Week 2

Literacy:

Animal Fables

Hello everyone,

For our second week we'll keep focusing on literacy. Last week the story content was Home Surroundings. Home Surroundings stories are the imaginative foundations of science, history and geography - lessons which become gradually differentiated from Class 4 upwards.

For the next 3 weeks we will be looking at Animal Fables. With the Animal Fables we are striving for a characterological profile of the human being through the animal kingdom.

The format of our work will be similar to last week.

On Friday we will be doing another dictation and a new craft activity.

Have a lovely week!

Lucy

morning verse

The sun with loving light

Makes bright for me each day.

The soul with spirit power gives strength unto my limbs.

In sunlight shining clear,

I reverence oh God,

The strength of humankind

That thou so graciously has planted in my soul

That I, with all my might,

May love to work and learn.

From thee come light and strength,

To thee rise love and thanks.

riddles

Monday's riddle:

Round and round

I spin and spin.

The more I turn,

The further I'm in.

Tuesday's riddle:

Back and forth and forth and back,

Busily we go,

Pushing off whatever falls

To let the outside show.

Wednesday's riddle:

Many little holes in me,

But I don't get wet.

If you put me in the water,

I will float, I bet!

Thursday's riddle:

I grow up with roots below.

I grow straight or twist around.

But I have no leaves to show,

And no flowers to be found.

Friday's riddle:

Many little black bugs

On a white sheet

Standing in neat little rows.

If you turn the sheet over,

There is another underneath,

And on and on it goes.

tongue twisters

Swing

Swing, swing and sing as we swing,

our voices will ring

if we sing as we swing

and we swing as we sing!

Splish, Splosh

Splish, splosh, splish, splosh!

Through the puddles Tim is splashing.

Splish, splosh, splish, splosh!

Soon his socks will need a washing!

Timothy Titus

Timothy Titus took two tees

to tie two tubs to two tall trees

to terrify terrible Thomas a Tattermus!

drawings & texts

Here is the drawing and text from Monday's story for you to copy. Use your crayons for the drawing and your pencils for the writing.

Class 1 can copy the text in capital letters and Class 2 in lower case.

You can draw a simple star between each word to help you see where one word ends and the next word begins.

Here is the drawing and text from Tuesday's story for you to copy. Use your crayons for the drawing and your pencils for the writing.

Class 1 can copy the text in capital letters and Class 2 in lower case.

You can draw a simple star between each word to help you see where one word ends and the next word begins.

Here is the drawing and text from Wednesday's story for you to copy. Use your crayons for the drawing and your pencils for the writing.

Class 1 can copy the text in capital letters and Class 2 in lower case.

You can draw a simple star between each word to help you see where one word ends and the next word begins.

Here is the drawing and text from Thursday's story for you to copy. Use your crayons for the drawing and your pencils for the writing.

Class 1 can copy the text in capital letters and Class 2 in lower case.

You can draw a simple star between each word to help you see where one word ends and the next word begins.

form drawings

Here are Monday's form drawings.

Please draw each row at least 3 times.

Here are Tuesday's form drawings.

Please draw each row at least 3 times.

Here are Wednesday's form drawings.

Please draw each row at least 3 times.

Here are Thursday's form drawings.

Please draw each row at least 3 times.

Letters and sight words

Here are Monday's letters and sight words.

Here are Tuesday's letters and sight words.

Here are Wednesday's letters and sight words.

Here are Thursday's letters and sight words.

Here are Friday's sight words.

worksheets

Here is Tuesday's worksheet.

On this worksheet I'd like you to circle the vowel that goes in the middle of the word.

Here is Wednesday's worksheet.

On this worksheet I'd like you to circle the letter that goes at the beginning of the word.

Here is Thursday's worksheet.

On this worksheet I'd like you to circle the letter that you hear at the end of the word.

Songs

'Snowdrops' Song

Snowdrops

Keep singing the songs from Week 1 too.

bean bag exercises

Jack and Jill...

bean bag exercises.mp4

Jack and Jill went up the hill

To fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down and broke his crown

And Jill came tumbling after.

