Today, we are going to revise what we know about tally marks. Tally marks are a way of recording numbers when you have different categories. Remember, tally marks are recorded in bundles of 5 just like this:
Watch this song to remind yourself all about tally marks:
Your task today is to tally the cars in your street by their colour. Use the grid below to help you. Remember, in the last box you should write how many cars there are in number form (e.g. 12).
Tricky Words
This week, your tricky words are: their, some, them, last. Have a look at the sentences below and see if you can fill in the blanks using the correct tricky word.
I would like ___________ pizza for dinner please.
___________ night I read my book before bed.
I asked my friend if I could borrow ____________ pencil.
I invited __________ to my birthday party.
__________ of my friends like to share ___________ toys with me.
I love those sweets! I had ________ of _________ ________ night!
Extension challenge: Can you find the meaning of your tricky words in a dictionary? If you don’t have a dictionary at home, you can use this online dictionary – https://www.dictionary.com/
Rhyming Words
In class, we were learning all about rhyming words. Remember, rhyming words are words which sound the same. For example, cat and hat or ball and hall. Your task is to look at the words below and write a rhyming word for each.
Throw
Red
Book
Light
Feed
Run
Toast
Special Activity
Today’s special activity is a spot the difference! Look closely at both pictures and see how many differences you can find!
Happy Friday everyone! I hope you have all had a wonderful week so far and are staying safe! Here are some activities to go along with your learning packs and to finish off your week!
Spelling
Follow the link for your group to see your phonics video for this week. Can you spot any of your spelling words?
Green, Purple & Pink
Yellow
Blue
Numeracy
Today, we are continuing to revise our knowledge of multiplication. We are going to have a look at the 10 times table today. Watch the video to remind yourselves of the 10 times table then complete the questions and follow the link to the game.
I have been working hard to keep fit this week and I have noticed that it is helping me concentrate better and it is also helping me to sleep for longer at night time! I thought we could all take part in a super fun Zumba session together! Join in with the video below to get your body moving and have a fun brain break! Can you discuss with someone at home why it is important to exercise?
Life Skills
It is important to begin practising important life skills from a young age so we can develop and perfect these as we get older! I would like you to have a go at one (or a few) of the following activities which will help you develop important life skills you will need as you grow up.
Welcome back to the blog and I hope you enjoyed all the ‘Wellbeing Wednesday’activities. Remember to keep working through your packs of home learning and using any of these activities to supplement your learning.
Reading
This week we have been reading ‘The Toys Party’ through oxford owls ebooks. You can access the story through this website – https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
Our user name is deans12 and the password is mrsstevenson
With the help of an adult access the story and have another read through focusing on any words you found challenging previously.
You can either choose one of the activities from the guided reading grid or you can complete the activity below.
Jumbled sentences
Read the sentences below, they are all jumbled up. Can you put them back into the correct order so that the sentence makes sense? Remember the capital letter will go at the start and the full stop at the end.
wanted Kipper party. a
toys. got He his
put cornflakes. He in
baked beans. in put He
cross. was Mum
I’ve included a link to a fun game ‘Viking Full Circle‘ to help you practise reading and spelling CVC words. You can choose any phase you feel comfortable with.
Below is a game to help you revise the new sound /ch/ (the link is for ch despite it being labelled as /sh/ ). Remember the ch sound will go either at the start or the end of the word.
How many ch words can you find in the picture below? Write down as many as you can, listen really carefully to each sound in the word to help you with your spelling.
/ch/ handwriting
Today let’s have a go at trying to write the /ch/ sound using a join between the c and the h. Below is a little example for you to have a look at to help you practise.
This is how the join should look. Don’t forget to..
Use a sharp pencil
Rest your letters on the line
Make sure your letters are the right size
Don’t lift your pencil off until you are finished
Don’t forget to self assess your work with ‘Green for Growth‘ and ‘Tickled Pink’.
Finally, I have added a game onto our home learning section of Educationcity called ‘Cheeping chicks‘ – have a go… can’t wait to see all your scores! Good Luck!
Numeracy
Daily Ten
Focus on ten less again. Below is the 100 square to help you.
I thought I would give you a number talk challenge like we do in class. All you have to do is say/write how you ‘see’ the dots. There is an example for you to follow if you feel unsure. Remember there are lots of different ways to see the dots. Remember to use the + and = in the correct place and check your totals.
Health and Well being/Art and Design
We have been focusing on what makes a good friend, and to have good friends we’ve got to be a good friend. Today I want you to think of the most important quality to you in a friend. Maybe it is being kind, thoughtful or funny. I thought we could make a friendship flower picture. Ask an adult to help you make the word you choose using sticky tape (you will have to double it up to make it sticky on both sides). Below are some examples… I think this would be a great activity to get you outdoors and searching for different pretty and colourful flowers/grasses and then create a beautiful picture.
I would love to see anything you create so don’t forget you can send pictures onto me at the school email address.
wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk
Story Time
I’m enjoying finding stories online for us to share. Today I thought we could watch and listen to ‘The Very Quiet Cricket’ by Eric Carle so grab some milk or your water bottle and enjoy!
If you listen carefully when you are next outside on your walk you might even hear some crickets, chirruping in the grass. What other sounds can you hear? What sense are you using?
You could even have a go at drawing your own cricket..here is a tutorial below to guide you.
Good luck with all your home learning activities today. Mrs Lockhart will be taking over the blog tomorrow and I will see you back here on Monday for another week of learning. Have a great weekend!
Good morning everyone! I hope you all enjoyed Wellbeing Wednesday! Here are some learning activities for today to go alongside your packs that you have at home.
