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Year R – Monday’s Home Learning

Year R – Monday’s Home Learning

Year R Home learning for Monday 11th May

Subject focus What we need to learn: How we might learn it:

Literacy

(Phonics/ Reading)

They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately.

Watch the snail and the whale on BBC iPlayer or read the book if you have it. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000cslw/the-snail-and-the-whale

The words for this activity are all taken from this story.

Write out some of the following words and ask your child to highlight the digraphs/trigraphs.

digraphs= two letters that make one sound

trigraphs = three letter that make one sound

Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4

dock

shell

rock

gull

still

tail

boat

night

bird

foot

sigh

trail

chain

card

feet

song

long

ships

fish

then

seaweed

shooting

frightening

coast

helpless

snail  

trail

star

sniff

bright

flock

Other:

itchy

lighthouse

Maths Children count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order. 

Number pairs game:

Similar to last week but this time, get your child (or you can prepare this in advance) to write the numbers 11-20 on one set of cards and the matching group of objects on another. E.g one card has the digit 11 and the other card has a picture of 11 things. Lay the pieces of paper face down on the floor and play number pairs! Turn over two cards if the number and objects match, you win that pair. If they do not match, pick a different pair.

If your child is not confident with 1-10 use these numbers.  

Online alternative

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers

Teddy numbers up to 15

Other: Music Children sing songs, make music and dance, and experiment with ways of changing them.

Pick one or more of the songs below from the BBC Nursery Rhymes site and sing along to it together.

When I was one…:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-when-i-was-one-i-sucked-my-thumb/zhbyt39

There’s a hole at the bottom of the sea:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-theres-a-hole-in-the-bottom-of-the-sea/z7rf6v4

Bobby Shafto:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-bobby-shafto/z7rrscw

The big ship sails… https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-the-big-ship-sails-on-the-ally-ally-oh/zkpp7nb

Offline Alternative:

Choose your own favourite sea themed nursery rhyme and sing it together. E.g. A sailor went to sea.

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. 

Mrs Bartlett – class1@langstone-inf.portsmouth.sch.uk

Miss Beckwith – class2@langstone-inf.portsmouth.sch.uk

Miss Cleeves – class3@langstone-inf.portsmouth.sch.uk

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