Reception 10th February Home Learning

Date: 9th Feb 2021 @ 2:55pm

Wednesday 10^th February 2021

We would love to see your videos of the dance, don’t forget to send them to us before Thursday dinner time. J

Literacy

• Reading – Try to read for 10 minutes each day. 😊

Can I talk about the characters in my story?

Is it a fiction or non-fiction story book?

Can I act out the story?

Reminders – Please contact the School Office if you would like to change your reading book.

Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234

• Phonics – Please recap all of the sounds we have learnt so far and the new digraphs & trigraphs. (It is important for Reception to consolidate their sound recognition for all of the sounds - therefore this week we will not be learning any new sounds.)

Our new sounds - ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ai, ee, oa, igh, long and short oo

Can I remember all my new sounds?

Can I think of a word for each sound?

Can I have a go at the phonics activities? (See attached.)

Have a go at any of the games on Phonics Play – Phase 2 or 3 to practise reading some different words.

Phonics Play  – Login - Jan21 Password - home

Remember to use these sounds to help you with any new or trickier words in your reading book!

• Handwriting – Join in with ‘In the Garden’.

These hand exercises will help to strengthen your fingers and will help with your handwriting. 

Handwriting this week will be the letters 'Uu' ‘Vv’ ‘Ww’ ‘Xx’. – Remember to start at the top. 

See the Seesaw video for the correct formations for all of this week’s letters.  

The Humpty Words of the week are – little, there, have, like 

Can I say the words, copy the words and then write them without copying?

• Story Activity - Today, we are going to use all of our ideas from yesterday to make our own version of the story.

Watch this video and draw out your new story map. 

Can I retell out loud my new version of the story using my story map? 

Maths – 

• Counting Practice – Can I count in 2’s? 

Can I count in 5's? 

• Consolidation – In Reception we need to revisit and rehearse all number facts to secure understanding.

Can I revisit the number 4? (See sheet attached.)

Can I continue the patterns? (Print page 1.)

Can I remember my doubles? 

• Main Focus – Watch the addition to 5 video attached below.

Can I complete the number bonds to 5 activity by drawing the amount that is missing? (See attached.)

Watch the video on Seesaw and use the part-whole model to make up your own addition questions.

Topic Time

• Music – This is the last session of the music - Me and My Friends Part 2.

Science - This week, we are going to look at eggs in more detail.

You’ll need 3 eggs and some vinegar to do all these activities.

First, take an egg and talk about it.

Here are some ideas for your discussion

Feel the shell. What is it like? Is it heavy or light? Rough or smooth? What colour is it? Are all eggs brown? Where did it come from? Do only chickens lay eggs or do other birds lay eggs too? Can we eat them? Which bird lays the biggest egg? Which bird lays the smallest egg? There are some pictures attached. Amazing!

Now break the egg into a dish and look at the yolk and the white. The yolk is the nutrition for the baby chick and the white provides water and cushioning to protect the developing chick. Can you see a thin membrane inside the shell? (This is to stop the white drying up. The shell is porous so the water would evaporate without it.) We’re going to look at this membrane again later on!

Here are some activities you can try with eggs.

Boil one for 5 minutes and another for 10 minutes. What is the same and what’s different about them? Which do you prefer to eat? How has the white and the yolk changed now they’re cooked?

Click this link to make a bouncy egg! You’ll need one egg and enough vinegar to cover the egg. It takes at least 24 hours to work but you can watch the reaction taking place while you wait. 

Further Discussion

What has happened to the egg shell? How does the egg feel now?

Have a cloth at the ready when you play with the bouncy egg!

Well done! You’ve done some egg-siting eggsperiments today!

Reception Story Time

Get yourself a blanket and enjoy today’s story after working so hard all day. 

Today our story is ‘The Little Red Hen’ By Michael Foreman.

There has been some amazing phonics work this week. Keep up the hard work! J

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