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Primary One Reading

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This week I want you again to think about some of your favourite stories and add them to Twitter. Maybe you could even add a video of you reading some of your book ( parents remember no names of children if photograph or video is added.) Use @ReadSPS when you add your favourite book or any activities you do related to these stories. You may inspire other children to read your favourite book too.

I am going to read to you one of my favourite stories, I hope you enjoy it.

Maybe you could retell the story in your own words. I’ve started to draw some pictures of the characters in the book and I’m going to put these onto sticks. I’ll then use these puppets to retell the story, can you do this too?

Can you think about our Emotion Works, orange cog too. How do you think the platypus was feeling , when each animal said, this zoo is not for you, how many different emotion words can you think of? How were the animals feeling too when they realised they hadn’t been very nice to platypus?

Remember to keep practising keywords and letter sounds. Use these sounds to make lots of words, remember the vowel sounds- ai, oa and igh in some of your words too, not just- a,e,i,o,u. More activities for phonics and common word recognition have been added to Education City.

I have also added some suggestions for reading books for next week, remember you will find these on Oxford Owl ebooks.

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Primary 1 – WRITING

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We just wanted to take this opportunity to tell all our Primary 1 pupils we are so proud of you. You are our little heroes.  Keep up the great work, keep smiling, having fun and sharing your learning with us. 

 

This weeks writing task is to draw a picture of someone you are proud of.  This might be yourself, a family member, a friend or someone who has inspired you.

You should write a description below your drawing to describe who you are proud of and why you are proud of them.

It has been a challenging few weeks but there is still so much to be proud of.

 

 Below are some pictures to help you start to think about your own proud moments.

 

What we are looking for:

  • a detailed drawing of the person you are proud of – this may include them doing the thing that makes you proud of them
  • a sentence describing who you are proud of
  • a sentence describing why are you proud of them
  • capital letters, full stops and finger spaces
  • correct spelling of common words
  • attempts to sound and spell other and tricky words accurately
  • well presented work

Challenge yourself: 

  • draw a picture of you and write a sentence to describe something your are proud of yourself for
  • then draw a picture of someone you are proud of and write a description of who and why you are proud of them.

 

 

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P3 Drama Lesson – ‘When Pigasso met Mootisse’

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Good Morning Primary 3! I have another drama lesson for you this week. It’s based on the book ‘When Pigasso met Mootise’ by Nina Laden. It is a story about friendship and touches on the different styles of art work by Picasso and Matisse.

Watch the story here and then try out some of the drama activities below. I would love to see some pictures of you taking part! Tag me on twitter @cara_aikman

https://www.storylineonline.net/books/when-pigasso-met-mootisse/

Drama Activities 

  • Freeze Frame (remember this is a still picture – you can’t move or talk!) Pigasso painting and then the other pigs who roll in the mud. Show how different they are!
  • Freeze Frame Mootise Painting and then other bulls being a bull fighter. Show how different they are!
  • Show Pigasso and Mootisse’s angry faces when they are sick of being in a ‘tired pig pen’ and ‘sick of crowded cow town’
  • What would the conversation between Pigasso and Mootisse have been like when they first met? What would they talk about? Would they like each other?  With the help of someone at home pretend to have this conversation between Pigasso and Mootisse (decide which character you each want to be). Remember to use your voice, whole body and facial expressions. 
  • Show what Pigasso and Mootisse looked like when they realised they missed eachother (think about their faces, bodies and voices).  What would they have said to eachother?
  • Pigasso and Mootise find it very funny when they see eachother’s paintings on the  fence – show their reactions (think about their faces, bodies and voices)

Art Work

After you have taken part in the drama activities you could look at some of the art work of the artists and discuss. Remember there are no right or wrong answers!

Here is one of Picasso’s paintings. It is called ‘Maya with Doll’. 

You could talk about

  • the faces on the girl and the doll
  • the hands on the girls and the doll
  • the colours you can see
  • the shapes you can see
  • anything else that you notice?

Here is a painting by Matisse. It is called ‘Woman with a hat’. 

You could talk about

  • what do you think is on her hat?
  • the colours you can see
  • what does her face tell you about how she is feeling?
  • anything else you notice?

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P1 Drama – When Pigasso met Mootisse

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Good Morning Primary 1! I have another drama lesson for you this week. It’s based on the book ‘When Pigasso met Mootise’ by Nina Laden. It is a story about friendship and touches on the different styles of art work by Picasso and Matisse.

