HOME SCHOOL REVISION PACK – LITERACY - YEAR GROUP: RECEPTION WEEK: 6 ENJOY LEARNING AND LAUGHING TOGETHER :)

Please keep a diary of what you get up to each day. Can you take any pictures to share with the class and post on DB primary? We will be reviewing this each day and we would love to see what you get up to.

Monday (Reading and comprehension)

With Adult Help:With your adult watch the story of Jack and the Beanstalk on the link below. Discuss the story and what you like and dislike about it. What was your favourite part? Discuss the characters in the story. How are Jack and the Giant different?

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/jack-and-the-beanstalk

Independent Activity:

Describing words are called adjectives. Which adjectives in the word bank below describe the Giant? Which adjectives describe Jack?

big small angry scared brave enormous cross happy greedy selfish curious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf9cVnfyhjM - Join in the song - Can you make up your actions, which actions will you make up?

Challenge: Can you think of other words to describe Jack and the Giant?

Tuesday

With Adult Help:Look at https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/picnic-on-pluto

Independent Activity:

Look at the word Jack. Use your phoneme (sound) finger to segment (break up the sounds) and blend (push sounds together) to read. Can you think of other words that also end with the ck digraph? Write a list of them. Add the sound buttons underneath each word.Look at the word sing. Use your phoneme finger to segment and blend to read. Can you think of other words that also end with the ng digraph? Write a list of them and add the sound buttons.

Challenge: Can you write a Golden sentence using some of the words in your lists?

Tip for Parents/Carers - click on the following school website https://www.oaklandsprimarybromley.co.uk/bromley/primary/oaklands/site/pages/aroundoaklands/class1hand scroll to the bottom of the page - click on the sound video which will show you how to pronounce the sounds

Wednesday (Ordering and sequencing)

This is about your child's comprehension and ability to order the story. What happened first, then, next and after etc?

With Adult Help:

Rewatch the story. Press pause at various points and discuss what happens next in the story. https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/jack-and-the-beanstalk

Independent Activity:

Have a go at putting pictures from the story into the correct order. Use the following link to play a story sequencing game.

https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2016/05/10/08/28/28/967/20163_content/startpage.html?activity=Jack_and_the_Beanstalk.html

Challenge: can you fold a piece of paper into a book and make your own version of Jack and the Beanstalk? As an author and illustrator you will need to include a picture and a sentence on each page.

Thursday

With Adult Help:Talk about the story and focus on what the characters might be thinking at different parts of the story. When characters speak, sometimes the words that they say are put into a speech bubble. If a character is thinking of something, sometimes their thoughts are put into a thought bubble.

Independent activityThink about what Jack might be saying as he looks up at the beanstalk. Have a go at writing a sentence. Maybe you could draw a speech bubble around it.

What do you think the Giant may be saying as he chases Jack?What do you think Jack is thinking?

Have a go at writing a speech bubble for the Giant and a thought bubble for Jack.

Challenge: What do you think Jack and his Mummy are thinking and saying at the end of the story?

Friday (Cross curricular- Expressive Art and Design)

With Adult Help

Can you think of any other stories with a giant in them?

This is a link to The Smartest Giant in town by Julia Donaldsonhttps://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+smartest+giant+in+town&docid=608030939092025414&mid=1327EB3EB509D9A669DE1327EB3EB509D9A669DE&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

The Selfish Giant:https://shortstoriesshort.com/story/the-selfish-giant/ This is the word version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8MFW2qG79s - The Story Teller version

Independent Activity

Think about the Giant in each story. Are they similar or different to the Giant in Jack and the beanstalk?

Challenge: Use items from your recycling box to create a model of the beanstalk, Jack or the giant. Once you have finished, label your model.