Engineering Around the World - World’s Largest Steel Structure ●

The Bird’s Nest is the world’s largest steel structure and was built in China for the 2008 Olympic Games. It is made out of 26 miles of steel.

Could you use strips of paper, card or wool to create your own bird nest style building?

You might like to search for photos of the ‘Birds nest’ to help you with your design but here are some to help.

Create a leaflet about a place in the world you would like to visit/have visited. Include the weather, landmarks and cuisine. You could add pictures, diagrams and temperature charts.

You might have started this yesterday- add more to it today and show it off in an email to me! I can't wait to see them.

Follow the story When I Coloured in the World. What would your child change about the world? (Spot the mispronunciation at the start of the video- but apart from that its a great story) What would your child's ideal world look like? Could you add it to your journal?

 https://safeyoutube.net/w/Rxi6 

Could create your own earth and add all of your Elm class friends?

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Make a foil Elephant for display- supplies: foil, glue, cardboard, paint. (You could try sharpie or similar instead of paint, it should work, but I have not tried it)

ELEPHANT CRAFT INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1: Have children draw an elephant onto the cardboard using a black pen/sharpie. The smoother the cardboard, the better the final product. We used one corrugated sheet, but another on the back of a notebook and the second was much smoother.

Step 2: Squeeze glue over your lines that you have drawn. My class of 7 year olds needed a little bit of help with this so watch out!

Step 3: Wait until the glue is dry- then wrap up your cardboard with foil. You can tape it if you like, but it stays pretty well on the cardboard if you fold it over

Step 4: Using your fingers, rub over your hidden drawing- and watch it magically appear! You will see that this elephant’s cardboard was corrugated, and the lines are coming through. 

Final Step: Paint with tempura/acrylic/poster paints (not water colors or washable/finger paints).

Recognise vowel and consonant digraphs and blending by playing this game or add suffixes playing this game.

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/suffix-factory-set-1?phase=6

Reading and Responding

Follow the story Here We Are with your grown up. https://safeyoutube.net/w/hdi6

What makes our world so special?

Using the story, make a poster/picture to display all of the special things.

Make sure to include colours and words to help the observer to understand.

There are more stories by Oliver Jeffers here as he has been reading one a day since the start of lockdown.

https://www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday

World challenge

I know we have played this one before Elm but another round is always helpful....

Can you list places from around the world using the alphabet?

Can you add an adjective before each place that starts with the same letter?

(Amazing Algeria)

Could you race against a grown up in your house or a sibling? Who can get the most in 5 minutes?

Use an atlas or a map and locate countries that make up the UK.

Locate places you might have been such as Birmingham, Cardiff or Bristol.

Do you have any relatives that live in other places in the UK?

Can you add them onto your U.K. map?

(There is a printable map at the bottom of this page)

More Money maths: can you solve a problem using the coins we know?

Look through any books or magazines you might have and identify any places from around the world by looking at the illustrations. They could also look through a magazine or newspaper and find the names of different countries.

What do you notice? 
How are they the same as where you live?
How are they different? 
Write a list of similarities and differences. 
(If you don’t have access to books or magazines use the learners guides https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zyhp34j) 

A Seriously Significant Somebody-

Who is important to your child?

What makes them so important?

Your child could draw or paint a portrait of their significant somebody using a photograph or digital image to support them.They may wish to write an information report about this person too!

Your first diary entry could be about someone you are missing who is significant (or special) to you and what you'd like to do when you see them. It might be your best friend and you might like to play footie or you might be missing your Grandma.

(I'd really like to have a cup of tea with my Mum!)

Please record your idea in your diary to save.

In Benjamin Zephaniah’s poem ‘Royal Tea’ he tells the reader that he paid £8.50 to visit Buckingham Palace.

What coins could he have used to pay for his ticket?

How many different ways can you represent this amount?

Use real money if you have any at home.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf49q6f

Who is significant in the wider world? 

Research someone that you think is significant- could be a scientist, an explorer or an activist. There are some ideas on the website above.

Then put your ideas on a poster to advertise your favourite as the 'most significant' and really try to persuade your classmates that they are the 'most' important. We will have a competition in Elm class. The most persuasive will be put on the front page of the Elm class page. Come on show me who you believe in!

Write up your very own royal adventure story.

You could write in role as a king, queen, prince, princess, knight or servant.

