Week 4 - 11th May 2020
Please click on the buttons below to download the daily activities for this week. As a guide, we suggest that you encourage your child to complete one numeracy, one literacy and one topic/play based learning activity each day, alongside their spellings and mental maths.
Please do not worry however if you don't get all of these completed - find a routine that suits YOU and go with that! |
Monday
NumeracyThis week, we will be learning about ordinal numbers and recapping some addition to 10 facts.
Ask your children to line up 5 different teddies/toys. Ask them questions such as;
Which toy is first? Who is in second place? Can you put the elephant in third place? What position is the bee in now? Give your child the ordinal number flash cards (first-fifth). Have a discussion about the words, ie. how some of them are very similar to our number name words, but with 'th' on the end. Can they spot any of the trickier words that change altogether (first, second and third). Show them the shortened version and explain that we sometimes write our ordinal numbers like this instead of writing the whole word, but that it means the same. Show them how to write the number and add 'st,' 'nd,' 'rd' or 'th' to the end depending on what sound we hear when we say the ordinal number. Can they think of any situations where we might use ordinal numbers, eg. a race.
Encourage your child to label the soft toys by setting the cards beside the correct toy. Try this exercise in reverse by assigning each toy a flash card and asking your child to line the toys up in the correct order. Listening Activity
Give your child the activity sheet and some colouring pencils. Call out the instructions and encourage them to listen carefully to complete the actions. |
LiteracyEarly comprehension skills - reading comprehension is the ability to read a text and understand its meaning. These skills will become increasingly important as your child progresses through Primary School.
Here is some helpful information that you may want to consider during guided reading, to allow the development of comprehension skills: Please read the instructions for 'making a pizza' with your child, then answer the comprehension questions to assess understanding.
Write about the picture - Look at the picture, what might be happening in this scene? Write some simple sentences - there is a word bank at the bottom of the page to support if required. Please encourage your child to "say the sounds to sound out each word" in order to promote emergent writing skills.
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Tuesday
NumeracyTo recap and continue with the next ordinal numbers, have a look at this song. Encourage your child to sing and dance along!
Ask your child to line up their toys just like yesterday, but this time with 10. Lead a discussion about the ordinal numbers that come after fifth, eg. 'first, second, third, fourth, fifth...what comes next?' Ask some questions similar to yesterday, eg. 'who is eighth in the line?' Try adding some actions like 'pat the third toy on the head' or 'give the seventh toy a handshake.' Switch roles and see if your child can ask you some questions too!
Introduce the new (sixth-tenth) flashcards and have a discussion about the words. All of the ordinal numbers after 'third' end in 'th!' Encourage your child to label their toys using the first-tenth flash cards. Try this exercise in reverse by assigning each toy a flash card and asking your child to line the toys up in the correct order. To practice recognising these words, play this memory card game. Turn the cards upside down and take turns to turn over 2 cards at a time. If you get a match, you can keep the cards. The player with the most cards at the end is the winner! You could also try the online version. Alternatively go to: https://www.esolcourses.com/uk-english/beginners-course/unit-3/ordinal-numbers-1-to-12/ordinal-numbers-memory-matching-game.html
Complete page 22 in the NHM 'Numbers to 20' booklet.
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LiteracyWord families - we call words with common letters and sounds word families. This week we are focusing on the 'ap' family.
Please complete the -ap activity below
To reinforce this concept, we have found a brilliant game on Study Ladder. In this game, your child must look at the picture to help them complete the word, selecting either 'ap' or 'op'. Please log into study ladder using the details that we have sent directly to you via seesaw:
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Wednesday
NumeracyTo reinforce our learning about ordinal numbers this week, help your child to complete the reading and writing activity sheets:
*CHALLENGE*
To extend your child and put their learning about ordinal numbers into practice, encourage them to solve these word problems! Give them the animal cards and read the problems aloud. See if they can put the animals in the correct order to solve each problem. |
LiteracyRecap word ending /ve/ - although this sound has 2 letters, it makes 1 sound. We do not pronounce the e, we simply say the v sound when we see -ve.
English words cannot end with the letter v, so when you hear the /v/ sound at the end of words, we write -ve. Here is Geraldine the Giraffe again to help us with this sound: /ve/ word bingo - why not play a game of bingo. An adult or sibling should read the a word from the word list one at a time and if your child spots this on their bingo grid, they should cross it off. When all six words or pictures have been crossed off, your child should shout "BINGO". Then check the grid together to ensure they have correctly identified the word or picture.
