Week 6 - 25th 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
Bank Holiday
We have only set activities for 4 days this week. Please take today to relax and enjoy a well-earned break!
Tuesday
NumeracyThis week, our numeracy focus is time. To introduce the topic, watch and listen to the story 'What Time Is It Mr Crocodile?':
Use this to prompt a discussion with your child about clocks;
Where do we find them? What do we use them for? Why do we need to tell the time? What do you notice about how they look? What shape are they? How many numbers are there? What direction do the numbers go? How many hands are there? Are both hands the same size? Do all clocks look the same? (think about digital clocks) Where do we see digital clocks? (phone, oven etc..) What are the differences between analogue and digital clocks? Cover up a number on the clock face and see if your child can tell you which one it is! Make your own clock: Ask your child to cut out the different parts of the clock and stick them down to make their very own clock! Encourage them to place the numbers by themselves. Your child will be using this clock to support their learning this week, so it would be useful if the hands could move; you can use split pins to do this. You could also stick the clock face to a paper plate/cardboard to make it more sturdy. This is also an excellent interactive clock that could be used instead of/alongside the paper plate clock throughout this week:
Explain o'clock times to your child; when the minute hand (big hand) is pointing to the 12, it is something o'clock. The hour hand (small hand) tells us what o'clock it is.
Play a game using the clock your child has made. 1. Show some different o'clock times and ask your child what time it is. 2. Switch it around and ask them to show you different o'clock times by moving the hands to point at the correct numbers. To extend this, can your child complete their own daily schedule, just like Mr Crocodile's? They should draw hands on the clock to show what time it is, write the time in words, draw a picture of what they do at this time, and write a short description of the activity. The first one has been completed as an example.
To continue practising o'clock times, your child can log on to their Study Ladder account and complete the 'Reading an Analogue Clock' and 'Telling the Time on an Analogue Clock - Oclock' activities in the Week 6 pod:
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LiteracyWord families - we call words with common letters and sounds word families. This week we are focusing on the 'ot' family.
Please complete the -ot activity below
To reinforce this concept, we have found some brilliant resources and games on Study Ladder. Please log into study ladder using the details that we have sent directly to you via seesaw:
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Wednesday
NumeracyTo recap and practice o'clock times and warm up our brains, read this poem to your child and every time you mention an o'clock time, they should draw the time onto a blank clock. They could even do this with chalk on the ground outside or use the clock they made on Monday!
Introduce your child to o'clock times on a digital display. Explain that the first number is the number that the hour hand (small hand) points to and there is always :00 at the end because the minute hand (big hand) has gone 0 minutes past the hour.
Help them to play bingo, matching the analogue cards to the digital images. Complete pages 23 and 24 in the NHM 'Shape, Measure and Data Handling' booklet.
If you do not have your child's booklet at home, please click the button to access the pages: Extension: log on to Study Ladder and complete the 'Telling the time on a digital clock - o'clock' activity in the Week 6 pod:
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LiteracyPresent Tense Action Verbs - Verbs are doing words and are some of the most important words in the English language. Every sentence includes at least one of them and they convey a physical action, a mental action or a state of being.
Verbs change depending on the tense of the sentence, for example, if the action is happening now it will be in the present tense. Today we are learning to recognize present tense verbs. Can your child think of any of their own action verbs?
Present tense action verbs can also end in -s and -ing. Your child should be familiar with the concept of verbs, as we have covered them in school. Then try this fun drama activity that will make reinforcing present tense action verbs fun: If you feel your child is secure with this concept, try this written activity:
See Study Ladder for a further activity:
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Thursday
NumeracyToday will be focused on introducing half past times. Children will require lots of visual support to grasp this.
Using your handmade clock, set the hands to 8 o'clock. Then, slowly move the hands until it is 9 o'clock. Ask your child to watch what happens to the minute hand (big hand.) Discuss how it makes a complete turn from 12 back to 12. Explain that it takes one hour for this to happen. Set the clock back to 8 o'clock and then wind the hands slowly to half past 8. Talk about how far the minute hand went this time...only halfway. It is pointing to 6, which is halfway round the clock face. Only half an hour has passed this time, so it is halfway between 8 and 9 o'clock. It is half past 8. Show a few more half past times and see if your child can read them. Then switch, and ask them to move the hands to show a few half past times. Complete page 25 in the NHM 'Shape, Measure and Data Handling' booklet. If you do not have your child's booklet at home, please click the button to access the pages: Log onto your child's Study Ladder account and complete the 'Reading a Clock Half Past' and 'Telling the Time on an Analogue Clock-Half Past Times' activities in the Week 6 pod:
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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
NumeracyToday we will be learning how to recognise half past times on a digital clock.
Show your child a half past time on their handmade clock and see if they can read it. Explain that there are 60 minutes in an hour, which means that there are 30 minutes in half an hour. This is why we sometimes say 'eight thirty' when talking about half past times. We know it is half past when we see :30 on a digital clock; the minute hand is 30 minutes past the hour. Matching Cards: Help your child to match the digital and analogue times. You can follow the instructions and use a thread to connect them, or just cut them into individual cards! Log onto your child's Study Ladder account and complete the ''Telling the Time on a Digital Clock-Half Past Times' activity in the Week 6 pod:
Complete page 26 in the NHM 'Shape, Measure and Data Handling' booklet.
If you do not have your child's booklet at home, please click the button to access the pages: |
LiteracyPast tense verbs
Adding -ed In school we met old Uncle Ed. Ed is a time traveller - he likes to remember things that happened in the past! When we talk about past tense, it refers to things that happened in the past. To make the past tense of regular verbs, the ending -ed is added to the infinitive. Here is a helpful video that explains this concept: On Wednesday we learnt about present tense action verbs, but now we are going to time travel! With help from -ed, we want to think about changing verbs from present to past tense. Complete this activity:
Now that you are familiar with both present and past tense verbs, try this sorting activity to further extend your child's learning:
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Topic and Play Based Learning Ideas
Superhero HQ
All superheros need a safe base where they can make plans to save the day while staying safe from evil villains! Where will your base be? This could be indoors or outdoors, using bed sheets, tents, playhouses etc How could you mark it as your den? A sign or a flag with your superhero name or logo would transform the space into the perfect HQ hideaway. We have included some examples to help get you started!
Don't worry if you don't have the space or materials to create your own den, using Lego/blocks/play-dough could you create a mini model of your dream Superhero base?
Don't worry if you don't have the space or materials to create your own den, using Lego/blocks/play-dough could you create a mini model of your dream Superhero base?
We can all be Superheros
One of the things all Superheros have in common is their desire to help others. Who could you help? It can be especially difficult to help those we care about in the current circumstances but a small act of kindness can 'help' brighten up someones day. Watch the story 'Be Kind' and think about how you could help spread kindness, beginning at home.
Keep your super plans safe!
Even with your top secret Superhero base you still need to make sure your plans for amazing gadgets or messages to your hero friends stay hidden from any evil villains. Try making this amazing invisible ink and leave messages for your family to try and uncover!
Let's go explore! Mini Project
Last week we looked at the United Kingdom, this week we are thinking about Europe. Have you visited any countries in Europe on holiday? We would like you to pick a country, it can be one you've visited or one that you would like to learn more about. Over the next two weeks can you do some research and create an information poster telling us a little about the country of your choice. We have included some ideas to help get you started!
Extras
Why not set up a 'time hunt' around your house? This is an activity that we usually do in school and the children get so excited! Hide one of the clocks from your house and leave the letter from the 'time thief' in its place. Your child then has to follow the clocks, matching the analogue times to the digital ones to track down the clock! Just cut the posters up to get your analogue and digital clocks for the hunt- you don't need to use them all!
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Your child can practice making o'clock and half past times using playdough with these mats!
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