Welcome to Monday

I will start posting the blog at the beginning of the day so our friends can continue their learning at home (along with us at school). Please email me with any questions you have about your child’s learning.

(Then I will update with photos during the day)

This is also a new thing for me, so I thank you for your patience as I send things through.

Please remember the timetable is flexible and often changes through out the day. The timetable doesn’t reflection discussions, questions or conversation that occur about learning about each task. Often tasks will be completed quicker at home than at school for this reason.

(Please note – Rocket Writing and Letter ‘Yy’ tasks have swapped)

What information can soured from the calendar? – What day is it today? How many days are left in March? What is the next month called?

Come Read with Me – Reading quietly or to your learning buddy or a friend for 15 mins.

Can you find the words below in your text?

she

the

said

was

What happened in the story?

Who are the characters in the book?

Where was the story set?

At home you might like to draw a picture about your story.

Shared Text

Look at formation of the letter ‘y’

Finger spelling words

Reading Shared Text

Children eat Brain Food – while engaging in text.

As a group list word beginning with ‘Yy’ or have the letter ‘y’ in it.

Yy words

yellow

yolk

you

yak

yuck

yes

yum

your

yoghurt

Handwriting – focus upon formation

Write upper case Y and lower y (children can use blue – making connections book)

Come Read with me and Handwriting Photos

Recess – Time for a break and a play

Rocket Writing

Choose one of the picture or a toy from home to write a story about.

Rocket writing time is a time to just write. The children focus upon the sounds/letters they know, familiar words and their individual knowledge of text structure. Children are encourage to write and not worry about correct spelling. Rocket writing is a time to build stamina for writing. If your child is unsure about a word, encourage them to write the sounds they hear and then leave a line _____ (the child knows there are more letters but are unsure what they are).

After 15 – 20mins of writing draw a picture about your story.

At school we wrote a story together first

Max the Dog

The dog was at his h_____.

He was e_ting a bon_.

(We put a line when we were not sure of the letters).

When the children have finished writing we talk about the words they were unsure about.

Music

Time to put on some music at home and have a dance.

Maths

Rainbow Maths

Draw a rainbow and the numbers below as shown in the above video.

Write down the facts for example (activity sheet is attached)

Record addition sums – use counters to check your answers.

0+10 = 10

10 +0=10

1+9=10

9+1=10

8+2=10

2+8=10

3+7=10

7+3=10

4+6=10

6+4=10

5+5=10

Rainbow-to-10-Activity-Sheet

Lunch – A time to eat and play

Sharing the Easter story

Reflections before the story

What happened at Easter?

Elnathan – Jesus has Palm Sunday and lots of people had palms and waved them at him. And put clothes on the floor.

Does anyone know any symbols for Easter?

Elnathan – Cross, heart dove.

Jed – Hot cross buns

Why is the cross a symbol at Easter?

Elnathan – Because Jesus had a Passover feast and then died on the cross.

He wanted to forgive our sins.

The Easter Story

Read the story – The Easter Story (provided in email)
Write and draw (copy the sentences for the children to copy on paper to put in their writer’s workshop) read the words together so they understand
Title- Easter Story
Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey.
The donkey walked over the palm leaves.
Jesus died on the cross.
God sent an angel to talk to Mary.
Focus – on the correct spelling of the words Jesus, God, angel, Easter, cross, palm, donkey, Jerusalem

Book examples:

One page for each sentence – the children then draw a picture. This book will be 5 pages.