Welcome to our second week of our Minibeast theme.
Picture of the day: We start the week with a close up of a bee! Have a chat about how it looks – how would you describe the bee? Write a sentence about the bee – here are some sentence starter ideas: The bee is…….. The bee has…… I can see…….. I like…………… It is ………….
Remember to use your sound boards to help you, including the tricky words on the back!
Phonics: Letters and Sound video lesson number 7.
Phase 4 Challenge: For your Phase 4 challenge, we continue looking at words with letter blends at the beginning (CCVC). Look back to last week – how to use a phoneme frame to sound out and write the words. Today your words start with a letter blend of gr.
grip gran green grab
Here is an example to remind you:
g |
r |
ee |
n |
Why not have a go at creating something green for a fun activity – draw a green picture, eat some green food, wear green clothes or make a green den!
Reading: Keep reading as much as you can and contact Mrs Wood if you are able to change your books. Why not create a book nook this week where you can read. You could take a favourite cuddly toy in with you to read to. Here are a few ideas to get you going.
Maths: White Rose: The Very Busy Spider. Another great week of fun maths activities from White Rose, based around another book by Eric Carle.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/
Other Activities
Story of the week: Our story is The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle. Enjoy watching and joining in with this animated version of the story. Watch out for parts of the story as they repeat during the book.
Drawing Challenge: Have a go at drawing some bugs – follow these instructions to help you.
Getting Outside: Collect some pebbles/stones of different sizes. See how many you can stack in a tower.
Out of the Ark Songs: Join in with this exciting song to start the week – Coordination funk. Don’t forget to look at the activities linked to the song too – just follow this link.
https://www.outoftheark.co.uk/ext/pdfs/outoftheark-at-home/SongActivity-COORDINATION-FUNK.pdf
I hope you enjoy your activities today – more minibeast madness to come tomorrow.