Welcome to our Reception home learning page, this Thursday is World Book Day! Our learning week is focused on The Very Hungry Caterpillar. There are a lot of worksheets to use for this week, please come and pick up a pack from the office if you do not have a printer. They are ready for anyone to come and collect. I hope you enjoy your home learning.
Suggested timetable week beginning 1.2.21
Name writing practice and number formation - Please continue to practice this daily, if you notice any letters or numbers that are not correctly formed, encourage your child to practice them in isolation a few times. Here is the RWI sounds mat. You could ask your child to practice writing 3/4 of the sounds they already know per day, can they write a word with 3 or 4 sounds in it? This could include ‘special friends’ such as qu-ee-n = queen.
RWI phonics virtual lessons - Daily lessons. Ruth Miskin Training - YouTube
I recommend watching these videos throughout the day, rather than in one go. The videos will be available from 9.30am for 24 hours, then they are removed and the next lesson’s video is available.
You may find that the lessons which your child has done are now repeated, so the sound is one that your child has already done at home. If they are confident with the sound, you could use the next set’s lesson instead. For example, if the set 2 lesson is ee and you have already done that, please use the Set 3 speed sounds lesson on that day instead. Here is a breakdown of the sounds that the children learn in Read Write Inc. Set 1, 2, & 3 Sounds
Please click on this link to check which lessons I suggest that your child engages with daily.
If your child is finding the set 1 speed sounds too easy, please get them to watch set 2 speed sounds. And vice versa, if they are finding set 2 lessons too difficult, please get the children to use the set 1 lesson.Ditty Photocopy sheets - There are four of these for this week as there is a different activity for Thursday - World Book Day. Please make sure the children read these daily and that they write the hold a sentence. You say the sentence a few times so the children can remember it, show the children how to write the sentence and then cover your writing so they can have a go at writing it themselves. Click here for the four sheets for this week, one per day.
On Thursday, please do this complete a sentence sheet instead of a ditty sheet.
Maths - This week you will be looking at measurement. Here are the activities for each day:
Monday - Comparing lengths - Make some playdough and have a competition with everyone at home. Who can make the longest caterpillar in 10 seconds? Who’s is the shortest? Compare the lengths.
Tuesday - Shortest to longest. Order the caterpillars from shortest to longest using the line of leaves to help you.
Wednesday - Shortest to tallest. Order the towers from shortest to longest on the graph.
Thursday - Measuring using centimeters (you could use a ruler or tape measure). Cut out and measure the snakes. You could write their length on the back of the snakes and order them.
Friday -Repeating patterns. Continue the patterns.
Yoga - Please use the Cosmic Kids yoga channel on Youtube or an alternative physical activity each day.
RE - The children should learn to say sorry when they hurt someone and ask Jesus to help them to do this. Watch the story from the bible when Jesus met Zacchaeus Zacchaeus and Jesus I Stories of Jesus I Animated Children's Bible Stories| Holy Tales Bible Stories - YouTube Ask your children, if they do something wrong, is it enough to just say ‘sorry’? Lead your children to understand that it is important to acknowledge what we have done wrong and change our actions to show we are truly sorry.
Music - Log on to your child’s account to access the next Music Lesson set by Mrs Benson.
Topic - The Very Hungry Caterpillar activities
Tuesday - Listen to the story with a focus on the life cycle of a Butterfly The Very Hungry Caterpillar Read Aloud with life cycle story time - YouTube then cut and stick the pictures in the correct place on the Butterfly life cycle template.
Wednesday - Draw your own butterfly using the step by step guide.
Thursday - Design your own bookmark competition. This does not have to be related to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, if could be related to any of your favourite books.
Take a look at this lovely storytelling video from Blackpool Library
