Good Morning – today we will not be using lots of documents but we still have a busy day ahead of us! However you will need the documents below that we never used yesterday!
morse code sheet 2 – Don’t scroll down too far the answers are at the end of this one so you can mark your work when finished. Be careful – you do not want to see the answers before you finish!
I have attached a document full of lots of super fun Spring family learning activities! Have a look through them and see if you would like to try any out. If you give them a go, send some photos to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.ukso we can have a look and post them on our Twitter page!
Happy April Fools Day – did anyone get caught out this morning?
Here is a little clip giving you some information about why April Fool’s is celebrated throughout the world.
Reading
I hope everyone managed to have a read of Kipper’s Diary yesterday and were able to complete the follow up activities. Here is the link again as we are going to be using the book for a follow up task today.
With the help of an adult, read through Kipper’s diary and select any words which you have found a bit tricky, such as went, day, was, sunny, windy and hot. Write these in pencil into the boxes numbered 1-6 ( so you can rub out and use the sheet again) then roll a dice ( or number bits of paper 1-6 if you don’t have a dice) and whatever number you get, read the word, then search through the book to find the word, you could even get an adult to challenge you to write them down without looking.
Phonics
We are not going to be introducing a new sound this week but focusing on consolidation of the oa and ai sounds from previous weeks.
Get an adult to challenge you to writing some words containing these sounds. Don’t forget to use the join we learned last week when writing the sound.
Have a go at sounding out and writing
l-oa -f s-oa -p t -oa -d c -oa -t b -oat -t r-oa -d
w-ai-t r-ai -l m-ai-l m-ai -d p-ai -d n – ai – l
Can you draw some detailed pictures to go with your words. Don’t forget to green for growth, tickle pink and write the date on your work.
Numeracy
Here are your daily Five for today. Remember to share with an adult how you have solved the calculation and what tool you have used. Let’s have a focus on doubles today…
5 + 5 = 2 + 2 = 4 + 4 = 3 + 3 = 1 + 1 =
I found this fun youtube clip called Dancing Doubles to support you..
If you are finding the daily Five too easy and want a challenge, this is a super website which I have used with classes before.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
There are options for addition, subtraction and ordering numbers. Start at level one and see how you get on.
Maths
This week we have been focusing on 2D shape.
Here is a great online game which incorporates not only shape but repeating patterns too (something which we focused on way back in term 1).
I would suggest starting at level one and working your way up to level 2 depending on how confident you feel.
Don’t forget you can visit Education City and play the game Bar -B shapes from yesterday’s tasks.
Health and Wellbeing
Yesterday I set you the challenge of designing a poster to display why and how we can keep ourselves safe from household products and medicine. Well done to those of you who completed the poster, I look forward to seeing them. Don’t forget you can email your efforts to our school email address.
wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk
Today I would like to ask the question, which are safe/unsafe for you to use. Can you come up with a list of household objects which are safe/unsafe. For example…
Safe Unsafe
tablet bleach
teddy bear kettle
You can draw/write these into your purple jotters.
RME
With Easter fast approaching I thought it might be a good idea to focus a little bit of our learning around this Christian celebration. What is Easter? What do we do differently during this holiday? Why do we celebrate Easter? Share your ideas with an adult.
Here is a link to the Easter story for you to watch.
Good luck with all of your home learning for today.
A little shout out to the kind friend in our class who sent in some writing for me yesterday, it made me smile so so much! A big thank you for brightening my day.
Oh and I found out yesterday that Amazon has made all their stories online free to stream. Audible Kids is fantastic, we started listening to Winnie the Pooh yesterday. Here is the link, there are so many books to choose from. Enjoy!
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
One last thing! Mrs Anderson wanted me to remind you to keep going with her 30 day yoga and mindfulness challenge. Here it is again in case you have forgotten.
Good Morning everyone I hope you are all safe and well. Remember it’s April fools day don’t get caught out! A few extra activities for you to try-
Activity 1 – Reading for enjoyment
All children are now familiar with Oxford Reading Tree books and know the main characters – Biff, Chip, Kipper, Floppy, Mum and Dad. You can access Oxfords free ebook library at http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk .
I hope you enjoy reading the adventures that the children get themselves into. Perhaps the children could try to identify tricky words, attempt to sound out words or talk about the sequence of the story. Enjoy!
Activity 2- Phonics – oo and ee sounds
I have posted 2 reading cards which included words with the ee and oo sound in them. Children could copy them into their jotters and practice reading them, or the sentence could be written on a piece of paper and each word cut out individually, so that the children can put the sentence back together in the correct order.
L.I. to understand that two letters can make 1 sound
S.C. I can blend oo and ee sound with other sounds to read words
S.C. I can create a sentence by putting the words in the correct order.
Activity 3 – Continue to practice your daily 5 (adding and subtracting numbers within 10 mentally) also today try skip counting in 2’s, 10’s and as a challenge in 5’s, it maybe a good idea to have a 100 square so that the children can see the pattern. There are a number of printable 100 squares on online, below is a link to one that maybe useful. If you don’t have access to a printer you can have fun making one.
L.I. to explore numbers within 10 and in some cases beyond 10
S.C. I can add 2 collections or numbers together
S.C. I can take a smaller number away from a bigger number (use concrete materials to support e.g. toys, pens etc.)
S.C. I can skip count in 2’s, 10’s and 5’s
Activity 4 – Make an Easter Card
At the moment it is difficult for us to get to the shops to buy cards etc. so it maybe a nice idea to make some Easter cards and send to people in your family that you won’t be able to meet up with. Handmade cards are always very special! I have put a few ideas below but be as creative as you can! Please send pictures to the school email so that we can all enjoy them. http://deansprimary.westlothian.org.uk
Good morning, hope you are all fit and well and ready for the day ahead!! This week in Deans Den we would have been exploring the Easter Story and developing the children’s understanding of the significance of Easter. I have attached a link to the Easter story and if possible you could watch this together and discuss the content with your child.
Watch the PowerPoint above and then your task is to make an Easter card to celebrate Easter. There is a nice idea on youtube that you might want to try – follow the link below: