: New book – Pedal Power (whole book)

Unicorns 2: New book – A new home for Bonnie (pages 9-end)

Centaurs: New book – The hundred mile an hour dog – Chapters 3 & 4

Dragons: Charlotte’s Web- Chapter 12 & 13

Please ensure pupils keep their reading book in the clear reading folder provided at all times.

Maths Homework

Triangles: Subtraction worksheet

Circles: Addition worksheet

 

17.02.2020

This week the children will have spelling, reading, maths and topic homework.

Spelling Homework

Bananas: Unit 5 rule words

bake, scene, time, code, tube, true, blue, give, love, have

In jotters write words 3 times each using the Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check method on third column use rainbow writing. Choose 4 words and write a sentence for each.

Oranges: revision of ‘oi’ and ‘au’

coins, boil, soil, join, noise, cause, Paul, sauce, pause, auto

In jotters write words 3 times each using the Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check method and third column use rainbow writing. Choose 3 words and include them each in a sentence.

Reading Homework

Unicorns 1: New book – Rabbit’s Surprise Birthday (whole book)

Unicorns 2: New book – A new home for Bonnie (pages 1-8)

Centaurs: New book – The hundred mile an hour dog – Chapters 1 & 2

Dragons: Charlotte’s Web- Chapter 10 & 11

Please ensure pupils keep their reading book in the clear reading folder provided at all times.

Maths Homework

Triangles: Subtraction worksheet

Circles: Addition worksheet

Topic Homework

Last Friday, the children chose a Viking God they would like to find out more about. If possible, they should research their chosen God and write 3 facts about them.

 

3.2.2020

This week the children will have spelling, reading and maths homework.

Spelling Homework

Bananas: Unit 5 common words

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

In jotters, write out words 3 times (one of the times using rainbow writing)

Oranges: consolidation of stage 2 phonemes

ai: rain, pain, faint, wait, train

qu: quick, queen, quiz, quit, queue

In jotters, write words out 3 times. Choose 3 of the words and write a sentence

Reading Homework

Unicorns 1: New book – Poles Apart (pages 2-24)

Unicorns 2: New book – The perfect pizza (pages 9-16)

Centaurs: Read and discuss whole book

Dragons: Charlotte’s Web- Chapter 8 & 9

Please ensure pupils keep their reading book in the clear reading folder provided at all times.

Maths Homework

Triangles: Revision of 4, 6 and 8 times tables

Circles: Revision of 2, 5 and 10 times tables

Hope you all have a lovely long weekend. Homework will start again week beginning 17.2.2020.

27.01.2020

This week the children will have spelling, reading and maths homework.

Spelling Homework

Bananas: Unit 5 extension words

swoop, school, prune, flute, threw, stew, continue, rescue, cushion, put

Dictation task: Please could you read aloud the following passage to your child and have them write it in their homework jotter.

Every June, the school dentist swoops on all the children to look at their teeth. Tom was worried as he had not looked after his teeth the way he should. There was plenty of proof because he had a loose tooth and another tooth was sore.

Oranges: revision of ‘ff’, ‘kn’ and ‘mb’

ff: off, cliff, cuff, stiff, different

kn: knock, know, knee, knight, kneel, knew

mb: comb, lamb, climb, crumb, dumb

In jotters, write words out using the LASACAWAC strategy (3 columns).

Reading Homework

Unicorns 1: New book – A world of sports (pages 1-16)

Unicorns 2: New book – The perfect pizza (pages 1-8)

Centaurs: Read and discuss whole book

Dragons: Charlotte’s Web- Chapter 6 & 7

Please ensure pupils keep their reading book in the clear reading folder provided at all times.

Maths Homework

Triangles: Counting in 8’s worksheet

Circles: 2 x table worksheet

 

20.1.20

 

This week the children will have spelling, reading, maths and Scots homework.

As this is Scots week in school, the class has been given a poem to learn. It has been sent home in bags today. We hope to have a few pupils share this at assembly on Friday! We will be completing several Scots related activities this week in class.

Spelling Homework

Bananas: Unit 5 Core Words-phoneme “oo”

shook, proof, ruler, cute, threw, grew, rescue, statue, push, put

Complete the phoneme grid for ”oo” and it’s representations

 

Oranges: ‘mb’ phoneme

Phoneme words: comb, lamb,climb, crumb, dumb

Common words: green, people, which, another

In jotters, write words out 3 times using the LASACAWAC strategy, last column write in rainbow writing. Choose 3 words and write the Dictionary meaning for each.

 

Reading Homework

Unicorns 1: Flyers- Pages 13-24

Unicorns 2: Changing Shape Pages 1-16

Centaurs: The Iron Man-  Chapter 5

Dragons: Charlotte’s Web- Chapter 5

Please ensure pupils keep their reading book in the clear reading folder provided at all times.

 

Maths Homework

Triangles: 8 times table sheet

Circles: Finding number bonds sheet

13.1.2020

 

This week the children will have spelling, reading, maths and solo talk homework.

Parent Pay packs have been sent home today (Monday) for your immediate attention.

Spelling Homework

Bananas: Rule words Unit 4- ‘i’ or ‘y’ followed by a consonant

bitten, city, tilted, chimp, gym, hymn, myth, crypt, mystery, symbol

In jotters, write words out 3 times using the LASACAWAC strategy. Choose 4 words and write a sentence for each.

 

Oranges: ‘kn’ phoneme

Phoneme words: knock, know, knee, knight, kneel, knew

Common words: under, were, thing

In jotters, write words out 3 times using the LASACAWAC strategy, last column write in rainbow writing. Choose 3 words and write a sentence for each.

 

Reading Homework

Unicorns 1: Flyers- Pages 1-12

Unicorns 2: The Giant Jumperee?- Full Book

Centaurs: The Iron Man-  Chapter 4

Dragons: Charlotte’s Web- Chapter 4

Please ensure pupils keep their reading book in the clear reading folder provided at all times.

 

Maths Homework

Triangles: Multiplication triangles for 8 times table

Circles: Counting in 2’s worksheet

 

Solo Talk- River Clyde Animal

As discussed before the holidays pupils will have a Solo Talk to complete this term. Each pupil has a leaflet outlining the set criteria in their bag today (Monday 6th). Talks should be ready to be presented week beginning the 20th. If a child is making a presentation on PowerPoint please could it be saved on a USB stick to allow it to be viewed in class.