Welcome to Meadow 4!
Phonics
Start with the following alphabet song.
Scrambled up tricky words!
Oh no! The tricky words have been scrambled up, can you unscramble them?
Work with a partner or on your own and look carefully at the words, can you see what the word is supposed to be and put the letters in the right order.
Maths
Have a listen to this song!
Have some fun today with the following place value games 🙂
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball
Phonics
Listen to this catchy song, We are the Alphabet, to get you ready for phonics time
Read the sentence slides below. Can you become digraph spotters? Spot all the digraphs in the words, count on your fingers how many you can find in the sentence. Use the basic code in the back of your reading diary to play bingo. Place a button, coin or piece of pasta on top of all the digraphs you find in the sentences. Don’t forget the double consonants (these aren’t in your basic code) such as ll, pp. Can you do the same with the tricky words? How many different tricky words can you find in the sentences?
Maths
Get your maths brains warmed up with this Grab a Ten song
Have a look at the numicon plates below. What is the total number using your knowledge of 10 for each pair?
Explain how you know. Can you record it as an addition number sentence?
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/arrowCards/index.html
Use the link above to practise making the teen number above using arrow cards. Start by having a play with the programme and figure out how to make teen numbers (and higher numbers if you choose). Once you are familiar with the arrow cards challenge your child to make a number. Call out a number and let them have a go at creating it using the arrow cards. Ask them to tell you what their number is made of i.e, what the digits represent.
Exploring place value using a ten frame
Create two ten frames at home, see the examples below.
Use a baking tray and some tape to section the tray into 10 equal sections
Use a large egg box (cut off two holes from a box of 12)
Draw your own
Practise using your ten frames to create different teen numbers. This will reinforce the importance of ten in a teen number. Encourage your children to not count out the ten when filling their first frame but to remember and know that a teen number always has ten which means we must always fill a whole ten frame first and then count out the ones for the second ten frame. Use whatever you can find at home to fill the ten frames, coins, buttons, dried lentils, raisins.
Phonics
Get your brains warmed up with this alphabet song
Now practise your digraphs…
Today you will be looking at the pictures below and thinking of a short sentence to go with the picture. For example, for the first picture you could write The good witch cast a spell. For picture 2, The beanstalk is big. For picture 3, The big pig had a big sack. These are just some examples of what your child could write, they might have their own ideas! Don’t forget to use the Basic Code in the back of your reading diary and the tricky words on the lists we sent home if your sentences include them.
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Literacy
Show your child the pictures of the good characters and bad characters below. Talk to your child about these characters. How would they describe the characters? Try and get them to expand on the simple ‘good’ and ‘bad’ vocabulary and ask them to explain why they think that. Model describing your child to them using a range of vocabulary to describe your child’s traits and personality. Get your child to do the same with the characters and tell you. Take some of their suggestions and write them on a piece of paper to create a key words sheet (they’ll be able to use this later on in their writing so keep it). Get your child to help you segment the words as you write them or get them to have a go at writing some of the words too. In school we like to do shared writing where the children support the teacher to write and they get to see some good writing being modelled. You don’t have to pick all three pictures to talk about (unless you want to), just choose your favourite.
The Three Little Pigs
Goldilocks & The Three Bears
Jack & The Beanstalk
Little Red Riding Hood
PE
Join in with this Fairytale Fitness yoga session. Can you tell which traditional tale it’s going to be about from looking at the picture?
Message from Mrs Smith:
Good morning everybody!
This week sees the start of our new Jigsaw theme ‘Changing Me’ and a chance to focus on the
diversity that exists within our school, our communities and throughout the world.
I want you to think particularly about the word ‘unique’ and how often we see examples in nature
that remind us that two things are rarely exactly the same.
One perfect example of this is the snowflake and I’ve included a short film to allow you a
moment of awe and wonder at the beginning of our assembly today. The images were taken by
Wilson Bentley, a Vermont farmer who became fascinated with snowflakes at a very young age
and was one of the first people to photograph a snow crystal, after years of trial and error (and
never giving up!). He took pictures of more than 5,000 snow crystals and drew the conclusion
that no two snowflakes are alike; each one is unique. Wilson Bentley celebrated and shared the
beauty and diversity of the thousands of snow crystals that he photographed so that we could
appreciate them, and so that their brief existence did not go unnoticed.
Diversity, Tolerance, and Snowflakes
I wonder if we were to make a film capturing images of the children in our school, what would
we notice and would we draw the same conclusion that no two children are the same; each one
is unique? Have a think about the diversity that we would see in those images – hair, height,
gender, eye colour, number of freckles, glasses, colour of skin … would any two children be
exactly the same? What is it about you that makes you unique or special?
