Maths Main activities and videos can be found via this

link. Activities will also be saved to the Woodpecker Home Learning page:

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Summer term week 3 work please.

English – Amazing Grace. Listen to the story of ‘Amazing Grace’. For the next few weeks, we will be using the story of

Amazing Grace for our English learning. All of the resources for each lesson will be on our Woodpecker

Webpage. Here is a video reading of the book for you to watch

first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWzIfz5SKZQ

Connected Curriculum

Starter Play the 10X table jungle race!

Resource 2 Lesson 1 Objective: Part whole relationships and

fact families Watch the video on white rose website. Then complete the activity for lesson 1

on our home learning page.

Lesson 1 Objective: To use adjectives to describe.

Read the story ‘Amazing Grace’. Who is Grace? What does she like to do? What is she good at?

What does ‘successful’ mean? What could unsuccessful mean? Can you use it in a

sentence?

Write a short character description of Grace based on what has been read. Can you think of

some adjectives to describe Grace’s personality? Can you think of some verbs to

describe the things Grace likes to do?

PE Continue with PE with Joe at

9am Monday- Friday! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0T

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Science

Plants – NEW UNIT!

Tell me what you know about plants.

Make a fact file or poster telling me everything you already know about

plants.

Make them as creative and imaginative as you like! We will compare them with

another one you make at the end of the unit after we have done all our learning.

Starter Code breaking activity – home learning page.

Lesson 2 Objective: To use contractions.

Yesterday you watched a reading of the story Amazing Grace -

P1

Lesson 2 Objective: Compare a + b > c + d Watch the video on white rose website. Then complete the activity for lesson 2 on our home learning page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWzIfz5SKZQ

Today you will learn about contracted words

and the use of apostrophes. Read through the example on our Woodpecker page which will

tell you all you need to know about contracted words.

When you are confident you understand contracted words, you can complete the

activities for lesson 2.

Perhaps you could write your own sentences about the story using some of the shortened

words you have learnt.

Starter Time dominos game – play with your family. Lesson 3 Objective: Related facts Watch the video on white rose website. Then complete the activity for lesson 3 on our home learning page.

Lesson 3 Objective: To use time conjunctions. Recap the story of ‘Amazing Grace’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWzIfz5SKZQ What happens; first, then, next and last? How does Grace feel at different parts of the story? Write a diary entry for Grace telling how she feels when trying to gain the part of Peter Pan. Complete the template or write your own using time adverbials first, then, next and finally. What happens to her at each stage? How did she feel? Remember to write your diary as though you are Grace, using words like I, I'm, I'll etc..

P2

Please see word banks for time conjunctions and examples of writing in the first person on our Woodpecker page along with a template you can use.

Starter Time dominos game – play with your family. Find on the home learning page. Lesson 4 Objective: 2 digit and subtract ones. Watch the video on white rose website. Then complete the activity for lesson 3 on our home learning page.

Lesson 4 LI: To plan a story.

Create your own story map of amazing grace using pictures, words and phrases – make them creative and fun! Remember this map is to help

you retell the story orally.

RE

Starter Complete the time activity on our home learning page. Lesson 5 Objective: Add 3 1-digit numbers. Complete the activities. Think about the questions carefully. Check your answers at the end.

Lesson 5 LI: To retell a story.

Retell the story of amazing grace use pictures to support your writing.

Use: Time conjunctions and descriptive

language to give more information. Use your year 2 writers mat to help you.

Topic ‘Beat, Band and Boogie!’ Session 1 Choose a piece of music to make a dance too. Try to keep with the rhythm and use the music to help you decide what movements would suit best. Record clips of these.

Session 2 Task: Research lesson: Research facts about ‘Hans Zimmer’. Who he is? What does he do? What is he famous for? Activity: Write an article for a magazine about him using the facts that you have found. The article is just informative. Find an optional template on the home learning page.

