Tuesday

Handwriting

Start by watching the following video to help warm up your hands:

Finger Fitness Exercise Dances for Kids - YouTube

Now watch the handwriting video below.  Don’t forget you need to make sure you have a nice sharp pencil!

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! Don’t forget to check out Rising Stars!

Phonics

Phonicsplay login – Username – jan21          Password - home

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!

Write the following tricky words; oh, Mrs, Mr, people, called on a separate piece or paper and hide the tricky words around the room. Get your adult/sibling to say a tricky word and you must run and find it. Can they trick you out?

Practise writing the tricky words. How many different ways can you write the tricky words? Can you write on a whiteboard? Can you write with play dough? Can you write in sand?

Miss Powell’s group:

Before we start, let’s practise our Phase 2 and 3 sounds. Join in with Miss Powell in her video below!

For the rest of the term, we are going to be focusing on Phase 3 tricky words. This week, we are focusing on the following tricky words; he, she, be, you, her, was. Let’s practise our Phase

3 tricky words - listen out for this week's tricky words! Join in with Miss Powell in her video below!

Write the following tricky words; he, she, be, you, her, was on a separate piece or paper and hide the tricky words around the room. Get your adult/sibling to say a tricky word and you must run and find it. Can they trick you out?

Practise writing the tricky words. How many different ways can you write the tricky words? Can you write on a whiteboard? Can you write with play dough? Can you write in sand?

Mrs Lenotti’s group:

Recap your phase 3 sounds using the sound mat or PhonicsPlay

This week we are looking at tricky words. Tricky words are those words that we can’t sound out.

Have a go at playing Tricky Word Trucks here: Tricky Trucks (Phase 3) - Online Phonics Game (phonicsbloom.com)

I have given you a tricky word story spotter, can you spot all of the tricky words in my story? Write them down in a list.

Mrs Emslie and Mrs Houghton’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) and you also need to re-cap the phase 5 sounds we learnt last week – ay, ou, ie, ea oy, ir, ue, aw, ph, wh, ew, oe, au and a-e.  Write down the score you get and see if you can beat it tomorrow!

If you cannot access phonicsplay, test yourself on your sound mat!

Today we are learning the new grapheme e-e (Eve and Steve). We already know ‘ee’ (what can you see?)

Discovery Education Espresso - Ash's phonics - the 'e-e' spelling

Now complete the attached worksheet.

Username: student17015

Password: cuxton

English

Today is the day we start planning our stories!  How exciting!

Watch the video below to see the different planning formats.

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

Maths

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

This week, we are learning about Time. Today we are going to be comparing time. Go through the Maths Video and complete the worksheet.

Online Stopwatch/Timer - https://www.online-stopwatch.com/

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

Lunch – What’s for lunch, today?

Geography

Today, we are going to be describing human and physical features. Watch the Geography Video and complete the worksheet. Challenge – Can you write a sentence for each feature and use the word ‘because’ to explain your answer?