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Weekly Poem - Cloudy Day
Read through the poem each day so you become familiar with it. Here are some activities you can do this week:
Blends are two letters that together make one sound. For example:
f and r make fr
b and l make bl
s and h make sh
Find some blends in the poem, try to find 5 different blends.
For each blend you find, try to think of another word that starts with the same blend. For example,
fl for flight, float
bl for black, bliss
Can you find some rhyming words in the poem? Ask a grown up to help if you are stuck
Start a rhyming word list, copy the words you found in the poem and then see if you can add more words to your list. For example ‘day’ and ‘way’, and then you could add to your list ‘say’ and ‘may’. Or pick a word from the poem and see if you can think of another rhyming word e.g. block - clock - sock
High Frequency Words - if there was a word in this poem that was new to you or you weren’t quite sure how to read it, practice that word. You can make yourself a flash card, or write each letter on a separate pieces of paper so you can build the word like a puzzle, or you could do rainbow writing. For rainbow writing, ask an adult to write the word, e.g. are, in big letters for you - then you write over the word with five different colours. Each time you write a letter, say it out loud.
Books for this Week
Book - Spots and Stripes
Login Sunshine Online: Learning Space 1, Level 5
Read the book, then work through the activities on the activities tab.
Independent activities:
Grab a teddy bear and see if you can read the book to your teddy, remember to point to each word as you read.
Write the keywords, and, do, me five times each, make sure you read them as you write them.
What animals have spots? And stripes? Complete the following chart by drawing the animals and writing their names. Look at the text if you don’t remember all the animals in the story.
Book - Bread
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Read the book and then complete activities
Read the book again and answer these questions:
What do the twins have to go and buy?
What did the twins do with the bread on the way back home?
Why do you think the animals followed the twins home?
Find a word in the book that starts with - br, h, tw, wh. Can you think of another word that starts with these sounds?
The twins fed lots of animals bread on their way home from the shop. Draw the animals in the order they were fed, write the animals name under the box
Book - Insects
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Read the story. You can click on the labels to hear what they say and then read them yourself. On page 14 can you spot which ones are insects and which ones are not insects? Why is a snail not an insect?
Finish these sentences:
All insects have six ______________
All insects have a ______________ and a ______________
All insects have an ______________
Most insects have ______________ and ______________
Look back at page 2, draw your own picture of a wasp and label the parts
Book - Bridges
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Read the book and complete the activities
After you have read the book two times, discuss the following questions with a family member and record your answers in full sentences. Remember to use a capital letter at the beginning and a full stop at the end of your sentence.
What are bridges?
Why are bridges important to us?
Name three different types of bridges.
Time to build your own bridge
Have a go at building your own bridge using household items such as sticks, leaves, wooden blocks, pencils.
Remember to refer back to the Sunshine Online book to remind yourself of different types of bridges.
Take a look at some inspirational photos to help with building a bridge using household items
Book - Tim’s Costume
Read/listen the story a couple of times to help you answer the questions
Who made Tims costume?
Who invited Tim to his party?
What kind of party was it?
Who painted his face?
Blend Sounds
Read the sentences and find the word that begins with the blend tr. Write this word down. Can you use the tr words you found to make up your own sentence?
Word Endings
Read the words in the table below, and then sort them into the next table by their ending sounds.
Compound Words
Read the words, put them together and say/write the compound word
Rhyming
Draw a line or match the picture on the right whose name rhymes with the name of each picture on the left. Then have a go at thinking of words you know rhyme and draw your own pictures, maybe you could make a rhyming quiz for someone else in your house.
