Author: Mrs Fleming

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and have been enjoying the sunshine in your garden or, whilst taking your daily exercise. You will shortly be receiving your new 2 week learning pack. There a number of activities in it and I would like you to complete as many as possible. Some additional tasks for today.

Activity 1- Phonics    

L.I. to understand that 2 letters can make 1 sound

S.C. I can blend sounds with other sounds to make and read words

S.C. I can choose the correct middle sound to make a word

Below is link to a phonics game which will help to consolidate some of the sounds we have been learning. Remember to use the pictures for clues.

https://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/games/2vowels_sounds.jsp

Complete the sentences below by adding the correct missing word. To help the 6 missing words are in bold below. – (remember to use your jotter to record your answers)

coat    snail   floats    drain   soap   road

1. The boat ………………………………. on the pond.
2. The ………………………is on the wet grass.
3. The rain soaks her red …………………………..
4. He ran up the ……………………….. to the van.
5. The ………………………. fell into the sink.
6. The rat ran into the …………………………

Activity 2 – Reading  

L.I. to read words and sentences

S.C. I can use picture clues to help me

S.C. I can sound out some of the words

S.C. I can use the other words in the sentence to help me think about a word that would make sense

S.C. I can put the story in the correct order

S.C. I can match words to pictures

Please log into Oxford Owls (Username – deansprimary1, password reading) and search for e-book – The Ice- Rink. Enjoy sharing and discussing the story.

Complete Play Activity One – ordering the story and Play Activity 2 – picture and word matching.

Remember there are other ebooks which you can enjoy at any time.

Activity 3 – Maths Money. 

L.I. to recognise and use a range of coins

S.C. I can use my addition skills to add up to the value of 10p (or beyond)

S.C. I can add mixed coins to find a total

Below is an interactive toy shop game. You can choose to add up in 1ps or mixed coins. Topmarks is a really good site for a number of maths and numeracy games, try exploring it.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Have a great day! I will post more activities tomorrow.

Happy Friday Everyone!

The end of another busy week. I hope you have enjoyed carrying out the activities that I have posted and I am looking forward to seeing all your work, when we eventually get back to school. A few activities for you to try today.

Activity 1 – Phonics      new sound oa

L.I. to understand that 2 letters can make 1 sound

S.C. I can blend this sound with other sounds to read words

S.C. I can spell words with this sound

S.C. I can create my own oa words

Today’s sound comes from Inky’s Vowel House. You will find the oa sound on the right hand side, second window down. In this window you will see a picture of Joe Comb who groans “oh no the light is broken!” (the light switch in the window below is not working)

The oa sound can usually be found in the middle of words. Can you blend these sounds together to make words?

s-ao-p      b-oa-t     c-oa-t    r-oa-d   g-oa-t     g-oa-l     l-oa-f      s-oa-k     f-oa-m

Can you think of any more? Can you make a game to help you remember how to spell them? You could play pairs or draw pictures of each oa word  and practice writing the word to match the picture. Remember you can record your work in your jotter.

Activity 2 – Maths Money

L.I. to recognise and use a range of coins

S.C. I can apply my addition skills to add 2 coins together

S.C. I can give change from 10p

As a follow on from yesterdays task (creating your own shop at home) can you ask someone to buy 2 items from your shop, add them together and give them change from 10p? For example, a tin of beans may cost 2p and a packet of pasta 5p so altogether they cost 7p. How much change would your customer get from 10p? Have fun adding up and subtracting from 10p.

Activity 3- Art

L.I to use a range of media creatively

S.C. I can use paint and cardboard to create a 3D affect

Have a go at painting this beautiful daffodil.

Firstly take some yellow paint and put your hands in it.

Then use your hand prints to make the petals (see below).

Next ask a grown up to help you cut a piece from an egg carton, paint it yellow and stick it in the middle.

Lastly use green paint/pen/chalk to make the stalk. You could make a whole bunch.  Alternatively you could draw one and colour it in.

I hope you all have a great weekend, stay safe and I will post more activities on Monday.

Here is the money challenge. Have a go and let Mr Turner know how you get on.

