Year 2 08.06.20 Core activities (week beginning  8th June) Remember to do some physical activity every day.  Cosmic Yoga: https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga  Joe Wicks: https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv Remember there will be a Learning Links page on DB named 08.06.20 with links to take you to any videos. day

reading:This week, you are going to be reading about rainforest animals as well as doing some of your own reading.

writing:This week you are going to be learning about noun phrases and adjectives.

You are going to revise spelling choices for the sound /ai/ and /ee/.

You are going to practise using adjectives to describe a rainforest animal.

Do you know what a riddle is? You are going to learn about riddles and have a go at writing your own.

maths:This week we are going to be investigating 2D and 3D shapes. A triangle has 3 corners and 3 sides

For 3D shapes, faces are the flat parts of the shape, surfaces are curved faces, edges are the lines where 2 faces meet, vertices are the points where 2 or more edges meet

topic:This week we are going to be learning about the animals and plants that live in the Amazon Rainforest.

MONDAY

Open the document called ‘Animal Fact Files.’

Read or ask a family member to read to you and listen about Potoos and Sloths.

Grammar: Login to your ActiveLearn account and click on ‘Noun Phrases.’

Watch the video and play the games.

Or.....Watch this BBC clip to learn about expanded noun phrases.https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z3nfw6f

Then can you identify and use adjectives on the ‘Find adjectives’ worksheet?

Mental maths:Can you remember how to count in 3’s? Practice with the Counting by Threes song or use your monsters from Friday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_cn87hOCDM

Online Maths:Log into MyMaths and complete the task ‘Describing Shape’

A rectangle can also be called an oblong.

Science:Explore one of the greenest places in the world, the rainforest. The warm, wet climate encourages lots of large green plants to grow. Green animals also live there - bugs, caterpillars, bees, beetles, lizards, parrots, and snakes make their homes in the rainforest.

Watch this BBC clip to learn more about the green plants and animals that live in the rainforest.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zb2jmp3

The leaves are adapted to channel away excess water using drip tips or to float.

Find some leaves and test them with drops of water to see if they would survive in the rainforest. Does the water run off them quickly without damaging the leaf?

TUESDAY

Open the document called ‘Animal Fact Files.’

Read or ask a family member to read to you and listen about Emerald Tree Boas and Red Eyed Tree Frogs.

Spelling: can you remember all the spelling choices for the sound /ai/ and /ee/?

Can you make a phonics word tree for different spellings of /ai/? You could use some in the example below and add your own.

Mental maths:Can you count in 2’s from the number 40 forwards and backwards?

Practical Maths:Today you are going to go on a shape scavenger hunt

How many different shapes can you find in your house and garden? Complete the 2D and 3D scavenger hunt activity sheet.

Science:Many of the animals in the rainforest are green, this is so they can use camouflage to hide from their predators.

A stick insect hiding in the Amazon Rainforest.

Can you now make a phonics word tree for different spellings of /ee/? This time you could make a phonics rainbow?

Please see Phonics Tree Activity document for further instructions.

Remember if you are not sure about a spelling, check it in a dictionary or ask a grown up.

Can you draw an animal that uses camouflage to hide?

WEDNESDAY

Open the document called ‘Animal Fact Files.’

Read or ask a family member to read to you and listen about Scarlet Macaws and Jaguars.

Creative writing:Draw one of the rainforest animals you have read about in ‘Animal Fact Files.’

Can you write 5 sentences to describe what your animal looks like?

Remember to use adjectives to help you describe.

Challenge: can you use more than one adjective for a noun and separate your adjectives using a comma?

 Mental maths:Can you remember the pattern for counting in 5’s? The number always ends in a 0 or 5. Practice counting backwards from 50 to 0.

Online maths:Log into MyMaths and complete the task‘2d and 3D shape’

Geography:Rainforests are made up of four layers. Watch this clip to learn more about them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy2UENSgZ6A

Draw and label the layers of the rainforest.

THURSDAY

Login in to your ActiveLearn account and spend 15 minutes reading a Phonics Bug eBook.  

Riddles: What is a riddle?Watch this clip to learn more about riddles.https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4mmn39/articles/z84p97h

Can you work out this riddle? I will give you a clue, it is an animal.

I have fluffy fur and a tail.I swing quickly through the trees.I like to eat fruit, nuts, flowers and leaves.I like to sleep high up on branches in the trees.

Mental maths: Start at 100 and count back in 10’s to 0. Time yourself. How quickly can you do this? Can you improve your time?

Practical Maths: Upload to DB please. Available from 8th June – 19th.A right angle is where 2 sides meet, in for example a square or a rectangle / oblong. It’s also known as a ’quarter turn’

Have a hunt around your house or garden and make a list of all the things you can find which has a right

Geography:

Watch the PowerPoint ‘Layers of the Rainforest.’

Using the document ‘Layers of the rainforest’ cut and stick the animals onto the correct layers.

Or you could draw the animals onto the layers of the rainforest drawing you completed yesterday.

What am I?

For fun, you could have a look at some more riddles on BBC ‘Radzi’s riddles and puzzles.’https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/curations/bp-radzi-riddles-and-quizzes

angle.

You can use a corner of a piece of paper to help you to find right angles.

FRIDAY 

Login in to your ActiveLearn  account and spend 15 minutes reading a Phonics Bug eBook.

Creative writing: can you write your own riddle about an animal in the Amazon? You could use your animal you described on Wednesday.

Use these questions to help you.

What does the animal look like?What does the animal eat?Where in the Amazon does the animal live?

Remember to use ‘I’ in each riddle sentence and to finish with ‘What am I?’ question.

Challenge: can you use adjectives to help you describe in your riddle?

Upload your riddle onto DB. It will be available from 8th June – 19th.

You could also post your riddle on our Year 2 Blog. Can anyone guess what animal your riddle is about?

Mental maths:Practise counting in 3’s from 0 forwards. Use a 100 square (on DB primary) if it helps you or use your monsters from last week. Now practice counting backwards from 39.

Online maths:Log into MyMaths and complete the task‘3D shape’

ChallengeNow for some colouring in! Can you find the 2D shapes on these 3D shapes? (see activity sheet ‘3D shape colouring.’

Squared or dotted paper might be helpful for the challenge - it's available to download online.

French Fridays!Mrs Dent will be planning some French activities for you which will be on a DB page named ‘French.’

Can you remember how to say the colours in French?

Sing along with the colours song.

Can you colour in the rainbow and say the colours in French?

Can you play snap in French using coloured paper?

Just for fun:Art:Can you draw some of the animals that live in the rainforest?

Watch this clip to help you draw a toucan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ4i-z5pbzo

Follow these instructions to draw a jaguar. And a sloth.

Mindful:The amazon experiences very heavy rainfall.

Can you make your own rain stick?

Instructions: