Reception Home Learning – w/c 27.4.20

We hope you enjoyed last weeks learning. We also hope you are all keeping well and managing to spend some time outside in the sunshine! This week we will be continuing our new topic ‘In the Garden’.

The staff at Henleaze Infant School are missing all the children lots and wanted to make something for them to laugh at… Click here to see our silly video!

You should have received an email with guidance about our learning for Term 5. We hope it will bring some clarity to the expectations for each week and to see clearly the work that we are encouraging you to photograph and send into our 2 Build a Profile platform. We are really looking forward to celebrating your work and giving some feedback.

As ever, we understand that these are trying times. Please do your best with the tasks but do not put yourselves under undue pressure! Remember any questions or queries can now be addressed using the class email address.

You can recap last week’s learning by watching Miss Simmons read Jaspers Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen. See the video below.

This week we are using the story The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle as our set text. Below you can watch Mrs Browne reading the story ‘The Tiny Seed’ by Eric Carle. Talk about the story with your child and discuss the sequence of the seasons. You could make a picture of the 4 seasons (See the topic plans below).

Phonics tasks

  • For 3 of your daily phonics recap and learning sessions please watch these 3 phonics lessons that have been recorded by the phonics hub that we have been working with this year. You can use your whiteboards for these activities.
  • On other days please continue to recap phonemes, blending and spelling using the phonemes and words on your list.
  • Use Mr Thorne does phonics to revisit phonemes that your children are finding difficult. Click here to go to his YouTube channel.

Phonics suggestions

Reading tasks

Guidelines:

  • Remember to begin by looking at the phonemes and practising the words in the book, building up to reading the whole book over a few days.
  • Re-read the book each day to build up confidence and fluency.
  • Talk about the meaning of any new vocabulary and ask lots of questions to develop comprehension skills.

Reading suggestion

  • Continue sharing any books that you have at home. Encourage the children to join in by blending regular words using the phonemes and digraphs that they have learn. They can also look out for any of the tricky words that they know

Writing task

  • This week we would like all the children to try to write a dictated sentence. This means that you read the sentence to them and they then try to write it independently.
  • The sentence is: I can plant a seed in a pot with some soil.

Guidance:

  • Remind the children of the things that we have to remember when writing. Use the ‘Everytime we Write’ poster in the shared folder.
  • Read the sentence through a few times.
  • Blend words together and point out tricky words.
  • Ask the children to repeat the sentence back to you.
  • Count or clap the words.
  • Finally read the sentence, ask the children to try and write it from memory.
  • NB: Some children may only be able to write ‘I can plant a seed in a pot.’ It is fine to stop here if necessary!

We would like everyone to submit a photo of this activity. Please take a photograph of your child’s writing and let us know in the comment if they had any support.  (see Reception home learning information sheet). Send it to inbox@2buildaprofile.com.

Writing challenge (optional)

  • Make a seed packet by folding an A4 sheet of paper in half. On one side write the name of the plant or flowers you are growing. On the other side write the instructions (e.g. Make a hole in the soil. Put the seed in. Cover it with soil…etc). Use sticky tape to close three sides of the packet. Fill it with pretend seeds – rice, dried beans etc.

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. Explore the games on Counting and Understanding Number tab. Some of our favourites include: Counting Hoop Challenge, Guess My Number, Reading Number Lines and Number Track.
  • 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.
  • Click here to watch a video to help you count to 100 while getting fit!

This weeks focus: Estimation

We are going to be asking you to use loose parts when estimating (they will also be called ‘objects’). These could be tomatoes, toys (e.g. Lego bricks), cotton wool balls, ball pit balls, marshmallows, seeds (although these tend to be quite small!), marbles, wooden cubes, pasta, buttons, corks. The smaller the object, the bigger challenge!

