Author: WLCarolyn.Ewart@glow

Good Morning Everyone!

It’s Tuesday!! Hope you all managed to enjoy Monday’s sunshine and all the home learning tasks provided. Here are your activities for Tuesday, new packs will be available this week but try and finish off as much as you can from the last pack.

Reading

Access this week’s text – No Tricks, Gran  through Oxford Owls e-books –  oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page

Username – deans12    password   mrsstevenson

Re- read the story out loud with the help of an adult. Can you identify 6 tricky words from the text. Use the roll, read and find sheet to play the game with an adult.

roll read and find sheet  

You can choose an activity from your guided reading home learning pack or can complete the activity below.

Jumbled sentences – read the words from the story and put them into the correct order. Remember where the capital letter and full stop go, that will help you out and don’t forget to read your finished sentence to check it makes sense.

1.  stop. Gran had to come
2. hurt had Gran arm. her But
3. big  a Gran box. had  
4.  Dad “Gran” said groan. a with 
5. was spook. a not 

Finally, have a go at https://www.turtlediary.com/game/sentence-unscramble-first-grade.html   where you have to unscramble the sentences. Good luck!

Phonics

Today we are going to learn another new sound – ‘y’

Here is the jolly jingle for y

https://youtu.be/futQOvUnHVs

How many words can you think of which contain the y sound? Have a look around your house, what can you find?

Here is Geraldine to help you think of some..

Have a go at practising writing this letter.. this slide below will help you.

Why not grab some chalk and go outside and practise writing this letter on the ground or what can you find around your garden to make the letter?

Once you have practised forming the letter correctly, have a go at spelling these words…

y -u  – m           y- u -ck       y-e -s      y- e – t        y- e- ll                  y- e -ll -o -w

Draw a picture to go with each of the new y words.

Finally, I have added  ‘Yellow Yo-yo’ to our home learning section of Education city. Good Luck!

 

Numeracy and Maths

Daily Ten – We’re continuing to revise topics we have already covered in school, this week.

1. What day was yesterday?
2. Can you name the 4 seasons?
3. How many Saturdays are there in June?
4.  Double 2
5. Double 4
6. 3 + ____ = 10
7. 8 + ____ = 10
8. 4 + ____ = 10
9.  5 + ____=10
10. 10+ ____ =10

Today I would like you to have a go at drawing your own rekenrek to display your knowledge of double numbers.

Here is a little example to help you.

You could even have a go at making your own rekenrek – using a pipe cleaner and some beads.

Science

There are lots of fun activities through Glasgow science centre this week as they celebrate #BigBiodiversityWeek with World Environment Day being celebrated on June 5th (Friday) Every day at 10am they have a new biodiversity themed video. Why not log onto their Youtube channel GSC at home. Yesterday they were looking at food chains-  have a little watch!

Here is a little video to help explain  a little further what a food chain is.

Can you have a go at making your own very simple food chain?

I’ve added a Learn It on Educationcity called Food Chain Safari – have a go..

I hope you have enjoyed today’s tasks. Tomorrow is Well being Wednesday so I will be back on Thursday for some more home learning ideas.

Mrs Stevenson

 

 

Good Morning Boys and Girls!

Good morning boys and Girls, I hope you are ready for another week of home learning. Hopefully you all enjoyed the weather over the weekend and maybe got to finally meet up with some friends or family.

Let’s start off with a Monday morning assembly from the crew at Fischy Music. I have attached the link for last week’s assembly but, with the help of an adult you can follow the link to find this weeks’ (week 11).

Reading

Follow the link to access oxford owls e-books – https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book                The  is username  deans12         password mrsstevenson

‘No Tricks, Gran’

Before reading have a think about a few questions.

• What is your prediction for the story?
• Who do you think will be the main characters in the story?
• What do we already know about Gran?
• What do you think has happened to Gran’s arm?

With the help of an adult, have a read through the story. Before you start think about all the things a good reader does, can you share them with an adult?

Once you have read the book have a go at the play activities 1 and 2.