When we talk about diversity in school we recognise that groups and communities are always
stronger when they have lots of different types of people in them. Diversity in nature also
teaches us that there is beauty and strength in difference. We know that everyone should be
treated fairly and with respect regardless of their gender, age, ethnicity or skin colour and we
take great pleasure in recognising the things which make us similar as well as the things that
make us different in order to live in harmony with each other.
However, whilst we all recognise this, sometimes in the world around us we see signs that
people aren’t always treated fairly, that differences aren’t tolerated or that people make
judgements about other people purely based on one unique characteristic such as their gender
or the colour of their skin. The sadness and anger that this generates has been seen throughout
history and can also be seen today. We have focused on some of the people who have stood
up for people’s rights in these situations in our assemblies in school.
I wonder if you can remember who they are or what they were fighting for? Don’t worry if you
can’t, I have included some clips in your grown-up’s notes if you want to explore their stories
together. Just like you, these people recognised the importance of treating everyone fairly and
that diversity should be celebrated and inequality challenged, just as it is in our school.
A story which illustrates this theme beautifully is ‘The Sneetches’ by Dr Seuss.
How did the changes that the Sneetches made make you feel as you watched them? Did they
need to add or take away their stars?
The Sneetches eventually recognised that everybody should be treated equally, no matter what
they look like. They realised that differences should be celebrated and that communities can
live in harmony and be happier and stronger when everyone shows respect for everyone else,
whether they have a star on their belly or not.
So – your task this week is to help us to celebrate the diversity that we see in our school
and we are going to look for this in two places this week.
Phonics
Our phonics reading today focuses on the tricky words some, come and said. See if you can spot them in this tricky bug song and find them on your phase 3 tricky bug sheets.
Now have a go at reading these sentences and guessing which tales they are from. Can you spot the three tricky words? There is something else in each sentence…. Speech marks! Can you find these and discuss with an adult what these are and why they have been used?
Once you know that the speech marks help to tell you when a character is talking, see if you can say the speech in a voice just like the Wolf’s, Witch’s and Jack’s. Can you think of anything else the characters say in one of your favourite traditional tales?
Literacy
Remind yourself of which traditional tales you have enjoyed reading/listening to this week and talk about which one is your favourite so far. What makes it your favourite? Is it the funny story line, a particular character or maybe the ‘happily ever after’ ending?
Encourage your child to join in with retelling the story to you or maybe to a friend or family over video call. The listener could guess the traditional tale based on your storytelling and descriptions. Include a description of the story setting in your retelling and think what the place would look like and if you would like to live there.
Let’s now turn this into some Drama! You are going to imagine that you are one of the characters from your favourite tale. As your adult reads the story or plays it online, see if you can act it out with actions and movements.
Can you use your facial expressions to portray the good/bad character? Do you look sneaky and scary, like the Big Bad Wolf? Do you look sad and hungry, like Baby Bear in Goldilocks and The Three Bears?
Phonics
Let’s start with a Snow White ABC song. Get your pen and paper or whiteboards ready and see if you can write out the alphabet as you singalong. Make sure your v,w,x and z letters are straight and pointy!
https ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWF26JjgkCI
Listen to this tricky word song to help refresh your memory …
Now have a go at a 1 minute tricky bug challenge! Keep your paper handy to see how many tricky bugs you can write down. I wonder if you can beat your score next time!
Tricky bug disco!
Scatter tricky bugs around your floor, dance to some music and when the music stops you must find a tricky bug to stand on. Your adult can ask you to then shout out the tricky bug before the music starts again. Why not remove the bugs once you have stood on them and play until you have run out of bugs!
Here’s a Three Pig Jig to dance along to for your disco …
Or see if
you recognise the tune to this song..
Creative
Draw/ paint your favourite character from a Traditional Tale that you have listened to this week. Think about the character’s appearance. Are they tall? Short? Fat? Furry? What colour are their clothes or fur? Do they have sharp claws or carry an object? You could use a paper plate to create the face of the character using materials such as wool for their hair.
Here’s a really simple homemade paint recipe using just cornflour, water and food colouring…
https://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipes/cornflour-paint-recipe/395o29ll
Phonics
Sounds
Listen to this phonic song, point out the capital letters during the song.
Tricky words
Have another go at the following tricky word game
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html
For today’s session have a go at writing sentences for the following pictures. You can use the suggested sentence with the picture or have a go at one of your own!
