Home learning 3.6.2020

Phonics

We are learning alternative spellings for the /c/ phoneme.
Practise reading the tricky words: some, come, were, who on train your brain by clicking here.

Can you read these words: cat, lick, kit, box, school, fox, queen? Which phoneme (sound) do these words all contain?

Each word has the phoneme /c/ but it isn’t spelt the same in the words.

Read the captions below:

  • The quick fox kicks like a cat.
  • A box of cookies is quite cool.
  • Can a skunk quack like a duck?

Handwriting and spellings

Maths

Watch the video for today’s learning by clicking on White Rose Maths

 

Then go to  and play the game.

 

Reading

R.E.

On Sunday, the Church celebrated the day of Pentecost. This is a very special celebration. Watch the video below and comment what you have learnt about the special celebration.

Can you write a prayer asking the Holy Spirit to guide you in making good choices?

Home Learning 2.6.20

Phonics

Go on to Phonics Play and learn about the different ways that we can spell /ee/.

How many words can you find in this story that have /ee/ spelt differently?

 

Handwriting and Spellings

 

Maths

Watch today’s video and then have a go at the questions below.

 

Reading

Read the book below for today.

 

Computing

Log in to code.org using the log in details in your planner. Try and work your way through the levels.

Home Learning 01.05.20

Phonics

This week we are looking at different ways to spell /ai/

Click on Phonics Play and watch the video.

username: march20

password: home

Can you write sentences using the words you have learnt in the video?

Handwriting

Maths:

Watch the video and have a go along with it.

Then play the game below:

Click on Mass and have a go up to 10g.

Reading:

Please read the book below by clicking on it. Remember to log in to the Oxford Owl website. Email me if you cannot find the log in.

English:

Listen to the new story by clicking here.

Once upon a time, there was a pixie called Pippety Skycap who lived in the corner cupboard in a room just like yours. Pippety loved to have fun and loved to giggle, but most of all he loved to play tricks.
One cloudy morning, he woke up feeling full of mischief. So, he put on his best
blue jacket, squeezed into his spotty boots and set off to find some fun – hoppity skip, hoppity skip, hoppity skip. Soon, he came to the old stone bridge where a grumpy troll was sleeping. “Now for some fun!” giggled Pippety and he pulled a soft feather from his pocket. Nearer and nearer he crept to the troll until he could tickle his warty nose with the feather. “A-A-A-CHOO!” The poor old troll woke up with a huge sneeze and tried to grab the tricky pixie. Luckily, Pippety was a tiny pixie, a teeny pixie and he slipped through the troll’s fat fingers. Off he sped – hoppity skip, hoppity skip, hoppity skip. Next, he came to a prickly bush where a ginger cat was watching the birds. “Now for some fun!” giggled Pippety and he snapped off a sharp thorn from the bush. Nearer and nearer he crept to the cat until he could prick her tail with the thorn. “OUCH! OUCH! OUCH!” The poor cat spun round with a yowl and a howl and swiped at the tricky pixie. Luckily, Pippety was a tiny pixie, a teeny pixie and he dodged the long, sharp claws. Off he sped, hoppity skip, hoppity skip, hoppity skip.
Soon, he came to riverbank where an old toad was dozing on a shiny lily pad. “Now for some fun!” giggled Pippety and he pulled a bright blue balloon from his pocket. Nearer and nearer he crept to the toad until he was right beside his ear. He blew and he blew and he blew until – BANG! “My poor ears!” croaked the toad and he wibbled and wobbled and finally fell into the river with a gigantic splash.  Unfortunately, Pippety had not seen that on the next lily pad was the King Toad. It looked at him with mean, beady eyes, flicked out an enormous tongue and covered him in a thick, sticky goo! “YUCK!” cried Pippety and he ran off, squishing and squelching and squelching and squishing all the way home. That evening, Pippety Skycap had a long, hot bath, snuggled up with a mug of hot chocolate and thought about his day. He remembered the sticky, oozy goo that had covered him head to foot and frowned. “I’ll just have to be a careful tricky pixie tomorrow,” he mumbled and settled down to plan some more mischief!

 

English 22.5.2020

Watch the video of me reading the whole story.

Pattan is very grateful for the pumpkin. We call this gratitude.

How does Pattan show his gratitude?

He kept a seed from the pumpkin and planted it.

Is this a way we would show gratitude?

Why? Why not?

 

Which Bible story do you know that is similar to this story by the Irula tribe in the Sahyadri mountains?

 

 

Noah’s Ark.

Can you write a story similar to these two? 

Think about:

Who is in the story? The characters.

Where the story might start.

What makes the rain come?

How do they escape? Be imaginative.

What do they do after to be people?

 

21.5.2020 Spelling, Handwriting and English

English

Listen to the story so far and then read the next two pages with your parents.

Why was Kanni singing a lullaby?

What lullabies do you know?

