Good morning everyone! Here are some learning activities to finish off your week!
Spelling
Here are your phonics videos for the week! Can you spot any of your spelling words?
Green, Purple & Pink
Yellow
Blue
Numeracy
Today for your word problems, I would like you to use objects around your home. Have a look at the problems below and see if you can answer them!
forks + spoons + knives =
white shoes + black shoes =
hairbrushes + toothbrushes =
books + TVs =
adults + children =
Special Activity
I have spent a lot of time baking recently and working on my cake decorating skills. I thought it would be wonderful if you could have a go at baking a cake too! I have attached a link below with lots of different cake recipes for you to choose from. Happy baking!
Happy Thursday boys and girls, I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s Wellbeing Wednesday tasks and you are ready for a fun Thursday. Keep working through your packs (hopefully you have now received your new pack) and checking here for any additional activities.
Let’s start of the day with a song. Do you remember this one, it’s an oldie but a goodie… teach your adult the moves..
Reading
Today we are going to choose a non-fiction text from Oxford Owls. Can you tell your adult what the difference between fiction and non-fiction is? To access Oxford Owls follow the link and use the following details.
Before reading can you make a list of all the living things you might find in the wood? Then with the help of an adult, read through the book, make sure you talk about the pictures and use them to help you decode any tricky words in the text. Use the questions at the back of the book for discussion with your adult.
Whilst we’re on the topic of woods and wilderness…today’s random act of wildness is..
This sounds fantastic, who doesn’t love to have a picnic outside! Although some of those birds can be a bit greedy so watch out – best to make up a nice snack of seeds for them too, see how many different birds you can attract to your garden.
Why not write a picnic list of all your favourite treats, try to include some healthy snacks too! Ask an adult to help you prepare your picnic and go and enjoy. Whilst enjoying your picnic what birds can you spot? You could even make your own binoculars for a bit of bird watching. Here are some ideas for inspiration.. super easy and I’m sure everyone has plenty of toilet rolls laying around.
I would love to see any pictures you take of your picnic or of any birds you happen to spot!
Phonics/handwriting
Today I would like you to practise a writing the wh sound using a join between the two letters. Have a go in your jotters, don’t forget to use a sharp pencil and to rest your letters on the line, making sure the tall letters reach high. Green for growth and tickle pink your work after!
Whilst we are focusing on handwriting. Below is a copy of the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill, if you have any fancy paper, practise your handwriting by copying out the poem in your very very best handwriting and draw a lovely picture to illustrate it. Again, it would love to see any of your work!
Numeracy and Maths
Let’s warm up with a song to help us with our daily ten…
Find the difference…. this is another way of saying take away. Find the difference between 5 and 10, we always know that when subtracting the biggest number goes first! So the calculation would be 10-5 = 5
So here are your daily ten for today. (write out the calculation making sure the symbols go in the correct place!)
Find the difference between 7 and 9.
Find the difference between 20 and 10
Find the difference between 4 and 6
Find the difference between 10 and 2
Find the difference between 6 and 9
Find the difference between 3 and 10
Find the difference between 12 and 2
Find the difference between 11 and 1
Find the difference between 15 and 0
Find the difference between 3 and 13
Can you remember all the different words for take away? Make a list of all the ones you can remember.
Story Time
Grab your milk or water bottle and have a listen to this story, ‘The Very Lonely Firefly’ by Eric Carle
https://youtu.be/_XrPyF4Mpl4
I’ve always been really interested in fireflies and their glowing bodies, when I was in New Zealand I got to visit some caves with thousands of glow worms, it was so amazing! Here is a little clip – totally amazing and fascinating!
What can you find out about fireflies…
Can you make your own fact file about fire flies?
Or how about having a go at making something which glows in the dark? So cool, especially on these summer nights.
Finally, have a go at drawing your own fire flies in a jar.
I hope you have enjoyed all of the home learning activities for today. Have a great weekend boys and Girls, Mrs Lockhart will be posting activities tomorrow for you. Stay safe, I miss you all.
Good morning everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the Wellbeing Wednesday activities as much as I did! Here are some activities for the day to go along with your learning packs.
Writing
Mrs Anderson has set you a writing challenge! Write a postcard to a friend from your dream holiday. Let your imagination run wild. Tell your friend where you are and what you have been doing. Use the template below for your postcard and remember to make it bright and colourful!
Numeracy
Here are a few more word problems. Remember to read the question carefully and identify the correct process before working out the answer (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division).
Iain has 2 friends and baked 8 cakes. How many cakes should each friend get if they all have the same amount?
There are 12 slices of pizza and 4 people. How many slices of pizza should each person eat?
18 children were having lunch. Half of them finished their lunch and went outside. How many children are left?
I ate my dinner at 6:30pm and had a snack 2 hours later. What time did I have a snack?
A chicken is 50cm tall. A rooster is 10cm shorter than a chicken. What height is a rooster?
Comprehension
Watch the story of “The Three Little Pigs” and answer the questions below.
Why did the pigs move out of their mum’s house?
How do you think the pigs were feeling about building their own houses?
What did the second pig build his house out of?
Use 3 adjectives to describe the wolf.
What happens to the big bad wolf at the end of the story?
What would you use to build your house? Why?
Art
Today, I would like you to make your very own photo frame! You can use natural materials (e.g. sticks and leaves etc) or materials you have around your house (e.g. paper, pom poms etc). Once you have made your frame, stick a photo of yourself or something else in it! I have attached some pictures for ideas. Happy creating!
Happy Tuesday! I hope everybody had a great Monday and you are ready for all of Tuesday’s home learning tasks.
Reading
This week we have been reading ‘Painting the loft’ to access the book log into oxford Owls e-books, https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ username deans12 password mrsstevenson
For today’s task you can either choose an activity from your guided reading home learning pack or complete the activity below.
Find the missing word.
Read the sentence and can you think about what word fits in, you can use the online book to help you.
The children __________ to see Gran.
“We can _______ some _______ “said Gran.
“I have a ______ in the roof “________ Gran.
They ________ up ____ steps.
Gran ____ some cans of _______.
Finally, for a bit of fun have a go at reading and shouting out the common words at your screen.
There are 25 words included above. Did any of you struggle with any of them? Why not choose the ones that were super tricky, write them out and practise reading and writing them. You don’t have to use paper and a pencil, there are lots of different ways you can practise – chalk on the pavement outside, using flowers to spell out the word or even use lego. Can you think of any inventive ways?
Phonics
Yesterday I introduced the new sound wh, here is a little clip to remind you all about the new sound.
I have added another game to our home learning section of Education city called ‘White Whiskers’ , this game will help you practise reading wh words.
Have a go at the consolidation task for wh below. Crack the code to work out what the wh word is.
Good luck – I hope you can crack the code!
Numeracy and Maths
Here are your daily ten for today. Remember to think about which tool/strategy you are using to help you solve the calculation.
20 – 20 =
15 – 0 =
10 – 4 =
15 -1 =
20 – 0 =
12- 2 =
10 – 5 =
5 – 3 =
14 – 4 =
6 – 4 =
Number Talks
Below are a selection of dot patterns, your job is to simply say how you see them, just like we would do in class. How many different ways can you make the target number? Don’t forget to use all the correct symbols in the proper place.
I have added another addition and subtraction game to help consolidate these skills – it’s called ‘How we Roll’.
The Wildlife Trust has set up a challenge called 30 Wild Days, follow the link – https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildness to check it out. It has lots of ideas for super activities you can take part in outdoors to help/build awareness of wildlife in your local area. Why not join in with A Random Act of Wildness – here is the activity for today.
If you are struggling with how to draw a flower, here is a little guided drawing tutorial to help you…
It’s bye for now boys and girls, I hope you enjoyed all of today’s tasks. Tomorrow will be Wellbeing Wednesday so I will be back on the blog on Thursday. Stay safe and have fun!
Good morning everyone! Here are some fun learning activities to go along with your packs!
Spelling
You will find the spelling words for your group in your learning grids which are in your packs. Here is a reminder of your sounds this week and some games you can play for each sound.
Here is this week’s science experiment! Remember to carry out the experiment safely with the help of an adult. Follow the link to take you to instructions which teach you how to make slime!
Use the grid below to play a game of Wildlife BINGO! Whilst out a walk with your family or from your garden, see how many of the boxes you can check off. Once you have checked them all, shout out BINGO!
Good Morning Boys and Girls, I hope that you all had a fabulous weekend, are safe, happy and healthy, and of course ready for another week of home learning tasks. Hopefully your new packs will be ready soon, we are having a few technical issues!!
PE
Let’s start off the week by moving our bodies. I have been trying really hard to do more exercise, whether it’s walking my dogs, going on a bike ride with my little boy or even a run. It really is a great way to help lift your mood and help you feel great!
Let’s join in with Joe Wicks for half an hour of movement. Can you convince an adult to join in with you? Follow the link to his Youtube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1
Music/Singing
Let’s have a Monday Morning assembly with the Fischy Music crew, follow the link to the Youtube channel and join in. It is also known that singing out loud can help put you in a good mood, so let’s go. Maybe you will recognise some of the songs from the one’s which we practise in class.
