Primary 1 revision week
Hello Primary 1! We are now into May and we hope that everyone is keeping well, working hard and playing lots.
Usually on a week with holidays and in-service days, Primary 1 has a revision week: a chance to recap on what we have been learning and make sure we understand and can demonstrate our new knowledge.
Here is a recap of what we have been doing and you can scroll back for further info and details!
Numeracy:
Addition and subtraction. Start by adding one or two to a number then move onto larger numbers. Remember to count on from the original number. Subtracting one or two and then taking away bigger numbers. Use pictures to score out to give a visual guide of how many is left. You can also use a number line to step count to the answer.
Counting and place value. Working on missing numbers in a line helps to teach about place value. Use what the terms before, after and between to help with ordering and sequencing.
Maths:
We have been exploring money and currency in maths. Continue to identify different coins and their values so that you are accustomed to them by sight.
Investigate various ways to add coins together to make 10p, 20p or 50p. What is the fewest coins you can use? Can you do it using only silver coins?
Can you also make pictures by drawing around coins to make different objects, then totalling the amount?
Have you also had the opportunity to make your own bottle piggy bank?
Reading:
Practise all your key words. See if you can identify these using flash cards, or try to use them correctly in sentences.
Use your phoneme awareness to try to list how many words you can make that end in
at, ap, an, et, eg, in, on, ip, up, ut etc.
Can you write each word and draw a matching picture?
Also remember your ‘black tunnel’ sounds for the middle of words, not just a, e, i, o, u but also ee, oo, ai, oa and igh that we have learned. What happens when you substitute a different sound in the middle of a word (e.g. Pat becomes pet, which then becomes pit, which then becomes pot).
What books have you enjoyed reading and what book will you read next?
You can log on to Oxford Owl for book resources. There are different texts to read, both fiction and non-fiction.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Writing:
Continue to practise your letter formation to ensure they are facing the correct direction and appropriate size. Always remember to write from left to right and to begin a new line underneath when you have ran out of space.
We have recently been writing about who you are proud of and why. Work on your capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. Perhaps using adjectives to describe an object. Sound out your words and try to use some of your common words too.
You may have done something during this time that made you feel proud. Maybe you have learned to ride your bike, tie your laces, count to a higher number or something else that’s made you feel great about yourself.
Another activity would be to write about what might happen next in a story or television show or take a character or a magical adventure.
Other numeracy and literacy activities are available on the following sites
https://www.sumdog.com/
https://www.educationcity.com/
https://idlsgroup.com/
Children received their own unique user name and password. All the P1 teachers upload activities to these.
Art:
As the weather is getting warmer, you may want to do more activities outside.
Transient art allows you to create wonderful artworks using materials that you find and without needing to stick them down. You could use natural materials or items that you find around the house. Maybe you will make something representational like an animal or a landscape picture, or maybe you will make a pattern!
Alternatively, you can also use items from your recycle bin into fun objects. Can you make a vehicle, a castle, a character from a story using cardboard boxes, plastic bottles and toilet roll tubes?