Watch the story here and then try out some of the drama activities below. I would love to see some pictures of you taking part! Tag me on twitter @cara_aikman

https://www.storylineonline.net/books/when-pigasso-met-mootisse/

Drama Activities 

  • Freeze Frame (remember this is a still picture – you can’t move or talk!) Pigasso painting and then the other pigs who roll in the mud. Show how different they are!
  • Freeze Frame Mootisse Painting and then other bulls being a bull fighter. Show how different they are!
  • Show Pigasso and Mootisse’s angry faces when they are sick of being in a ‘tired pig pen’ and ‘sick of crowded cow town’
  • Show what Pigasso and Mootisse looked like when they realised they missed eachother (think about their faces, bodies and voices)
  • Pigasso and Mootisse find it very funny when they see eachother’s paintings on the  fence – show their reactions (think about their faces, bodies and voices)

Art Work

After you have taken part in the drama activities you could look at some of the art work of the artists and discuss. Remember there are no right or wrong answers!

Here is one of Picasso’s paintings. It is called ‘Maya with Doll’. 

You could talk about

  • the faces on the girl and the doll
  • the hands on the girls and the doll
  • the colours you can see
  • the shapes you can see
  • anything else that you notice?

Here is a painting by Matisse. It is called ‘Woman with a hat’. 

You could talk about

  • what do you think is on her hat?
  • the colours you can see
  • what does her face tell you about how she is feeling?
  • anything else you notice?

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PRIMARY 1 READING

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I hope you are all managing to do some learning activities suggested to you on the blog and are managing to have some fun at the same time.

Remember there were lots of reading activities and books in your packs, which I’m sure will keep you busy for a long time.

Reading should be for pleasure so remember to ask an adult to read books to you and have a go at reading the words you know too.  Post on Twitter @ReadSPS, your favourite stories. All your teachers love to see what you are reading. It’s great to see the interesting places where you read too, maybe in a den, under the table or in a tent!

Below are some ideas to help you continue to learn to read.

Keep practicing your keywords, you should have lots now in your reading bags. Some activities were added to Education City to help you learn these words. I can see that some of you have tried these activities and have shown great results. How many more children can try these, this coming week?

If you want to look at more reading books, you can also download Oxford Owl and look for their ebooks.  Choose the book best suited to your level of reading.

Suggested books for this week are :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Draw or write about your favourite part of the story.

 

I have also added a new sound this week. This is quite a tricky sound as it is made up of 3 letters. It lives in the vowel house and it is called a moving sound as it consists of 2 sounds-  igh (a+ee)

Here it is below.

This is how we write this sound.

 

Can you practise writing it, maybe in rainbow writing or you could use a bucket of water and practise writing it on the pavement outside with a brush. What about using chalk?

Can you read these words with this sound in them.

 

I’ve also added some reading cards and some worksheets with this sound. These are a real challenge and will keep you busy for weeks.

igh sentences for reading and writing.

3 igh a code breaker

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P1 WRITING

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Thank you Primary Ones for sharing some of your fantastic writing. Please keep up the great work and keep sharing with us.

 

 

We know you will be still busy working your way through the packs we made before the Easter Break but we have added a few more writing ideas to this blog.

 

Formation Fun                                                                                                                        Below are some examples of formation activities that could be done outdoors in the wonderful sunshine or indoors. Many of you will have formed letters, keywords,your names and sentences in rice, Lego, shaving foam, using chalk and ‘magic’ paint (water!). Just use what you have.

Remember to have fun but now we move into the final term we are looking for your writing to be as neat as it can be.

 

Main Activity                                                                                                                          The Easter holidays may not have been the holidays that we were expecting but I am sure you must have  some exciting information to share. So we would like you to write a letter to a friend, family member or even your class teacher to tell us the best thing about your holiday.

Your letter should include:

  • who it is to
  • the date you have written the letter
  • what you have enjoyed best about your holidays
  • sentences including; capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.
  • who the letter is from

Challenge yourself 

  • you could ask a question in your letter
  • think about the presentation of your letter –  is your writing neat with well formed letters?
  • proof read your letter before you send it to check for any mistakes

 

Writing activities you can do everyday

  • help write the shopping list
  • write a daily timetable
  • create a fitness routine for you and another to complete
  • keep a daily diary
  • create a food menu
  • write a song
  • create a 2020 scrap book

Finally the more we make writing meaningful and fun the  more we want to do it. So I hope this last idea is a fun one.