The Money Maze

Age 7 to 11 

Go through the maze, collecting and losing your money as you go. You may not go through any cell more than once, and can only go into a cell through a gap, for example, you may not go from 5 to 6, or from 7 to 3.
 

Morning everyone! Happy World Earth Day!

Earth day takes place on the 22nd of April every year. It is a day to remind people  how to look after the earth. It also helps people to learn more about the environment. As part of our participation Fridays we have been looking at the important issue of recycling. Can the children remember the 3 “R”? Can they retell the story of the Messy Magpie? (Its a really good story and you can find it on twinkl) and the important message she realizes by the end? There will be a lot of media coverage it maybe a good idea to listen to Newsround at 11 o’clock. Below are a few Earth Day Activities for you to try.

Activity 1 – Art and Craft

Using recycled materials draw a large circle (perhaps use a cereal box), cut it out and using blue and green paint/colouring pencils try to colour the sea blue and countries in our world green (there are a number of images of the world on line that can support this ). Then draw and cut out some love hearts and on each one make a promise of things that you could do to save our planet. Attach the hearts to the world with string/wool and hang the mobile in your house to remind you of your promises to help save our planet.

Activity 2 –  Minecraft Competition

Below is a link to a Minecraft challenge. The challenge involves building your own sculpture for Jupiter Artland. The winning design will join the permanent collection at Jupiter’s online universe plus other goodies.

https://jupiterartland.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02c80447c6055c6ad59a34476&id=d40134245a&e=81f173a25e

Activity 3 – Phonics

I would like to move onto a new sounds from Inky’s Vowel House. The new sound is ai. The ai sound lives in the second window under ee. The old man who lives in this part of the house finds it difficult to hear and often says “ai”.

L.I. to understand that 2 letters can make one sound

S.C. I can blend this sound with others to read words

S.C. I can spell words with this sound

Can you practice sounding out and blending these words?

ai-m,  r-ai-n, t-ai-l, m-ai-l, s-ai-l, p-ai-d, p-ai-n, p-ai-n-t, n-ai-l, w-ai-t, Can you think of anymore? As an extension, can you create an interesting sentence?

Activity 4 – Numeracy- 5/10 a daily

L.I. to count on and back

S.C. I can add to numbers together to find a total using different strategies

S.C. I can take away one number from another to find a total

It is great that you are continuing to practice you daily 5. So I thought I would extend the challenge a little and increase the number of questions.

5 + 3 =                                                                     7 + 3 =

6 + 2 =                                                                     9 + 2 =

4 – 3 =                                                                      8 – 2 =

6 – 3 =                                                                      9 – 3 =

9 – 5 =                                                                     10 – 3 =

Remember to use concrete materials and write your answers in your jotter.

Have a great day, stay safe. More posts on the blog tomorrow.

     Good morning everyone! Hope you are all well!

It is a beautiful sunny day so I hope you manage to get into yours gardens or out for a walk.  A few additional activities for you to try. Enjoy!

Activity 1 – Phonics

A bit of revision on the sounds  (ee and oo) you were learning at home before the holidays. Practice reading the words and sentences. Can you use the words at the top of each card to create your own sentences?

L.I. to understand that 2 letters can make 1 sound

S.C. I can blend sounds with other sounds to read words

S.C. I can spell words with these sounds

S.C. I can use the words I know to write sentences

Activity 2 –  Maths – money

L.I. to recognise and use a range of coins

S.C. I can use my addition skills to add different coins to make 10p (or beyond)

http://firstschoolyears.com/numeracy/money/money.html

If you go to this website you can download a number of worksheets that will support you in recognising and counting money. There are a number of worksheets so please only try what you feel comfortable with. Remember it is always good to use real life materials so if you have a selection of coins please use them. You can use your jotter to copy the worksheets and answers.

Activity 3 – Music

If we were at school we would be learning one of my favourite Spring songs Spring Chicken! The powerpoint and song is below. Singing this song always makes me smile and hope it does the same for you!

Have a great day everyone and I will be back on the blog tomorrow.