Remember you should include different openers (As she opened her eyes, Early that morning, At dawn, Through the open window, Next, Then, After that, Finally) and conjunctions (because, and, so, then, when, but, when, if)

There should be more than one paragraph and you should use full stops. There should also be some noun phrases to describe the setting/characters (curly brown hair, beautiful golden throne) 

Use your plan from yesterday to help you form your sentences.

Choose letters that make words that can be read phonetically.

Write the letters in chalk on the ground outside or use a paint brush and some water. Give your child a word and they must spell it by jumping from letter to letter.

This could also be done on paper inside the house.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znmpf4j

Home learning focus

Today's lesson is on number bonds to 100 using tens and ones

(for example 20 + 70 = 90 or 60 + 40 = 100).

This lesson includes:

• two animations
• three activities

Royal Family Tree- could you develop a family tree for the Modern British Royal Family.

Start from Queen Elizabeth 2nd. Find out who is who and add those to your picture.

You could draw the family tree or use the resources below.

You can find out the information online. from a book or ask your family members.

Practice your reading and thinking skills by playing 

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/sentenceSub/index.html

Ask your child to plan their very own royal adventure story. Use any of the plans we’ve done so far- a comic strip or a story map. 

Why would your character need to go in an adventure? To fight a dragon or meet a unicorn? 
You can write in role as a king, queen, prince, princess, knight or servant. Don’t forget those sentence openers and conjunctions. 
 

Wednesday 13th May 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrnfvk7 our

Today's lesson is on how to subtract two-digit numbers (for example 82 - 22 = 60 or 45 - 17 = 28).

This lesson includes:

•  one video
•  three activities

The Queen: Then and Now- What was life like for Queen Elizabeth I? This video may help your child to understand. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkrkscw/articles/zkh7bdm 

How is life different for the current queen, Queen Elizabeth II? Ask your child to create a list of the similarities and differences. They might focus on appearance, family and interests. They could show this using illustrations too.

Choose letters that make words that can be read phonetically. Write the letters in chalk on the ground outside. Give your child a word and they must spell it by jumping from letter to letter. This could also be done on paper inside the house.

You could use words using split digraphs or from the Y2 spelling list.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvxxt39

Home Learning Focus

Today's lesson is on how to add two-digit numbers (for example 12 + 27 = 39 or 45 + 23 = 68).

This lesson includes:

• one video
• three activities

Benjamin Zephaniah is a famous poet from Birmingham. Your child can listen to his poem ‘Royal Tea’ here. https://safeyoutube.net/w/SNh6

What did your child like about the poem?

What did they dislike about the poem?

Who is the poet Benjamin Zephaniah and where does he come from?

Once your child has listened to ‘Royal Tea’ ask them to imagine that they were on a visit to the Palace. What would it be like? 

https://www.royal.uk/virtual-tours-buckingham-palace

Could you write your own tour script using the facts from the website.

Welcome to Buckingham Palace ladies, gentlemen and children this is the home of our current monarch Queen Elizabeth 2nd..........

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbypscw

Adding and subtracting two digit numbers. 

Rehearse your skills using patterns.

What do you notice?

Use the slide show to help you.

https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/fairytale-castle-craft

Ask your child to choose and read a healthy recipe from a recipe book or an internet recipe site.

You could film them making it like my world kitchen (or just watch some of these for inspiration....who doesn't love Ainsley Harriet!)

https://youtu.be/bn1ftBt2lJM

This could be one you already have lined up for lunch or dinner ( it could just be a sandwich cut into an interesting shape)

If you have the ingredients, why not follow the recipe together?

List words to describe athletes or their sporting hero. For example, strong, winner, speedy. Can they use these words to write descriptive sentences about athletes?

Brilliant Bodies ● What can your body do? Balance on one leg? Touch your nose with your tongue? Look at the body challenge cards and see how many you can do. Ask your family to join in and make your own body challenge cards.

https://www.stem.org.uk/system/files/elibrary-resources/legacy_files_migrated/29982-wellcometrust_primary_bb_bodychallengecards.pdf

I have added more activities to Mathletics to support your maths learning this week. Please keep up the brilliant work on there.

For maths use the 6th of May bitesize lesson today on number facts. This should recap and sharpen those skills. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zr2hnrd

Thursday

7th May

2020

I've added an extra which you might choose to do or not today (or keep it up your sleeves Mums and Dads) This is just fun learning linked to give some variation- no panicking please!

One is an introduction to Nigeria geography lesson as we were studying Africa and its Nations before the holiday:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk9tpg8

The other is parts of a plant for science. We started to explore this when we were outdoor learning in the school grounds:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrh8wty

As always just do what feels right for your child (children).