You can choose an activity from your home learning guided reading grid or perhaps why not draw a scene from the story and add in some more speech bubbles. Think about what the characters in the background might be saying or thinking in each picture.

Finally, log onto Educationcity and I have added a game called ‘The Pet Shop’ where you have to listen to a sentence then put the words in order.

Phonics

Our new sound this week is ‘j’. Here is a short clip to help introduce the sound to you.

Can you think of any other words which start with the j sound?

Here are some slides, can you identify the j word?

j can be a tricky letter to make sure it is facing the correct direction. Have a look at the slide below and see how quickly you can identify each letter. Think about how different each of them look. Try not to get tricked out!

Have a go at writing these J words. Have an adult read them out to you, can you hear each of the sounds to help you write the word? Draw a picture to go with each word you spell.

j – a -m            j – a – r          j – ee – p       j – e – t           j – u – m – p

j- u – g         j –  u – n – k

Finally, I have added a new game to Educationcity called ‘Jumping Jelly’. Good luck and have fun!

Numeracy and Maths

Daily Ten

We are going to keep a focus on revising topics we have covered so far this year.

1. Double 3
2. Double 2
3.  What day was yesterday?
4. What month are we in at the moment?
5. How many days are in this month?
6.  10 – ___ = 7
7. 10 – ___= 5
8. 10 – ___= 10
9. 5+6 =
10. 4+5 =

Number Talks 

Have another go at recognising what number is being represented on the rekenrek. You can write them down or shout them out. see if you can do it without counting… Good luck.

https://youtu.be/V6qogjw4UAc

Dot Patterns

Here is another dot pattern number talk for you to have a go with.

Finally, I have set up another challenge on Sumdog, revising the properties of 2D shapes. Have fun!

Health and Well-being

When someone helps me, I feel………? 

Can you finish the sentence? It’s nice when someone helps you or shows that they care. I’m challenging you to do one thing a day, that helps someone. Maybe it’s make your brother’s bed or fetch your sister a snack, maybe it’s even just giving someone a compliment. Showing kindness and compassion towards others is so important especially in the world just now! Here are some examples below, some you will be unable to do just now but don’t worry even one little act of kindness can brighten someones day.

Have a great day everyone! I’ll see you tomorrow on the blog.

Mrs Stevenson

Good Morning Everyone!

Good morning boys and girls, I hope you all enjoyed yesterday’s Wellbeing Wednesday activities and managed to spend some time outside in the sunshine. Keep working through your home learning packs and here are some additional activities for today.

Before we start… remember this…have a little dance to start off your day the right way!

Reading

This week we are reading ‘Everyone Got Wet‘ on the Oxford owls website –  https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/      username deans12    password mrsstevenson

Re read the book again with the help of an adult and you can choose either another activity from your home learning guided reading grid or you can choose to complete the activity below.

This is a great activity for those of you who like to draw. I would like you to have another go at creating a story map  for Everyone Got Wet. Once you have re read the story, think about the main events which happened. Now draw them out in order. We have completed an activity like this before for Little Red Riding Hood, in class.  Here is a story map for the story of The Gruffalo, for some inspiration.

I hope you enjoy this activity, remember to colour in your pictures and you can use your finished picture to help you retell the story in your own words. Have a go at reading it out to an adult.

Finally, I have added a game called ‘Kuko Run‘ to our class home learning section of Education city. You have to read the sentence and find the missing word. Good luck.

Phonics

This week we introduced the new sound th. It can be a bit of a tricky one and you have to think carefully about where the sound is coming from. Watch the following clip to help you recall this sound and use it to make some words.

Next, have a go at putting these words into the correct order to make the sentence make sense. First read all the words and think what the sentence should say. Use the words to write out your sentence. Always read over your sentence when you have finished to check it makes sense.

1.

2.

3.

Finally, I have added another game to Educationcity called ‘Three Paths‘ to help you practise reading and recognising this new sound.

Numeracy and Maths

Daily Ten

Here are your daily ten for today, again we are focusing on topics covered so far this year.

