Year 2 Home Learning - 4th March 2021

Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 2:20pm

Thursday 4^th March 2021

Well done year 2 for all your fantastic learning so far this week. Remember tomorrow is Fabulous Friday so continue working really hard today. Can you write down 5 things you have enjoyed about home learning and 5 things you are excited about when you come back to school next week?

 

Today is World Book Day 2021. There are lots of brilliant ways you can enjoy books and there are lots of different ways you could spend time reading today. Read at home with your family, read in your favourite nook, read in an unusual location, share a story with your pet, read a book dressed as your favourite character, and more! We hope you have a lovely World Book Day 2021 and we would love to see what you get up to on Seesaw. Please send us a picture of your outfit along with a short note telling us all about your favourite book. Why do you enjoy that particular book?

 

Here is Mr Ingram’s favourite book:

Here is Miss Bennison’s favourite book:

We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.

 

Reading

It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.

 

Reading challenge – VOCABULARY. Can you find 5 words that you would like to find more information about? Where could you use those words again? could you put them into your writing today?

 

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS

 

Maths

This week in Maths we are learning about lines of symmetry.

Starter – Writing numbers on a number line.

You will need a ruler (or something you can draw a line with), number line or hundred square and a pencil.

 

I would like you to draw a number line and place these numbers on it correctly. I will put 2 on to start you off.

Now answer these questions:

1. How did you sort the numbers?
2. How did you know which number came next?
3. Which is the biggest number? How do you know?
4. Tell an adult about the tens and ones in the numbers?

This week our lessons focus on lines of symmetry and symmetry of shapes.

 

What is Symmetry?

When we think about symmetry the most important thing is that on either side of the line the shape looks the same as the other. They are the same. If the shape does not look the same on each side it does not show symmetry.

 

For your lesson today please have a go at the worksheet attached.

 

Worksheet 1 – Drawing lines of symmetry on shapes.

Worksheet 2 – Drawing shapes using squares.

 

 

English

WORLD BOOK DAY!

Today is world book day! World Book Day is a brilliant opportunity for everyone to celebrate the joy of reading. You have two options to choose from today:

Option 1 – Finish reading The Day the Crayons Came Home and create a book review (see Word document attached to the blog)

Option 2 – Choose your favourite book and create book review using the same structure outlined in the attached Word document.

We are going to share our book reviews with each other in class. We would love to see your reviews on Seesaw.

 

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

 

Today we continue to look at homophones.

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 5^th March. These spelling can be practiced on Sumdog by selecting the ‘Spelling Quiz’ challenge.

bare/bear	blue/blew	here/hear	there/their/they're	quiet/quite
night/knight	to/too/two	see/sea	be/bee	sun/son

 

Re-cap from yesterday

Can you read the sentences and choose from the homophones to, too or two to fill in the blanks?

 

Can you write out the correct sentence by using the correct homophone?

1. Last knight/night I went for a walk in the moonlight.

2. Blue/blew is my favourite colour.

3. If you want to go on holiday, you’ll have to catch a plane/plain.

4. I brush my hare/hair every day.

5. The lion had huge paws/pours.

6. Thomas couldn’t wait to meat/meet the new teacher.

7. Bernard got mud on his new/knew shoes.

8. I’m over here/hear!

9. Benny’s hiding over they’re/there/their.

10. Suzanne scraped her knee and now it’s really saw/sore.

Have a go at homophones riddles PowerPoint. This PowerPoint includes lots of fun riddles for you to learn about different homophones. The riddles include clues of sentences with missing spaces, and require you to fit the right homophone in the sentence.

 

PSHE

Today our lesson is all about managing our feelings.

Please see the attached worksheet for today’s lesson.

 

RE

We are starting a new topic called ‘Thanksgiving’.

You may be able to talk about your experience of receiving and giving thanks and wonder about how others feel when they are thanked.

You may be able to discuss how you feel when you give and receive thanks and how this affects your behaviour.

 

Read the passage attached to the school blog with an adult – Mrs Hegarty Retires

Q Why was Mrs. Hegarty thanked?

Q How did different people say thank you to her?

Q How do you think Mrs. Hegarty felt?

Q Which way would you choose to say thank you?

Activities to choose:

• Complete the word document attached about giving thanks
• In the bubbles underneath, write or draw ways in which you can give thanks. Talk about why we need to give thanks for things and how it makes us feel when we do.
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Fairtrade Activity

 

Activity

Create a poster for what you would like to make the world a better place.

What sort of changes would you put into place?

How can we make the planet better?

 

Sumdog Challenges

Multiplication –  x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – Symmetry

Spellings – Homophones 

 

We hope you have a brilliant World Book Day. Happy reading!

 

Year 2 team

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