Year 1 – Thursday’s Home Learning

Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by:

Listening to and discussing a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently

Being encouraged to link what they read or hear read to their own experiences

Listen to the story of Elmer and the Rainbow.  An online version can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv_TnDFiCew

Focus on the ending of the story and what Elmer means by ‘Some things you can give and give and not lose any.’  Relate this to their own life – Can you think about things you can give but not lose? (smiles, tickles, kisses, hugs etc.)

To say out loud what they are going to write about

To sequence sentences to form short narratives.

Today we would like you to draw a picture of a memory you have on a sunny / snowy / rainy /windy day. (Pick one) When you have drawn your picture, tell your grown up all about what you did that day and what you remember about that day. 

Then write 3 or 4 sentences to tell us all about what happened on that day. Think about:

What was the weather like / what season was it?

Who were you with? Where did you go?

What memorable moment happened? How did you feel?

Remember that we need to be able to read your sentences so take care with your handwriting, full stops and capital letters and make sure your letters are on the line. 

To consolidate learning and show understanding of number.

This year you have worked so hard during maths activities at school and also while you’ve been learning at home. This week we are going to look at a mixture of skills, activities and challenges, to see what you can do. Are you ready for the challenge?

1) Write three different addition calculations which all have the answer 10. Get 10 cubes or lego pieces to help, make them into three different piles, count and write out the calculation.

a) ____ + ____ + ____ = 10        b) ____ + ____ + ____ = 10    c) ____ + ____ + ____ = 10 

2) Below you will find a maths mat. If you can print it, you can fill in the answers. If you don’t print it, write your answers on paper.

Don’t forget to send a picture of your finished work to your class teacher! The answers to yesterday’s challenge are also below. The answers to today’s challenge are also below, but don’t let the children see them!

3) If you want to, have a look at a maths activity on Education City.

Observe changes across the four seasons.

Observe and describe weather associated with the seasons. 

Think about your seasons learning from yesterday – can you remember the four seasons? What are their names?

We would like you to create something that either represents one, two or all of the seasons.

It could be a drawing, painting, model, craft, song or dance, baking etc, see below for some ideas.

We would like you to be creative and have fun!