Listen to the Cbeebies story ‘Martin the Mouse’ 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio/story-time-martin-the-mouse 

Then record the main events from this sporty story. They can draw the events, write sentences or even retell the story orally in their own words.

Spelling

Ask your child to add the ‘ing’ suffix to these verbs: jump, skip, hike, throw, catch, kick, smile, run & shout e.g. jump + ing = jumping. Which root words need the ‘e’ removing first? Can they use these new verbs in a sentence.

Can you Invent a New Olympic Game?- Challenge your child to invent their very own game for the 2021 (2022) Olympics. Look at a list of all of the sports that already compete in the summer Olympics here. Can they write a set of instructions for the new game or draw illustrations. Why not test the game out as a family? 

https://www.olympic.org/sports

Maths

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7fgcqt 

Learn how to compare number sentences involving addition and subtraction using the greater than, less than and equal symbols.

https://kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk/resource/year-2-compare-number-sentences-game/ 

There are questions and games below in PDF.

To celebrate the fact that the Premier League might still award the trophy to Liverpool this season I thought we'd have a maths spelling game.

Play the Solve, Shoot, Score spelling game on the Premier League Primary Stars.

https://plprimarystars.com/for-families/play-game 

Encourage your child to write down the words spelt and add sound buttons.

Has your child got a favourite sportsperson? This could be their P.E. teacher! Ask them to write an information booklet about this person. They can research or use any facts they know. Try to use different sections like childhood, training and championships.

There is a fact file layout at the bottom of this table if you would like to use it.

Play ‘Catch’ with your child using a ball or anything else that can be thrown safely. Instead of counting in 1s each time the ball is caught, ask your child to only count every second, fifth or tenth catch.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjn3gwx 

Use the BBC bitesize materials through this link or on the Red Button on your TV to explore fact families

Can you teach your grown ups about part whole models? Can you show off what you know?

Remarkable Routines- Can your child create their very own simple routine, just like a gymnast, dancer or synchronised swimmer?

Start by watching a video of a routine together, here are some suggestions: men’s gymnastic routine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drvXbzZHV9I ,

synchronised swimming routine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G5y8C0zM4I .

After this, your child can choose a piece of music to practise their routine to. When they are confident, why not film your child’s sequence and share it online using #TheLearningProjects. Watch the performance together- what does your child think went well? What could be even better?

Read the stories: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella.

The characters will be going to see Judge Jenny.

Can they persuade Judge Jenny to see the story from their point of view? 

Watch these links to help Judge Jenny to decide.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zngg87h/resources/1 

Now it’s their turn… read the stories Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs and Gingerbread Man.

Imagine they are going to be one of the characters from the story and an adult is going to be Judge Jenny. What would they say to Judge Jenny? How could they persuade her?

Restaurant: Can you plan a menu? Think about what you would like to have on your menu.

Can you design a menu for a vegetarian?

Can you design a menu for a vegan?

Will you have options on your menu for people who have allergies?

Look around the house for any leaflets or take away menus.

What price is the food?

Can you do any meal deals?

To work out the deals/prices for your restaurant you will need to know about the coins people might pay with. Use this link to take you to a video that will help.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zp8dmp3/articles/zcrq2p3 

View point and perspective

Now you've had a little go at using perspective to draw a street, try this one.

Draw a straight line across the top of the page leaving enough of a gap at the top to fit the sunshine in.

From there draw a series of triangles with a straight line edge or a ruler. Narrower at the top and becoming wider towards the bottom.

Fill the triangles with a repeated pattern of a flower, fruit or vegetable.

Colour carefully using the cross hatching methods to cover any white patches.

Have a go!

This website has some great ideas for getting active inside or out-

https://mommypoppins.com/newyorkcitykids/25-exercise-games-indoor-activities-for-kids 

Keep that blood pumping and get moving even if it rains!

What did you think of The 'Three Little Wolves' story above? I'd like you to write a letter to explain to Mummy Wolf all that has happened. Don't forget to tell her all about the different animals that helped you and use your emotion vocabulary to tell her how scared you were each time.....try to use different words that all mean scared (like terrified or frightened) to make it interesting for the reader.

Great job on Mathletics everyone- we will be returning to addition and subtraction next week.

To give your brains a rest we've got a maths game to play.

You will need a grid each, and two dice, and colouring pencils. Youngest player starts. On your turn, throw the 2 dice. Then colour in a rectangle using the numbers on the dice for the lengths of its sides. Fill your numbers in in the column on the right as a multiplication. You can colour your rectangle wherever you like on the grid as long as there is space. If you don’t have space, you miss a turn.

