Wednesday 1 st April 2020 The Jo Wicks workouts are on every morning at 9am if you want to keep joining in.

Reading LO: To read and understand a text. Read the text below and answer the questions.

Africa is a continent which is bigger than the United States of America, Canada and India put together. Africa is home to 54 countries and more than one billion people. In Northern Africa, you can trek through the Sahara desert; it is the largest and driest hot desert in the world. You can

also visit the world’s longest river, The Nile. Millions of people visit Africa on holiday to see its famous pyramids and go on animal safaris. In Africa, you will find some of the largest mammals on the planet. Among them are the elephant, the giraffe and the world’s fastest land mammal, the cheetah.

1. Number these facts from 1 to 3 to show the order they appear in the text.

You can trek through the Sahara desert.Millions of people visit the famous pyramids.Africa is home to 54 countries.

2. Find and copy two mammals from the text that you may find in Africa.

3. Why might people come to Africa to look at animals on a safari?

4. ‘You can trek through the Sahara desert.’ In this sentence, what does ‘trek’ mean?

English LO: To write a set of instructions (Spread across today and tomorrow).

Today and tomorrow, I would like you to write a set of instructions. You can choose what the instructions are for but here are some examples: how to wash up, how to brush your teeth, how to build a lego house, how to make a sandwich. You could choose to make something or you can make it up. Remember at Christmas, we wrote instructions on how to catch a naughty elf. Start by thinking about an introduction. Let your reader know what your instructions are for. See my example below. I have included a question, an adjective and some conjunctions. Can you include these in your introduction?How to trap a dragonAre you kept awake at night by the sound of dragons crunching bones? Do not despair because help is at hand. Dragons must be defeated. Read these instructions and soon you too will be rid of this terrible pest.You will need:A magical spade, a brown sheet, some leaves and sticks and a large lump of tasty meat.

That’s as far as I want you to write today. Remember to use: full stops and capital letters, letters sitting on the line

PhonicsThis week, we will be revising the ch digraph and looking at alternative pronunciations: tch and t. We will also review the phoneme j and learn the alternative pronunciation using the graphemes dge and g. chopping naturechicken jaguarrichest sledgeditch badgerkitchen lodgematch gentlecreature gymnastics

Practise reading, writing and spelling words with these digraphs. See if you can find words with these digraphs in reading books. Write the words into sentences, they can be silly sentences.

MathsCarol Vorderman is offering free access to her website at the moment. Follow the link below if you’re interested.

https://www.themathsfactor.com/subscribe/

LO: To add equal groupsThis week for Maths we will be using https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/ Click the link or google ‘whiterose maths home learning.’ Please only cover 1 session per day. Each lesson has a short video explaining each lesson. Watch the video and follow

the instructions. Each lesson will have an activity pack plus an answer sheet. Use the answer sheet honestly to check your answers and see if you can de-bug

any mistakes and ask for help if you are stuck.

Today look at week 2, lesson 3. Remember to use your knowledge of counting in 2s, 5s and 10s to support you.

ArtLO: To use natural materials to create a sculpture.Andy Goldsworthy is an artist who makes sculptures from natural materials like rock, sticks and leaves.

If you can, have a look in your garden for natural materials: stones, sticks, leaves, daisies etc.

Remember you can upload pictures of things you have been doing on seesaw.