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Year 2 – Tuesday’s Home Learning

Year 2 – Tuesday’s Home Learning

Year 2 Home learning for Tuesday 21st April

Subject focus What we need to learn: How we might learn it:
English  Reading To identify nouns in a text.

After your daily reading;

Choose a book.

1) Write a list of ten nouns found in the text. Remember, nouns are ‘things’ – some can be seen, but some can’t (e.g. floor, book, Friday).

2) Play a game with someone – explain the meaning of the word (but don’t say the word). Are they able to say which word you’re explaining?

E.g. – a day of the week when fish fingers are on the school lunch menu.

Writing To write the first part of instructions (intro sentences, equipment list, first instruction).

You will need – a pencil and paper (lined paper if you have it).

Read through your notes from Monday. Imagine you are explaining this activity to someone who has never played it or done it before. If you like (and have time), you could do the activity or game again, but this is not absolutely necessary. If you do, follow your own notes (as instructions). If your notes are not clear, or have parts missing, add them as you think about or do the activity.

Today your task is to write the first part of your instructions, not all of them.

Think about the instructions you have written at school this year – cone dragon, Goldilocks cardboard cottage, porridge.

Super, clear, easy to follow instructions usually look the same –

a) a title

b) some introduction sentences

c) an equipment list

d) step by step instructions

Today’s tasks – a, b and c (not d).

a) Title – e.g. How to play hockey

b) When we have done the introduction at school, we’ve usually focussed on two sentences, a question and a command – e.g. Would you like to become an amazing hockey player? Ever wondered how to play hockey? Read these super, simple instructions to find out how.

c) Use the title Equipment list or You will need. Think about all of the things needed, including what the game or activity is played on (a game board, grass, bedroom floor, park, beach etc). Write the equipment needed as a bullet point list.

Check through your work so far. Are your introduction sentences detailed and correctly punctuated?

Maths

To develop fluency in subtraction.

To choose the best subtraction strategy for me.

To solve subtraction problems.

Today you will be practising your subtracting (take away) skills.

For the first 5 questions you will need to take away (subtract) the numbers in your head. You might want to hold the smaller number in your head and count on or partition or count back.

  1. 9 – 5 =
  2. 15 – 8 =
  3. 19 – 6 =
  4. 16 – 10 =
  5. 19 – 11 =

For the next 5 questions choose the best subtraction (take away) strategy for you. You might want to partition the numbers, draw the Dienes, use a number line or use the column method.

  1. 24 – 14 =
  2. 28 – 16 =
  3. 44 – 22 = 
  4. 37 – 15 = 
  5.  26 – 18 =

For the next 3 questions read them carefully. Write out the calculation. Decide on the best way for you and solve it – remember to show how you worked it out.

  1. Mrs Marshman had 28 tennis balls and gave 18 to Mrs Knapp. How many balls did Mrs Marshman have left?
  2. Mr McEvoy had 32 biscuits, he ate 12 of them, how many did he have left?
  3. Mr Wells had 34 football cards, he gave 15 of them away. How many did he have left ?

Other: 

Art

To design and make a card for Capt Tom Moore.

You may have seen in the news about Capt. Tom Moore who has raised 15 million for the NHS by doing 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday. 

There is a campaign to design and make him a birthday card. Your challenge is to create a card for Capt Tom.

Take pictures to share with your teacher and if you want to you could even send him your card in the post. 

Remember to email your child’s class teacher to let them know how you’ve got on. We’d love to see examples of what you’ve been up to. 

Mr Wells – class7@langstone-inf.portsmouth.sch.uk

Mr McEvoy – class8@langstone-inf.portsmouth.sch.uk

Mrs Knapp and Mrs Marshman class9@langstone-inf.portsmouth.sch.uk 

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