Below is a sound clip taken from a film called Life of Pi. It is a song that Pi’s mother sang to him when he was a baby. It is sung in Tamil which is a similar language to the language that the Irula people would have sung.

 

Here are the words in Tamil and English to Pi’s Lullaby.

Can you write your own Lullaby and have a go at singing it?

 

20.5.2020 Handwriting, Spellings and English

Learning Objective: To form all lower case and capital letters correctly and to spell words with alternative grapheme spellings.

English

Learning Objective: (Reading) To understand how characters would feel by linking to their own experiences and understanding what is being read to them.

Listen to the story from the beginning and check out the illustrations from the newest pages.

Excuse the yawn! I recorded this late last night as I am in school, getting ready to see you all again, in the daytime.

Has the story answered any of your questions on your tell me grid?

Can you add to your tell me grid?

Were you surprised when Pattan and his family floated away in the pumpkin?

Have you read a story before where something like this has happened?

What damage might the flood have caused around the Sahyadri Mountains?

Are there other families living by the mountains? What would they be doing now and how would they be feeling?

Click on the pictures below to take you to two different news-reports about how real floods have affected families.

How do they make us feel? Are there any particular words or phrases they use that stand out? Discuss how the reporters might be choosing the language they use – how do they want the viewers to feel? What words or phrases might have that impact on us?

How do you think Pattan’s family is feeling now?

I have been watching a very interesting programme about the world and how amazing everything is in it, even though sad things happen.

Because we have been learning about rivers, I thought you might want to see what the earth looks like from space as you can see the rivers.

Click on the image of Earth to explore using Google Earth. Can you see the rivers?

Planet Earth Wobbles As It Spins, and Now Scientists Know Why ...

 

 

 

19.5.2020 Handwriting, Spellings and English

Learning Objective: To spell words with alternative spellings of graphemes.

English

Learning Objective: To understand what you are reading including non-fiction texts

Here is a picture of the front cover of the book I have been reading to you. Well done to Thomas who got it correct. I was very impressed with everyone else’s guess though. Well done! Since September, we have been practising predicting and understanding that the title of the book links to what the story is about and I can see you are all getting so much better at it.

Pattan's Pumpkin: An Indian Flood Story: Amazon.co.uk: Chitra ...

When we first looked at this story, I asked you what you know about pumpkins and lots of you said that we carve them for Halloween. In America, they use pumpkins for another celebration. It is a similar time of year to Halloween, in the autumn.

Read the information below about the American celebration and answer the questions.

 

18.5.2020 Handwriting, Spelling and English

Handwriting and spellings

Learning Objective: To spell words with alternative spellings of graphemes.

 

English

Learning Objective: (reading) To understand why a character acts in a certain way.

(Writing) To use a capital letter and a full stop to show sentences.

Can anyone guess what the title of our book is? I will reveal the front cover tomorrow.

Click below to listen to me read the story so far.

What do you think Kanni and Pattan are thinking while they are filling the sacks?

Imagine you are one of them. Write down how you are feeling. Here are some sentence starters to help you.

I am nervous about…

What if …………. happens?

How will we……………………………..?

It might be okay if ………………………………….

I need to…………………………………………………………………..

15.5.2020 Spelling Test and English

Handwriting and Spellings

Learning Objective: To read and spell quickly and accurately, words that have alternative sounds.

Again, I have done the date incorrectly. Remember to put May instead of April. Sorry!

English

Learning Objective: (Reading) To become familiar with key stories and make links between them.

To understand the relationship between the title of a book and what happens in the story.

Before we read anymore of the story, I want you think about what the title of this book might be. Comment below or email me what you think and explain why. Think about what stories you know that are similar to this one.

 

Listen to the next 3 double pages too.

Have a look at the ‘tell me grid’ that you started last week. Can you add anything to it?

14.5.2020 Handwriting, Spellings and English

Handwriting and Spellings

Learning Objective: To read quickly and accurately, words that have alternative sounds.

Again, I have done the date incorrectly. Remember to put May instead of April. Sorry!

English

Learning Objective: To combine words to create sentences.

Listen to me read the story from the beginning and an extra page today. Can you follow along with me?

New words:

  • harvest- gathering crops     The farmer harvested the carrots.
  • lashing-beating      The rain was lashing down on the windows
  • flesh-the part of a fruit or vegetable that we eat        I bit into the flesh of the peach.

Lots of things happen on this last page. Which words does the author use to describe what Pattan is doing?

The author manages to fit lots of actions in a short piece of writing by putting two actions (verbs) in one sentence.

Battling the lashing rain, Pattan climbed the mountain.

Cutting a big hole, he dived into its orange flesh.

How does this change the way we read this piece of text?

I think that it makes it more dramatic, like Pattan is rushing and panicking.

Think about a time when you have been in a rush or panicked. What were you doing? Think of two verbs. Use them to write a sentence with two actions in just like Chitra Soundar, the author of this story.

Here is my example.

When I rush I sweat and run.

Have a go at writing 2 or 3 sentences with two action words (verbs) in each.