We have included both picture grids and word grids - the word grid will be more challenging as your child must decode the words to find the correct one! *Challenge* - To extend your child, choose 3 or 4 -ve words from the bingo grids and use each one to form a sentence. Write these sentences into your Literacy book or onto lined paper.
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Thursday
NumeracyFor the rest of this week, we will be recapping the facts for adding to 10.
Using playdough and 10 pasta shapes, make two 'hedgehogs.' Stick 5 pasta shapes in one 'hedgehog' and 5 in the other. Ask your child to count how many spikes there are in each hedgehog and how many there are altogether. Record 5 + 5 = 10 on a whiteboard or piece of paper to show this. Give your child some time to explore the different ways that they can make 10 by arranging the spikes on the hedgehogs. Ask them to record the pairs that they found. (Don't worry if you do not have playdough, just use whatever you can get your hands on, you could use plates like in Week 1!) After they have finished, discuss all of the different ways your child made 10. Game- play the game with your child using objects such as counters or cubes. One player places two counters on two numbers. If the total is 10, the other child says 'ten' and leaves the counters on the sheet. If the answer is not 10, the other child must give the correct answer and remove the counters. This continues until all pairs have been found.
Complete page 15 in the NHM 'Addition to 10' booklet.
If you do not have your child's booklet at home, please click the button to access the pages: |
LiteracyBug Club Reading Activity - please select the book your child is reading this week and click to complete the relevant activity.
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Friday
Numeracy Number Cards (0-10)
1. Hold up 2 cards and ask your child to add the numbers together and call out the answer as quickly as they can. Continue this for a few questions. 2. Then, hold up 2 cards, but with one of them facing backwards. Ask your child what the missing number will be, eg. '5 plus what makes 9.' Turn the card around to check their answer. 3. This tine, hold up one card and ask your child to call out two numbers that add together to make this number. 4. Give your child the cards. Say things like 'I want to make 8' and ask them to hold up 2 number cards that add together to make this total. Complete pages 16-18 in the NHM 'Addition to 10' booklet.
If you do not have your child's booklet at home, please click the button to access the pages: To further challenge your child and give them a chance to put their learning into action, log in to your child's Study Ladder account and complete the 'Adding by Counting - Problem Solving' task in the 'Week 4' pod. Your child could even try the 'Adding to 20' activity if they would like to try working with higher numbers!
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LiteracySyllables - all words have syllables.
You can also find the syllables in a word if you notice when you open and close your mouth as you pronounce the word. Touch your chin as you say the word ‘reading’. How many times did your chin drop? You probably pronounced the syllables like this: ‘read-ing’ and your chin would have dropped 2 times. Here is a short video to explain the concept of syllables (Year 2 love this one!): Here are some tips and a clapping activity for you to try:
If your child has grasped the concept of syllables, move onto this syllable counting activity. The activity indicates the use of counters but you could use coins, Lego pieces, anything that will fit into the boxes.
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Topic and Play Based Learning Ideas
Food Groups
We begin to look at the 5 different food groups in Year 2 and the importance of having a balanced diet alongside exercise to help us stay healthy. We look at the role each group plays (in simple terms) and discuss why each is important.
Fruits and vegetables - provide lots of vitamins and minerals which are important for fighting off illnesses.
Carbohydrates - give children a slow release of energy.
Protein - is important for helping children to grow and repair muscles.
Dairy and alternatives - contain calcium which is important to support bone and teeth development.
Fats and sugars - fat is an important part of a child's diet to enable growth and development.
We have attached a sorting activity but there are lots of ways you could re-create the 'Eatwell Plate' at home. Using a hula hoop or draw a large circle outside with chalk, draw or collect food items from each food group and take a photo. Another idea would be to use a paper plate and draw/ cut out images of different foods in each group and create your own 'Eatwell Plate'.
Fruits and vegetables - provide lots of vitamins and minerals which are important for fighting off illnesses.
Carbohydrates - give children a slow release of energy.
Protein - is important for helping children to grow and repair muscles.
Dairy and alternatives - contain calcium which is important to support bone and teeth development.
Fats and sugars - fat is an important part of a child's diet to enable growth and development.
We have attached a sorting activity but there are lots of ways you could re-create the 'Eatwell Plate' at home. Using a hula hoop or draw a large circle outside with chalk, draw or collect food items from each food group and take a photo. Another idea would be to use a paper plate and draw/ cut out images of different foods in each group and create your own 'Eatwell Plate'.
Exploring our senses
Year 2 love learning about their 5 senses and there are so many simple, fun activities you can do at home to explore each one! Have a discussion with your child about the importance of each sense, both in keeping us safe and in helping us explore and enjoy the world around us. Ask each other the question: If you had to live without one of your senses which would it be and why?
Hearing - lie down in a room in your house (a hallway would be ideal), out in the garden or if you are out on a walk and listen carefully to all the sounds around you. What can you hear? Fill in the 'sound map' with pictures of the sounds you can hear. Try playing a listening game like 'Chinese whisperers' and see how good you are at hearing and passing on the message!
Taste - select a few different foods and see if you child can identify them when blindfolded. Try and get a range of tastes such as sweet (e.g. a biscuit), salty (e.g. salted nuts), bitter (e.g. beetroot in vinegar) etc and see if your child can identify them. Why not experiment and see it easier/harder with hot or cold foods? For a real challenge get your child to hold their nose while tasting the different foods and see how difficult that makes it! In school we often use different flavoured crisps which is always lots of fun!
Smell - Like the taste test, look for items you have around the house and see if your child can identify them blindfolded. These could be food items such as herbs and spices, coffee, toast or household items such as soap, a shoe, flowers, a book etc.
Sight - Play a game of 'i - spy' or try the activities 'Are two eyes better than one?' and 'Catch the penny' linked in the senses experiment button below.
Touch - As part of a literacy lesson on adjectives children loved guess what items inside a box were using only their sense of touch. The items had different textures and included cotton wool, a round metal scourer and a pineapple. Why not challenge your child to find something with a specific texture e.g. soft, spiky, smooth, hairy etc.
Hearing - lie down in a room in your house (a hallway would be ideal), out in the garden or if you are out on a walk and listen carefully to all the sounds around you. What can you hear? Fill in the 'sound map' with pictures of the sounds you can hear. Try playing a listening game like 'Chinese whisperers' and see how good you are at hearing and passing on the message!
Taste - select a few different foods and see if you child can identify them when blindfolded. Try and get a range of tastes such as sweet (e.g. a biscuit), salty (e.g. salted nuts), bitter (e.g. beetroot in vinegar) etc and see if your child can identify them. Why not experiment and see it easier/harder with hot or cold foods? For a real challenge get your child to hold their nose while tasting the different foods and see how difficult that makes it! In school we often use different flavoured crisps which is always lots of fun!
Smell - Like the taste test, look for items you have around the house and see if your child can identify them blindfolded. These could be food items such as herbs and spices, coffee, toast or household items such as soap, a shoe, flowers, a book etc.
Sight - Play a game of 'i - spy' or try the activities 'Are two eyes better than one?' and 'Catch the penny' linked in the senses experiment button below.
Touch - As part of a literacy lesson on adjectives children loved guess what items inside a box were using only their sense of touch. The items had different textures and included cotton wool, a round metal scourer and a pineapple. Why not challenge your child to find something with a specific texture e.g. soft, spiky, smooth, hairy etc.
Spaghetti Art
Have a go at turning food into art! Can you make a spring picture using spaghetti brushes? Don't forget to send us a picture of your masterpieces!
Spring Poetry
We have linked a great selection of Spring poems, which one is your favourite? Try memorising your favourite and recite it for your family. Could you write your own Spring poem?
International Nurses' Day: 12th May
International Nurses Day will be celebrated on 12th May, this year in particular we appreciate all that our incredible nurses do. We do not usually look at Florence Nightingale in Year 2 however you may wish to look at this PowerPoint or do your own research and find out more about 'The Lady with the Lamp'!
We have attached some colouring pages for International Nurses' Day but you will also find some beautiful free colouring pages online celebrating the NHS and Key Workers or you could make your own picture which you could display in a window for others to see?
We have attached some colouring pages for International Nurses' Day but you will also find some beautiful free colouring pages online celebrating the NHS and Key Workers or you could make your own picture which you could display in a window for others to see?
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This is a great interactive song for helping your child practice their number bonds to 10!
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A fun game to reinforce syllables. Help Hoppy the bunny choose the egg that matches the number of syllables in the word shown at the top of the screen!
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This is a lovely little song to help your child remember their five senses.
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