Monday

Handwriting

Print and complete one or two of the dinosaur pencil control sheets below.

Reading

Read your reading book with an adult or sibling. Adult to ask you questions about what you have read - https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ - Oxford Owl have lots of free reading books that you can download and read! Also, check out Rising Stars for a new book.

Reading Week - Share a story with someone. This could be reading to a sibling, parent or pet at home. It could even be reading to another family member virtually.

Spellings

This term we will be working through the Year 1 High Frequency words.

Have a look at the sheet below. 

Phonics - 15 minutes

Phonicsplay login – Username – jan21    Password - home

Mrs Emslie and Mrs Houghton’s group:

Well done!  We have come to the end of the first part of phase 5.  There is lots more to do, but to start with we are going to revise the alternative graphemes we have done so far.

Start by re-capping all the phase 5 sound we have learnt (phase 5a):

Flashcards Time Challenge (phonicsplay.co.uk)

Re-cap your high frequency and tricky words using the tricky word trucks.

Tricky Word Trucks (phonicsplay.co.uk)

Play the following game:

Yes/No Yeti (Phase 5) - Online Phonics Game (phonicsbloom.com)

Now complete the attached sheet below.

Mrs Lenotti’s group:

Before we start, let’s practise all of our sounds - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/flashcards-speed-trials  (Phase 3/4)

When you come back to school, we are going to do a small assessment to see if we are ready to move to phase 5! So, this week I thought we’d have a little practise of everything you already know including tricky words and alien words. Let’s get started with this phase 4 wordsearch.

Mrs Hutcheon’s group:

Before we start, let’s practise all of our sounds - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/flashcards-speed-trials  (Phase 5) Write down the score you get and see if you can beat it tomorrow! If you cannot access phonicsplay, test yourself on the sound mat!

We have been looking at alternative pronunciations. Today, we are going to explore the alternative pronunciation of the c grapheme. Watch this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKGtDPGotCQ

Let’s Practice! Help the squirrels decide how to pronounce the tricky grapheme for each word (c) - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resourc es/phase/5/acorn-adventures

Your job today is to draw and label 5 pictures that include the short ‘c’. and draw and label 5 pictures that include the long ‘c’. Think of your own words or look at the worksheet to help you.

Miss Powell’s group:

Before we start, let’s practise all of our sounds - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/flashcards-speed-trials  (Phase 2 & 3) Write down the score you get and see if you can beat it tomorrow! If you cannot access phonicsplay, test yourself on the sound mat!

In Phonics, today, we are going to be learning about the ‘sh’ digraph. Make a list of all the ‘sh’ words you know! How many can you name? Watch Geraldine the Giraffe and see if you got more words than her! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCRqtFBQ_2k

Look at the worksheet – read the words, identify the ‘sh’ words and match them to the pictures below. Challenge – choose two words and put them in a sentence.

English - 1 hour

Today we are going to be looking at plurals.  Watch the video below.

You will need:

• A copy of the worksheet or a piece of paper.
• A pencil.

Break - Grab a healthy snack and a drink and have a break. Could you go outside to get some fresh air?

Maths - 1 hour

Number Bonds - https://www.cuxtonschools.co.uk/number-bonds-1/

Starter – Count to 100 Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc

This week, we are learning about measuring ‘Weight and Mass’. Today we are going to be focusing on using the key vocabulary ‘heavy’ and 'light’ to compare weight and mass of different objects. Go through the Maths Video and complete the worksheet.

Challenge – have a go at completing the reasoning questions. Remember to explain your tricky answers!

Don’t forget about Numbots! - https://play.numbots.com/#/intro

Lunch

Geography - 45 minutes

In Geography, we are going to be learning about the four countries that make the United Kingdom. Watch the video and complete the worksheet. For today’s task, you must identify which country each dinosaur is in.

Have you got an atlas or world map at home? Have a look at it and see if you can find the United Kingdom.