St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 2 Home Learning - 24th February 2021
Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 3:05pm
Wednesday 24th February 2021
Good morning Year 2. We are half way through the week – well done! Try not to feel overwhelmed by all the different tasks set in our blog. Just do what you can today – remember to look after your wellbeing! If you are feeling overwhelmed, why not try some of these non-screen activities below:
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Reading challenge - Why not draw a picture or make something to capture the essence of a story. Pick 3 words that you are unsure of and look them up in the dictionary.
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Maths
To find patterns it is important to think about these things:
- What’s happening to the numbers?
- Can you spot the jumps between the numbers?
- What’s happening to the tens in the number?
- What’s happening to the ones in the number?
- Is it a single digit number?
- Is it a two-digit number?
- Can you notice a change in the ones/units when you are counting?
- Can you talk about odd and even numbers?
Today can you count in 3s from 0 to 30. Repeat this 4 times.
Write your numbers in 3s to 30 from 0. Here are some to start you off.
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 ………..
Using the questions at the top can you write down 4 patterns that you have found?
Look at the numbers carefully to see what is happening to them.
Please watch the video on White Rose maths and complete the worksheet attached -
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet.
English
Go through the story again. You can find the story attached to the end of the blog.
What is a character? Try and discuss this questions with an adult.
Who wrote the letters? Who did they write to? Why did they write to Duncan?
What would you say or do if the crayons were writing to you?
Please see the attached Word document with details for today’s lesson.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
This week we will be focusing on the phoneme /j/ spelt with '-dge' and '-ge' at the end of words.
Please see the spellings below, which we would like you to learn this week. Children in school will be given a spelling quiz on Friday 26th February. These spelling can be practiced on Sumdog by selecting the ‘Spelling Quiz’ challenge.
badge edge bridge dodge fudge
age huge change charge village
Spelling rules for /j/ spelt with '-dge' and '-ge'
The letter j is never used at the end of words.
The spelling -dge is used straight after short vowel sounds. Example: badge
Use –ge in words with all other vowel sounds and short vowel words that
have a consonant sound before the /j/ sound. Examples: cage, fringe
In other positions in the words, it is spelt g before e, i and y. Examples: giraffe, Germany, gymnastics
It is spelt j before a, o and u. Examples: January, job, jump
Take a look at the following passage:
I love to visit both joke and junk shops. The joke shop sells things like whoopee cushions, magic jumping beans and fake gems. You can find lots of strange things in the junk shops, like painted jam jars, jigsaws with missing pieces and old car parts. You can find a police badge hung on the edge of each shelf. Once I found a clock made from the hubcap of a jeep.
How many different /j/ sounds can you spot?
Now have a go at the worksheet attached to the end of the blog. Unscramble the letters to find the correct words.
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – 3D Shapes
Spellings – /j/ spelt -ge and -dge
PE
This half term we are going to start our Gymnastics theme.
Before you start today’s PE session make sure you do a warm-up activity. Warming up before a PE lesson is not only beneficial to protect the muscles and the joints, it also helps to gradually increase our heart rates and circulation, which will increase the blood flow to the muscles.
Warm-up game – Beans.
Bean Warm Up – Count to 30 for each bean.
First you will need to find some space – these actions don’t require lots of space just a little will be fine.
Jelly Bean – wobble all your body like you are Jelly.
Runner Bean – Run on the spot, see if you can get your knees high.
Jumping Bean – 1. Jump up and down on the spot. 2. Jumping Jacks.
Beans on toast – On the floor stretch out on your back making a star position (legs wide, arms wide above your head).
Baked Bean – Curl up as small as you can.
String Bean – Stretch up as tall as you can on your tiptoes.
Broad Bean – Stretch out to the side as wide as you can, feet wide too.
Today you will learn all about Balancing. You will learn how to do 5 basic balances – tuck, pike, star, straight and straddle.
The Link is here for your lesson this week.
At the end of your lesson can you hold each balance for 10 seconds? See if you can travel in between each balance to make all your balances flow in a sequence. You may do a couple of steps to the side or forwards before you do your next balance, you could jump or side step too.
Fairtrade Activity
Today we would like you to have a look for food items in your house which have the Fairtrade symbol on. This is what it looks like.
Draw some of the items that you have found and label them.
Can you find out what Fairtrade means?
Well done for completing another day of home learning. How are you going to treat yourself after another successful day?
Year 2 team.