Writing
Mrs Anderson has set you a writing task this week! Write a letter to one of your friends from school. Tell them what you have been doing at home and what you miss about them. I have attached a basic letter layout for you to have a look at to remind yourselves how we write a letter.
Learning Intention: We are learning to write about our experiences.
Success Criteria: – I can write a title.
– I can write 2 or 3 sentences about what I have been doing.
-I can draw a picture or choose a photo to attach to my letter.
Numeracy
On Tuesday, we practised the 2 times table. Today, we are going to practise the 5 times table! Watch the song first to remind yourself of the 5 times table and then have a go at answering the questions. Once you have completed the questions, play the game I have attached below!
This week, your challenge is to draw a self-portrait! A self-portrait is a drawing of yourself. You could do this by looking in a mirror, by looking at a picture of yourself, or just imagine what you look like. Can you include a background so there is no white space? I have included some pictures for inspiration.
Special Activity
Mrs Anderson needs your help! Please see the document attached below for details.
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 realword 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 firstsound or the lastsound, 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.
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!
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!
Good Morning Primary 2! I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend! You should now be moving on to your week 7 pack of work. Here are some activities to go along with your pack.
Let’s revise what we know about multiplication. Remember multiplication is another term for repeated addition. Watch the song to remind yourself of the 2 times table.
Try these questions out and then play the game below to practise multiplication.
Here is another great science experiment for you to try this week. Please remember to carry out these experiments with an adult and make sure you are always being safe! Send us some photos of you doing the experiment to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk.
Spelling
Please follow the link for your group to find spelling games for your words this week.
Green group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=1822b
Purple group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=1822f
Pink group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=18230
Yellow group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=18232
Blue group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=18237
Tricky words – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=18238
Remember tomorrow is Wellbeing Wednesday! I hope you have fun with the tasks that are posted – I will be taking part in them too! I will be back on Thursday with some more learning for you to complete.
Good Morning everyone! Happy Friday! Here are some learning activities to finish off your week along with your learning packs. Remember to complete the wellbeing slogan competition which was emailed to you on Wednesday and send your designs to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk!
Spelling
Here are your phonics videos for the week! Follow the link for your group and see if you can spot any of your spelling words!
Green, Purple & Pink
Yellow
Blue
Numeracy
Yesterday, we worked on finding half of numbers. How did you work it out? Remember, a half means splitting an object into 2 equal parts. Today, I would like you to use the same resources as yesterday, but this time you are going to try and find a quarter of the numbers below. Can you remember how many equal parts you need to split an object into to find a quarter?
4
8
12
16
20
Discuss your strategies with someone at home. How many equal groups did you split the numbers into?
Reflections
It’s reflection day! Use the template to reflect on your week of learning. Once you have finished your reflections, think about all the things you have learned in the past 3 weeks. Have you noticed progress in your learning? Maybe you are more confident with number work, you have learned a new sound or maybe your handwriting has improved? Think of at least 2 improvements you have made and share this with your family members!
I hope you all enjoy your long weekend – remember Monday is a holiday! I will be back on Tuesday with some more learning activities to go alongside your learning packs. Have a great weekend and stay safe everyone!
Good Morning everyone! I hope you all found Wellbeing Wednesday fantastic – I know I did! You should now have your week 6 pack of learning at home. Here are some activities to go along with your new pack.
Numeracy
As we are focusing on fractions this week, here is a fraction challenge all about numbers. Please use concrete materials around your home to help you should you need them – you could use stones, pencils, sweets or any other objects you may have! Your challenge is to find half of the numbers below:
2
4
6
8
10
What strategy did you use to find half of the numbers? How many groups did you have to split the numbers into to find a half? Discuss these questions with someone at home.
Art
This week, we are going to think about our heroes. A hero doesn’t always need to be someone famous or a superhero from a film, it could be someone a lot closer to you. Maybe even someone in your family! Here are some super fun art activities all about heroes!
Make a mask! Use any card that you can get your hands on. Cereal boxes, egg box lids, delivery packages… anything with a bit of weight works really well! Make a hole. Tie it together with string, laces, wool… and have fun decorating!
Arm cuffs! Leftover loo rolls make excellent superhero arm cuffs!
A Cape (of course!) What could you use for a cape? A towel, a pillow-case, an apron, a coat worn by the hood?
Superhero training! Every hero needs to practice their skills to stay on their game. Set up a DIY obstacle course in your garden or living room.
Talk about your heroes. You can use this opportunity to talk about the real heroes who make a difference in your world everyday … remember, not all superheroes wear capes!
Writing
Staying with the theme of heroes, this week we are going to create a character profile all about our very own superhero! Your superhero can be anyone you want them to be! Use the template below to draw your superhero first and then write 3+ sentences all about your superhero! Have a think about the following things and use them to help draw and write about your hero.
What is their name?
What is their power?
What do they look like?
Do they have any accessories (e.g. a shield or a wand)?
What does their voice sound like?
What is their job as a hero (e.g. to fight crime or to save animals)?
Special Activity
Today Blair Drummond Safari Park are going live on Facebook to give everyone a talk all about tigers! Follow the link for the live talk at 12pm and see if you can make notes about any interesting facts you find out! Remember you can use bullet points when making notes!
https://facebook.com/events/s/tigers-live-at-blair-drummond-/982673665463630/?ti=icl
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, usernamedeans12passwordmrsstevenson
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.
__________ and ___________ had a cookbook.
We ________ cook a ___________ hotpot.
They ________ lots of ___________.
_______need a ________ pot.
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.
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!)
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.
leeks. They a of lot had
chicken pot. Dad in put the the
Mum been had shop. the to
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.
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.
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!
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.
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