Year 1 – Wednesday’s Home Learning

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

Using the poem below; ‘Walking on the highwire’. Read it with an adult and talk about what it is about. Try to identify the rhyming words. Think carefully about sounding out the words, a lot of the digraphs and trigraphs are ones we have learnt in phonics. 

There are some split digraphs – ‘a_e’, ‘i_e’. 

There is the ‘ow’ digraph and the ‘igh’ trigraph. 

Work with a grown up or older sibling to answer the questions about what you have read. 

Begin to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.

Write sentences by:

–    Saying out loud what they are going to write about

–   Composing a sentence orally before writing it.

If you have been to a circus before or have seen a circus, then think about what you liked the most. What was your favourite part and why?

If you haven’t been to a circus before then look at the photos from yesterday again. What was your favourite photo and why?

Now write some sentences about which part of the circus you like and remember to use ‘because’ to help you explain why you like it.

Remember when you write your sentences, THINK IT, SAY IT, WRITE IT, READ IT and remember capital letters, full stops, other punctuation, spelling and handwriting.

Label some food packets to create a shop or use the mats attached.  Choose two items and work out the total.  Repeat with different choices.

Think about methods to support your addition i.e. largest number first or adding the tens and then the ones.

Acrobats and circus performers need to be very aware of their body to be able to do some of the tricks they do. 

Can you name and label the various parts of the body indicated on the diagram below? 

Can you name any of the other parts of the body that are not pointed to?