Year 2 - Tuesday's Home Learning - Langstone Infant Academy

Year 2 Home learning for Tuesday 7th July – Weather and Seasons

Subject focus		What we need to learn:	How we might learn it:
English	Reading	To read a range of poetry. To answer questions about what I have read.	Look at the ‘Song of the Seasons’ poem below. Read it through independently and answer the questions next to it. Check your answers on the answer page.
English	Writing	To write a coherent narrative (middle section).	Look back at your plans from yesterday. Try and tell your story to a member of her family, this will help you know what you are going to write about. Today we will be carrying on from the story starter and writing the middle section of the story. Remember you need to choose the season your story will take place in. “One ___________ day I woke up early and something seemed strange. I went to my window and slowly pulled back the curtains. I couldn’t believe my eyes…” Don’t forget to include: Capital letters and full stops Question marks or exclamation marks Commas in a list Clauses to make your sentences longer (and, but, because, when) Stop when you have reached the end of your middle section. We will be writing the ending tomorrow.
Maths 1		To collect data and make a block graph. 2	1) Look at the pyramid on the far left. There is one number at the top. Today, your task is to calculate two numbers that add up to this number and add them below. Continue to do that until the pyramid is complete. Ask a grown up to check. There are two pyramids below for you to complete. 2) Your other challenge today is to complete a tally chart of clothes and shoes colours. You may remember completing a tally chart at school this year. You have to count how many items you have of each colour (e.g. if you have 1 pair of green shoes and 6 green t shirts, your total for green is 7). Keep the completed tally chart for tomorrow. 3) Have a look at Education City – Y2 – Maths – activities – 8 Statistics. There are some fun data and graph activities there. Enjoy!
Other:		To identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and another the location of the world. To follow instructions to make a meaningful product.	Update your weather charts for the weather in Lagos Nigeria and Portsmouth, Great Britain. Today we are going to make a wind vane which will help us to see which direction the wind is blowing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IoYzv8mz5s Watch this video and have a go at making it. If yours doesn’t work, be a Langstone Learner and think about how you could change aspects of it to help it to spin or stand straight. Be resilient!