Home Learning Wk. Commencing 19 th April 2021

Please use this document as a way of supporting your child’s learning at home. These are the lessons we will be providing in school. And it would be appreciated if you could do as much of this at home as possible.

PhonicsEach day the children will have a new letter sound to learn. This term the children will be recapping some letters they learned at the start of the year. They will practise reading and writing words containing those letters. Through the week the children should be encouraged to recognise and write their common words:

was myPractice forming the letters in our Brocklewood font which is in the grid below:

Monday: we are getting better at recognising and writing the letter ‘th’ Encourage your child to tell you the sound/phoneme for ‘th’ and then have a go at writing the letter along with the words ‘moth’ and ‘bath’. Now have a go at reading the sentences below.

Tuesday: we are getting better at recognising and writing the letters ‘sh’ Encourage your child to tell you the sound/phoneme for ‘sh’ and then have a go at writing the letters along with the words ‘fish’ and ‘ship’. Now have a go at reading the sentences below.

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Wednesday: we are getting better at recognising and writing the letters ‘ch’ Encourage your child to tell you the sound/phoneme for ‘ch’ and then have a go at writing the letters along with the words ‘chick’ and ‘much’. Now have a go at reading the sentences below.

Thursday: we are getting better at recognising and writing the letter ‘th’ Encourage your child to tell you the sound/phoneme for ‘th’ and then have a go at writing the letter along with the words ‘thud’ and ‘them’. Now have a go at reading the sentences below.

Friday: Practise writing your letters from this week:

sh ch thCan you read the words below and spot the odd one out in each row?

Handwriting

Warm up: Lazy Eights – hold an arm out straight in front of you. Keeping the arm out straight trace a large eight; on its side. Do this 5 – 8 times and then repeat with other arm.

Remember: - We write in the Brocklewood pre-cursive font (example at the start of

phonics section)- When writing we always start on the line and finish on the line

- For these letters when writing we come back down the same line- Hold your pen like a bird

Monday: We are getting better at recognising and writing letter ‘n’

First practise sky writing the letter (Writing the letter in the air with your finger)

Then have a go on your paper at writing the letter. Get your grown up to model writing it first. Practise writing the letter a few times. Finally can you have a go at writing these words containing the letter ‘n’

net nan

Tuesday: We are getting better at recognising and writing letter ‘m’

First practise sky writing the letter (Writing the letter in the air with your finger)

Then have a go on your paper at writing the letter. Get your grown up to model writing it first. Practise writing the letter a few times. Finally can you have a go at writing these words containing the letter ‘m’

man mop

Wednesday: We are getting better at recognising and writing letter ‘h’ First practise sky writing the letter (Writing the letter in

the air with your finger)

Then have a go on your paper at writing the letter. Get your grown up to model writing it first. Practise writing the letter a few times. Finally can you have a go at writing these words containing the letter ‘h’

hat hen

Thursday: We are getting better at recognising and writing letter ‘ n m h’

nmh

First we are going to see if you can remember how to write these letters. Have a go at writing the letters we have learnt this week n m h.

Today we are using our knowledge of these letters to play a game. Can you go around

your house and find some objects that have the letters from this week in. Once you have found some you could have a go at writing these words and drawing a picture to go with it.

Friday: We are getting better at recognising and writing numeral 4.

First practise sky writing the numeral (Writing the letter in the air with your finger)

Then have a go on your paper at writing the numeral. Get your grown up to model writing it first. Practise writing the letter a few times. Here it a little rhyme to help you write it.

Maths

Monday: We are getting better at saying what is and what is not 7 or 8. We will use the I Spy sheets to talk about what we can see and what it represents. For example, “I can see 7 paperclips.” “I can see 1 spider, that does not represent 7 or 8.”

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Tuesday: We are getting better at finding out which numeral is missing.

The numeral 4 comes after 3 and before 5. The numeral 4 is in between 3 and 5.

Get your child to finish off these sentencesThe numeral ... comes after ... and before ...The numeral ... is in between ... and ...

Wednesday: We are getting better at writing the numerals and finding the correct quantity

I have represented 4 using 4 dogs. Your children could try and make their own I Spy sheet for themselves or to share with the class.

Practise writing the numerals using the rhymes.

Thursday:

Today we are getting better at finding out how many altogether.I’ve used squirrels as Puzzle is a squirrel. There are 3 squirrel in one tree and 2 squirrels in the other tree. How many squirrels altogether. Try this with a

different number of squirrels. You could use spoons from home to find out how many.

