Here is our story again for you to watch.

Good morning everyone! I hope you are all well.

I really enjoyed learning about all your favourite places yesterday! Thanks to those who sent in pictures of their work.

Today, have a look at this picture from the book:

The little girl and the man are putting their favourite things on the shelves. They have lots of favourite things! Today we are going to think about our favourite things.

I would like you to write a list of some of your favourite things.

The list may include your favourite teddy bear:

Or perhaps your favourite bike?

Or maybe it will include your pet!

Perhaps a favourite food?

Yummy!

See if you can think of 6 things to add to your list. Try to write the words and include a picture. Tell your grown up about your favourite things. Do they have any favourite things?

Here is a song all about favourite things – you  might like to try and sing along!

Please read a Bug Club and practise your spelling words today.

Here are the songs from yesterday to remind your child about the greater than, less than and equals symbols and what they mean.

Please watch this video with your child. It asks you to pause at certain points. Please do this and talk through the questions with your child. I have put the link to the work sheet below the video link for you to print out if you can. I have also put pictures of the worksheet so you can work off those if that is easier.

Aut1.12.2 – Compare numbers on Vimeo

https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Y1-Autumn-Block-4-D6-Compare-numbers-2019.pdf 

Please repeat the practical activity from yesterday to reinforce this concept.

To change the game slightly you could use the 100 square from your resource pack. Point to a number, ask your child to say the number and write it down. Then point to a different number, ask your child to say the number and write it down. Then ask them to decide what symbol they need, the greater or less than symbol and place it in between the two numbers they have written.

Last week we looked at the more/greater than and less than symbols. Some of you have been in touch to say that your child is finding it tricky to remember which symbol to use. We will recap the symbols and how to use them today. Here are two catchy songs to listen to which help teach this concept.

These are the symbols we use when working on more/greater than, less than, and equals to.

• The first symbol means equal to. The amount written on both sides of the equal symbol will be the same. For example, 14 = 14, or 10 + 4 = 14, or even one ten and four ones = 14. In all of the examples I have written, the amount on both sides of the = symbol is 14.
• The middle symbol above means ‘less than’. Whatever number you write to the left of this symbol must be less than the number written to the right of it. For example, 14 <15, or 10 + 4 < 15, or one ten and four ones < 15. All of these mean that 14 is less than 15. The amounts written to the left of the symbol, in this case 14 is less than the amount written to the right of the symbol, 15.
• The final symbol above means ‘more’ or ‘greater’ than. Whatever number you write to the left of this symbol must be more or greater than the number written to the right of it. For example, 15 > 14, or 15 > 10 + 4, or 15> one ten and 4 ones. All of these calculations show that 15 is more than or greater than 14.

This picture might help you to remember.

Children often find it useful to imagine a hungry alligator with an open mouth!

The hungry alligator always eats the bigger number. So the ‘open’ mouth will always face the bigger number, the number that is more/greater than the smaller number.

Have a go at completing the practical activity I demonstrated in the video. Write a more /greater than symbol ( <) on a piece of paper and a less than symbol (<) on another. Ask your child to pick two number cards from the 1 -20 set provided in your resource pack. Place them on the floor or table with a space in between. Which symbol should they put in the space, the more than/greater symbol, or the less than symbol?

The photo below demonstrates what I am asking you to do, although the child is using larger numbers. If your child is confident at recognising and using larger numbers you could also extend the activity in this way.

The child has used the symbol correctly to show that 95 is more than/greater than 42.

95 > 42.

Try this activity now. Write out the numbers below and ask your child to fill in the missing symbols, > < or =.

Here are the answers.

This is a game your child can play to reinforce what we have been learning about today.

https://www.softschools.com/math/greater_than_less_than/alligator_greater_than_game/ 

Good morning everyone!

Here is our story again.

Look at this picture from the book

It talks about a safe place, a favourite place.

Today we are going to be talking about our favourite places. One of my favourite places is my living room, with my dogs next to me! Do you have a favourite place? Tell your grown up about your favourite place.

Maybe it is a sunny beach:

Perhaps it is in your garden?

Or maybe it is snuggling up on the sofa to watch your favourite TV program!

Today, I would like you to think about your favourite place. Why is it your favourite place? Are your favourite people there? Does it have good things for you to do? Do you feel safe and cosy there? Perhaps you have happy memories of the place?

Please write, telling me about your favourite place. Start with

My favourite place is…… and then tell me why.

You could use the connecting word ‘because’ in your work. Don’t forget what we talked about in our sentence writing yesterday. Remember your capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. Use Fred Talk and your sound mats to make your writing as accurate as you can.

Your work might look like this.

Once you have done your writing, please draw a picture of your favourite place.

I can’t wait to hear all about your favourite places.

Today I’d also like you to practise reading and writing the Red Tricky words that were sent home in your pack.

Play these Phase 4 phonics games.

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/odd-and-bob?phase=4 

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/sentence-substitution?phase=4