1. What day is tomorrow?
2. What season comes after summer?
3. How many Tuesdays are there in May?
4. How many Sundays are there in May?
5. Double 4
6. Double 3
7. 2 + ____ = 10
8. 6 + ____= 10
9. 9 + ____ =10
10. 10 + ___ =10

Number talks

We looked at using a rekenrek on Tuesday. Here is another game to play using a rekenrek. Can you say what number is being shown on the rekenrek without counting? You can either write it down or shout it out!

https://youtu.be/V6qogjw4UAc

Dot patterns – here are today’s dot patterns. Just like we have worked on in class through our number talks. How do you see the dots? How many ways can you write a calculation to go with the dot patterns. Don’t forget to use the – += in the correct place.

Story Time/Art

Grab a drink of milk or your water bottle and let’s pretend we’re in class. I’m really enjoying stories by the author Eric Carle, I especially love all the illustrations. Here is another of my favourites.

The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

In this story the little seed travels through all the seasons. Can you design a seasons poster showing what happens in each season? Here are a few ideas which I love, but you can come up with your own!

I hope you have enjoyed all of this week’s learning tasks. Remember you can email any photos of work you have done into the school – wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk

Mrs Lockhart will be here tomorrow posting some more activities for you and I will be back on Monday. Have an amazing weekend and stay safe in the sun!

Mrs Stevenson

 

 

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope everyone managed to get outside and enjoy some glorious sunshine yesterday, hopefully that is the return of the sun for the time being! Let’s move on with some home learning for Tuesday, remember to keep working through  the tasks in your home learning packs too.

Reading

Yesterday we introduced the book ‘Everyone Got Wet’ on oxford Owls – you can access the book by following this link and logging in….  https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

user name deans12      password    mrsstevenson

Re-read the book with the help of an adult. You can then either choose to complete an activity from your home learning guided reading grid or you can complete the activity below.

Find the missing word from the story. 

1. Dad ____________________ at the water butt.
2. Dad mended _______ water butt. He ______ a patch on it.
3. The water butt burst.  All _______ water _________ out.
4. Dad ________ wet.
5. Mum put the hose on the _________.  The _______ of the _______ came off. 
6. Mum got _________ wet.

Good luck, remember you can scan through the book to help you find the sentence you need or can you challenge yourself to fill gap without looking?

Finally, I have added another reading game to our home learning section of Educationcity, it’s called – ‘On Cue’ – have fun and remember to listen carefully and read each of the options to complete the sentence.

 

Phonics

Yesterday we explored new sound th.  Just for fun I have added the ‘Alpha blocks – Thing‘ below to remind you of words containing this sound!

How quickly can you say the sound, remember the trick to tell the difference between th and f, don’t get tricked out by this sound! Can you explain the difference between these two sounds to an adult?

Today have a go at writing the sound using the join between the letters t and h. Below is an example to help you. Remember to self assess your work with ‘green for growth’ and ‘tickled pink’.

Finally, have a go at this code breaker activity.  Find the numbers which go alongside the letters to build a th word. Don’t forget to draw the picture to go with the word.

 Numeracy and Maths

Daily Ten

Here is a mixture of questions covering topics which we have focused on this year so far.

1. What day will tomorrow be?
2. What season are we in at the moment?
3. Can you name a shape with 3 sides?
4. What is double 10?
5. What is double 6?
6. 7 – 4 =
7. 6 + 3 =
8. what number comes after 27?
9. What number comes before 13?
10. How many days are in May?       

 

Number Talks 

Today let’s use a rekenrek to help us think about number.

Have a go at A, B and C. How do you see the beads? Remember we look at only the beads on the left. Can you write a number calculation to show how you see the beads on the top and bottom of the rekenrek?

Follow the link to an online rekenrek. You can play around with the beads to make different numbers.

https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/number-rack/

Finally, here is a fun game to remind you of how to use a rekenrek. You have 3 seconds to shout out how many beads you can see… can you do it without counting. You can write the number down or simply shout it at the screen!