Friday: Use some paper to record what you did yesterday.Here is my copy. You don’t need to draw squirrels you could draw circles to represent the squirrels.

English

This week we are going to be learning with the story Owl babies.

Here is a YouTube video of the story being read.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPQRiSTYFHo

If you don’t have access to the internet, you can use the oral story below. Get your child to practice retelling the story.

Owl babies- oral storyOnce upon a time there were three baby owls. Sarah, Percy and Bill. They lived in the trunk of a tree with their mother owl. One night they woke up and their owl mother was gone.“Where’s my mummy? I want my mummy” said Bill.“I think she has gone hunting said Sarah”. But she didn’t come back.They sat on the tree and waited. A big branch for Sarah, small branch for Percy and a small piece of ivy for Bill.“Where’s my mummy? I want my mummy” said Bill.But she didn’t come back. It was dark in the woods. They all sat together.“She will bring us mice and things that are nice”“Where’s my mummy? I want my mummy” said Bill.They closed their eyes and wished she would come back. And she came back!Soft and silent she swooped through the trees to Sarah, Percy and Bill. “What’s all the fuss about” said mummy owl “I knew it” “I love you mummy” They all lived happily ever after. The end.

Monday:In today’s lessons the children are getting better at joining in with key words and phrases from the story for example: ‘Where’s my mummy? I want my mummy said Bill’

Before starting todays lesson give the children a summary of what happens in our oral story ‘Owl babies’. The story is about 3 owls Sarah, Bill and Percy. One day their Owl mother flies away and the 3 owls are left alone. They miss their mummy and they want her back home in the trunk of the tree. Begin reading the Oral Story ‘Owl babies’.

Now begin reading the story to your child, using the words provided. Encourage your child to join in with the repeated phrases. You can also come up with actions for different parts of the story.

Challenge: Get your child to have a go at writing one of the key phrases the Owl babies.

Tuesday:

In today’s lesson, the children are getting better at retelling the story of Owl babies using a story map. A story map is something that the children have seen and used before.

Here is a story map for the owl Babies

You could always have a go at showing the child how to draw the above story map or just use the one provided. Following the story map, encourage your child to use some story language from yesterday’s lesson. (see annotations below).

One night they woke up and mummy owl was gone

Now, it is your child’s turn to have a go at drawing their own story map. Use the space below.

They missed their mummy and they wanted her back. “I want my mummy” said Bill

Mummy owl came back. “what’s all the fuss about” Said Mummy owl

One night they woke up and mummy owl was gone

Wednesday:

In today’s lesson we are going to be looking at describing the woods from our oral story. When describing something we are uses our senses to say what it looks like, feels like and smells like. A describing word is also known as an adjective.

Here is a picture of the woods encourage your child to come up with some adjectives to describe the woods. Here are some that an adult has come up with.

big

dirty

dark

cold loudNow, it is your child’s turn to have a go at writing some adjectives. Try and get them to think of 3-5 adjectives.

Now that you have come up with your adjectives can you put them in a sentence?Here are the adjectives an adult has come up with in a sentence.

The woods is big.

The woods is cold.

The woods is loud and dark.

Thursday: Today we are getting better at putting our adjectives from yesterday into a sentence and have a go at writing it.

Here are the adjectives from yesterday. You might have some different ones to this.

Here are the adjectives an adult has come up with in a sentence.

The woods is big.

The woods is cold.

The woods is loud and dark.

Get your child to say some of the adjectives they have come up with in a sentence. Get them to think it, say it, write it and re-read it. Use the lines below to write their sentence on.

Friday:

In today lesson we are going to be getting better at segmenting to write a sentence. Look at the three different parts of the story and get your child to practice saying some sentences out loud for example:

Once upon a time there was 3 babies owls Sarah, Percy and Bill. They lived with mummy owl in a tree.

Sarah, Percy and Bill sat on a branch whilst they waited for mummy owl.

Mummy owl swooped through the trees and came home. “What is all the fuss about” said mummy owl.

Once your child has had a go at saying some sentences, now it is their turn to have a go at writing them; using the lines below.

Here is a word bank that your child can use to help them write some of the key words. Encourage your child to put these words into a sentence and NOT to just copy them.

Mummy owl woods

Owl babies

tree

micebranch

Project

This week we are talking all about our families. Can you draw, paint or collage a family portrait?

As always remember you can contact your child’s class teacher via Class Dojo if you have any questions or to show the teacher what you have been doing at home.