Moss Hall Infant School Monday 4th May – Friday 8th May

Message from teacher: Hello Reception, I really miss you all. I hope you are enjoying the home learning and keeping safe and well with your family. I have been very busy trying to get a high score on my garden dart board. Have you been playing a game where you use your counting skills? Can you read the numbers on the dart board? I’ve also been making lots of cakes for my friends, banana cake seems to be everyone's favourite. I am having lots of walks to drop off the cakes to my friend’s doorsteps. I went walking to the fields by my house and see fruit growing on the bushes, do you know the name of the fruit? Hope you have all been eating lots of fruit and trying new vegetables. It has been really lovely talking to you all, hearing about how busy you have been with your learning and trying to do different things. Wishing you all well, keep safe Maggie (Spider class teacher)

Moss Hall Infant School

Monday 4h May – Friday 8th May

If you have any problems with home learning please email office@mhi.org.uk and we will try to help you if we can.

A reminder of how to access Big Cat Books in order to access your free-choice book on Friday.

Remember for Discovery Education, Espresso Username: student20848 password: school

Remember to be logged onto Espresso before you click on any of the links!

Moss Hall Infant School We understand that each day will present its own unique challenges. Here is some guidance on prioritising the learning:

Reading

and Phonics

Every day

Maths As often as possible (hopefully every day)

Writing As often as possible (this could be incorporated in their phonics work)

Additional activities Understanding the World, Expressive Arts

and Design

When it works for you

Story Time Shared story time to happen as frequently as possible

Project Animals

Story time Here are some suggested stories/songs for the week.

How Tiger Got His Stripes

T

Giraffes Can't Dance

Song: A Sailor went to Sea Sea Sea

Commotion in the Ocean Sharing a Shell

Moss Hall Infant School

Reading

These are the choice of books for the week. Please choose one that will be used on Monday and Tuesday and a second one that will be use on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday is free-choice!

In the Garden The Farmer’s Lunch

Doing Nothing!

Can you sing about other sea animals and

make an action for them? E.g. shark snap,

snap.

Monday

Reading

Phonics

Read and/or listen to the book of your choice

Ask your child: Is this a fiction (a story) or a non-fiction (real) text? How do you know? Can you find the tricky words, e.g.: in, the. How many places do they explore? Are all the places in the garden? Can you name the vegetables growing? Can you make a list of the things in the garden our school?

Remind your child of some strategies they could use to decode new words: sounding out, using the pictures for clues or reading the rest of the sentence and come back to the word(s) you found tricky.

Ask your child: Is this a fiction (a story) or a non-fiction (real) text? How do you know? Can you find the tricky words, e.g. is. Discuss how the pictures extend the story told by the words. (You have to ‘read’ the pictures too). What is happening? What is the farmer thinking? Retell the story in your own words and use different animals and food. Can you make your own sandwich for lunch? Can you write a speech bubble or write about the food you eat for lunch?

Ask your child: Is this a fiction (a story) or a non-fiction (real) text? How do you know? Can you find the tricky word: to. What did the frog have to do? What animals did the frog meet on his way? Can you make a list of the animals? Can you draw a map of the frog’s journey?

New sound ay (play, May, day, say, lay, tray, clay, Friday, spray)

Doing Nothing!

In the Garden The Farmer’s Lunch

Watch the ay video on Espresso. Can you think of words with the ay grapheme? Can you find anything at home with the ay grapheme? Read the words below:

spray

play day way May say

Challenge: Can you write any words with the ay grapheme?

Maths story books: Below are a selection of maths story books to read before each activity. Chose one each day to share.

One is a snail, Ten a crab

On the launch pad

One Duck Stuck

Let’s Count Goats

Ten Magic Butterflies

Maths

Warm up each day to maths: Subitise Rock Song and Actions

Understanding the concept of equal groups. Oak learning link Lesson activity 1

Writing

Day 1 – Look at the picture below. Make a list of all the animals that you can see in the sea. Choose 2 more animals that live in the sea and write a sentence about what they are doing. E.g. The fish is swimming. Remember:

Reading

Phonics

Tuesday

Re-read the book you read yesterday and carry out the activity at the end.

Can your child put these sentences back in the correct order? (You could write the words and cut them up so it’s easier). Encourage them to look for the capital letter at the start of the sentence and the full stop at the end. Keep asking them to read them to you. Does it make sense?

