Monthly Archives: September 2019

Homework for Week beginning 23rd Sept.

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This week Reading and Numeracy homework has been issued.

Reading

Please read/discuss the following pages:

Strawberries: Pages 41 – 48 of “Poppet” for Thursday
Grapes: Pages 1 – 16 of “Space Ant” for Thursday
Pineapples: Pages 1 – 16 of “At Last!” for Thursday
Apples: Pages 1 – 8 of “Josie and the Kite” for Thursday

Numeracy

Circles: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet.  Also, continue to practise counting in sections within numbers to 1000, as well as, try to practise numbers before, after, between, 1/2 more than, 1/2 less than within numbers to 1000, focusing especially on crossing tens and hundreds, e.g. What number is 1 more than 369?  What number is 2 more than 799?  Complete worksheet and return to school on Thursday.

Squares: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet.  Also, continue to practise counting in sections within numbers to 100, as well as, try to practise numbers before, after, between, 1/2 more than, 1/2 less than within numbers to 100, focusing especially on crossing tens, e.g. What number is 1 more than 59?  What number is 2 less than 90?  Complete worksheet and return to school on Thursday.

Triangles: Please continue to practise counting forwards to 10, as well as, counting backwards.  Also, practise writing numbers to 10 correctly and continue to count different objects around the house e.g. spoons, crayons.  Complete worksheet and return to school on Thursday.

Homework for Week beginning 16th Sept.

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This week Phonemes/Spelling, Reading and Numeracy homework has been issued.

Phonemes/Spelling

Please try to practise phonemes/phoneme words/common words each night using a multi-sensory activity in preparation for a quiz in class on a Friday.  Multi-sensory ideas could include: making the phonemes/words using play dough, painting the phonemes/words, writing the phonemes/words in a sand tray or on a whiteboard/chalkboard, as well as, writing the phonemes/words on a computer then changing the font/size, writing the phonemes/words using fancy letters or with eyes shut.  The phonemes/words could even be written using the hand not normally used for writing.  Can you think of any new multi-sensory activities to try?  These jobs do not have to be returned to school.

Challenge Activities – Try writing a sentence for each word.  Remember to use V.C.O.P. (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation).  Try to think of more words which have the same phoneme as the one you are learning this week.  Try to write them down.  Are they spelled correctly?

Words for the Red Group:

high, right, thigh, might, light, bright, who, after, hand

Words for the Green Group :

air, hair, rain, pain, brain, stair, said, big, could

Phonemes for the Blue Group:

x, y

Reading

Please read/discuss the following pages:

Strawberries: Pages 33 – 40 of “Poppet” for Thursday

Grapes: Pages 1 – 16 of “What’s It Made Of?” for Thursday

Pineapples: Pages 1 – 16 of “Funny Ears” for Thursday

Apples: Pages 1 – 8 of “The Lost Panda” for Thursday

Numeracy

Circles: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet.  Also, continue to practise counting in sections within numbers to 1000, as well as, try to practise numbers before, after, between, 1/2 more than, 1/2 less than within numbers to 1000, focusing especially on crossing tens and hundreds, e.g. What number is 1 more than 189?  What number is 2 more than 499?

Squares: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet.  Also, continue to practise counting in sections within numbers to 100, as well as, try to practise numbers before, after, between, 1/2 more than, 1/2 less than within numbers to 100, focusing especially on crossing tens, e.g. What number is 1 more than 89? What number is 2 less than 70?

Triangles: Please continue to practise counting forwards to 10, as well as, counting backwards.  Also, practise writing numbers to 10 correctly and try to count different  objects around the house e.g. spoons, crayons.

Homework Blog for Week beginning 9th Sept.

Welcome to Room 5’s Homework Blog.

This week Phonemes/Spelling, Reading and Numeracy homework has been issued.

