Mr Applegate

Good Morning Year 1

Dear parents and children,

We hope you are well and are looking forward to the weekend. It’s May! Can you find this month on a calendar? What is the weather normally like in May?

Today you may like to share a worship with your family click here

It’s Super Movers day! If you’re looking for something extra to do, have a go at one of the videos below:

Super Movers Days of the Week

Super Movers Rhyming

Super Movers Alphabet

Super Movers Position and Direction

Thank you for everything you are doing.

Year 1 Team

Maths

Today in maths we are thinking about division. In Year 1, this is mainly looking grouping and sharing and we avoid looking at the division symbol as this is a more abstract concept. We focus on teaching division through concrete objects and picture representations. We also look at halving and how this links to doubling. Use our division guide for examples of these. Find it here: Year 1 Division Guide

Summer Term, Week 1, Lesson 2 –  Make equal groups (grouping) 

Today we are starting something brand new in maths! We are going to be having a go at making equal groups.  Have a watch of the video. What do you spot? While watching the video and doing your job can you join in with the sentence? 

‘There are ___ objects altogether.’ 

‘There are ___ equal groups of ___.’

You could have a go at making equal groups practically with different objects in your house. You could put your teddies into equal groups. You could put your toy cars into equal groups. You could put your loom bands into equal groups.

Question 4 of your job asks you to group the counters in different ways. For this question you could draw the counters in different groups or you could use objects from around your house to help you. 

 

Watch the Week 2, Lesson 2 Video Here – Summer Week 1 Lesson 2 Video

When you have watched the video, click here to access the activity: Summer Week 1 Lesson 2 Activity

If you would like the answers, they are attached here: Summer Week 1 Lesson 2 Answers

We have prepared some extra challenges for those who would like them. You can find them here: Grouping into 2, 5, and 10

Topic

• Art: Today we are making some flowers. Have a look at these slides and choose one art activity you would like to do: Flower Art Slides.

If you don’t have play dough and would like to make your own, check out this video: Playdough

• Music: This activity involves listening to an MP3 audio clip. Please do not worry if your computer does not support this.

Have a look at these slides that explain today’s activity: Lesson 2 Slides

Where Are the Winter Boots? Audio Clip:

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

BBC Bitesize are providing daily lessons for children on their website. There is no expectation to do these but we may refer to some of their activities in our home learning. You may also find that they have something your child is interested in and would like to learn about. Find the link here: BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons

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

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.

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. The spelling words this week are: 

  out

  what

  when

  that

  little

  people

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

Video Resources

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 The Highway Rat by Mrs Carter

 Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Jamieson

 The Gruffalo by Miss Jamieson

 How to Grow a Dinosaur by Mrs Carter

Giraffes Can’t Dance by Miss Hall

 Barry the Fish with Fingers by Mrs Carter

 The Lion Inside by Miss Hall

  Tiddler by Miss Jamieson

 The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Miss Hall

 Mr Wolf’s Pancakes by Miss Jamieson

 The Itchy-Saurus by Miss Hall

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Enjoy your day!

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English

In English today, you will be writing your exciting Pirate Adventure stories. We are really looking forward to these and hope you are too. The presentation below shows one way that you could go about your writing and has broken the writing into sections. You can do this too if you’d prefer and you can write your story over two or three days if that makes it more manageable, breaking it into a beginning, middle and an end. For reluctant writers, this can make the task less daunting and more manageable. If you do this, remember to read where you have got to before you carry on with your writing so that you don’t miss anything exciting. Tomorrow’s lesson, is a grammar hammer but you can miss this if you’d prefer to continue with your story so be as flexible as you like.  

Some children may wish to include pictures in their stories too and they may even want to have chapters or turn it into a little book. This is fine and if children want to type their stories, then we are happy for them to do so. Another incentive that we find useful in school is allowing them to write in pen. 

Try to use as many of the different skills that we have learnt over the past few weeks in your writing as you can: expanded noun phrases, similes, compound sentences and question and exclamation sentences. These help to make your writing exciting and engaging for the reader. Above all have fun and enjoy being an author! We can’t wait to see the end results and all of your super ideas!

Maths

Today in maths, we are going to have a go at some problem solving, using some of the skills we have learnt so far this year in maths. Get your thinking caps on!

