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.

Phonemes for the Blue Group:

q, y, z

Words for the Green Group:

Second Consolidation Week for “ai”, “oy”, “oa” and Common Words.  Please recap words from previous weeks:

stair, hair, chair, rain, brain, train, stain, said, big, could
toy, enjoy, royal, boy, cowboy, our, down, off
boat, foal, coat, road, float, loan, him, all, came

Words for the Red Group:

home, rope, stole, awoke, hope, smoke, more, school, Mrs.

Words for the Yellow Group:

Same as Red Group.  In addition, think of two words of your own which have the “o-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 Lost Teddy” for Thursday
Pineapples: Pages 1 – 8 of “The Lion’s Dinner” for Thursday
Grapes: Pages 1 – 16 of “Mrs Mog’s Cats” for Thursday
Strawberries: Pages 9 – 16 of “How Music is Made” for Thursday

Numeracy

Circles: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet.  Complete Maths sheet and return to school on Friday.

Squares: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet.  Complete Worksheet Number 3 only of the Mental Maths Homework Booklet and return to school on Friday.  Please try to attempt the whole page on three occasions/three nights.

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.  Discuss numbers before, e.g. What number comes before 3?  Complete Maths sheet and return to school on Friday.

Additional Information

Primary Three are busy practising songs for the Nativity they will perform at Christmas.  Song words will be issued this week for children to take home.  Please try to practise the songs as often as possible.  Your help is greatly appreciated.

Welcome to Room 5’s Homework Blog.

This week Reading homework has been issued.

Reading

Please read/discuss the following pages:

Apples: Pages 1 – 8 of “The Library” for Thursday
Pineapples: Pages 9 – 16 of “Have you got everything, Colin?” for Thursday
Grapes: Pages 1 – 16 of “Where is Joe?” for Thursday
Strawberries: Pages 1 – 8 of “How Music is Made” for Thursday

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.

Phonemes for the Blue Group:

Recap all phonemes a – z

Words for the Green Group:

Consolidation Week for “ai”, “oy”, “oa” and Common Words.  Please recap words from previous weeks:

stair, hair, chair, rain, brain, train, stain, said, big, could

toy, enjoy, royal, boy, cowboy, our, down, off

boat, foal, coat, road, float, loan, him, all, came

Words for the Red Group:

side, white, smile, hide, shine, five, time, life, line

Words for the Yellow Group:

Same as Red Group.  In addition, think of two words of your own which have the “i-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 “At School” for Thursday

Pineapples: Pages 1 – 8 of “Have you got everything, Colin?” for Thursday

Grapes: Pages 1 – 16 of “Josie’s New Coat” for Thursday

Strawberries: Pages 13 – 24 of “Is the Wise Owl Wise?” for Thursday

Numeracy

Circles: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet.  Complete Maths sheet and return to school on Friday.

Squares: Please continue to practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet.  Complete Worksheet Number 2 only of the Mental Maths Homework Booklet and return to school on Friday.  Please try to attempt the whole page on three occasions/three nights if possible.

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.  Complete Maths sheet and return to school on Friday.

Additional Information

Gym days this term will now be Tuesdays and Wednesdays.  P.E. will be taught by Miss Muir.

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.

Phonemes for the Blue Group:

Recap all phonemes a – z

Words for the Green Group :

boat, foal, coat, road, float, loan, him, all, came

Words for the Red Group:

Consolidation Week for “igh”, “y” and Common Words.  Please recap words from previous weeks:

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

fly, shy, cry, sky, why, dry, myself, bring, two, Mr.

Words for the Yellow Group:

Same as Red Group.  In addition, think of two words of your own which have the “igh” phoneme.   Write them down.  Are they spelled correctly?

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 “Look Out!” for Thursday

Pineapples: Pages 1 – 16 of “Baby Animals” for Thursday

Grapes: Pages 1 – 16 of “Bully Bear” for Thursday

Strawberries: Pages 1 – 12 of “Is the Wise Owl Wise?” 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 adding/subtracting ten to/from a 3 digit number, focusing especially on crossing tens/hundreds, e.g. What number is 10 more than 199?  Also, adding/subtracting a hundred to/from a number, e.g. What number is 100 less than 499?  Complete Maths sheet and return to school on Friday.

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 adding/subtracting ten to/from a number, e.g. What number is 10 more than 34?  What number is 10 less than 57?  Complete Worksheet Number 1 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.  Complete worksheet and return to school on Friday.

Welcome to Room 5’s Homework Blog.

This week Phonemes/Spelling and Reading 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).

Phoneme for the Blue Group:

z

Words for the Green Group :

toy, enjoy, royal, boy, cowboy, our, down, off

Words for the Red Group:

fly, shy, cry, sky, why, dry, myself, bring, two, Mr.

Words for the Yellow Group:

Same as Red Group.  In addition, think of two words of your own (children have done this in class this week) which have the same phoneme as we are learning this week.  Write it down.  Is it spelled correctly?

Reading

Please read/discuss the following pages:

Apples: Pages 1 – 8 of “Getting Up” for Thursday

Pineapples: Pages 1 – 16 of “Where is Curly?” for Thursday

Grapes: Pages 1 – 16 of  “I Take Care of My Dog” for Thursday

Strawberries: Pages 49 – 60  of “Poppet” for Thursday

Welcome to Room 5’s Homework Blog.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Welcome to Room 5’s Homework Blog.  This will be updated each week, ready to be viewed on a Monday, outlining tasks which have to be undertaken at home .

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

Phonemes/Spelling

Each week phonemes or a list of phoneme and common words will be given for each group to learn.  Please try to practise these phonemes/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?

For the first few weeks, we will be revisiting phonemes or phoneme and common words taught last year to ensure retention when reading and writing words.

Words for the Red Group:

meat, stream, grow, crow, clue, Sue, have, your, only, by

Words for the Green Group :

thin, thorn, cloth, chin, chips, much, pong, bring, she, come

Phonemes for the Blue Group:

d, l

Reading

Please read and discuss the following pages:

Strawberries: Pages 1 – 8 from “Poppet”  for Thursday.

Grapes: Pages 1 – 16 from “Today and Long Ago” for Thursday, Pages 1 – 16 from “A Ball Called Sam” for Monday (this book will be issued on Thursday)

Pineapples: Pages 1 – 16 from “What a Week!” for Thursday

Apples: Pages 1 – 8 from “Moving Day” for Thursday

Maths

Circles: Please practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet issued on Monday.

Squares: Please practise tasks outlined on the Big Maths Sheet issued on Monday.

Triangles: Please practise counting to 10 and forming numbers correctly.