Science 

Have a watch… Glasgow science centre have their own youtube channel full of fun and interesting experiments. Have an adult follow their facebook page to find out what experiments they are conducting this week.

Making Bubbles

I know that My little boy loves blowing bubbles and running after them to pop them. Have a go at making your own bubble mixture and wand and go outside and enjoy blowing some bubbles.. simple pleasures!!

That’s it for today boys and Girls, remember tomorrow is Well being Wednesday so I will be back on the blog on Thursday with some more home learning ideas.

Mrs Stevenson

Good Morning Everyone!

Good Morning boys and girls, I hope everyone had a lovely relaxing weekend and are ready for all of this week’s home learning tasks.

Let’s start the week as we mean to go on…Let’s get moving! This is one of my favourite songs..

At 11am today the crew at Fischy Music are running another live assembly. Use Youtube ( with the help of an adult) to join in and maybe you will recognise some of the songs we sing in assembly or class. Below is a link to help you find it.

Reading

Follow the link to the Oxford Owls ebooks page –  https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/       and log in using   username  –  deans12      password – mrsstevenson

This week’s book is  ‘Everyone Got Wet’

Before reading the book, here are some questions to ponder.

1. Can you predict what the book will be about? 
2. What do you think is happening on the front cover?
3. Who will be the main characters in the story?
4. Where is the story set?
5. What do you think the big green container on the cover is for?
6. Is everyone wet? why not?

With the help of an adult, read the story out loud. Remember all the things which a good reader does.

• Follow the words with our fingers
• Use the pictures for clues
• Looks for words or sounds which we recognise
• Knows what to do if we get stuck at a word

Once you have finished reading the book you can have a go at the online play activities which go alongside the book. Good luck and have fun.

Finally, have a go at phonics bloom – yes/no yeti game

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/yes-no-yeti?phase=3    Read the sentences and answer yes or no to the questions.

 

Phonics

The new sound this week is  th – there are lots of th activity worksheets in your packs to help you learn all about this sound. Don’t forget to use them in addition to any activities I add on here.

I always call this the cheeky clown sound because you have to stick your tongue out a little to make the sound!

Here is the jolly jingle to go with the sound.

https://youtu.be/o6054qdeaeg

Can you think of any th words? Look around you, are there any objects which contain this sound?

Here is Geraldine, to give you a hand…

We need to be really careful not to get tricked out by this sound. It sounds very similar to f… but can you tell the difference?

Have a go at saying both these sounds out loud using the picture below. Try and feel the ‘cooling’ and think about where you feel it, on your lips or your teeth.

Now have a go at writing some words containing this sound. Have an adult read them out to you. Listen carefully.

th – i -ck          th – i – n       th -a -n -k       t -ee- th       t -oo -th

p – a – th        b – a – th       cl – o – th        w- i – th

Numeracy and Maths

Money

I added the link below for you to have a watch of Natwest’s Money Sense Monday,  we were on holiday last Monday but the theme was Needs and Wants.

https://www.facebook.com/NatWest/videos/231599114800288/?t=51

Daily Ten

Here are your daily ten for today. There is a mixture of different questions for you this week, covering topics from throughout the year so far.

1. What is ten more than 40
2.  What is ten less than 20
3. 5 + 5 =
4. 6 + 6 =
5. 10 –  ? = 3
6. 10 – ? = 8
7.  5 – 4 =
8. 8 – 2 =
9. What day comes after Tuesday?
10. What day comes before Monday?

Health and Well being

We have been focusing on Friendships and how to be a good friend to others.  I want you to have a look at the statements below and chat about them with an adult.

Do you agree with all of these statements?

Can you make your own list of what makes a good friend?

Finally, just for fun…

Have a great day boys and girls, I will be back tomorrow with some more home learning ideas.

Mrs Stevenson

 

Good Morning Everybody!

