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P 1 & 2 Learning Activities 8-5-20

Daily Overview

Welcome to the end of the week!

A wee reminder that the UK will observe a two-minute silence on Friday 8 May at 11am to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe.

Hope you get a chance to enjoy some V.E. day celebrations over the weekend. Do try some of these V.E. Day at home activities

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Today’s suggested learning

P2 Learning activities 8-5-20

P1 Learning activities 8-5-20

Butterfly Pizza (and other foods) Ingredient list and recipe

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Butterfly Pizza activities

Butterfly-Pizza-Activities-Worksheet

Activities for the Bonkers Song

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Out of the Ark Music – Free resources

Mrs Keenan, our music specialist, has asked we share the website – Same Boat Music – with you.

They are currently providing lots of resources to “help with the rhythms and routines of your new daily life.”

They are releasing seven songs, one for each day, all with challenges and activities related to each song. Every week for the next few weeks they will continue to add songs and resources.

It is a church linked website, so some of the songs are connected to religious festivals, but you are free choose which songs and activities suit you and your family.

Reading with your Child Tips

Here are a few top tips to help your child with reading at home. Remember, reading should be a pleasure but learning to read is a process and hard work. It takes time, patience and perseverance. It comes easier to some and everyone learns in different ways and at different speeds. Don’t over kill it.
Tip 1: Eye 👁 tracking.

We read Left to right. If you can, sit to the right of your child when helping them to read. When they are stuck point to the difficult letter or word and run your finger under it saying the sound(s) aloud. This encourages their eyes to start left and move to the right, working with you.

Tip 2: ‘What can you see?’

Frequently ask this if they come across a difficult word. They may only recognise a letter or part of a word but this is good, they are engaged and learning. Give them something to work with “What can you see in the middle of the word, that sound is in your name?”. Don’t push too much, let them attempt two answers and then tell them. Revisit the word later to see if they recognise it now.

Tip 3: ‘Run your finger’

Use your index finger to work through a word. For example, point under the beginning sound of a word, run your finger underneath and along the word as you say the sounds. If a child has made a mistake but they don’t know why, revisit the word. Get them to do this with their index finger. It encourages good eye tracking and helps with blending.

Tip 4: Framing:

Learning to decipher a word is tricky. Children need to focus on that word alone and all the other text and pictures can be a distraction. Use both index fingers to frame the word, Left finger at beginning, Right finger at end of the word.

 

Tip 5: Chewing Gum:

If your child is struggling with blending – pretend to put the word into your mouth with chewing gum. Mix the sounds up and then reform the word. Pretend to pull the chewing gum out of your mouth and stretch it whilst very slowly, over emphasizing the sounds. Ask them to copy you. Practice with lots of words and encourage them to visualize the letters as they say the sounds. Kids find this funny!

Tip 6: “Where was your mistake?”

Try not to interrupt when your child is reading, even if they make a mistake on a word (if they are really struggling the book is too difficult for them and they need to reread something familiar). Let the flow go on. At the end praise something they read really well and then ask them to spot where they made a mistake.

Reread the sentence to them including their mistake and ask them to identify it – “On page 6, in this sentence you made a mistake. Can you spot it? You said…” (this reinforces eye tracking and their listening, matching skills)

Primary 1 & 2 Learning Activities 29-4-20

Today’s Learning Overview

Hope you enjoy some of today’s activities. On the milk and Story Sway we have another Dinosaur story read by Tom Fletcher.

P2 Learning activities 29-4-20

P1 Learning activities 29-4-20

Please make sure you check out the new Science Sway:

Primary 1&2 Science Sway
Welcome to our science sway. This term we will be exploring Living Things. This Sway is for us to share our Science work, thoughts and ideas.
Go to this Sway