Phonics

Today’s sound to recap is /wh/. This is a digraph which means two letters working together to make one sound. The W and the H making the /w/ sound is usually seen at the beginning of words, for example ‘whistle’.
Visit phonics play https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk you will find the game ‘Picnic on Pluto’ in the ‘free phonics play’ section. Click on ‘Phase 5’ which is down the side of the screen on a pink tab and then scroll down to the game ‘Picnic on Pluto’ you then need to select ‘Phase 5’ again and it will ask you to choose your sound. Today choose ‘wh’. We have played this at school so the children will be familiar with it.
Next Segment and write these words together….  wheel     when     whisk     whip    whirl     whisper    wheelchair    

Finally write a silly sentence using these words. For example… The whisk wheeled the wheelchair away.

English – Sidney Spider

Well done everyone – your story maps look great! Today we are going to follow a similar structure that we would usually follow in class.

Start off retelling the story – with actions if you have some. If not don’t worry, you might want to point to the pictures as you retell.

Next, go to pages 5 and 6 in the link below.

Today we are looking at the text from a ‘reader’s’ perspective. Focusing on talking about and writing down what we liked, disliked and anything that surprised us. These are called ‘short burst’ writes.

It is really important to remember our ‘every time toolkit’ in our writing. Whether we are writing a few short sentences, or a whole story these are essential every time. They are; capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. We also need to remember to stretch out all of the sounds that we can hear in words and say our sentences out loud first to make sure we know what we are writing. As an extra challenge try to read your writing back, checking it for our ‘every time toolkit’ without adult prompt.

Y1-Unit Talk For Writing

Maths 

Today have a go at the activity below. Copy and paste the link into your search bar. The activity focuses on ‘finding half’. It is really important to emphasise the fact that half is one of two equal groups. The word ‘equal’ is essential to reinforce that a group can be split into 2 in many different ways, but it is only half when the two groups are equal.

https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/homelearning/year-1/Lesson-4-Y1-Summer-Block-2-WO1-Find-a-half-1-2020.pdf