Good Morning Everyone,
I hope you have been keeping safe and warm. How are those snowmen you built going? Melting? Staying? Been added too?
Below are some learning activities for today.
English
| Learning Objective/Focus: | Exploring root words | |
| Main input | Explore root words by starting with the words below and seeing how many more words you can make beginning with the root word eg. Peace,- peaceful, peacefully. Joy- Hope- Friend- Love- Happy- Kind- Help- Free- | |
| Activities MUST | Using the words you created, choose one word from each group e.g. peace, peaceful, peacefully, and put it into a sentence; e.g. The baby slept peacefully in her cot. | |
| SHOULD | Using the words you created, choose one word from each group e.g. peace, peaceful, peacefully, and put it into a sentence include adjectives, join your letters and remember correct punctuation; e.g. The tiny baby slept peacefully in her new cot. | |
| COULD | Use a dictionary to find some more root words. Challenge yourself or others to find a certain amount e.g. 10 or 20 root words. | |
| Extension Activity Ideas | Take one of the root words, for example “friend”-Write it in bubble writing and around it write all the new words you found/can think of. |
Maths
| Learning Objective/Focus: | Measuring in cm and m | |
| Main input | Discuss accuracy of measuring. What will you need to do? How will you ensure it is accurate? Practically undertake some measuring together. You will need a tape measure. Measure- The height of your bed. The perimeter of your favourite book. The height of a table. The length of a pencil. The circumference of your head. The length of your foot. | |
| Activities MUST | Think about how you will record these measurements- for example 63cm or 0.63m. Both ways are correct. Put your measurements in order from shortest to longest. | |
| SHOULD | Find 6 more things to measure. Consider when we need to take measurements in the home/garden. What might they be for? Make a list of the different things you might need to measure. | |
| COULD | Use the tape measure to measure parts of your body. E.g. the length of your arm, leg, hand span, height from head to toe…. Record these in a table. You could create a table with the measurements of everyone in your household. | |
| Extension Activity Ideas | Measure other people in your family- is the person with the longest leg measurement, the tallest? |
Foundation Subjects
| Subject | R.E | |
| Learning Objective/Focus: | Write a “Thank you” prayer | |
| Main input | Think of all the things for which we are grateful e.g. People who help us, food, homes, possessions…. | |
| Activities MUST | Write a ‘Thank you’ prayer including illustrations. | |
| SHOULD | Write a ‘Thank you’ prayer which should be at least 5 sentences long. Try and include different things you are thankful for. | |
| COULD | Write a ‘Thank you’ prayer, include ideas about the environment and contain messages about caring for the world. | |
| Extension Activity Ideas | You could write an acrostic poem using the letters of the word “Thank you” to begin each line. You might consider writing a thank you letter or card to someone for something you identified you were thankful for. |
I hope you have a great day.