As with the other maths lessons shared, there is a video to help explore this concept, as well as an activity sheet to complete. You can then check your answers using the answer sheet provided. Please click on the first link below to access the White Rose page, before completing ‘Lesson 4’ in ‘Summer Term – Week 2’. Please email us if you have any questions regarding this. Good luck!

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Year 2 – Summer Week 2- Lesson 4 Worksheet

Year 2 – Summer Week 2 – Lesson 4 Answer sheet

Please click here to access today’s additional maths challenge if you have finished today’s maths and would like to push yourself even further.

Topic

Today’s extra activity is to continue with our science topic on plants, specifically thinking about the life cycle of a bean. Firstly click here to read a story about the different stages in the life cycle of a bean, and have a chat about how many stages there are, and what the bean looks like at each stage.

 

Once you have finished the story, have a go at sequencing the bean pictures below in the correct order. Can you label the root, shoot and leaf on the longest bean? If you do not have access to a printer to print the bean pictures, you could have a go at drawing and colouring the beans at the different stages of the cycle. Have fun!

Picture of beans: Bean sequence

Daily Time Fillers

Here are some additional activities for you to have a go at each day if you choose to. Please feel free to do as much or as little of these as you wish. We have added a handwriting booklet that you could work through very gradually, not in one go. You can either print the booklet, or do this onto paper of your own at home. We look forward to seeing how amazing your handwriting will be when we see your work. The Common Exception Words should also be learnt gradually, by selecting 2 or 3 words a week that you should aim to learn along side your weekly spellings.

• 20 minutes of reading either a school book or a home book. Remember the scholastic learning zone too!
• Practice your 2,5 and 10 times tables using TTRockstars, or a different method.
• Practice your weekly spellings which will be provided below, and the Year 2 Common Exception Words.

Common Exception Words

The-Entire-Alphabet

Tuesday Weekly Spellings Update

Bye for now!

Maths – Compare decimals

Today’s maths is all about comparing decimals being mindful of the value of each digit and remembering to use the place holder 0 where necessary. The numbers today will be represented using place value grids and number sentences, with a focus on using the symbols > (greater than) and < (less than). I always remember that the larger number goes next to the open end of the symbol and the smaller number by the pointed. When you are answering the questions with the number sentences, you might find it helpful to draw your own place value grids to give you a visual idea. Another key point that the video makes is how you say the numbers when they involve tenths and hundredths. For example, the number 0.36 is said as zero point three six, not zero point thirty six, this is where place value grid is a helpful tool if you are struggling. Remember, today’s White Rose video is: Summer 1, Week 1, Lesson 3. 

Daily Maths Challenge

For children who are completing their Maths with ease, and who would like further challenge, Miss Goddard is started a ‘Daily Maths Challenge’ page on the school website where she will upload a new set of challenges everyday. If you complete today’s work and would like to access it, please click here. 

English – A Year in the Life…

For your English work today, we would like you to think about the lifestyle of your big cat. You should be able to use information that you have gathered over the week. I have written an example text: A Year in the Life of a Snow Leopard, I wanted to do a day in the life, but snow leopards do not work to a routine in the same that humans do, so I was able to look at their life over a year. In my example, you will see that I have split it into three sections, you might find my subheadings useful to use for you own writing. I have also written as though I am the snow leopard using first person, we would like you to try the same. Try to imagine you are that animal and think about what they might tell you if they were being interviewed – a bit like when we looked at Evie and the Jungle on World Book Day. Try to use the specific and technical vocabulary you have found from your research too.

Topic – Some interesting Big Cat clips

Sadly the sun isn’t shining like it was last week, however that does mean that it’s the perfect opportunity to snuggle up and watch some Big Cat videos!

We have had a look for some great short clips to share about Big Cats, this first clip explains the differences between the four big cats and how to identify them. We have added some links to other sites with footage of big cats, listen out for the dulcet tones of Sir David Attenborough in the BBC Earth’s Youtube channel, or even search through the Deadly 60 page to find some good clips about Big Cats. Have a think about some of the strangest and most interesting things that you have learned. You could just sit back and enjoy the videos or record some information if you wish. 

Ongoing Daily Time Fillers

Use your digital logins to play the following:-

• TTRockstars – Play 5 garage games
• Numbots – Play  for 15 mins
• Spelling Shed – Play 3 rounds of this week’s spellings
• Reading –  Read for at least 20 mins

The End!