Good Morning Everyone,
I hope you had a great weekend and managed to stay warm and safe.
Below are some learning activity ideas for today.
English
| Learning Objective/Focus: | To join sentences using ‘and’. | |
| Main input (explanation) | Use the PowerPoint to talk about and explore the use of word ‘and’ to join sentences/ideas together. | |
| Activities MUST | Choose to explore either the phonemes of the day and complete the activities on the slides. | |
| SHOULD | Join the sentences using ‘and’. She ate some cake. It was very tasty. The children worked very hard. Their teacher was proud. Granny bought some cupcakes. Everyone loved them. Try to create some examples of your own. i.e. two sentences separated and then together. | |
| COULD | Finish these sentences. I painted a picture and … I love Jelly and … I got up early and … | |
| Extension Activity Ideas | Write your own sentence using and. Find sentences from your favourite books which use and |
Maths
| Learning Objective/Focus: | To find half of an amount. | |
| Main input (explanation) | To find half of an amount it needs to be shared / divided into 2 equal groups. Use the PowerPoint to help. | |
| Activities MUST | Equally share 4 objects between 2 people in your house. How many does each person get? Remember each person should have the same amount! What about if you share 10 objects? Explore different amounts. | |
| SHOULD | Using objects to help you, can you half the following amounts? 9 11 12 16 15 20 What do you notice? | |
| COULD | Answer the following questions. There were 14 candles on a cake. Half of them were blown out. How many candles were blown out? Ben is 12 years old. Annie is half his age. How old is Annie? | |
| Extension Activity Ideas | Choose some amounts to find half of. Can you complete the sentence for each number? The whole is…. Half of ….. is ….. |
Foundation subjects
| subject | Design technology. | |
| Learning Objective/Focus: | To create a structure. | |
| Main input (explanation) | Encourage the child to think creatively to create a book stand using a piece of paper. | |
| Activities MUST | Can you make a stand strong enough to hold a book using an A4 sheet of paper? You can roll, fold or cut the paper and use tape to keep the structure together. | |
| SHOULD | Test your design. How long can it hold a book? | |
| COULD | Test your structure using different size books how long can your stand hold each book? Does the length of time change with different size and weight books? | |
| Extension Activity Ideas | Investigate which stand creations hold the book highest off the table. |
Happy exploring. I cannot wait to see your book stands from a piece of paper – I’m planning mine now!