To win: You need to be the first person to colour their whole grid and to have their sum add up to 100. (There is a grid below)

Hide and seek: Write a set of instructions on how to find something in your bedroom. Think about the positional language to help find the object. You could include a map.

*Imperative verbs (get, step, put)

*Time adverbials (first, next, then)

*Adverbs (carefully, gently)

*Number each instruction 

*Add a warning

Maths

At 18 months old, Beryl the puppy has a mass of 60 kg. Her owners say this is 5 times the mass she was 15 months ago when they first got her.

PART A

What was her mass when they first got her and how old was she?

"Beryl had a mass of ___ kg when she was ___  months old.

(Try showing your parents a bar model)

How much has Beryl's mass increased by?

"Beryl's mass has increased by ___  kg."

(Subtract your first answer kgs from the first weight 60kg)

PART B

When Beryl is fully grown her mass should be 10 times the mass she was when she first came to live with them. What should her mass be then? (multiply by 10)

"Beryl's mass should be _____ kg when she is fully grown."

When Beryl was born she had a mass of 1 kg. 

Write down 2 items you think might have a mass of about 1 kg.

Try the perspective art activity on this video link. Can you draw your own street scene using perspective? Don't forget to send a picture by email! I'd love to see them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zvq6sbk

Tuesday 27th April 

2020

Story board the Three Little Pigs Story. Could you create your own comic book version? Try splitting a page in your book into sections and then drawing the key parts of the story. Don't forget a sentence under each one to explain each part of the story.

Use: Once upon a time.....

The time had come...

But.....

When....

Just then...

Unfortunately....

After a while....

And they all lived......

Tuesday 27th April 

2020

Draw a map of one of the rooms in your house.

What symbols could you have?

Where will you place items?

Could you direct someone around your room in a blindfold?

Use directional language such as left, right, straight on, on top of, next to, in front of.....

(Make sure this is safe and no one will get hurt)

Tuesday 27th April 

2020

Using your senses:

Pick a window in the house/flat. Stand there for a few minutes and take a look at what you can see and write or draw them down.

Now try this activity again but this time think about what you can hear? Write or draw these down.

Ask your parent to help and blindfold you with a scarf or material. What can you see now? Which sense are you using now?

Finally, now cover their ears and look outside the window. What do they hear?

How were these experiences different? Compare them and discuss it. What would you need if you were blind in a seeing world?

Tuesday 27th April 

2020

Mathletics measuring work is still on line and LOADS of you have logged in to have a go! Well done all of you! I will be adding more to have a go at but whilst the others log in you could try some of the mathletics games.

Now if you have done your Mathletics you should be able to answer these tricky problems....

Using the Three Little Pigs story I've set for you on Reading Eggs read the story and answer the questions about the text. If you need to go back to the text and check you can. Remember, that's an important skill as a reader- retrieval. VIPERS

Whilst you are reading look at the Spanish and English words on each of the pages. Do you notice anything that is the same? Any words that are similar?

Find a place in the house. Look around, what can you see? Sketch what you can see.

What is on the left hand side? What is the right hand side?

Does it change if they sit in another part of the house?

Make a list of all the things and compare.

Feelings

Set up a role play area as a check in desk at the airport (this could be 2 kitchen chairs and a sheet or a cardboard box- nothing fancy or you could make signs etc if you want to!). Role-play how to deal with:

- an angry customer 

- a happy flight attendant 

- a passenger who is afraid of flying

- a sad person who is leaving their loved one behind.

Work with together to identify a ‘caring’ way of talking to people compared to an 'uncaring' way. Discuss their reasoning. How does the persons reaction change if they are listening and responding caringly? How might this work at home? How can we talk caringly?

Amelia loves the animals on her farm.

She notices that the paw prints of each animal are different and decides to measure their lengths.

Unfortunately, she forgets to write the name of the animal next to the measurements, but she does remember some facts about each one.

PART A

Use the facts to match the lengths of the paw prints to each animal.

• The mouse has the smallest paw print.
• The cow's paw print is twice as long as the goat's.
• The guinea pig's paw print is half the length of the cat's.
• The cow has the biggest paw print.

goat	guinea pig	cat	mouse	cow

9 cm

4 cm and 5 mm

5 mm

4 cm

2 cm

PART B

Some of the animals' paw prints would reach exactly 20 cm if you placed them one in front of the other from the same starting point like this:

Record the animals that have paw prints that will reach exactly 20 cm if they were placed one in front of the other. How did you find your answer?

