Good morning and welcome back after half term. We hope you have had a restful, safe half term and have had the opportunity to relax.
For the next two weeks our focus in English will be around a book by Oliver Jeffers called Lost and Found. Our bible story for the next two weeks will be Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat, which will be our afternoon lesson focus. As a whole school, we also have a song to learn (see our class news page). Our aim is for everyone to learn this song and for you to send in a recording of your singing. We will then join everyone’s clips together to produce a whole school song.
We will be continuing with our class daily zoom meetings. Please make sure you do join these, they are an important part of our day and an opportunity to discuss our daily home learning activities. You will find our daily zoom links on Class Dojo.
Phonics Home Learning
Please join in with the live session of our Read Write Inc Phonics, set 3 with Rosie. This session goes live on YouTube from 9.30am and can be accessed for 24 hours.
Ruth Miskin Training – YouTube
Maths Home Learning
We are going to start off our maths lesson by listening to and joining in with our counting to 100 song. Once you have done this, please write down all numbers from 0 – 100, making sure they are in the correct order and are formed the right way. As an extra challenge, can you write the numbers from 100 – 0?
Today we will be focussing on our weekly Nrich problem solving. It is important for us to carry out problem solving activities as they support our previous learning and allow our brains to think of different ways to reach the answer and solve the problem. Often, there can be more than one answer or a number of ways to reach the answer. Problem solving is a fun way to use our maths skills.
Our Nrich problem solving task today is related to colouring triangles. The link to access the site is below, or you could use the PowerPoint slides posted below:
Website: Colouring Triangles (maths.org)
PowerPoint: Monday Maths
*Reminder* Symmetry is where a shape or object is split into half equally, with both equal sides being coloured or decorated exactly the same. If you were to put a mirror down the line of symmetry, this would also show the symmetrical image – being exactly the same.
Cheeky Challenge: Explain how you found this problem solving activity. Which did you find the easiest, which did you find the most difficult, why? Remember to answer your cheeky challenge in a full sentence.
English Home Learning
To start our English lesson today, I would like you to look at the following picture in detail. Then I would like you to list as many adjectives (exciting describing words) as possible. Finally, please use at least two of your adjectives in a sentence. How many sentences can you write? As an extra challenge, can you include three exciting adjectives in a sentence?
As previously mentioned, over the next two weeks we will be concentrating on a book called Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. Let’s start by looking at the front cover.
Answer the following questions:
- What do you think this story will be about?
- Why do you think this?
- What characters do you think might be in this story?
- Does this look like a good book to you? Why/why not?
Today, we are going to be using our reading comprehension skills to answer questions based on our book.
Now, let’s listen to the story of Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers.
Let’s look at the first slide:
Now, have a look at the following slide which shows you how to structure a sentence and the different steps I have taken to improve it.
*Reminder* An adjective is a describing word, such a big, beautiful or colourful.
* Reminder* A verb is a doing word, and to make it powerful, we think about making it sound exciting. For example, instead of said we could say whispered, cried, whined. Instead of walked we could say stomped, marched or tiptoed.
It is your turn now to write a sentence including the information stated at the end of each line. Be imaginative and think about the different language we have learn and used in class previously.
Remember to make sure you have used everything stated at the end of each line. Here is a checklist once you have completed your sentences:
Cheeky Challenge: Write a sentence about your day so far, including one exciting adjective and one powerful verb.
RE Home Learning
Our focus for the next two weeks turns to a different bible story, Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat.
Today, you are going to learn about the story of Joseph through a range of story slides and videos. Then, you are going to create a story board to show that you understand the story and the order of the main events. Finally, you are going to choose one of the cheeky challenges, why not really challenge yourself on this. All information is on the PowerPoint below.
Once you have completed your story board and cheeky challenge, please start learning our whole school song – Any Dream Will Do. This can be found on our class news page.
Have a good day and take care. If you have any questions, please do message me, and remember to send me photographs of your work either though Class Dojo or our class email address.