Reading
Last week we looked at two different types of book, fiction and non-fiction. Today we are going to read another fiction book. Log into Oxford Owls ebooks – https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ username – deans12 password mrsstevenson
We are going to have a go at reading ‘Painting the Loft’
Before reading, explore the front and back cover, make a prediction about what you think may happen in the story and look through the pictures of the book to discuss what is happening on each page.
With the help of an adult, read through the story remembering to using strategies to help you read any words which you find challenging. Can you remember the strategies we have used in class?
Use the picture for a clue
Read around the word
Look at the individual sounds in the word
Can you see a word in a word
As you read through the book, copy down any words which you are finding challenging. Why not make your own word wall to practise reading those tricky words?
There are 2 online games to go with this story – game one focuses on making a rhyming pair and game two focuses on labelling a picture. Good luck and have fun!
Finally, have a go at the Educationcity game ‘Match me if you can’
Phonics
The new sound for this week is ‘wh’
wh is a red sound, we make this sound using our lips. Have a look in the mirror as you say the sound, look at your lips and what they do.
Here is Geraldine to help us.
Can you name all the wh words in the pictures below?
Have a go at spelling these words. Have an adult read them out to you. Listen carefully to the sounds you hear and draw some pictures to go with your words.
In class we did a little bit of work on learning the colours of the rainbow in French. Have a listen to the following song, some of the colours are pronounced very similar to how we would say them in English.
Now have a go at colouring in the French rainbow colours sheet, I have attached it below also there is a copy in your last home learning packet.
Here are your daily ten for today. For this week, let’s have another focus on subtraction. Can you remember the strategies we can use to help us?
Draw a picture
Use concrete materials (cubes/rubbers/pencils)
Use a number line
Use our fingers
Make sure you place the symbols in the correct place if you are writing out the whole calculation. This week we are going to challenge ourselves by working with slightly larger numbers.
10 – 4 =
13 -1 =
7 – 4 =
14 -3 =
20-10 =
15-5 =
10 -2=
17 -0 =
10 -5=
14-14 =
Today I thought I would set you some challenge cards to use outside. I would love to see some pictures of your work.
Good luck with all of your home learning tasks for today. I will be back on the blog tomorrow, enjoy the rest of your day.
Good Morning Primary 2! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! You should now be moving on to your week 10 pack of work. Here are some activities to go alongside your packs!
Can you find any words with the following sounds; ch, sh, th, ng, wh.
Green group – The snowman
Purple group – The birthday cake
Pink group – The toy’s party
Yellow group – Tiger’s family
Blue group – The dragon balloon
Numeracy
This week, we are going to practise word problems. Read each question carefully and then have a think about whether it is an addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division problem. Use any concrete materials around your home which may help you (e.g. cutlery, stones, pencils, toys etc).
Jenny has 15p. Alfie has 6p more than Jenny. How much money does Alfie have?
Katie has 5 friends and would like to give them all 2 sweets each. How many sweets will she give out altogether?
There were 17 people on the bus but 8 of them got off. How many people are left on the bus?
12 chickens all laid 2 eggs each. How many eggs were laid altogether?
The flower shop has 6 flowers that need to be split into 2 vases. How many flowers will be in each vase?
Log into Education City and play the multiplication and division games in the ‘maths games’ folder in the classwork section.
Tricky Words
This week, your tricky words are; what, may, soon, book. Can you unscramble the words below to make each tricky word?
yma
onos
ahtw
okob
Can you use materials in and around your home to make your words? Try things like sticks, chalk, leaves, rice etc.
Follow the link to find games for your trick words this week: https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=20cba
DYW
In class, we have been doing some work around Developing the Young Workforce and beginning to learn some of the skills and abilities we may need for different jobs as we grow up. Today, your challenge is to become a fashion designer!
Your mission is to organise a fashion show for the people in your household. You need to have at least 5 different outfits that everybody will need to vote on to decide on the winning outfit. Your outfits can be for sports, going to the shops, or anything appropriate, of your choice. You will then need to organise the actual show. Music, outfit changes etc. You will need to write down your plan or explain it in a video. Bonus Points for videoing your fashion show and then challenging/ nominating someone else in your house to do it too! Send us some photos and videos of your fashion show to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk.
Special Activity
During the week, I would like you to see if you can begin to collect pebbles and make pebble letters! Maybe you can find some in your garden or when you are out a walk with your family. Follow the instructions below to make your letters. You could use these letters to make spelling words, tricky words, nonsense words or even to help you write a story!
Happy Friday everyone! Here are some learning activities to go along with your packs today.
Spelling
Here are your phonics videos for the week! Can you spot your spelling words?
