Year 1

This week's English tasks are all about using your imagination.

Below is the title of a children's fiction book. Either on the computer or in your Green books or on paper, design a front cover for this title.

 'How to wash a Woolly Mammoth'

Think about what a Woolly Mammoth looks like, what could the book tell you? 

Reading and Phonics.

Accelerated Reading quiz if ready to do so.

Read to an adult or your toy class. 

Phonics.  Write down all the sounds you can remember and then check with the sound chart from your pack.  Revise all set 2 which are: ay, ee, igh, ow, oo as in book,, oo as in poo, ar, or, air, ir, ou, oy.

Practise 'o-e' sound today.

Try bbc bitesize to help.  Phase 3 phonics and scroll down the page to o-e.
 

Spelling Shed to practise known sounds. Try words with ear, o-e, au and ow for cow.

Purple mash punctuation games or try Small town Superheros game on bbc bitesize.

Today we are revisiting counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. 

Find as many objects as you can around the house ( remember only things that are safe and don't burn or sharp). 

Put them in 2s and count them. Can you make 20, 26, 38, 50?

Which is the odd one out.

2, 16, 13, 20, 46, 88.

Try this with putting them in groups of 5 and count them. Which is the most?

Which does not belong to the 5 times table?

0, 5, 10, 35, 89, 90.

Look for Marvellous Maths ideas sheet below.

Challenge:

See Maths challenge  linked below.

Topic.

To be completed at some point this week.

Topic activities for this week are focused on learning about Animals and their Habitats.

There are some fun videos and games on the BBC Bitesize webpage that can be found by following this link (scroll down to the Animals section.)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z6svr82
Look again at all the videos on BBC Bitesize on Animals. Try the game Galaxy Pups. See if you can get to the Gold level.

Which animal do you like and why?

English 

The lesson today is on Using full stops, capital letters and joining words when writing.

In your green books or on paper, write about the picture here. What is happening? What is going to happen next? How did the girl get there?

Phonics

Practise ir and ur and  ue sound. 

Practice  u-e today Write it in your book. Say the rhyme underneath the picture on your sound mat.  Ask an adult to read it to you if you cannot.  Here is the link to the sounds.

Ruth Miskin (Read Write Inc) daily phonics speed sounds lessons:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ?mc_cid=5b8869f543&mc_eid=3d2b84ebff

Accelerated Reading quiz if ready to do so.

Read to an adult or the toy class. 

Spelling Shed to practise known sounds. Try words with ur and ue and

u-e.

Purple mash punctuation games or try Small town Super heros game on bbc bitesize

Today we are going to revise adding and subtraction.

Ask an adult if you can have any coins they have in their wallet or purse. Choose 5 of them.  They are the numbers you are going to use to add and subtract.  Add two of the coins together. Now add three of the numbers on the coins together? try subtracting those numbers. How fast can you do this?

Challenge: Choose 50p, 20p or £1 or £2 coins. Find the difference.

A different challenge: Choose 1p and 2p and 5p coins only. 

Choose a game from purple mash to play.

Time Table Rock Stars.

Phonics

Practise ir and ur  and er and  ue as in blue and glue sound. 

Practice a-e today.

Write it in your book. Say the rhyme underneath the picture on your sound mat.  Ask an adult to read it to you if you cannot.

Write three words with this sound in.
 

Accelerated Reading quiz if ready to do so.

Read to an adult or the toy class.

Spelling shed to try spelling words with

a-e and ay.

Today learn to form letters accurately to create a poster.

Use your letter writing skills to create a poster for our book: 

How to wash a Woolly Mammoth.

Create in any size paper you want or even on the computer. 

The lesson today is Solve problems involving adding and subtraction.

Try either Marvellous maths sheet or challenge from below.

Choose a game from purple mash to play.

Times Table Rock Stars. 

Science.

Today is a chance to learn about Animals on BBC Bitesize

What is a habitat. Write, label or draw what you can find out.

Practise ur and er  and ue and  ew as in blue and glue sound. 

Practice i-e. Write it in your book. Say the rhyme underneath the picture on your sound mat.  Ask an adult to read it to you if you cannot.
Write 3 to 5 words that you can think of with I-e in them.

Accelerated Reading quiz if ready to do so.

Read to an adult or the toy class.

Grammar games on Purple mash.

Spelling shed.

Practise ,ur, er, ue and ew.

Learn to Write the days of the week in order.

Add a picture next to each day. Think about what you do on that day and draw it. It would be really helpful if you label or write a sentence next to this picture so I can add it to the website.

Today you can learn how to add and subtract 10. Get a piece of recycled card or a sheet out of your green books. write the digits, 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 on it nice and big. Cut out the numbers so you make yourself some number cards. Now choose one number write it down and add 10. For example 5 + 10 = 15

9 + 10 = 19 and carry on until you have used all the digit cards.

Try subtract 10 from the answers. For example; 5 + 10 = 15.

15 - 10 = 5.   9 + 10 = 19.   19 - 10 = 9.  Remember largest number first in subtraction sums.

Challenge: Do you notice any patterns in the sums or answers, Write in a sentence what you know. 

Use two digit cards to make a larger number like 2 and 6 to make  26, now add 10. try this with other digit cards. 

Choose a game to play from Purple Mash.

Challenge someone to a battle on Times Table Rock Stars.

Computing

Go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zjpqqp3/year-1-lessons/1

Here is a chance to learn How programming and games work.

Purple mash Year 1 has some great games for Year 1 coding.

Practise ur and er  and ue and  ew as in blue and glue sound. 

Practice ph and wh. Write it in your book. Say the rhyme underneath the picture on your sound mat.  Ask an adult to read it to you if you cannot.
Write 3 to 5 words that you can think of with ph , sphere, phonics, earphones and words with wh in them.

Accelerated Reading quiz if ready to do so.

Read to an adult or the toy class.

Grammar games on Purple mash.

Spelling shed.

Practise , igh,

i-e, ie

Reading Lesson. The book today is: How to wash a Woolly Mammoth by Michelle Robinson & Kate Hindley.

You can watch the story on you tube  I will add a link below. 

Talk about the story. What are you thoughts? Do you like it or not and why? Try acting it out. You can always email a video of you acting out part of the story. 

Challenge of the week.

Choose one from Marvellous Maths sheet below or from one of the challenge sheets. Record answers in your green book.

Choose a game to play from Purple Mash.

Challenge someone to a battle on Times Table Rock Stars.

Topic

Art today.  Draw or paint your favourite animal/creature.

Use pencils, paints, pencil crayons, crayons, chalks. You choose what you are going to use to draw it . I look forward to seeing your master pieces.