24 June 2020: Home learning
Hello, everyone! I hope you are having great week so far.
Please send me photos of your learning.
moortowneyfs@spherefederation.org
Phonics
Practise phoneme ow/ar at BBCBitesize
Phonics activity
Just add ‘ar’
Read a book at Oxford Owls
Literacy
Book of the week Superworm by Julia Donaldson
Listen to the story.
Superworm is a rhyming story. Can you write down the words that rhyme?
Superheroes have a superhero costume. Can you design a costume for Superworm?
Maths
Let’s make worm number lines.
Superworm is super-long!
These worms look like our number lines at school. Draw your own worm number lines. Start at different numbers or write your numbers backwards!
Extra activity
Make a playdough worm or make a worm with pasta!
How long is your worm?
You can find details of these activities here.
23 June 2020:Home learning
Good morning!
Did you get a chance to make a wormery yet? If you do, please send me photos.
moortowneyfs@spherefedertion.org
Here are today’s activities.
Phonics
Practise the phoneme oo/oo with Geraldine the Giraffe.
Your child will need a pencil and paper or whiteboard and pen for this lesson.
Let’s recap the phonemes ow, ar
Phonics activity
Read the words. Some are real words, some are nonsense words. We call these ‘alien’ words. How many ‘alien’ words are there?
Literacy
Story of the week: Superworm by Julia Donaldson
Listen to the story.
Wizard Lizard magically makes Superworm go missing!
Can you design a poster to help find Superworm?
Remember to include lots of detail:
• A picture of Superworm
• A description of Superworm. What does he look like?
Maths
Count to 20 in 2s.
Watch numberblocks counting in 2s.
You will need objects to use for counting, two ten frames (print or you can make/draw one).
Use the 10 frames to solve these number problems:
Jenson has found 10 insects, 2 of them wriggle away. How many insects are left?
Joshua has found 12 frogs. 1 frog jumps back into the pond. How many frogs are left?
Niamh saw 8 birds in the sky. Lorien saw 6 more birds. How many birds did they see altogether?
Challenge: Ava has 14 worms. She wants to give half of them to Georgia. How many would they each have?
Extra activity
Learn about worms and wormeries here.
22 June 2020: Home learning
Hi everyone! I hope you had a lovely weekend.
Here are today’s home learning activities.
Phonics
Sing a tricky word song.
Write some tricky words on scrap pieces of paper to help prepare for the game below!
Parents/Carers: you could read the words below and ask your child to write them without looking.
Activity: Play tricky word boo!
How to prepare:
Fold the tricky words up and put them into a cup.
Write the word ‘boo’ on some scrap pieces of paper.
Fold them up and put them into a cup.
How to play:
1.Collect a word out of the cup and read it. Remember to keep the words you read.
2.Take it in turns to take a word out of the cup to read.
3.If you get ‘boo’ put all your words back.
4.The person with the most words wins!
Literacy
Look at the photo of a worm.
Can you describe it?
You could use words like: slimy, wiggly etc
Story of the week-Superworm by Julia Donaldson
Listen to the story and join in with the Superworm chant.
Think of some new words to describe Superworm.
Draw Superworm and label your drawing with some of the words.
Maths-symmetry
Sing some Numberblocks songs.
Extra activity
Why not make your own wormery?
This week’s learning
Lots of great learning this week! I loved the Zoom phonics game and all your self-portraits.
Keep sending me photos.
moortowneyfs@spherefederation.org
19 June 2020: Home learning
Good morning!
Are you ready to perform your puppet show today?
Phonics
Phonics
Sing the tricky word songs.
Phase 3
Phase 4
Practise the phoneme oo.
Phonics Activity:
Can you spot the phoneme oo in the story?
Now, read the story.
Literacy
Book of the week: The monkey puzzle
It’s puppet show time! Use the puppets, setting and story maps you have made to retell the story ‘The monkey puzzle’.
You could record your puppet show and email it to us-we would love to see it!
moortowneyfs@spherefederation.org
Maths-number bonds
Draw 10 cheeky monkeys. Can you place them in the trees? How many monkeys are in each tree?
Enjoy this song!
Have a great weekend!
18 June 2020: Home learning
Good morning! I hope everyone is having a great week so far.
Here are your learning activities for today.
Phonics
Practise tricky words at BBCBitesize
Practise writing tricky words using a sheet like this.
Don’t forget there are daily phonics lessons here.
Literacy
Book of the week: The monkey puzzle by Julia Donaldson
Listen to the story of the week.
What happens in the story? What are the events?
Retell the story to a grown up or draw a story map of events.