. the sandpit In my Where’s lunch?

had frog. The hop to

In The Garden

The Farmer’s Lunch

Doing Nothing!

Maths

Sharing objects into equal groups. Oak learning link Lesson activity 2

Writing

Day 2

Remember:

First, on Espresso watch the video clip called ‘Under The Sea’. Then, watch the video and draw along to ‘How to Draw a Fish’ on YouTube. Finally, can you write a very simple sentence about your fish? Can you write on lines? e.g. The fish has lots of scales. My fish can swim.

Reading

Phonics

Wednesday Read and/or listen to a second book of your choice.

Remind your child of some strategies they could use to decode new words: sounding out, using the pictures for clues or reading the rest of the sentence and come back to the word(s) you found tricky.

Ask your child: Is this a fiction (a story) or a non-fiction (real) text? How do you know? Can you find the tricky words, e.g.: in, the. How many places do they explore? Are all the places in the garden? Can you name the vegetables growing? Can you make a list of the things in the garden our school?

Ask your child: Is this a fiction (a story) or a non-fiction (real) text? How do you know? Can you find the tricky words, e.g. is. Discuss how the pictures extend the story told by the words. (You have to ‘read’ the pictures too). What is happening? What is the farmer thinking? Retell the story in your own words and use different animals and food. Can you make your own sandwich for lunch? Can you write a speech bubble or write about the food you eat for lunch?

Ask your child: Is this a fiction (a story) or a non-fiction (real) text? How do you know? Can you find the tricky word: to. What did the frog have to do? What animals did the frog meet on his way? Can you make a list of the animals? Can you draw a map of the frog’s journey?

Doing Nothing!

In the Garden The Farmer’s Lunch

Practice the Phase 3 tricky words - Tricky words song

Introduce the new tricky word said

Ask your child if they have seen or heard this word before (maybe in a story or in a conversation).

Play the Phase 4 Tricky Words Song. Stop at 0.19 and have-a-go at writing the new tricky word

without looking!

Maths

Pairs of legs Lesson activity 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Writing

Day 3

First, on Espresso watch the video clip called ‘Under The Sea’. Then, watch the video and draw along to ‘How to Draw a Shark’ on YouTube. Finally, can you write a very simple sentence about your fish? Can you write on lines? E.g. A shark is big.

Remember:

Reading

Phonics new sound

Thursday Re-read the book you read yesterday and carry out the activity at the end.

The Farmer’s Lunch

In the Garden Doing Nothing!

Grapheme ir ( first, skirt, shirt, stir, thirst)

Watch ir video on Espresso

Can you think of words with the ir grapheme?

Can you find anything at home with the ir grapheme?

ir reading activity on Espresso ir spelling activity on Espresso

Challenge: Can you write any words with the ir grapheme?

Activities

Writing

Day 4

Remember:

First, make sure you are logged onto Espresso. Next, watch ‘Secrets Under The Sea’. Then, watch the video on YouTube and draw along to: ‘How to Draw a Jellyfish’ Can you write a sentence about a jellyfish? e.g. The jellyfish has lights. The jellyfish floats in the sea.

Maths

Counting in equal groups Lesson activity 4

Reading

Phonics

Friday

Choose a Big Cat book to enjoy together.

Remember:

Recap on oo, oa and ee sounds. Can you write these words and add sound buttons?

Can you write a sentence for one of these words? Challenge: Can you include a tricky word you have learned in your sentence?

Writing:

Day 5

Today I have a writing challenge for you!! First you need to draw a picture of Under the Sea. Think about what animals live in the sea. What colours are the animals? What other things can we find in the sea? Have you been to the sea? What did you do there? What did you see? Finally write a sentence about one of the questions. e.g. I played in the sea. I went swimming in the sea. I see a fish in the sea.

Remember:

Maths Lesson activity 5 Investigating what can be shared into equal groups

When practicing letter formation with your child it is best to follow the letter formation in the handwriting family groups, that your child is familiar with at school. Here is a link to Twinkl for letter formation activities

Letter formation

Screen-free ideas

Make a model of Under the Sea – this could be with blocks, small world figures, Lego, or make one using an old box? Can you make some sea animals and add labels? Take a picture and send it to the school office for the newsletter! I look forward to seeing your model.

Topic Check out some of these on BBC - Under the Sea, listen and play YouTube - Who lives in the sea? Interesting facts about dolphins Oceans of the world Why is the sea salty? Ocean facts for Kids