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Monday READING

Choose a story to read, sequence and retell. We suggest Three Billy Goats Gruff.

WRITING

Draw a picture of your favourite part of the story. Tell a family member why you chose this part. Can you write a sentence about it?

PHONEMIC AWARENESS

Parent/ carer to read the word set. Child repeats the two words that rhyme in the set.

had, dad, mud let, net, hop ham, ram, sit bump, jump, can miss, hiss, will knock, shock, hip fell, tell, box

NUMBER: 1-10 (20) Warm Up - Jack Hartmann – Subitise to 5

Practise counting to 40

Find something that has a circular bottom (cup/ tin), trace around it 10 (20) times. Cut them out and write a number between 1 and 10 (20) in the middle of each circle.

Put the circles on the floor in order (only go to the number your child is confident counting to and from).

Step on each circle, counting aloud as you do.

Look carefully at the circles you drew and cut out. Can you describe the shape? E.g. ‘It has one curved side.’

Can you find any other circles in your house (e.g. counters in a board game, placemats, patterns on curtains/ cushions, etc.)?

SCIENCE – HATS (Do this for week 4 and 5 if you need more time)

Talk about how science is about observing and that we’re learning about the properties of objects and materials. Share ideas about the purpose of hats such as safety, to keep warm or dry, costume, uniform, special event. Play Sun Safety song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwa49vPr-3I and talk about the properties a hat needs for sun protection – light, wide brim, cool, flexible.

Look at some photos of hats - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qEOGwLy3Uo/

Find some hats around your house – what material are they made from e.g. straw, fabric, wool, plastic, etc. and their properties. Which materials would be suitable for a hat? Why? Investigate whether the hats are waterproof/not waterproof.

Prep Learning @ Home: Term 2 – Week 4

Tuesday READING

Re-read Three Billy Goats Gruff or your story from yesterday. Remember to change to voice to match the characters when retelling the story.

WRITING

Cut and paste the pictures below in order. Use the pictures retell the story to your favourite teddy.

PHONEMIC AWARENESS

Parent/ carer to read the word set. Child listens and identifies the final sound.

rub, tribe, scrub – (b) golf, half, life – (f) leg, mug, pig – (g) desk, luck, make – (c/k) school, feel, table – (l)

NUMBER: 1-10/20 Warm Up - Ladybird Spots

Practise counting to 40

Use the circles you made yesterday and ask an adult to mix them all up. Can you put them back in the correct order?

Can you find some objects to match each number (e.g. one spoon, two blocks, three pegs, etc.).

Play the lady beetle game below.

Cut out the two- dimensional shapes below. Can you sort them into groups? Can you tell and adult why you grouped them the way you did?

STEM

Build a bridge for The Three Billy Goats Gruff out of materials from home. See if the bridge can hold one of your toys.

Wednesday READING

Use the sounds (stretch out the word and blend them together) to read this sentence. The big cat is on the bed.

After reading, cut the sentence into words and try to put it back together.

Have a go at another sentence.

NUMBER: 1-10/20 Warm Up – Lady Bug Partitioning

Practise counting to 40

Pour a small amount of sugar/ salt/ sand on a plate. Have an adult call out a number (0-20). Use your finger to write the numbers.

Count to 10 (20) using a whisper voice. Count using a monster voice, a squeaky voice or a robot voice. Can you count backwards using your voices?

ART

See Music Grid below.

WRITING

The big cat is on the bed.

Copy the sentence, remember to use spaces!

Draw a picture to match.

PHONICS

Sing along with Jack Hartmann – Working out to the letters and sounds.

Draw what I say: o Describe a two-dimensional shape

(square, circle, triangle and rectangle) referring to the number of sides, type of lines and corners (E.g. It has three sides, three corners and its sides are straight).

o Be sure to: listen to all instructions before drawing; guess as you hear the clues; draw the shape you think was described

Thursday READING

Read a book with a parent/carer. Retell

what happened in the beginning, middle

and end of the story.

WRITING

On a piece of paper write the name of your story. Next, draw a picture of the characters and write their names below.

PHONEMIC AWARENESS

Adult says the category and then read the nonsense words. Students repeat the nonsense word and then correct word.

Category – Things we use at school jencils (pencils) fissors (scissors) zlue (glue) nooks (books) fesk (desk) daper (paper)

NUMBER: 1-10/20 Warm Up – More or Less. Get a deck of cards. Remove picture cards. Place the pile in the centre and with a sibling or parent, turn over one card each from the pile. Whoever has the higher number wins the round.

Practise counting to 40

Use blocks/sticks/rocks/toys to form the shape of the numbers 1-10 (20).

Have an adult help you to cut out some pieces of paper and write a number from 1- 10 on each piece. Cut some more pieces of paper and draw dots from 1 -10. Mix them up then play memory to match numbers.

PE

Practice hopping on both legs.

See ‘Fabulous Fitness for everyone’ grid for more ideas.

Friday READING

Use the sounds (stretch out the word and blend them together) to read these words.

WRITING

After reading, write the words and draw a picture to match the word.

PHONEMIC AWARENESS

Can you think of a word that rhymes with these words? cat - ? hop - ? pot - ? fin - ?

Can you make a silly rhyme to share with your family? There once as a… who…

PATTERNS/ SHAPE/ MEASUREMENT: Warm Up –Jack Hartmann ‘Name the Shape’

Practise counting to 40

Take a photo of a triangle, a circle, a square and a rectangle in your house and email them to your teacher.

Find a dice or other familiar three-dimensional object (e.g. can, ice-cream cone, cereal box). Can you name the object and describe: o the shape of the faces (flat surfaces)

using names such as square, triangle, rectangle and circle

o the number of faces.

Can you describe the sides (straight or curved; how many sides; how many corners)?

HASS

Ask Dad to tell you his favourite memory of when he was a child.

Find out one of his favourite memories of you when you were a baby/toddler.

Use the sounds (stretch out the word and blend them together) to read this sentence.

After reading, cut up the sentence into words and try to put it back together.

Copy the sentence, remember to use spaces!

Draw a picture to match.

Have a go at another sentence.

The big cat is on the bed.

Sound out the word and draw a picture to match.

hat

cap dot

jet

zip pig

cot

box fan

2D shapes