Green, Purple & Pink
Yellow
Blue
Numeracy
Today, we are going to revise telling the time. First, I would like you to watch the time song and then answer the questions below.
1 hour after 6 o’clock
2 hours after half past 2
3 hours after 8 o’clock
1 hour before 1 o’clock
4 hours before half past 4
9 hours before 10 o’clock
Zumba
Let’s get up and moving with a Zumba workout! Get everyone in your house involved to keep fit! This is a super fun Minion’s dance that I have even tried myself!
Good morning everyone! I hope you all enjoyed Wellbeing Wednesday yesterday! You should now have your new packs of learning to work through. If you haven’t already collected yours, they are available from school now. Here are some learning activities to go with your packs this week.
Writing
Today, I thought it would be great if we could do some writing about the weather. I would like you to write an imaginative story all about a person who lives on the sun! This is not possible in real life but it is great to use your imagination! You can make up the characters for the story, and it can be about anything you like, as long as the setting of your story is the sun. Happy imagining!
Numeracy
I would like us to recap counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. knowing these number facts will help us when learning our times tables! Watch each of the songs and try to sing along!
Tricky Words
This week’s tricky words are: because, week, keep, when. Look at the words below and fill in the missing letters to complete each trick word.
be_a_s_
k_ _p
_ee_
_ _ en
Can you make up your own word challenge for someone at home?
Happy Thursday girls and boys, I hope everyone enjoyed yesterday’s Wellbeing Wednesday! We’re coming to the end of another busy week of home learning with the summer holidays fast approaching!
Let’s start off our day with a little yoga to calm our minds, stretch our bodies and get ready to learn.
Reading
Today I thought we could have a focus on a non -fiction text. Can you remember what the difference between fiction and non-fiction is? Have a look through the suggested book on oxford owls e-books and see if you can share the differences you notice with an adult. Visit – https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ username deans12password mrsstevenson
The non-fiction text we will be looking at today is called ‘Fun at Night’
Before reading have a think about what this book is going to help us learn about, can you make a prediction? Can you think of anything you can do which is fun at night? Discuss this with an adult.
With the help of an adult read through the book, it is especially important to use and talk about the pictures before reading the sentence, searching for any tricky words or words you don’t know the meaning of? Can you use your word attack strategies to read the word? Once you and your adult have read through the book together, there are some questions for you below. Can you remember the answers or do you have to scan through the book to find the right page with the answer?
Why do all these animals have big eyes?
What does a fox hunt?
Why do some small bugs light up at night?
What can you normally see at dusk?
What do bats like to feed on?
On what page can we learn about ‘The dragon’?
On what page can we learn about dusk?
Finally, a fun book to have a listen to is Night Monkey, Day Monkey by my favourite author, Julia Donaldson – Grab your milk or water and get comfy!
What differences between the day and night do you notice from the story?
Why don’t you have a go at drawing your own nighttime/daytime picture? Or you could use the picture below to draw and label some pictures, sorting into daytime or nighttime.
Writing
Today we are going to have a go at using our imaginations to write a story. Think about all the things that a good writer does and share these with an adult.
I have chosen a picture for you to look at, this is from one of my favourite cartoons when I was little, it is called ‘Trap Door’. A trap door is a mysterious door fitted onto the ground. I wonder what is under there? Can you use your five senses to help you imagine what could be beneath the door?
There was a strange sound coming from under the trap door. Slowly the door creaked open and .…………
Make sure you are writing in full sentences –
Capital letters
Full stop at the end
Letters resting on the line
Use your sounds to help you spell the trickier words
Good luck… be as imaginative as you can be! I’d really love to read some of your stories, so if an adult can send any pictures of work into the school email address that would be amazing! wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk
Numeracy and Maths
Daily Ten
Here are your daily ten questions for today.
What day was yesterday?
What month comes after June?
How many Wednesdays are there in June?
How many sides does a square have?
How many sides does a rectangle have?
Double 6
Double 8
9 – 3 =
7 – 5=
10 -1=
Today I would like you to practise your number bonds for ten using a pack of cards and an adult to play with you. Here is the game….
I have attached a number bonds worksheet for you to use outside to help you practise making ten in different ways. How many different natural materials can you find to make the addition calculation?
Good luck with all of your home learning tasks for today. Mrs Lockhart will be posting on the blog tomorrow and I will see you all back here on Monday. Have a fabulous weekend.
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Before reading can you make a list of all the living things you might find in the wood? Then with the help of an adult, read through the book, make sure you talk about the pictures and use them to help you decode any tricky words in the text. Use the questions at the back of the book for discussion with your adult.
