Home Learning blog - Day 29

Welcome back Year 1!! 

I hope you all had a lovely week off over half term and feel ready for some more learning activities! I certainly feel more refreshed and I am raring to get back into the swing of things. 

Over half term, we had shrove Tuesday otherwise known as 'Pancake day'. This is followed by Ash Wednesday which is the start of Lent. In school we would make Lenten Promises. This is a time to Pray more, do more for others and give up something. Have you made your Lenten promise yet? 

You could let me know what your Lenten promise is in your email containing todays work: 
Year1@st-agnes.towerhamlets.sch.uk  

Without further ado, lets get cracking with your activities to complete today: 

Reading: 
Today we are going to have a look at a new book called 'Rowing Boats'.
www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
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Looking at the front cover, can you make a prediction about what you think will happen in the story?
Use this sentence structure to help you:
"I predict..... will happen because..."
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We are now going to familiarise ourselves with some words before we start reading the book:

As we are now in the middle of Phase 5 phonics, you will notice that letters and groups of letters can make different sounds in words. It is important to be able to recognise these in words and in different contexts. 



​Can you read these high frequency words? Do you need to sound them out? 

Phonics: 
Here is the next lesson in Phase 5. Today we will look at the sound 'o-e'. This is another split diagraph which is when a consonant goes in between the letters.  
In school, to help us remember this sound we would say 'o-e, o-e, phone home'. 

English: Vocabulary work
Today we are going to be looking at our word of the week, which is 'sparkling'.
I would like you to find out as much about the word 'sparkling' as you can. 

• What does it mean?
• What other words do you know that have the same meaning?
• How many syllables does it have?
• Can you put it in some sentences?
• Can you spot any diagraphs in the word? 

Maths: To count in 2s. 
Find the first lesson for this week titled: 'Count in 2s' whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/spring-week-7-number-place-value-within-50/
When do you think we may want to count in 2s rather than in 1s? 
Can you count in any other groups? We can count in 10s, as we have been looking at tens and ones within numbers to 50. 
While you watch the lesson, join in then colour in the numbers you say when you count in 2s on the sheet below:

PE: Move to the beat!

I hope you have a lovely first day back everyone. 
See you tomorrow! 
​Miss Kennedy x