Phonemes/Spelling

Please try to practise phonemes/phoneme words/common words each night using a multi-sensory activity in preparation for a quiz in class on a Friday.  Multi-sensory ideas could include: making the phonemes/words using play dough, painting the phonemes/words, writing the phonemes/words in a sand tray or on a whiteboard/chalkboard, as well as, writing the phonemes/words on a computer then changing the font/size, writing the phonemes/words using fancy letters or with eyes shut.  The phonemes/words could even be written using the hand not normally used for writing.  Can you think of any new multi-sensory activities to try?  These jobs do not have to be returned to school.

Challenge Activities – Try writing a sentence for each word.  Remember to use V.C.O.P. (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation).  Try to think of more words which have the same phonemes as the ones being revisited this week.  Try to write them down.  Are they spelled correctly?

Words for the Red Group:

owl, brown, growl, allow, ground, house, sound, outside, where, very

Words for the Green Group :

Phil, phone, phoneme, wheel, whisper, when, one, little

Phonemes for the Blue Group:

u, w

Reading

Please read/discuss the following pages:

Strawberries: Pages 21 – 32 of “Poppet” for Thursday

Grapes: Pages 1 – 16 of “Terrible Tiger” for Thursday

Pineapples: Pages 1 – 16 of “Curly to the Rescue” for Thursday

Apples: Pages 1 – 8 of “Curly and the Cherries” for Thursday

Numeracy

Circles: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet.  Also, count in sections within numbers to 1000, e.g. count on from 567 to 612, count back from 931 to 885.  Complete worksheet and return to school on Friday.

Squares: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet.  Also, count in sections within numbers to 100, e.g. count on from 73 to 94, count back from 64 to 51.  Complete worksheet and return to school on Friday.

Triangles: Please practise counting forwards to 10, as well as, counting backwards.  Also, practise writing numbers to 10 correctly.  Complete worksheet and return to school on Friday.

Homework Blog for Week beginning 2nd Sept.

Welcome to Room 5’s Homework Blog.

This week Spelling, Reading and Numeracy homework has been issued.

Phonemes/Spelling

Please try to practise phonemes/phoneme words/common words each night using a multi-sensory activity in preparation for a quiz in class on a Friday.  Multi-sensory ideas could include: making the phonemes/words using play dough, painting the phonemes/words, writing the phonemes/words in a sand tray or on a whiteboard/chalkboard, as well as, writing the phonemes/words on a computer then changing the font/size, writing the phonemes/words using fancy letters or with your eyes shut.  The phonemes/words could even be written using the hand you don’t normally write with.  You could even try to think of new multi-sensory activities to try.  These jobs should be chosen by your child and do not have to be returned to school.

Challenge Activities – Can you write a sentence for each of your words?  Remember to use V.C.O.P. in your work (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation).  Can you think of any more words which have the same phonemes as the ones we are revisiting this week? Can you spell them correctly?

Words for the Red Group:
draw, saw, join, moist, pause, Laura, flew, threw, because, many

Words for the Green Group :
when, whip, whisk, phonics, dolphin, elephant, photograph

Phonemes for the Blue Group:
q, v

Reading

Please read/discuss the following pages:

Strawberries: Pages 9-20 of “Poppet” for Thursday

Grapes: Pages 1 – 16 of “Josie and the Play” for Thursday

Pineapples: Pages 1 – 16 of “Grandpa” for Thursday

Apples: Pages 1 – 8 of “Pop” for Thursday

Maths

Circles: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet issued last week.  Also, count in sections within numbers to 1000, e.g. count on from 688 to 710, count back from 436 to 385.  Complete worksheet and return to school on Friday.

Squares: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet issued last week.  Also, count in sections within numbers to 100, e.g. count on from 57 to 71, count back from 96 to 78.  Complete worksheet and return to school on Friday.

Triangles: Please practise counting forwards to 10, as well as, counting backwards.  Also, practise writing numbers to 10 correctly.  Complete worksheet and return to school on Friday.