  • Talk to your child about what ‘estimate’ means (a sensible guess). They have been exposed to estimation at school so should be able to tell you a little bit about it. Click here to watch Numberjacks episode Best Estimate.
  • In your house, find some different size containers. Select a type of loose part to use. Use the object you have chosen to fill up one container at a time. Once they have done this, ask your child:
    • Can you estimate how many you think there are? Remind them that the estimate should be a sensible guess.
    • Why do you think that?
    • Will it be more or less than ____(e.g.20)? A lot more or a lot less? Or a little more or a little less?
    • How many can you see?
    • How many do you think are hidden?
  • You can now take the object out and ask your child to count them. Ask your child:
    • Was your estimate correct?
    • Was your estimate close?
    • Was it more or less than when you counted them?
  • Now you can try this activity with a different container. Encourage your child to compare them.
  • Look at the ‘estimation’ sheet on the shared drive (click here). Miss Simmons has used tomatoes to put in different sized glasses. Can you estimate how many she has put in to each glass? There are two boxes on the sheet, one to write the numerals (please use the numeral formation sheet in the shared drive to support your child to correctly form the numerals) and the other to record your estimate in your own way e.g. tally chart, drawing dots etc. Please see the answer sheet to see if you were close!
  • Choose a loose part to use. Collect a selection of different size shoes (adults and children’s). Fill the first shoe with the objects. Ask your child to estimate how many of the loose parts are inside the shoe. Use the questions above to encourage them to think about their estimate. Ask your child to record their estimation on paper (using numerals or in their own way). Repeat this activity with another shoe, keeping the object the same. Again, encourage your child to compare the shoes and use the language ‘more’ and ‘fewer’.

Please see Shape, Space and Measure tasks for another estimating task.

Number suggestions

Shape, Space and Measure tasks

  • Please send us an observation of your child doing this task: Find a selection of different sized shoes (or any other items you have at home). Choose a loose part to use. Ask your child to estimate how many of the object will make the length of the shoe. Once they have estimated, they can check. Now try with a different size shoe. (See example below).

Shape, Space and Measure suggestions

  • Go on a 2D and 3D shape hunt. This could be around your house or outside. Encourage your child to record their findings and use the correct names for the shapes (See the 2D and 3D shape mats in the shared folder).
  • Play positional language bingo. Click here to find it in the shared folder.

Understanding the World

  • We would love to see and observation and a photograph of how your beans or carrot tops are growing.
  • Look at different types of seeds. You may have some that you have bought to grow or you may have collected some from the fruits that you have eaten this week. You may also have some in your kitchen cupboards.
    • How many different types of seed have you found?
    • Can you use lots of different words to describe them? Eg. Big, little, tiny, smooth, rough, bumpy etc.
    • Have you got a tiny seed like the one in our story?
    • Can you plant some of the seeds? Don’t forget to label the pots so you know what is growing!
  • Try some experiments to find out what seeds need to grow. E.g. Will they grow in the dark? Will they grow if you don’t water them?

PSHE

Expressive Arts and Design

  • Make your own paper dolls (see PSHE above).
  • Linking to our story ‘The Tiny Seed’. Have a think about the different seasons we have (Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer). Can you make your own season’s picture? You could use colouring pencils, crayons, painting, collage or however you think best represents that season. See below for examples:
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  • Continue to explore Purplemash and the games and activities in the Minimash area. Click here to see instructions for parents.
  • How are your imaginary beanstalks growing? If you haven’t already started, save the cylinders from the middle of your toilet rolls. Paint or colour them green and start joining them together to begin making your own giant beanstalk. (Later we will be counting, measuring and comparing the heights of our imaginary beanstalks! Whose will be the tallest?)

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. YouTube. Click here to go to Joe Wicks YouTube channel.
  • 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:
  • Hopscotch: Use some space when outside and use chalk to make a hopscotch grid. Number the squares from one to nine.
  • Simon Says: this game can be played anywhere and good when learning to follow instructions. One person is Simon and starts by saying, “Simon says, ‘[insert action here]’.  ” Everyone must then do the action. However, if Simon makes an action request without saying, “Simon says” to begin the request, anyone who does that action is out. The last person still playing in the end will be Simon for the next round. 
  • The bean game: One person calls out the name of a bean and everyone else responds appropriately.
    • String beans – stretch up as high as you can.
    • Broad beans – make yourself as wide as you can.
    • Runner beans – run on the spot.
    • Jumping beans – jump on the spot.
    • Jelly beans – shake your whole body like jelly.
    • Baked beans – wipe your brow and say, ‘Phew!’.
    • Beans on toast – lie flat on the floor.
    • Chilli beans – shiver as though you are very cold.
  • Can you beat Miss Quinn in a challenge? She was able to do 59 star jumps in one minute. Can your child beat this? Record the time using a stopwatch, phone or fitness watch. Do it a couple of times and see if you can improve how many jumps you can do in one minute.
  • Take part in a yoga class, using cosmic kids. Click here to watch Cosmic Yoga – The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
  • Listen to BBC Let’s move dance routines; you can involve other members of your household with this. Click here for the enormous turnip part two, a continuation from last week.
  • Letter formation – Find the letter formation activity sheet in the shared folder. This week we are practicing r, n, m, p.
  • 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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