Session 3 Go through the slides on body percussion joining in where you

can. Compose a piece of music using the activity sheet saved on our Home learning page under topic. Happy music making!

Extension! Create a tune on the online piano.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/go/resource/tg-ga-168-twinkl-tunes-virtual-piano-game

Phonics / Spelling

Please see below this home learning map the

outline for phonics/ spellings this week on resource 1.

There will be more videos and resources uploaded to our Woodpecker Home learning webpage – but please do check which order

to do them first!

NEW! Please check out our phonics page under curriculum with videos and tasks you can

complete at home in addition to your weekly home learning. The videos will model

different aspects of a lesson to help you at home which will remain available at all times.

Timetables Continue with your TTRS! You have to use

garage mode for set x tables.

Find these activities on our home learning page:

1. Multiplication dice game

2.5 x table multiplication and division board game

https://www.timestables.co.uk/games/

Reading Comprehension Listen to the video/ book on our Home learning

page about ‘A Trip to the Beach’. Task!

Answer the questions based on the book. Remember to use full sentences with a capital

letter and a full stop. You will find pictures from the book and the questions on our Woodpecker

Home Learning page.

Daily reading Please continue with your daily reading as you know

reading skills underpin everything we do! Log onto the home learning page under adults to

hear members of staff read stories for you.

Log onto oxford Owl to access lots of reading materials that are phonetically decodable and other

useful activities!

Phonics Resource 1 Username: woodpeckers20

Password: Woodpeckers https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

As well as completing the sessions please look at your spellings every day that are attached below.

Session 1 – Watch session 1 on our Home learning page for ‘ea’. Before starting the session login to oxford owl using your class login – click on extra practise zone – find level 4 book 21. When required look at the page focussing on the picture. What do you see? Can you figure out what’s happening? How do you know? Can you see anything in the picture with the ‘ee ’ or ‘ea’ sound. Click on all the interactive parts and join in where you can or just follow me with the book on the video if you cannot load the interactive version.

Session 2 – Watch the short video for writing for ‘ea and ‘ee’. Complete the activity sheet on our Home Learning page for ‘ee’ and ‘ea’. After you have completed the activity write some of your spelling words using the sounds. Remember to use the lines and your fingers to sound out the words like I do in the video. Can you think of any of your own words with the ‘ee’ and ‘ay’ sound? Can you write them down? Challenge: Look up words you are unsure of in a dictionary or on an online dictionary with your focus sounds in ‘ee’ and ‘ea’. Write these words in sentences. Remember to think about your handwriting and punctuation. Session 3 – New sound. Watch the video for our new sound ‘ie’ which is an alternative spelling sound for ‘igh’ in level 3. Log on to oxford owl if you can to level 4 book 21 and turn to the ‘igh and ‘ie’ page before starting the video. Use the interactive devices on the screen to take you through or follow with me in the video. Remember to think about the picture first and discuss what is happening in detail and what things you can see in the picture with our sounds. Then try and sound out the words using your pointy finger or just say the words. Day 4 – Watch the short writing video for ‘igh’ and ‘ie’ then complete the writing activity that is on our home learning page. After you have completed the activity write some of your spellings using the ‘igh’ and ‘ie’ sound. Remember use your fingers to sound them out and use the lines to write them!

This week’s spellings Resource 1 continued

Extension

Look at your year 2 common exception words lists (if you do not have one to hand there is one saved on the Woodpecker

main page under useful resources) – choose some of them – can you say them? Can you spell them? What do they mean?

Use them in a sentence.

If you can recall and spell all of the year 2 common exception words – move onto the year 3 and 4 list which I will upload

for you.

Day 5 - CHALLENGE TIME – Get someone to test you on your spelling list with this week’s sounds in – how many can you get? Good luck! If you get some wrong that’s ok – keep note of them to keep practising ☺

/ee/ - alternative ea sound /igh/ - alternative ie sound

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