Happy New Year and welcome to Room 5’s Homework Blog.
This week Spelling, Reading and Numeracy homework has been issued.
Spelling
Please try to practise cvc words/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 words using play dough, painting the words, writing the words in a sand tray or on a whiteboard/chalkboard, as well as, writing the words on a computer then changing the font/size, writing the words using fancy letters or with eyes shut. The 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.
Words for the Blue Group:
pin, sat, pat, tap, sap Complete cvc worksheet and return to school on Friday.
Words for the Green Group:
common words – said, could, her, before
Words for the Red Group:
Revision Week for “a-e” and “u-e” and common words. Please practise: came, spade, brake, June, flute, ruler, cold, don’t, every, girl
Words for the Yellow Group:
Same as the Red Group. In addition, think of two additional words which have the “a-e” phoneme and two for the “u-e” phoneme. Write them down on both post-its given out in class on Monday. Are the words spelled correctly? Keep one post-it at home and bring the other into school to allow practice to be done in class too.
Challenge Activity – Try writing a sentence for each word. Remember to use V.C.O.P. (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation).
Reading
Please read/discuss the following pages:
Apples: Pages 1 – 8 of “The Hedgehog” and practise Key Words for Thursday
Pineapples: Pages 9 – 16 of “The Dentist” for Thursday
Grapes: Pages 1 – 16 of “How to make a Bird Feeder” for Thursday
Strawberries: Pages 1 – 12 of “The Elves and the Shoemakers” for Thursday
Numeracy
Circles: Please practise tasks outlined on the new Big Maths Sheet issued on Monday.
Squares: Please practise tasks outlined on the new Big Maths Sheet issued on Monday. Complete Worksheet B only of the Mental Maths Homework Booklet and return to school on Friday.
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. Continue to discuss numbers before and after, e.g. What number comes before 3? What number comes after 2?
Additional Information
As we come to the end of our Recycling topic, the children would like to extend the recycling already bring done in our class to make us even more Eco friendly. After some discussions, the children would like to introduce a “Book Swap” box to our classroom where a child could bring in an old or unwanted book which is still in good condition and put it in the “Book Swap” box to allow another child to read it. Then he/she could take one of the other books which has been donated. This reinforces the concept of “reusing” which the children have been learning about and makes the concept relevant to them and their life, as well as, allow the children to develop their enterprise skills.
Could you please help your child find an old or unwanted book at home to bring in to school to swap for another and help the children of Room 5 to become even more Eco friendly! Your help is greatly appreciated.
