April 20, 2020

Year 1 – Tuesday 21st April

Good Morning Year 1

Dear parents and children,

We hope you are safe and well. We hope you have enjoyed listening to our stories on youtube. If you have missed any or would like to watch them again, you can find them in the video resources section of this page. The password is the same as previously.

If you’re looking for something extra to do today, check out this BBC Bitesize video all about verbs. Can you remind someone at home what a verb is and tell them some verbs you know? Find the video here: BBC Bitesize Verbs

Thank you for your support.

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. The ‘Daily Time Fillers’ section includes some additional activities you could have a go at if you get time but we would not expect you to do more than one of these activities a day.

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

Remember, you can still find books to read that are assigned by your class teacher on the scholastic website. Please email us if you have any questions about this.

English

Today we are going to think about the book, Footpath Flowers. Look at the front cover and blurb and see if you can point out where the title is. Then see if you can make some predictions. Chat through some of these questions with someone at home.

What is this book about?
What do you think will happen in this story?
Why is it called, ‘Footpath Flowers’?
What do you think will happen in this story?
What won’t happen?

Blurb: ‘On a walk with her father, a little girl gathers a bunch of wild flowers found hidden in places people usually don’t look. Then, in small, loving gestures, the little girl transforms the world around her by giving each one away…’

When you have finished, you may like to have a go at drawing a picture of your favourite idea and writing some sentences to explain it using the sheet provided here: English – 21st March – Predictions

Maths

Week 2, Lesson 1 – Comparing Capacity

Yesterday we had a looked at measuring the capacity of different containers around the house. Today we are going to have a go at comparing capacity! Have a watch of the video. What do you spot? While watching the video and doing your practical activity, can you join in with the sentences:

‘The ___ has the greatest capacity.’ ‘The ___ has the smallest capacity.’

If you like, you can have an explore practically with the containers you used yesterday. Pick three different containers. Can you put them in order of capacity? Which has the smallest capacity? Which has the greatest capacity? You could do this outside with the hose or in the kitchen/bathroom sink.

Watch the Week 2, Lesson 1 Video Here – Comparing Capacity Video

You will need to click the Week 2 tab and find the video called ‘Comparing Capacity’.

If you would like to, you can complete our activity here: Maths – Tuesday 21st April

When you have finished, you could have a go at the White Rose activity as a challenge. Find it here: Week 2, Lesson 1 Challenge

Should you need them, you can find the answers here: Activity Answers

Topic

Art: Today we are looking at our Artist of the Moment for this term. Her name is Alexandra Jane Davies. We are learning how to extend a picture today, so we have given you part of her Sea to Garden picture for you to draw the rest of. See if you can continue the picture using creativity and imagination. What things might be on the empty side of the picture? Use these slides to help you. You can find the template here: Artist of the Moment Template

If you are unable to print the template to extend your picture, please do not worry. You could draw your own Sea to Garden style picture instead.

Daily Time Fillers

As well as the learning tasks we upload each day, there are a few ‘extras’ that you could have a go at, if you get time.

Read a book. This can be their school reading book, an e-book or a book from home.
Alternatively, you make like to read an ebook from Oxford Owl or Collins Big Cat.
Have stories read to them.
Read or spell some key words.
Read Write Inc speed sound videos (linked in helpful reminders)
Practise naming the letters of the alphabet and sing the alphabet song (capital and lower case).
Use phonicsplay or phonicsbloom. Phonicsplay has a new website! You’ll need to login with the username: march20 and password: home during this time. We have updated the link here: PhonicsPlay /Phonics Bloom link
Practise counting from 0-100 (forwards and backwards) or in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s
One more and one less than a number (pick from 0-50)
Numbots (login is in the back of the reading log)
Sing a number bonds song or use Hit the Button (number bonds to 10 or 20): Hit the Button link
Spelling: Find our previous post with all 300 key words here: Key Words. Their spellings this week are:

said

like

were

going

come

they

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