Tuesday - 23/2/21

We are really pleased with how well your name writing is developing at home! Today we would like you to practice overwriting your name first, then write it yourself using your name card for support. Remember to only use a capital letter at the beginning of your name, and use the SNAPPY CROCODILE to make sure you are holding the pencil correctly!

Over the coming weeks, we are going to be focussing on a range of traditional tales. This week's story is 'The Ugly Duckling'. Some of you will remember this story as we have read it at school before.

Click on the link opposite to listen to the story.

After you have listened to the story, you can tell your grown up all about it by getting them to ask you these questions:

1. What happened in the story?

2. Who is your favourite character in the story and why?

3. What is your favourite part of the story and why?

4. Did you like the story and why?

After you have listened to the story and answered the questions, you can watch 'The Ugly Duckling Song' video.

Today in maths we are going to begin to compare two groups and decide which group has more and which has less. To be able to do this, it is really important that our knowledge and understanding of counting, number recognition and ordering numbers from 0-10 is secure.

To begin, practice counting up to 10, then back from 10 to 0. Ask a grown up to show you numbers at random from 0-10. Can you name them? Try ordering these numbers from 0 up to 10 and keep them in this ordered number line as you will need it to help you today.

Now look carefully at these pictures of the castles and the flowers. We need to find out are there more castles or flowers. The first step is to count the castles - there are 4. Next we count the flowers - there are 9. Which number is bigger, 4 or 9? You can use the number line you have made to help you.

Did you work out the answer? 9 is a bigger number than 4, so that means there are more flowers!

Next, look at the pictures of the lollipops and the dogs. This time we are going to work out which group contains fewer (or less). Can you count the lollipops, then the dogs. The group with the smaller number is the group that contains fewer.

I counted 2 lollipops and 4 dogs. 2 is a smaller number, this means the group of lollipops contains fewer than the group of dogs.

Now that you have practiced finding 'more' and 'fewer' or 'less', you can play 'Teddy's Toyshop'! On each slide there are two sets of toys. Use your 1:1 counting skills to count each group of toys and decide which toy there are 'more' or 'fewer' of. Remember, the group with the larger amount of toys will have MORE; the group with the smaller amount will have FEWER or LESS! Good luck!

We hope you enjoyed playing that game, and it has helped develop your understanding of more and less. Your final maths task today is to complete the two 'More or Less?' colouring pages in your new work pack. On the first page, count each group and colour the groups that have MORE. On the second page, count each group and colour the groups that contains LESS. If you have been unable to collect your pack from school, you can print the pages by clicking the link on the right hand side.