Maths-number
We are learning about the number 16. Sixteen is a square number. Can you remember the other square numbers we have learnt?
Watch Numberblocks.
Can you draw 16 in different ways?
Things you could draw to show 16:
– 16 monkeys jumping on a trampoline
– 16 stars in the sky
– 16 rainbows
-16 hearts
Challenge: Is 16 an even number? How do you know?
Extra activity
Reading
We know that reading daily is an important part in supporting your child’s reading development.
Some parents have been using oxford owls free ebooks to get their child to read daily – fantastic! Typically, a child in reception would be reading ‘Oxford Level 2/3‘, ‘Letters and sounds – phase 3/4’ and ‘Book band Red/Yellow/Blue’.
It might be that you are starting to get through most of the ebooks available that are appropriate for your child’s reading level. If so, here are some more free downloadable books that your child could enjoy.
17 June 2020: Home learning
Hi everyone! I hope you are enjoying this week’s learning.
Phonics
Practise recognising and saying all the sounds.
Phase 2
Phase 3
Words to read:
Use your ‘phoneme fingers’ to help blend the words. How many sounds are in these words?
Words to Write:
Phonics Activity:
Phonics play – dragons den – phase 4
Literacy
Book of the week: The monkey puzzle by Julia Donaldson
Listen to the story of the week.
What is the setting? Where is the story set?
Draw the setting of the story. This will be the background for your puppet show.
You could paint, draw or collage a jungle scene.
Maths-number
Count from 0-15.
What number is next?
Let’s learn about the number 16. Sixteen is one ten and six ones.
Watch Numberblock 16.
Can you do 16 hops, claps, jumps? Remember to count each movement and stop at number 16.
Write the numbers 0-16 on the floor using chalk, paint or write on paper (make sure they are big enough to stand on).
Can you find the answers to these problems?
Find and stand on the number that is 1 more than 14
Find and stand on the number that is double 7
Find and stand on an odd number
Find and stand on a number that is fewer than 8
Find and stand on a number that is more than 10
Find and stand on an even number
Find and stand on the number that is half of 12
Challenge: Parents/carers give your child some more problems to solve. Can your child think of their own number problem?
Extra activity
Watch ‘Do baby animals look like their parents?’
16 June 2020: Home learning
Good morning!
Here are the home learning activities for today.
Did you collect the sticks you will need for today?
Phonics
You will need a pencil and paper or whiteboard and pen for this lesson.
Let’s recap the digraph oo, oo
Phonics activity
Just add oo to make the words.
Watch BBCBitesize oo
Literacy
Story of the week: The Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
Listen to the story.
Can you name all the characters in the story?
They are: Mum Monkey, Dad Monkey, Baby Monkey, Butterfly, Elephant, Snake, Parrot, Frog and Bat.
Make puppets for some OR all of the characters. Here are examples of some puppets you could make.
These puppets will be used for your puppet show on Friday.
You will need paper OR card, colouring pencils and sticks OR spoons.
You can use a stick to hold up your puppet. Draw your butterfly on card.
If you can’t find any sticks you could use a spoon instead – just like this. Draw the monkey on paper.
Maths-shape
Try counting in 2s.
Make a square spy glass to find the squares.
Extra activity
Draw a self-portrait and think about what makes you unique.
Send me your self-portraits.
15 June 2020: Home learning
Hello! I hope you’ve had a great weekend. I’m hoping the sun will shine this week!
Keep sending photos of all your learning to moortowneyfs@spherefederation.org
Here are today’s home learning activities.
Phonics
Phonics
Practise recognising and saying all the sounds.
Phase 2
Phase 3
Words to read:
Phonics activity:
Play buried treasure.
You can log-in at Phonicsplay
Username: march20
Password:home
Literacy
Story of the week: The Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
This week we are going to be looking at the characters, setting and events in the story. This will then help us to retell the story using homemade props.
What do we mean when we say character? Setting? Events?
Talk to your adult about these:
Character = Who is in the story. The people/animals in the story
Setting = Where the story is set
Events = What happens in the story
Retell the story.
To join in with this week’s creative activities, you will need the following items. Hopefully, these are items you will find in your home.
• Paper OR card and colouring pencils
• Sticks from outside OR a collection of spoons (they can be re-used afterwards)
• Sticky tape
Perhaps if you are going outside for a walk today, you could collect some sticks.
Maths-teen numbers
Watch the video and count backwards from 20 to 0.
We have learnt these teen numbers.
Describe them to your adult. “Twelve is one ten and two more.”
Extra activity
Listen to a story.