Good afternoon everyone, great to be in contact with you again. I hope you are well and had a fantastic Easter. You should now be starting  work from your week 3 pack. As an additional task, I would like you to create a story map of your favourite day from the holidays. Below is an example of the Goldilocks story map we created with Mrs Stevenson.

Activity 1-

L.I. to create a story plan

S.C. I can draw pictures to show the events in my day

S.C. I can sequence my daily activities

As you can see it is a numbers of pictures rather than a written story. You could start by drawing a picture of you getting up in the morning, then eating breakfast followed by going on an Easter hunt in the house or garden etc. A little tip, use arrows to show the direction your day is taking. As an extension, you could use your story plan to help you write an account of your day. Remember you can use your jotter.

Activity 2- Addition and Subtraction to 10/20

Below is a link to a fun game which will help you with counting on and back. Have a go at both Find a Number and Count on and Back. You can use 1-10 or challenge yourself to use 1-20. Enjoy!

L.I to count on and back

S.C. I can add a number to another to give a new total

S.C. I can subtract a number from another to give a new total

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Good morning everyone. Hope you are all well! It’s the last day of term and as it turns out it’s not quite the way we thought it would be, but it is still great to be able to communicate with you all through the blog. By now you will probably have completed week 2 activities, I hope you have enjoyed sharing them and they have been useful.

I am sure that you have heard or tried Joe Wicks workout, today is dress up workout day. Have a go, send some pictures to the school email would be great to see you working out in your favourite dress up costumes. http://deansprimary.westlothian.org.uk

Easter is almost here I have downloaded an outline of an egg. Can you copy it and decorate it (use jotters) can you create a repeating pattern? Can you use shape and colour? Again take some pictures and send them to the school email.

I have also copied an Easter addition worksheet for you to complete in your jotters.

Below is a link to help you to make Easter baskets. Enjoy!

https://content.twinkl.co.uk/resource/bb/70/t-c-254499-easter-themed-basket-craft_ver_1.pdf?__token__=exp=1585905185~acl=%2Fresource%2Fbb%2F70%2Ft-c-254499-easter-themed-basket-craft_ver_1.pdf%2A~hmac=0ebd96bc822edf6cb24fe347666079a810fb2f852ce7d12606c87125f4a589ed

I hope you all have a fantastic Easter, enjoy this time with your family and don’t eat too many eggs at once!  I will post more activities after the Easter Holidays. Stay safe!

Good morning everyone! Hope you are all safe and well. Just 2 more days until the Easter holidays! Some extra activities for you to try.

Activity 1 –  Phonics oo and ee sounds

I have copied 2 pages that can be completed in jotters. The idea is that you choose a consonant sound from the first square box bring it down to the number 1 dotted line then choose either oo or ee to bring down for the next sound, then choose the last sound from the end square box. Now blend the sounds together, say the word and draw a picture to match. Try to complete both sheets. You could extend your learning by creating you own boxes with different sounds. How many words can you make and read?

L.I. to understand that two letters can make 1 sound

S.C. I can blend oo and ee with other sounds to create and read words

Activity 2 – Maths –  Money

As it is nearly Easter I have copied 2 worksheets for you to try. They are called How Much Do the Easter Eggs Cost?. There are 4 eggs with different amounts in each. I would suggest that if the children have banks or you have some spare change it would be helpful to use concrete materials to support understanding. Again use the jotter to record answers. To extend learning the children could draw their own Easter eggs putting different amounts in each and then adding to find a total.

L.I. to recognize and use a range of coins

S.C. I can identify coins to 10p

S.C. I can apply my addition skills to add coins up to value of 10p

Activity 3 – Easter Activities

Some fun things to do with your family over the holiday

1. Have an egg an spoon race (make sure the egg is hard boiled!)
2. Decorate an Easter egg tree (made from branches etc, that you may find on your daily exercise walk?)
3. Make an Easter basket and leave it at someone’s door to cheer them up
4. Easter egg treasure hunt in your own garden
5. Easter egg rolling race in your own garden
6. Easter egg decorating competition.

Remember we would love to see pictures so please send them to the schools email address. http://deasnsprimary.westlothian.org.uk

Have a great day. Stay safe!