Welcome to the Year 1 Online Learning!

Hello everyone in the Year 1 Class and Good Morning from Marta!

We hope you are all keeping well and safe.

Here are some suggestions of activities you can do at home this week. You can take the whole week to complete them or finish them all before the week ends, it’s up to you! Please don’t feel pressured to complete them all and, if you think that some activities are too difficult choose the ones you can do by yourself. You can also ask your parents or siblings to help you.

Remember: Always ask your parents before you go online and ask them to check what you are looking at.

This week, let’s start with Maths!

Suggested Maths Activities

This week we are learning about adding by counting on.

1. Watch these two videos and complete the worksheets. For each video lesson you will have 3 worksheets (*, **, ***) to complete. Start with the first one and see how far you can go. If you can only do the one with one star (*), don’t worry but try to challenge yourself and do your best!

Suggested literacy activities

1. Reading

Oxford Owl website

To be able to access the website, you will need to register as a parent. It is free to register. Here you will find a range of books you can choose from. The children should know what level they are on. Please check your child’s bag: the last book they took home, this is the level they are on. If you are on the Oxford Reading Tree Scheme (level 1 to 8), you will know what to do: go to the next level when you think you are ready to move up. If you are off the Oxford Reading Tree Scheme, feel free to explore the books and choose the ones that you like. Try to read for 20 minutes every day. Ask a member of your family to listen to you read.

You can also visit this website.

Here you can find lots of lovely interactive books to read online or watch with signing.

2. Journal/Diary

Keep a weekly/daily diary of what you have done or seen. Illustrate your work with your drawings.

Some ideas for you:

What did you see/hear when you opened the window this morning? What did you see/hear when you went for a walk today? What film or show did you see today? What story did you read today? What was it about?

(Try to write minimum 3 sentences but if you want you can write 10 or more!)

When writing your sentences always remember our ‘Do I have’ checklist:

· Capital letters at the start of each sentence

· Finger spaces between words

· Full stop at the end of each sentence

· Read your writing to check if it makes sense

Extension:

If you want to make your sentences longer and more interesting, you can use various connectives: and, because, but, so.

You can also use alternative sentence starters: First, Next, Then, After that, Also.

What are rhyming words?

Rhyming words are two or more words that have the same or similar ending sound. Some examples of rhyming words are: goat, boat, moat, float, coat. When you are figuring out if two words rhyme, use your ears to listen as you say the words. If they sound similar, they rhyme.

• Can you say the story in your own words to a member of your family?

• Complete the worksheets. You can do it on a separate sheet of paper or say your answers to a member of your family.

When writing your sentences always remember our ‘Do I have’ checklist:

1. Capital letters at the start of each sentence

2. Finger spaces between words

3. Full stop at the end of each sentence

4. Read your writing to check if it makes sense

This video is an introduction to plants; their role in the ecosystem and why they are important to life on Earth. Children will learn that:

• Plants are living things

• Plants make oxygen and provide homes and food for animals and humans

• Plants need air, sunlight and water but make their own food

• Plants reproduce through seeds.

The video encourages children to think about different plants and flowers, their similarities and differences and begin to ask questions and make predictions about parts of plants and their functions.

If you get a chance to go outside for a walk in your local park, look at a range of trees, plants and flowers. Photograph flowers, trees and close ups of leaves, petals and stems.

Other suggested activities: