Week 8 - 8th June 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, our numeracy topic is money. We will be recapping how to recognise coins and practising counting and making amounts.
To start, recap the physical features of each coin with your child. You can use real coins if you have some, or these cut-outs are a good alternative. Ask your child what they notice about each coin and discuss the colour, shape and size of each one. Guess the Coin Game - hide some coins in a bag/box and play a describing and guessing game with your child. Have a peek in the bag/box and describe one of the coins you can see, eg:
It is a big, round, silver coin. It is a small, round, copper coin. It is a big, silver coin with 6 straight sides. Your child should use your descriptions to guess which coin you are describing. The, switch roles and see if they can describe a coin for you to guess! Labelling Activity- encourage your child to label each coin correctly by writing or cutting and sticking the matching value. |
LiteracySuper book review!
Today we are learning how to write a book review. A book review:
Book reviews contain these important features:
Choose any book that you have read. We would recommend that you choose a book that you have read recently or that you have access to (on Bug Club or in your home). This will allow you to check for information e.g. character names, the plot or the setting. Please use the structured template below to complete your review: |
Tuesday
NumeracyIt can be difficult for children to grasp the concept of value when learning about coins. Show them a selection of coins and ask them:
Which coin is the biggest? Discuss their answer. They might talk about the coin that is physically the biggest, but explain that the size of a coin doesn't necessarily mean that it has the biggest value/is the most money. Show them a 5p and a 2p to demonstrate this; the 2p is bigger, but the 5p is actually worth more! Show them a 10p coin and a pile of ten 1p coins and discuss which set of coins has more money? They might say the set of 1p coins because there are more coins, but help them count to see that the 1ps actually have the same value as the 10p. Exchange Game - this game is a brilliant way for your child to explore and understand the value of coins. You will need:
- selection of coins, mostly 1ps (you can use real coins for this, but the cut-outs will work too!) - game board - dice Log into your child's Study Ladder account and complete the 'Ordering Coins' activity in the Week 8 pod:
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LiteracyWord families - we call words with common letters and sounds word families. This week we are focusing on the 'og' family.
Please complete the -og 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
NumeracyToday we are going to practice counting amounts of money.
Children will be tempted to count the number of coins, but we need to remind them that each coin has its own value and we need to make sure that we are counting their values! There are a few tips to help with this: - always start with the coin with the biggest value first - tap/touch the coin the same number of times as its value, eg. you would tap a 5p five times before moving on. - if counting in written work, you can put little dots beside the coins to help count their value, eg. you would put two dots for a 2p. The number of dots you have all together will be your total! - skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s can be a quicker and easier way to count money Practical - Give your child a few different sets of coins to count. Start with sets of the same coin before mixing coins. Work within 10p first and then start giving them larger amounts if they are grasping it! Once they are getting the hang of it, they can make their own coin caterpillar by sticking coins (real or cut-outs) to a piece of paper and adding legs and antennae. The caterpillar should have at least 5 coins, but your child can use more as long as they are able to count the total! Write the total beside the caterpillar and send us some pictures on Seesaw! Complete pages 7 and 9 in the NHM 'Money' booklet.
If you do not have your child's booklet at home, please click the button below to download the pages: For further practice in counting amounts, your child could play this online game:
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LiteracyPresent Tense Action Verbs
Adding -ing In Week 6 we looked at present tense action verbs. As mentioned previously, verbs that are in the present tense can end in -s and -ing. Today we will be looking at -ing. We have created a document to support you and your child with the rules for adding -ing. Firstly, go through the spelling rules with your child, taking time to explain and talk about each one. Have a go at applying each, particularly rules 3 & 4 - there is an area for you to do this on the document. This can be tricky, so lots of repetition and reinforcement will help to secure the understanding of these rules. Using rule 1 - just add, please complete the activity below:
*Challenge* - Use the loop cards below to play a word matching game. N.B. You will need to cut out the cards prior to this game.
This game is played in the style of dominoes, where you match the dots: However in this game the aim is to match the word to its correct 'ing' partner to create a loop. For example buzz to buzzing, like to liking, try to trying.
This game will include all the -ing spelling rules, so encourage your child to have a go at spotting the correct match - which rule could that be? |
Thursday
NumeracyToday we will focus on making amounts of money.
Play this 'Toy Shop' game with your child to demonstrate how to make amounts of money to pay for something. Emphasise the importance of starting with the biggest coin needed and adding to it. Using some coins (either real or the cut-outs from Monday), give your child some prices and see if they can place suitable coins in the jars to make the matching amount.
Complete pages 8 and 14 in the NHM 'Money' booklet.
If you do not have your child's booklet at home, please click the button below to download 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
NumeracyTo further practice the skills we have been learning this week, set up a mini 'shop' by labelling a few items from around your home with different prices (within 10p or 20p depending on how confident they are with these concepts). Give your child a few coins and help them to practice counting out the amounts to pay for items.
We have included some price labels and empty labels if you wish to use them, but post-its or small pieces of paper would also work perfectly! This is also a great way to practically introduce change. Talk to your child about how they can still pay for an item even if they don't have the exact amount...they can pay with a coin that has a larger value and they will receive change. Practice giving change a few times, showing them how we find the difference between the two amounts.
Play the 'Toy Shop' game with your child again, this time on the 'give change' setting. If your child is grasping the concept of change, they could try this activity sheet to challenge them. They could use a number line to help with the subtraction.
*If you feel that your child is not ready to move onto change, don't worry! Just focus on counting and making amounts using the shop set-up :)*
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LiteracySuperhero Comic Strip
Today we are learning to recognise and then use features of a comic strip, to create our own Superhero comic. Here is a Superhero short story to inspire/support todays activity: A comic strip is a sequence of drawings in boxes that tell an amusing story, typically printed in a newspaper or magazine. Comic strips are a great way to channel creativity - to capture ideas in pictures and words, rather than using sentences.
Please use the powerpoint below:
We have included 2 comic strip activity options below. The first one has speech bubbles, thought bubbles & action bubbles included. The second is blank and allows your child the freedom to insert their own features. Please choose the version that suits your child's story best.
*Challenge* - To further extend your child, why not put your comic strip story into writing?
Write your Superhero Story into your Literacy book or onto lined paper. We would love to see your finished comic strips and stories so please feel free to send these directly to your child's teacher via SeeSaw. |
Topic and Play Based Learning Ideas
World Oceans Day Monday 8th June
Join us by wearing blue as we celebrate World Ocean Day this Monday! There is a full day of activities planned so click on the link and have a look!
A brief overview of the day:
9.00 am World Ocean Day kick off with Lizzie Daly and ocean flow PE with Richie Norton.
9.30 am Rockpool ramble at the National Marine Aquarium.
10.00 am Learn how to breath like a dolphin.
10.30 am Ocean learning zone opens!
1.00 pm Ocean creative zone opens!
4.00 pm Songs for the ocean.
6.00 pm Films for the oceans.
A brief overview of the day:
9.00 am World Ocean Day kick off with Lizzie Daly and ocean flow PE with Richie Norton.
9.30 am Rockpool ramble at the National Marine Aquarium.
10.00 am Learn how to breath like a dolphin.
10.30 am Ocean learning zone opens!
1.00 pm Ocean creative zone opens!
4.00 pm Songs for the ocean.
6.00 pm Films for the oceans.
Diversity and equality
As an Integrated school we celebrate our differences however recent events in America have made us look closer at how we recognise and celebrate all differences - in particular race.
Research has shown that children as young as 5 'show many of the same racial attitudes held by adults in our culture. They have already learned to associate some groups with higher status than others.' (Kinzler, 2016)
We believe books are one of the greatest ways we can open up discussions of race, diversity and equality. Here are a few that you might like to watch and discuss with your child this week.
Research has shown that children as young as 5 'show many of the same racial attitudes held by adults in our culture. They have already learned to associate some groups with higher status than others.' (Kinzler, 2016)
We believe books are one of the greatest ways we can open up discussions of race, diversity and equality. Here are a few that you might like to watch and discuss with your child this week.
Coin rubbing
Coin rubbing is such a quick, fun art activity and it helps children look more closely at the images on different coins. Complete the coin rubbing activity or be creative and make a summer picture using your coins! Maybe you have foreign coins from previous holidays you could use for your picture? What coin is your favourite?
Sun Safety
Can you be a Sun Safe Superhero? Design a poster to help boys and girls enjoy the sun safely this summer!
Summer Syllables
Can you sort the summer words into groups according to how many syllables they have? Can you think of any other 1 syllable, 2 syllable or 3 syllable summer words that you could add?