March 26, 2020

Year 1 – Friday 27th March

Good Morning Year 1

Dear parents and children,

We hope you are all doing well and are enjoying all of the activities you are doing at home. It is super movers day again! If you’re looking for something extra to do, have a go at one of the video activities linked below:

Super Movers Alphabet

Super Movers Syllables

Thank you for your continued support and cooperation. We have really enjoyed seeing all of your great learning so far – keep up the good work!

Year 1 Team

Helpful Reminders

We are still checking our emails regularly and have loved seeing what you are doing. Feel free to email us if you have a question or just want to say hello at: year1@stmarksce.org.uk

You can access our general resources to support your child at home here: Y1 General Resources

Please do not feel like you have to complete all of the activities provided in one day. We have given a variety so that there are options for you to choose what works best for you at home.

Read Write Inc are kindly doing live daily phonics sessions. They are at certain times depending on which sounds you would like to practise. We suggest either Set 2 or Set 3 sounds. Find the link here: RWI Phonics

You can still access Joe Wicks’ daily PE videos at 9 am each morning: Joe Wicks Daily PE

Ongoing Daily Activities

Read for at least 20 minutes a day. This can be their school reading book or a book from home.
Have stories read to them.
Read or spell some key words.
Practise naming the letters of the alphabet and sing the alphabet song (capital and lower case).
Threading/Play dough/Cutting/Colouring/Painting
Phonicsplay Obb and Bob (Click: Phase 5 – Revise all Phase 5): https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html
Phonicsbloom – Phase 5 or 6 (Especially useful if phonicsplay is not working for you) https://www.phonicsbloom.com/
Practise writing sentences about a story they know. When writing, please remind them to use full stops, capital letters, neat handwriting and finger spaces.
Practise counting from 0-100 (forwards and backwards)
Practise counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.
Numbots (login is in the back of the reading log)
Name some 2D and 3D shapes
One more and one less than a number
Sing a number bonds song
Hit the button (number bonds to 20): https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Spelling: Their spellings this week are:

full

house

love

where

You can practise these in a variety of ways:

Saying them aloud (you could put them into a song)
Writing them down
Painting them
Put them into a sentence

English – Phonics

As our English activity today, we are focusing on phonics. We will be looking at Set 2 sounds today. You could watch the Read Write Inc video on Set 2 sounds live at 10:00 here: RWI Youtube as this would a great start to this activity. After 10:00, the clip is available for 24 hours on the RWI youtube channel. Alternatively, you could watch Mrs Baird’s Set 2 speed sound video linked attached to this post.

After practising some speed sounds, have a go at some of these activities. You can do as many or as little of them as you like but we would recommend trying at least two of them:

Monster Words – Sound out and blend the words. Draw a monster next to the words that are not real words (monster words!) Click here: Monster Words Set 2
Snakes and Ladders – Roll a dice and move that amount of spaces. Sound out and blend the word before moving to the next person’s turn. If your square has a ladders, you can climb it but if it has a snake, you have to slide down. The winner is the first person to reach the finish square. Click here: Set 2 Snakes and Ladders
Phonics Play: Dragons Den! Find Set 2 sounds (in either the phase 3 or phase 5 sections) or enter your own words. This game is similar to Obb and Bob as it involves sounding out and blending the words and deciding if they are real or monster. Click here: Dragons Den
Write a sentence using one of the words below. You could make this more exciting by using fun pens or pencils! Remember to keep your handwriting small and neat.

toy	car	fork	first	moon	might
day	see	hairy	glow	count	book

Make words with Set 2 sounds out of playdough or magnetic letters. You could choose a word from the table above, or think of your own.
Write each sound on different pieces of paper and see if you can make a word that has a Set 2 sound in it. You could choose a word from the table above, or think of your own. For example:

Maths

Today we are thinking about comparing numbers. Have a chat with someone at home about what greater and less than mean. We have covered this in school a couple of times but see if you can remind yourself. Can you tell someone at home what these symbols mean?

Use the slides here to talk about comparing numbers to 50 using greater than, less than or equal to language. There are some practical activities on the slides that you could have a go at. Slides: Maths 27.3.20

You could then work through the questions on this sheet: Maths – Friday 27th March

Topic

Heartsmart: Today we are going to be thinking about kindness. The story of The Selfish Crocodile is linked on the slides, have a listen and see if you can spot where the characters show kindness. Do they always show kindness? There is also a kindness game for you to have a go at playing at home. The song that we have chosen for this week always helps us to feel happy, we hope you enjoy it!

You can find the whole worship (videos included) on this powerpoint: Heartsmart Worship PPT 27.3.20

Alternatively, you can view this PDF file and use the links given below: Heartsmart Worship PDF 27.3.20

The Selfish Crocodile

My Lighthouse Song