Good morning boys and girls, I hope you enjoyed the lovely long weekend and you were able to relax and play outside. I hope you are ready for this week’s home learning tasks. You should now have access to another home learning pack so can work through the worksheets and I will keep posting additional activities to go alongside the work in the pack.  Let’s get started.

Reading 

Using the website –  https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page

Username    deans12     password     mrsstevenson

Choose the book – ‘The Toy’s Party‘

Can you make a prediction about what you think might happen in the story? Use the front cover and title as a clue, you could even have a sneak at the blurb on the back.

Read the book carefully with the help of an adult.

What did you like/dislike about the story? Would you change anything about the story if you were the author? Have you ever made a mess like Kipper and got into trouble?

Have a go at the 2 play activities included with the book. These focus on answering some questions about the story and putting the events of the story into the correct order. Good luck and have fun! Don’t forget if you want an extra challenge, choose an activity from your guided reading home learning grid.

Finally, have a go at ‘Whack a Mole‘ – you have to read both the words and decide which word is a real word and which word is a nonsense word. https://wordwall.net/resource/1394292/phonics-cvc-words/real-word-wack-mole

Phonics – /ch/

Last week we focused on the new sound /sh/. This week let’s learn all about /ch/. Here’s Geraldine to help introduce the sound.

How many other words can you think of which contain this sound? Can you find any items in your house which have this sound?

Let’s have a good at sounding out and spelling some /ch/ words. Have an adult read these words to you, can you listen to each of the sounds used to make the word and write them down.  Sometimes ch might be the first sound or the last sound, don’t get tricked out. You can draw a picture to go with each word.

ch – o – p                  ch – i – p               ch – i – n

ch – i – ck                 ch -e – ss             ch – e – st

Finally, can you think of a silly sentence which contains as many ch words as possible? Have a go at writing it down.

You can have a go at writing my example if you can’t think of your own one, have an adult read it out and you can copy it down.

The chick eats the chips and the cheese from the chip shop. 

Good Luck!

Numeracy and Maths

Daily Ten

We have been focusing on finding ten more using a 100 square. Now let’s try our hand at finding ten less. You can use a 100 square for support or maybe you can challenge yourself to have a go without. So remember when we say less we are taking away and the number will get smaller.

Are there any tricks to finding ten less? You can count backwards ten places, what do you notice about the number? Which number changed and which number stayed the same? Now have a go for yourself. Let’s use 10’s numbers today to help us get the hang of it.

1. 60       2.    90      3.   70      4.   100     5.  10        6. 20      7. 80    8. 30     9. 50    10. 40

Subitising

Below I have added a link to a subitising activity. Just like in our number talks, can you say how many dots you can see without counting. Have an adult pause the clip at each dot pattern. You can copy the pattern down and can you make up a calculation to say how you see the pattern? Remember there are lots of different ways to do this!

 

Health and Wellbeing – Relationships 

Last we we explored the relationships we have within our own families, this week I would like us to look at our friendships. Below is a link to one of our favourite Fischy music songs ‘Snorty Bull’ – have a little sing along, can you teach somebody the actions that we learned in class?

To have good friends, we need to be good friends, What do you do to be a good friend? Can you think of something you have done lately?

Have a watch of this short clip from Toy Story 3. Think about how is shows ‘friendship’ and share some of the things you notice with an adult. What makes Andy and Woody such good friends?

Think about what makes you a good friend. Complete the sentence, I am a good friend because……  and draw a picture of you and your friends.

One last task to get your creative juices flowing. Mrs Anderson has asked for your help. She is working on a project about teaching yoga in schools, she needs to come up with a fun logo and slogan. That’s where you come in. I have attached below the format she would like you to use, there is also a little bit more information about a prize for the best entries!! So get thinking!

Mrs Anderson needs your help

Good luck with all your home learning tasks today.  I will be back on the blog on Thursday with some more home learning activities. Enjoy all of your Well being Wednesday activities!

Mrs Stevenson

Good Morning Everyone!

