Week beginning 28th February
Monday
Maths
Working with a partner, using a whiteboard, look at the starter first, be a detective and find the missing numbers.
Then read through the powerpoint on adding and subtracting 1 digit number from a 2 digit number and complete the worksheet. There is an extension attached if you have time.
English
Show the picture of the cover of the new story we will be reading from below.
Ask your child to look at the picture and talk about what they see,?
What do they think will happen in this story?
Using some prediction questions below what might happen if the story is unknown
If you have a copy of the story Snail and the Whale read it together
If you don’t have a copy then watch the retelling by clicking the link below
Next read the story stopping at key points;
- When the whale says ‘Come sail with me’ and
- When the whale is beached
and ask them to predict what will happen next, focusing on the snail’s decisions and choices:
Should he have gone with the whale?
What would the other snails have said to him?
Would you go if you were him?
What could the snail do to help the whale?
Why was he so determined to help?
What would you do if you were the snail?
How will the story end?
Read to the end of the story.
Spellings
Using year 2 tricky words which one is the odd one out?
should, shood, shud
could, cood , coud.
Ask an adult to choose some more tricky words from the spelling list and write 3 incorrectly and 1 correctly. can you spot the correct spelling?
Topic
Tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday, what do you know about this special day? Talk to your partner about what you know.
Read through the powerpoint and answer the questions at the end. Finally, use what you have found out to complete the missing words activity.
Tuesday
Maths
For a warm up have a go at counting backwards and forwards in 2s, 5s and 10s to 100.
Subtract a 1 digit number from a 2 digit number - crossing 10
Watch the PPT and complete the worksheet
English
Look at the front cover again
If the characters/animals were speaking what might they be saying?
Does this remind you of any other stories you know?
Read the shortened version to learn the story attached.
Then using the speech bubble paper can you write a conversation between some of the animals. Can you then draw the character to match the speech?
Topic
Today is St Davids Day, find out all about St David and have a go at making the daffodil craft. Have fun on this special day!!
Wednesday
Maths
As a warm up have a go at counting with Supermovers
Today look back at what you have learned on Monday and Tuesday. Is there anything you found tricky or didn't understand? Ask your adult to help you with some revision work.
Have a go at the PPT below. Hopefully it will help with your revision.
English
Look at snail powerpoint 1, read through the information carefully checking with an adult any unknown or unfamiliar words.
Share with an adult or sibling what you now know about snails.
Write some notes of your own, if you have any books on snail could you find an amazing fact to wow the adults in your house with.
Spellings
Dictionary work
If you have a suitable dictionary at home have ago at looking up some of your spellings given out before half term.
Choose a few can you write a definition for each? If you don’t have a dictionary, you can access the kids Britannica dictionary with this link and type in word searches.
Topic
Today in music you will be using the BBC Teach Ten Pieces Tasters webpage again. Remember using it back in January when you watched the video about Ravi Shankar playing the sitar then the video by Mahtab Hussein and had a go at capturing the ideas of raga and tala (learned in the previous video) using your hands, art materials and a camera ? I got some lovely photos for our gallery of your work relating to this. Well done!
This time I would like you to scroll down to the next activity
Write a rhyming couplet and turn it into a work of art with writer and artist Angry Dan.
and have a go.... I look forward to seeing how you get on.
Thursday
English
We are going to learn a shortened version of Snail and the Whale this week ready to write our own version based on the story next week.
Read the shortened version attached and make up some actions to help you remember the story. Can you read it a couple of times, enough to be able to tell the story to an adult in your house?
Finally, have ago at drawing your own snail using the link and instructions below.
Maths
Can you look at the different times below and match them to the events Hometime 9 o’clock 12 o’clock go to school half past 10, lunchtime half past 3 playtime |
Now using the teaching clock link , discuss all the different parts of the clock, minute hand, hour hand, face, numbers. Ask how many minutes in an hour? How many minutes between each number?
Next, have a go at making , different times using o'clock, half an hour, quarter past and quarter to.
If confident use the clock to count around in 5's and talk about times which are 5,10,20,25 past the hour and 25,20,10,5 to the hour. How are these different to times which are o'clock? Half past? etc.
Talk about how O'clock, Half past, Quarter past, Quarter to times are displayed in digital form. Can you see a pattern?
Complete the activity below if you are able to.
RE
Today we are thinking about Lent and what it means to Christians. Read the powerpoint to find out all about this special time for Christians. Then choose an activity to complete from the choices below.
Friday
English
Read the shortened version again. can you now read the story without looking at the text?
Next, draw a text map for each part of the story. Remember you do not need to draw a picture for every word. Take a look at our example to help you get started.
finally, read the story from your text map. Does it make sense?
Maths
Watch the clip from maths shed
Ask how many minutes in an hour, how many seconds in a minute? etc
Recap on, days of the week, months of the year, do you know them all and in order? Ask questions to check knowledge, such as: How many hours are there in a full day? How many minutes are in an hour and a half? How could we calculate this? Could we count in half an hours? How many half an hours are in one hour? How many half an hours will there be in two hours? Can you draw your own clock, starting from midnight show every hour on the clocks for a full day, start with 12, 1, 2, etc, what happens when you get to lunch time? discuss how there are 24hours in one day |
Spellings
New spellings will be given out today, have a look on the spelling star and have a practise, they will be tested next week.
How creative can you be to practise your spellings. Try using different activities to help remember your spellings. Have a look at the list below for some ideas.
GET ACTIVE!
Remember we have our own brilliant 'Get Active' P.E web page. In just one click you will find lots of fun activities you can do at home either on your own or with family members. It's brilliant!