Reception Home Learning – w/c 11.5.20

We hope you enjoyed the learning last week. This week, we will be using the story ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ to focus our learning. Please click here to watch a video of Mrs Browne reading the story.

You will find the resources for this week in the shared folder. Please click here to access it.

You will also see some resources that will be in the folder each week:

  • ‘Every time we write’ poster – You can use this as a reminder before your child starts a writing task.
  • Tricky and bendable words – You can use these as a guide to supporting your child practising spellings. You can have the tricky words on the table when your child is doing the writing task. If they can read and find the tricky word on the sheet, they can copy it down.
  • Letter formation sheet – You can have this on the table while your child writes to remind them where to start and how to form the letters they are writing.
  • Ascenders and descenders sheet – This is a sheet to support you to see the letters that sit on the line, go below the line and are taller than the others. 
  • Number formation sheet – You can have this on the table while your child writes numbers to remind them where to start and how to form the numbers they are writing.
  • Number track – To help count on and back.
  • Fine motor skills activities – Some ideas you can try at home.

We want to say a massive thank you to everybody who sent us observations last week. We really do love seeing them and hope the comments have supported you to take small steps to move your child’s learning forwards. We are sorry we can’t comment on all of them but we do look at each and every one, and add them to your child’s learning profile. This week we would like you to send us the following observations:

  • Writing – Jack and the Beanstalk writing
  • Reading – Observation about how you are getting on with new online resources
  • Maths – Bag subtraction activity. Please see full details in the ‘Number Tasks’ section.
  • Another of your choice.

Phonics Tasks

Phonics suggestions

Reading tasks

Great news for your home reading!

You will have received an email from Mrs Larner who is our Reading and Phonics lead. This gives you details of how to log in to our new online reading resource called ‘Bug Club’. The books are colour banded which is slightly differently to our school books but we have allocated the closest  book band to each child. Please use them in the same way that you have been using our school reading books. 

  • Practise the phonemes and words that will be in the book . These are usually inside the front cover. 
  • Look through the book, talk about the pictures and what is happening.
  • Read the same book for several days to build up confidence and fluency. 
  • Talk about the meaning of any new vocabulary and ask lots of questions to develop comprehension skills. 

There are a selection of books at each level, please aim to read 2/3 each week.

Please send us an observation at the end of each week to let us know how your child’s reading is going. When we think they are ready we can move them up to the next band of books.

Story time

Please keep reading lots of stories to your children. Ask them questions to check their understanding, explain new vocabulary, can they predict what is going to happen next?

Writing tasks

The tasks below must be done in order.

1. Story sequencing:

  • Go to the shared folder and find the ‘Jack and the Beanstalk story sequencing’ sheet. 
  • Talk about what is happening in each picture. Ask your child to cut the pictures out and put them in the correct order. They can colour them too.
  • Stick the pictures into your blue writing book.

 2. Writing – in the blue writing book  – draw lines (landscape view)

  • We would like most of the children to write 3 sentences about the story. Some children will need to focus on just one sentence and some children may like to do more (writing challenge for this week.)
  • Use the sequencing pictures to think of one sentence from the beginning, one from the middle and one from the end of the story.
  • Write 1 sentence at a time, working as independently as possible. 
  • Encourage your child to start each sentence with a capital letter and finish it with a full stop.  You do not need to start a new line for a new sentence.
  • Don’t forget to look at the writing guidelines and read the ‘Everytime we write sheet’ with your child.
  • Draw an illustration to go with the story.

Please send us a photo on 2bap and let us know how much support your child had. (See T5 home learning guide) If the photo is not clear please could you also email a photo. We will then comment and add next steps on 2bap.

Writing challenge

  • As above – extend the story retell of Jack and the Beanstalk from 3 sentences.

Number tasks

  • Daily number games on Number Gym: Please login and click ‘Early Maths’. You will need to enter your personal login. Click here to see instructions to log onto Number Gym. Continue to explore the games we have previously signposted for you. There is another good game using tens frames. To access it, log in and click on ‘The NEW Number Gym’. Select the game ‘Tens Frame Challenge’.  
  • Daily counting to 20/Daily counting back from 20.
  • Daily 1 more/1 less to 20. (E.g. 1 more than 3 is __ / 1 less than 12 is __)
  • Writing numerals to 0-20.
  • Count to 100 and sing along to this video. Click here

This week’s focus: Addition and subtraction

We have suggested a few sheets to use. When the children are using the sheets, they can use physical objects to support them (e.g. pasta pieces), draw pictures or count on or back. This will depend on your child’s understanding of numbers.  If you don’t want to print the sheets off then you can use objects at home and write number sentences on a whiteboard for your children to solve and use the sheets as a guide. 

