Today it is World Book Day.
All over the world people are celebrating their favourite books. Lots of people are dressing up as their favourite book character.
What is your favourite book?
Here are some of the favourite books of people in school.
Today the work set is all linked to the story ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’. Here is the story.
Literacy
Reception/Cygnets – Can you colour in some crayons and write the colour names. Here is the sheet for you to print off if you can.
Colour each crayon a different colour sheet
If you cannot print it off, perhaps your grown up could draw it out for you, or you could draw the crayons yourself and then label them.
Year 1 / Swans – Do you remember we did some work on similes last week? Here is the video again to remind you.
Today I’d like you to complete some colour simile sentences. Here is the sheet for you to print off or copy. Copy and complete the sentences.
Maths
Today I’d like you to start off by singing the big numbers song!
Now you are going to use your crayons to do some measuring! Watch this video as an introduction.
Now find some objects from around your house that you can measure.
Reception / Cygnets – Please draw the objects you have measured and then write the number of crayons the object measures next to the picture. Use your number formation mats to help you form the number correctly and make sure they are facing the right direction.
Year 1 / Swans – You can do the same activity as above. But, before you measure I’d like you to predict how many crayons you think the objects will measure. Write down your prediction and then measure the object. Write down the number of crayons the object measured. Was your prediction more or less?
EAD / Art
At the end of the story, the little boy draws a picture using lots of different colours. Look carefully at the picture – what do you notice? Things are drawn in a different colour to what they are usually coloured in! For example, look at the monkey, it’s green! Now find the whale – it’s orange! Today I would like you to do the same. Can you colour a picture? The rule is that you cannot use the colour you usually use! No green leaves or yellow bananas!
You can use paint
Or pens and pencils
Or crayons, like in the story!
Here is mine! My tree is pink and the sun is blue!
If you would like to do some ICT today, click on this link to drawing website. Can you draw a box of crayons like in the story?
https://www.purplemash.com/app/tools/2paintapic
Now I would like you to celebrate World Book Day by reading your favourite book with your grownup. If you do not have one, here are some free websites that you can pick one from.
https://monkeypen.com/pages/free-childrens-books
https://www.storynory.com/archives/classic-authors/
Talk to your grown up about your favourite part, your least favourite part, your favourite character, and your favourite pages.
Have a lovely World Book Day everyone!