(There is a printable version of this below)

Nocturnal animals - What do you think this word means? Watch this clip

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zsshfg8 and discuss the animals you saw.

Have you seen these animals? How could you describe them?

Can you write a set of sentences about 1 nocturnal animal using noun phrases?

Play a game: https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/nocturnal/index.html 

If you can't access that here is some information for your discussion:

Nocturnal animals are more active at night than during the day. These animals sleep during the day, often in a burrow or den. They have special adaptations that help them survive in the dark. Over millions of years, these animals have developed traits that help them survive in the darkness. Nocturnal animals may have larger ears to hear better, bigger eyes to see better, and body parts that glow in the night. Which animals fit this category?

Create your own big-eyed nocturnal animal art.

Select a number between 2 and 20. Make a poster showing how many different ways to make this number using addition, subtraction, multiplication etc.

From your list written on Monday choose another animal and compare it to your fact file animal.Try to choose something very different for example if you chose a lion first now choose a Ladybird.

How are they the same?

How are they different?

Are they both carnivores, herbivores or ominvores?

What are the differences between their habitats?

Can you create a comparision chart/picture/table to show your findings.

Needs of an animal. Can all animals be kept as a pet? Think about a particular animal and find out if that animal could be a pet.

Draw pictures of different animals. Sort the animals into two groups; suitable for a pet and not suitable for a pet. Explain why animals were sorted in a particular way.

You could do a video presentation and ask you parent or guardian to send it in to me!

Find some pegs at home. Can you create your own mini animal or object, cut it in half and stick it to a peg. 

You could make a family of peg creature or show a life cycle- like that of a frog!

I have set maths challenges using Mathletics today as I wanted you to have access to measuring lessons that wouldn't necessarily need a ruler. These activities will be ongoing and have been set for a week. I will still post more maths activities here for those of you who cannot access Mathletics but I do not expect you to do both.

https://login.mathletics.com/ 

All of the children have their mathletics log in in the front of their reading diaries. If you do not have it please email me elm@abbeywood.worcs.sch.uk

Spelling

Spell the days of the week/months of the year.

You could make a calendar for the next week or for the whole year 2020 to practise. This could include drawing or paintings of each season/day.

Animal grouping: Group animals into two columns. Identify animals that can fly and cannot fly. What do animals eat?

Scientists group animals into three different groups according to what animals eat. These groups are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.

Carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plant material including fruit, leaves, vegetables, omnivores eat a mixture of meat and plant material. (Animals that eat other animals are called carnivores. Animals that eat plants are called herbivores. Animals that eat both plants and other animals are called omnivores)

Use these Sorting Cards to help you: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-19730-animal-groups-sorting-cards-photos

or play this online game

http://www.esolhelp.com/carnivore-herbivore-omnivore.html 

Its bye bye to fractions for a bit (some of you will be pleased to know) and onto measure. yay! You can start of by using items from the house. Which things are longer and which things are shorter? How many tins of beans high are you? Your younger brother? How many high is Mum or Nan?

Why do you think we changed to measuring with a ruler or tape masure.

Record your answers in a chart.

● Write a set of questions about animals you would like to find out about.

Use our question words as starters: who, what, when, where, why, how.

Think about their daily life; food, babies, habitat. What would you like to know? (We will research it tomorrow- just the questions today)

Don't forget to refine your questions. Write loads and then pick to best ones to support your purpose which is finding out more about your animal.

Create a mask : Using different materials around the house, create a mask of your favourite animal. Think about the colours and shape. Can you add different textures to your mask?

Where do animals live? Recap our work on habitats and how they are adapted to them through this online game. You can download the pack if you need to here too.

http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/animal_homes/eng/Introduction/default.htm

Use this link to find a video to explain todays learning when counting fractions. There are also challenges to go along with it that can be printed.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

A-Z Animal list: Can you think of an animal for each letter of the alphabet. Can you add sound buttons?

Pick one animal you've never heard of or you don't know much about.

Play on Number Fact Families - find the addition and subtraction fact families for numbers up to 20, 50 or 100. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families 

Friday 3rd April 2020

Cracking Fun!

Have you ever taken part in an ‘Egg and Spoon Race?’ Find some family members to take part. (The rule is to balance an egg or similarly shaped item upon a spoon and race with it to the finishing line) Your grown ups can decide on the prize: it could be an Easter Egg or a day of wearing PJs all day!