Some children will be able to add/subtract using smaller and bigger numbers so if you feel you would like to personalise it more to your child, please do. Please bear in mind that the Early Learning Goal (end of year expectation for most children) is ‘Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer’.

Your child will be familiar with the part-part whole model. Ask them to explain it to you. You can see an example of a part-part whole below. 

In the photos below, you will notice not all the parts and whole are ‘full’ at the same time. This is because when the children are doing it practically, they move the items from the two parts into the whole, or split the whole into two parts.

  • Click here to watch the Numberblocks episode ‘The Whole of Me’. Find the ‘Part-part whole’ worksheet in the shared folder and complete it with your child. Alternatively, you can do this practically using hoops/masking tape on the floor. While your child is doing either of these activities, please emphasise that the two parts make the whole.
  • Complete the ‘Add it up with Jack’ sheet in the shared folder. Again, if you would rather do the number sentences in a more practical way, please do. If you decide to do it practically using objects, encourage your child to record what they are doing in a number sentence (3+2=5).
  • In the shared folder, please find the ‘Beanstalk Subtraction’ sheet. Crack the code to work out the answers. As above you can do this practically but please encourage some recording of number sentences.
  • Please send us an observation of this activity: Find a bag and some objects to use. Ask your child to count 5 objects and put them in the bag. Close it enough so that your child can’t see inside. Show them you are taking 2 out. Can they work out how many are left in the bag? Can they record a number sentences too? Repeat this activity a couple of times with different numbers. We would love to see what your child said, so please include the ‘child voice’ in the observation again!

Number suggestions

Shape, Space and Measure suggestions

  • Continue to watch your beanstalks grow and compare them to other plants. Remember to use the language taller, tallest, tall, shortest, shorter, short.
  • Find and complete the ‘How Many Feet?’ measuring worksheet in the shared folder.
  • Look at the ‘Beanstalk shape search’ sheet in the shared folder. Colour in the images and count how many shapes you can see. Write the numeral at the bottom in the correct space.
  • See EAD plans below. While your child is making the 3D models, please talk to them about the 3D shapes they are using.

Understanding the World

  • Keep looking at your beans and the other plants that you are growing. 
  • How have they changed this week? Can you draw a picture and label the roots, the shoot and the leaves?
  • Find the ‘Bean Lifecycle’ sheet in the shared folder. Cut out the pictures and stick them in the right order. You could watch the video clip from last week to help you.

Expressive Arts and Design

  • Links to Shape, space and measure. From the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, can you make your own castle to go with you beanstalk. Can you find some 3D junk modelling resources to build a castle. Make a plan on paper of the 3D shapes you need to find to make your castle, thinking about what shapes would be best. After making your plan and discussing the shapes, build your castle. We would love to see a picture of the plan and model.
  • If you have been making an imaginary beanstalk you could add some leaves to it this week. How tall is it? Maybe if it reaches a shelf you could put your castle at the top!
  • Can you make your own magic beans? You can draw, paint, collage or be as creative as you want to make these. After making them can you write some wishes to go alongside them. 
  • Continue to explore Purplemash and the games and activities in the Minimash area. Click here to see instructions for parents.

PSHE

  • Click here to watch a video where Dr Ranj explains to the children about Coronavirus. (Cbeebies – child friendly!)
  • Click here to watch a video of Tom Hardy reading a story about problems. Once you have watched this video, please talk to your child about any problems they may have. Talk to your child about who they can tell if they have a problem (a teacher, parent, other trusted adults which will be personal to your family).

Physical Development

  • Continue with Joe Wicks daily P.E sessions daily  live at 9am. These can also be accessed at any time during the day on YouTube.
  • Learn some more new games that you can play with the people in your household. This is a great opportunity to spend some time outside. Some games everyone can be involved with are:
    • Follow the leader: The leader is chosen to be the head of the line. All the rest of the players line up behind the leader. The leader moves around the garden or outdoor space of play doing various actions (flapping arms, marching, spinning, etc…). The rest of the line must mimic what the leader does.
    • Dribble: Can you set up some cones (using anything in your house to represent these e.g. toys) and dribble a ball in and out of the cones. See if you can work on controlling the ball. You could also time yourself to see if you can improve each time.
  • Can you beat Miss Quinn in another challenge? She was able to 15 sit ups in 1 minute- Can your child beat this? Record the time using a stopwatch, phone or smart watch and see if you can improve the amount.
  • Take part in a yoga class, using cosmic kids. Click here for one about ‘Squish the fish’.
  • Listen to BBC Let’s move dance routines; you can involve other members of your household with this. Click here for ‘Leopard is rescued’.
  • Find the letter formation activity sheet in the shared folder. This week we are practicing h, b, k.
  • Find more fine motor support and activities in the shared folder, these include number formation, a number line, tricky words and the ‘Every Time we Write Poster’ which is useful to revisit before each piece of writing.
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