The pig is little.
The goat had little feet.
Her basket had lots of food.
Maths
Get your maths brain ready with this groups of 10’s song.
Today we are revisiting yesterday’s place value activity with a guessing game, you can use the same resources as the previous activity. This is a spin on ‘who am I?’.
Take it in turns to think of a number and describe it to your partner (parent, sibling etc) using the values of the number, for example my number has 1 ten and 4 ones (14) the person guessing can say the number but to make it extra challenging use the place value cards and/or objects to make the number.
If you think your child is beginning to understand the concept of place value with teen numbers it would be a good idea today to repeat yesterday’s activity with some larger numbers (only up to 99) and explore how many 10’s each of the larger numbers might have. 25 has 2 tens and 5 ones, 47 has 4 tens and 7 ones.
Once you have explored numbers above 20 you can have a go at the following game!
We have had a lovely day back in school today. Things are a little different but we are helping the grown ups keep things nice and clean and we have our own sets of stationary including our own playdough pot! We hope that this picture of our happy faces having fun with our friends put our grown ups minds at ease about our days at school! 🙂
Phonics
Sounds
Today use the basic code in the back of your reading diary and go though all the sounds together. You could always make a bingo out of it using small counters or coins.
Tricky words
Tricky word challenge! See how many tricky words you can write in 5 minutes, use the following or a selection of your own.
said there so little have one like do some when come out were what
In today’s session have a go at reading the following, tricky words are highlighted in red. Most words should be phonetic but their might be a few where your child may need some assistance.
Maths
Over the next few weeks we will be learning about place value focusing particularly on ‘teen’ numbers, if you feel like your child needs more of a challenge please feel free to use some larger numbers with them however it is important that they do have a good understanding of place value at a ‘teen’ level too. The main objective is that your child is aware that, for example, 14 is made with one 10 and a 4.
Start with a number song to get your brain warmed up!
Adults you’ll have to take the lead with this introduction to teen numbers. Have 20 objects (if possible 20 of the same thing, lego / duplo blocks etc and if possible make some place value cards 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6 ,7, 8, 9 (see example picture) or alternatively if you have access to a printer you can find some here. (You will only need pages 4-6)
Explore the numbers on the cards and see what happens if you place the single digit on the 0 of the 10, how does that change the number?
What new numbers can you make?
Discuss what you see is happening for example this is 14, can you see that it is one 10 and 4 ones?
Use the duplo/lego or other counting objects to count out the numbers that you make with your cards. Experiment with making a group of 10 objects and a group of objects to represent the single digit and just changing the single digit amount to change the value.
Have a go at exploring all numbers to 20.
Phonics
Let’s start with a song…
Now practise your tricky words
For today’s phonics session you will need to work with a partner. Ask an adult or a sibling to play with you. This game is called Sentence Substitution. Adults, ask your child to write a sentence starter, choose from the list below or do all three –
The pigs hid in the…
The goats ran to the…
The duckling felt…
Once your child has written a sentence starter, get their partner (it might be you or another member of your family) to finish the sentence with a real or fun and silly ending. Encourage your child to read the whole sentence back adding in your chosen word. You can rub out the final word and repeat with a different one. Possible endings could include –
The pigs hid in the…mud/grass/shed/car/bed
The goats ran to the…chip shop/beach/field/farm
The duckling felt…sad/happy/upset/grumpy
Read Me Riddles
Ask your child to read these riddles and tell you which traditional tales character they are about.
Tricky words are in red, don’t sound them out, and digraphs and trigraphs are underlined.
I can be pink
I like to roll in mud
I have a curly tail
Who am I?
I have sharp teeth
I live in the forest
I am hairy
Who am I?
I live with my mum
I sell a cow
I get magic beans
Who am I?
Literacy
For literacy this week we would like you to get as familiar with as many different traditional tales as you can. Refer to Monday’s session and watch, listen or read a different story each day or more if you like.
PE
We will no longer be delivering a traditional PE session in school each week. We will however still be practising mindfulness, yoga and Just Dance in the classroom. We will provide you with links to the sessions we’re accessing at school so that you can carry out the same activities at home. Don’t forget to still go out for your daily exercise and if you are in school we will be spending a lot of time in the outside area.
Mindfulness – breathing exercise
Listen to this calming mindful video. Turn off everything around you and find somewhere comfortable to sit down and take a moment to just concentrate on your breathing. It’s quite a long session at 12 minutes so you may want to break it into 2 chunks.