Good Morning boys and girls, I hope you are all ready for Thursday’s home learning tasks. Did you enjoy the tasks for Wellbeing Wednesday? Mrs Stewart would like to remind you to either send your entries for the motivational slogan to either the school email address or else you can simple tweet it @deansPrimary  with the #DreamBigAtDeans – I can’t wait to see all your fantastic efforts!!

Reading

Let’s start with a reading activity for this week’s book – ‘Leek Hotpot’ – you can access this book through oxford owls ebooks, username deans12  password mrsstevenson

Re- read the book with the help of an adult. You can choose to either, select an activity from your guided reading grid or choose the activity below…

Complete the sentences so they make sense, you can use the story book to help you. Remember to read the sentence after to check it makes sense.

1. __________ and ___________ had a cookbook.
2. We ________ cook a ___________ hotpot.
3. They ________ lots of ___________.
4. _______need a ________ pot.
5.  Then ______ put the ________ on ______ hob.

Finally, have a go at the game ‘Machine’ on ictgames.com – it will help you sounding out and identifying CVC words.

http://www.ictgames.com/machine.html

Writing     

Mrs Anderson has very kindly provided some writing tasks for you to complete, there are copies in your home learning pack, alternatively here is today’s task below.

Write 2 or 3 sentences about what you are most looking forward to when you come back to school.

Learning Intention – We are learning to write sentences that tell the reader information.

Success Criteria –

•  I can write facts about what I have been doing at home.
• I can use capital letters.
• I can use finger spaces in between words.
• I can use full stops at the end of my sentence.
• I can draw a picture to go with my sentences

Numeracy and Maths

Daily Ten

For your daily ten today, let’s finish off practising adding on ten more before moving onto ten less.

Here’s the 100 square as a support tool.

1. 25     2. 60      3. 57      4. 20      5. 11     6. 80       7. 90     8. 21      9. 53  10. 30

Ten Frame subitising 

We’ve not done this in a little while, so brush up on your subitising skills to shout out or write down how many dots are in the ten frame (without counting, if you can!). You have 3 seconds per ten frame.

Money

I have added a number of online games for you to try on Educationcity, you will find them in the Home learning section of our class area. They are….

• Recognising coins
• Splash out
• Shelling out

Looking forward to seeing all of the work (pictures) from your money challenges.  They really do make my day. Please ask an adult to email them into the school office.

wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk

Make sure to finish off all the money worksheets in your last home learning pack.

Ever heard the phrase ‘ Money doesn’t grow on trees’ ? …I certainly heard that a lot from my parents when I was little!!

Why not have a go at designing your own money tree. All you need is a selection of real coins, a piece of paper and some crayons or coloured pencils. Draw the blank tree outline (or have an adult help you..) and choose a selection of coins to make the leaves. Pop the coins under the paper in the place you would like the leaf to be and rub! Ta..da.. A money tree.. Here is a picture to give you some inspiration.

Don’t forget to look carefully at the coins as you are rubbing them, think about how much they are worth, their size and colour, their shape and finally you could even add up how much your money tree is worth when you are finished.. What could you buy? Is it enough for that new toy you have your eye on? Have a look online, what can you afford to buy if your money tree was real?

Enjoy!!

Story time

I have been enjoying reading some stories to Noah by the author Eric Carle, last week we all listened to the Hungry Caterpillar. This week I thought I would share with you another favourite, the story of ‘The Very Busy Spider’. So grab some milk or your water bottle and let’s pretend it’s story time in class!

I don’t know about you, but I used to be quite scared of spiders. I’ve come to realise that they are not scary at all, in fact they are extremely useful little creatures. You will see lots of webs around your garden just now. They are fascinating and must take a spider so long to build! Amazing!! Why don’t you go on a spider web hunt and see how many you can find. You could even have a go at drawing your own complicated spider’s web or finding out why spiders are so useful.

I’ve added a link below to guide you how to draw your own spider. Have fun!