Up Jack got and home did trot,

As fast as he could caper;

Went to bed to mend his head

With vinegar and brown paper.

Two squirrels did run around a tree.

They chased their tales most merrily.

They chased their tails into a blur

Whose tail was whose they were not sure.

Did you ever see a rainbow

On a lovely winter's day?

After it's been raining early on a misty Monday?

Out of a cloud it comes near

And then it gradually disappears.

Down the waterfall.

Down from the farthest heights.

Down o'er slippery stones.

Down with watery might.

Splash the water's foam.

Crash the water's home.

Flash the water's gone.

Proud prancing ponies parade in a line.

Not hurried , not worried each stepping in time.

Their backs they hold proudly, their backs straight and strong,

Each stepping so lively as they march along.

Whisky, frisky, hippety hop,

Up he runs to the tree top.

Whirly, furly, round and round,

Down he scampers to the ground.

Furly curly what a tail,

Tall as a feather, broad as a sail.

Where's his supper? in the shell.

Snappy, cracky out it fell.

skipping rhymes

for when you use your skipping rope!

Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear turn a round.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear touch the ground.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear go upstairs.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear say your prayers.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear turn off the light.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear say good night.

Apples, Peaches, Pears and Plums,

Apples, peaches, pears and plums,

Tell me when your birthday comes.

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

set work

Everyday you can practice the tongue twisters, the bean bags exercises and your skipping.

Remember to do some daily reading practice!

Monday

Please learn how to read and spell the next 3 sight words.
Please practice the next 3 letters of the alphabet: lower case and capitals, sounding them and also saying their name.
Please practice today's form drawings (at least 3 lines of each).
In your pink book please do the drawing of 'The Fox and the Crow' and on the opposite page copy the writing. Make sure that you use your guide lines. Using the 'king' side of your block crayon you can draw a neat border around the page.

Tuesday

Please learn how to read and spell the next 3 sight words.
Please practice the next 3 letters of the alphabet: lower case and capitals, sounding them and also saying their name.
Please practice today's form drawings (at least 3 lines of each).
In your pink book please do the drawing of 'The Lion and the Mouse' and on the opposite page copy the writing. Make sure that you use your guide lines. Using the 'king' side of your block crayon you can draw a neat border around the page.
Think of some very good clues to help the others guess your second treasure!
You can also have a go at today's worksheet.

Wednesday

Please learn how to read and spell the next 3 sight words.
Please practice the next 3 letters of the alphabet: lower case and capitals, sounding them and also saying their name.
Please practice today's form drawings (at least 3 lines of each).
In your pink book please do the drawing of 'The Hare and the Tortoise' and on the opposite page copy the writing. Make sure that you use your guide lines. Using the 'king' side of your block crayon you can draw a neat border around the page.
Think of some very good clues to help the others guess your last treasure!
You can also have a go at today's worksheet.

Thursday

Please learn how to read and spell the next 4 sight words.
Please practice the last 2 letters of the alphabet: lower case and capitals, sounding them and also saying their name.
Please practice today's form drawings (at least 3 lines of each).
In your pink book please do the drawing of 'The Hare and the Tortoise' and on the opposite page copy the writing. Make sure that you use your guide lines. Using the 'king' side of your block crayon you can draw a neat border around the page.
You can also have a go at today's worksheet.
You can practice tomorrow's dictation in advance if you'd like.

Friday

Please learn how to read and spell the next 4 sight words.
You can try and catch up any work that might still need doing or finishing off.

Friday's dictation

The fox said that we are going to go up to the top.

friday's craft

Mr. or Mrs. Fox mask

What you will need:

A large piece of soft card (cereal boxes work really well) or a hard piece of paper
A pair of scissors
A lead pencil
Colour pencils
A length of elastic string
A hole puncher

Instruction for parents

Please could you complete step 1and possibly step 2 before the beginning of the lesson. It would be probably easier if you did that rather than your child. We will do step 3 during the lesson.