 

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PRIMARY ONE – WRITING

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Good Morning Primary 1!

We are so impressed to see all the learning and play you are doing at home. We have been enjoying seeing your messages and pictures on the blog or Twitter and hope to see many more.

WRITING ACTIVITIES

Before we finished we had been learning about procedural writing. We used sequencing words – First, Next, Then and Finally to write sentences to help others wash their hands in the correct order.

So before we start our writing the first thing we need you to do is complete an Easter Project this can be either making a chocolate nest cake  or designing an Easter card or painting an Easter egg.

Then we need you to write instructions for people to follow to help them recreate your Easter Project.

Remember to Include a title that matches your activity e.g. Make a Easter Cake , Painting a Patterned Egg or Making a Bunny Card.

You will also need to include a list of what Ingredients or materials are required.

Then write or cut and stick your instructions for someone to follow to recreate your project.  If you feel it would be too much for your child to write all the sentences you can write the instructions on bits of paper, cut them up and get them to stick in the correct order  e.g. write each of the following words on separate pieces of paper – chocolate. melt the First – Children would then order this – First melt the chocolate.

Children should be encouraged to read and write words they know and then use their sounding out skills to help with other words. Sentence punctuation can also help determine the order of the sentence and clues such as “Where would we find the capital letter?”or “Where would we find the full stop?” will help your child.

Remember to include capital letters, finger spaces and full stops in your instructions but most of all remember to have FUN!

Finally post lots of pictures for your Primary 1 teachers to see.

 

We are aware that these activities might be challenging to do in the current situation so should you not have access to the required materials then please complete one of the writing tasks from the writing grid in your child’s home learning pack. You can find a copy of the grid below.

Primary 1 Writing Planner

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Reading for Primary One

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Reading activities

We can’t believe how much work you are all doing at home. All your P1 teachers are so impressed. We are really enjoying seeing messages on the blog or Twitter as this lets us see what fun you’ve been having.

Last week we created a grid of reading activities. These have been added here to help if your child was absent or if you have misplaced the pack.

It’s been great also to see that you have been using lots of different ways to learn, some of you have used Sumdog, others Education City and others have been trying the activities on IDL.

Next week, please look at your favourite books at home. Post on Twitter your favourite book. You can post this on Twitter at #SPSLovestoRead. When my children were little their favourites were Owl Babies and Dear Zoo.

After you’ve finished looking at your favourite books you could look for some of your keywords in these books.

Next week focus on- they, that, could, come, do,to- how many times can you find these words. Can you make them too- you could use paint, pens, crayons or maybe you can think of another way to create these words.

The last few sounds we had been learning in class had been th, y and qu. There are some activities on Education City which practise these sounds. Look at literacy and there is a section on jolly phonics. How many words can you find in your books which start or end with these sounds.

 

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Our week in P1B

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Last week we started to explore symmetry. We created our own symmetrical pictures in lots of different ways.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last week we also continued to create our own hats for our World Book Day on Friday 9th of March. We talked about our favourite book characters and our reasons for liking these characters and then created our own hats showing this character.

On Friday we  had a task to complete to see if we knew the meaning of lots of words which are disappearing from the language of children. We knew some of these words. Most of us knew what a conker was and some of us gave a great description of an otter. Harris said it’s got a tail and likes water. Zach said it likes to build dams. Aria also knew that a bluebell was a flower with blue petals. Elena was aware that an acorn grew on a tree and Oscar said he knew what a conker was because his brother and him had collected them from a conker tree. We were confused with some words. Although Zach knew what a newt was because he had a pet one, another child said she had a newt bunny! We also thought a dandelion was like a tiger and heather was when you bounced the ball on your head. We were not sure what a bramble was but we’ve heard of a soft play called bramble. No-one knew what ivy was or a lark or willow or a wren. We thought a starling was a star made of wool and a weasel was something to make pictures on. We were really excited when our pupil council rep brought a present to the class from the parent council. When she opened this present we discovered it was a book called The Lost Words. This book will help us to learn what all these words mean. We can’t wait to start learning about these lost words.