Friday

3rd April 2020

Friday

3rd April 2020

Writing: Finish your 'Do Not Wash This Rabbit' story. Making sure you include a good ending that will bring the main characters back together.

You could magpie the final sentence:

'And so they decided to wrap all of the toys in cling film so they could never get dirty again!' But how will you get to it?

If you have already finished then re-read and edit your work. Be Mrs Mills and look for your spellings (key words are in your reading diary), best choice of vocabulary (could you change any words) and the overall presentation. Then illustrate it.

Friday

3rd April 2020

Using your story map I want you to write the next part of a you story. Don't forget to include a problem..... what goes wrong? What does the rabbit do? An also who helps? In the first story it was Mum, could it be Grandad or Nanny?

Include:

A range of openers: Dad decided to..... Just then, Next, Then, When, If, While, At that moment, In the morning, etc.

Noun Phrases (2 adjectives to the noun): grubby, dirty rabbit, bright, warm day, cheeky, speedy bunny.

Subordinate conjunctions; because, if, when, so

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns 

Continue the patterns with this pattern game.

Get active with the Supermovers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-collection/zbr4scw 

WOWEE! I have seen some excellent story maps being sent in. I particularly liked yours Oscar.

Using your story map I want you to write the start of a you story. Don't forget to include a setting description and introduce your characters.

Include:

A range of openers: Dad decided to..... Just then, Next, Then, When, If, While, At that moment, In the morning, etc.

Noun Phrases (2 adjectives to the noun): grubby, dirty rabbit, bright, warm day, cheeky, speedy bunny.

Subordinate conjunctions; because, if, when, so

If you are having trouble starting here's a sentence for you to magpie:

The very next morning I woke to the clanging, metal sound of the washing machine turning over downstairs........

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities/indoor-activities

Today we are exploring indoor ways to stay fit and healthy (and to tire ourselves out)

If you have online access carry on from the point you reached yesterday

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

If you don't have the internet look carefully today at finding quarters. To find 1/4 (one part of 4 parts) you can half and half again.

Try it out with some objects to help you. Use even numbers only to start with (end in 0,2,4,6,8) You can use a bar model to help you.

A bar model is sharing out/dividing equally from the whole number/group of objects into the 'parts' of a fraction. Quarters means we share equally into 4 groups. 1/4 means the answer is how many in 1 group.

For one group we would count one 'box' or part. This would give us:

1/4 of 12 is 3

One quarter of 12 is 3

Try out your skills on these questions:

Could you plan the sequel to 'Do Not Wash This Bear' based on the end of the book from Monday's bedtime story?

First make a story map- draw each part of the story with key words or phrases.

Include:

A range of openers: Dad decided to..... Just then, Next, Then, When, If, While, At that moment, In the morning, etc.

Noun Phrases (2 adjectives to the noun): grubby, dirty rabbit, bright, warm day, cheeky, speedy bunny.

This is an example of a story map (but not for this story)

Maths 

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ 

The next lesson in the White Rose fraction maths can be found here if you have access to online learning.

If you don't have online access

Today guys we are working on fractions- finding 1/2 or 1/4 of a set of things is an easy way to do this at home.Use anything you have that are the 'same' like pieces of pasta or pens. 

Find 1/2 of different even numbers (numbers that have 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 in the ones column)

What do you notice? You could used a bar model.......

Adults

Investigate how they can find 1/2 of different amounts (even numbers only to start). Explain "We write this down as 1/2 or half. The whole number is shared equally into two parts. To find half we count 1 part that is why it is 1/2" You can develop this further by looking at quarters- 4 parts counting 1 part.  

Well known addresses: Discuss with your child any well-known addresses of book characters/famous people/ historical figures they may know? e.g. 10 Downing Street, The Post Office, Sherlock Holmes, Buckingham Palace, Diagon Alley. This powerpoint might help

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-g-115-our-country-the-uk-facts-powerpoint

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities/disney-sports-quiz 

Take the active learning quiz to find activities and games that suit you on the change for life website.

Monday 30th

March 2020

Monday 30th

March 2020

Monday 30th

March 2020

Monday 30th

March 2020

If you have access to the internet for your child's learning there is a really good follow up sequence for our fractions work here- starting at week 1- There are online videos to show you child what to do.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ 

Or

For today try this: 

Monday 30th

March 2020

Try a Pokemon yoga sequence to stay flexible. 

https://youtu.be/tbCjkPlsaes