Parents/Carers – Below is a link to the School Meals annual survey, it would be very much appreciated if you haven’t already filled it out to do so.  Many Thanks!

https://www.esurveycreator.com/s/890ff1b

 

That’s it for today boys and girls, I hope you have enjoyed all of your home learning tasks. Mrs Lockhart will be adding some tasks on here tomorrow for you to complete! Have a great weekend and hopefully the sun will shine. See you Tuesday on the blog (don’t forget Monday is a Holiday!)

Mrs Stevenson

 

Good Morning Everyone!

 

Good morning boys and girls, Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone is safe and well and ready for today’s home learning tasks. Let’s jump right in….

Have you all been working out with Joe Wicks in the morning? Here is a link to join in if you wish to get your body moving first. Here is the link to yesterday’s workout, you can follow the link to tune in and go live at 9 am.

Reading

Yesterday I introduced you to the book ‘Leek Hotpot’ on oxford Owls ebooks. Log in again and have another read with an adult.

Jumbled up sentences

Here are some jumbled sentences from the story. Can you put them back into the correct order so that the sentences make sense? Remember the capital letter will go first and the full stop at the end. Read over your sentence when you have finished to check you have got it right. You can use the ebook to help you.

1. leeks. They a of lot had 
2. chicken pot. Dad in put the the 
3. Mum been had shop. the to
4. lid Dad hot the off pot. took the

Finally, I found a fun game online to help you with reading and spelling of tricky words. Check out ‘Spooky Spelling’, how many can you get correct? Don’t forget to keep practising all the sounds and words already in your word tubs/ on your word wall from the last home learning pack.

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

Phonics – /sh/ 

How many /sh/ words can you find in the picture below? Find the different picture and have a go at sounding out the word and writing them down. Is the /sh/ sound at the start of the word or the end?

Handwriting the /sh/ join

Let’s have a go at writing the sound by joining both the letters together. Do you remember all the success criteria’s relating to handwriting? Can you share them with an adult, what do we have to do to be successful?

• Use a sharp pencil
• Rest your letters on the line
• Make sure the letters are the right size
• Don’t lift your pencil off until you have finished
• Take your time and keep trying

You could even self assess your work when you have finished, green for growth and tickled pink. 

I have added the game ‘Ship Shape‘ into the Home learning section of our educationcity class area. Good luck, I look forward to seeing all your super scores!

Numeracy and Maths

Daily Ten

Here are your daily ten questions for today. Remember we are focusing on adding on ten to say ten more. Do you remember the trick? It’s really easy, especially if you have a 100 square to help you.

1. 53        2. 71       3. 60      4. 55     5. 10      6. 90     7. 33     8. 28     9. 14        10. 66

Good luck.

Money

As we are reaching the end of our introduction to money topic, I have found this fun video online to recap some of the coins to 10p. I am looking forward to hearing how everyone has got on with all the little money challenges I have set for you over the last few weeks. You can email any pictures or work to our school email address.

wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk

https://youtu.be/XfL4qF1_AkY

Health and Wellbeing

We are going to be exploring our relationships. starting off with our own families. Everyone’s family is different and there are lots of different types of family. Today I would like you to think about your own family. Here are some key questions to consider.

Who is in my family?

What do each of these people mean to me?

Think of one special thing about each of the member/s of your family?  -(what do they do for you that makes them special, makes you appreciate them?)

Use the template (or make your own) to draw all the people in your family. Remember, families come in all different shapes and sizes, people who are in your family might not live in the same house as you and that’s ok!

My Family

Can you complete the sentence.

My family is special because……

 

Good luck with all of today’s tasks, I hope you enjoy them. I will be back on Thursday with lots of different learning ideas, Mrs Stewart and Mrs Wallace will be posting some ‘Wellbeing Wednesday‘ tasks for you.

Mrs Stevenson

 

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope everyone had a great weekend and you are bright and ready for another week of home learning. There will be new packs issued this week so don’t worry if you are running out of activity sheets.

Why not start the week off with a Fischy Music assembly. Below is the link for last week (week 7) if you follow the link it will take you to week 8.

I hope you enjoyed that, sometimes singing is a great way to lift your mood if you are feeling a little blue or sluggish.

Reading

Visit Oxford Owls ebooks to access the new book for this week.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page

The username and password  – deans12  mrsstevenson

With the help of an adult read the story ‘Leek Hotpot‘. Before you start, can you make a prediction as to what you think might happen in the story?  This story should help us revise the sound ‘ee‘, how many times can you spot it in the story?

You will need to use your ‘decoding‘ skills to tackle any tricky words you come across. To be successful at this remember to,

• Look at the first sound
• Chunk up the word -(is there a word within the word?)
• Use the pictures for clues
• Read around the word (miss it out, can you think of a word which might fit in and make sense?)

Once you have read the story you can have a go at both of the accompanying activities one and two, focusing on reading ee words and matching them with their rhyming partner and secondly listening for sounds within the words.

Good luck and remember you can choose an activity from the guided reading Home learning grid also.

Guided Reading homelearning grid

Have a go at this online game to help with reading and writing CVC words.

Visit Topmarks.co.uk – ‘slides’ – Here you have to choose the last letter to complete the CVC word.

I have added a new game on the Home Learning section of our Educationcity class area, it’s called ‘Snug as a Bug in a Tub’ – it focuses on using the middle ‘u’ sound to complete CVC words.. have a go, can’t wait to see your scores!

Phonics

New sound /sh/ this is a green sound formed by using the flat middle section of your tongue! Have a look at your mouth in the mirror whilst you make this sound.  Think about what your tongue is doing. Is it a loud or quiet sound? shhhhhhhhhh… it’s a quiet sound and stretchy sound (like our snake).

Can you think of any words which contain the /sh/ sound? Write down as many as you can think of, even look around your house for inspiration.  Here is our trusty friend Geraldine to help us out if we are stuck thinking of some /sh/ words.

Here is a list of /sh/ words.

Ask an adult to read them out to you and have a go at writing them down.

Sh -e -d           sh -ee- p        sh- o- p       sh – i -p

f -i- sh             c -a- sh          d -i -sh        m -a -sh

If you don’t get them first time, keep practising, use the spelling grid in your home learning pack to give you some different practise ideas. For example, rainbow writing,  pavement chalk writing…there are an endless amount of ideas.  I’ve added a copy of the grid below for convenience.

Hands-on-spelling-fun-to-use-with-any-word-list-Childhood101 (1)

Finally have a go at writing your own silly sentence containing as many /sh/ words as you can think of! The sillier the better! If you can’t think of one, here is mine. Have an adult read it to you and you can copy it down. Don’t forget to listen carefully and sound out all the words and of course don’t forget the capital letter, full stop and finger spaces.

The sheep had a dish from the fish shop. 

 

Numeracy and Maths

Daily 10

Let’s continue with working on adding on ten. To warm up, here is a clip from Miss Swanson’s favourite you-tuber, Jack Hartmann. You can join in once you are feeling confident.

Here are your questions for today. I have added the 100 square below to help you out if you need it.

1. 20        2. 67     3. 10    4. 25    5. 61       6. 90     7. 23     8. 50       9. 30      10. 74

Money

Today I thought we could have a making a ‘money animal’. Ask an adult to lend you any loose change they have and you can fix them into the shape of your desired animal. I really like the giraffe.

This is a great activity for getting you used to handling different coins, thinking about their size, shape, colour and of course how much they are worth! If you fancy a challenge can you add up how much your animal is? I wonder who can make the most expensive animal and I wonder who can make the least expensive animal?

Please email any pictures of you coin animals, I’d love to see them.

Music 

I thought I would remind you all of this song from last term when we were talking about ‘Build up’s’, have you built anyone up lately? Have a think about what it means to build someone up and to tear someone down.  Try and give at least one build up to someone in you household today!

Have a great day boys and girls, enjoy all your tasks and I will see you tomorrow back here for some more home learning.

Don’t forget to visit Sum Dog and Education City for lots of games added into our class areas.

Mrs Stevenson