Week 4

This week if the children would like, it would be good for them to write their own text for each story. Of course your help might be required and that is absolutely fine.

On Tuesday it will be Candlemas. Please scroll down to the bottom of the page for ideas on how to celebrate this lovely festival and to learn a little bit more a bout it.

On Friday we'll be doing another craft activity.

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:

A long, thin neck,

With a flat round head,

You fill me up

When you are fed.

Tuesday's riddle:

I have one yellow tongue

That licks me so slow,

So the older I get,

The smaller I grow.

Wednesday's riddle:

It is not outside,

It is not inside,

Yet a house cannot do without them.

Thursday's riddle:

When I push at your door

And find it shut,

I slip underneath

To enter your hut.

Friday's riddle:

As round as a pear,

As deep as a pail,

It never cries out

Till it's caught by its tail.

Tongue Twisters

Betty Botter

Betty Botter bought a bit of butter;

“But,” she said, “this butter's bitter!

If I put it in my batter

It will make my batter bitter.

But a bit o’ better butter

Will make my batter better.”

Then she bought a bit o’ butter

Better than the bitter butter,

Made her bitter batter better.

So ’twas better Betty Botter

Bought a bit o’ better butter.

Keep practicing the tongue twisters from Weeks 1 and 2!

drawings

Here are the drawings from this week's stories for you to copy. I would like you to write your own sentences for each story. Use your crayons for the drawing and your pencils for the writing.

Class 1 can write 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 for Monday's story.

Here is the drawing for Tuesday's story.

Here is the drawing for Wednesday's story.

Here is the drawing for Thursday's story.

Here is the drawing for Friday's story.

form drawings

Here is Monday's form drawing.

Here is Tuesday's form drawing.

Here is Wednesday's form drawing.

Here is Thursday's form drawing.

sight words & CVC words

Here are Monday's 3 sight word.

Here are Monday's 3 CVC words.

Here are Tuesday's 3 sight words.

Here are Tuesday's 3 CVC words.

Here are Wednesday's 3 sight words.

Here are Wednesday's 3 CVC words.

Here are Thursday's 3 sight words.

Here are Thursday's 3 CVC words.

Here are Friday's 3 sight words.

Here are Friday's 3 CVC words.

worksheets

Here is Tuesday's worksheet.

On this worksheet I would like you to colour the pictures and then write the scrambled words correctly.

Here is Wednesday's worksheet.

On this worksheet I would like you to cut out the letters and then build a word below each picture. And finally, write the word below the picture.

Here is Thursday's worksheet.

On this worksheet I would like you to write the name of each picture. And then find those words in the puzzle and circle them.

songs

Snowdrops

Madame la Tortue

Madame la Tortue, ou vas-tu? Ou vas-tu?

Je m'en vais a Dijon, Monsieur le Limacon.

Marchant si lentement, avec ta carapace,

Il faudrait un miracle pour arriver a temps.

Alors passe un grand cheval,

Un grand cheval d'obstacle,

Plus rapide que le vent,

Qui lui dit gentiment:

"Monte sur mon dos, partons au galop,

Traversons les pres, les forets, les rivieres,

Monte sur mon dos, partons au galop,

Vite, vite nous arriverons bientot!"

Apologies to the French speakers, I just cannot find a way to put accents!

Madame_la_Tortue(2).wav

L'hiver, le froid

L'hiver, le froid, fait mal aux oreilles,

L'hiver, le froid me fait mal aux doigts.

Je chante, je dance, je crie O merveille!

L'hiver, le froid, je ne le sent pas!

Lhiver_le_froid.wav

Keep singing the songs from Weeks 1 & 2 too.

bean bag exercises

Oh you can't catch me...

bean bag exercises.mp4

Jack and Jill...

20210125_142703.mp4

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 and do some reading.

Monday

You can learn how to read and spell today's 3 sight words.
You can learn to read and spell today's 3 CVC words.
You can practice today's form drawing.
In your pink book you can do the drawing of 'The Boy who cried wolf'. I would like you to write your own sentence about the story. 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

You can learn how to read and spell today's 3 sight words.
You can learn to read and spell today's 3 CVC words.
You can practice today's form drawing.
In your pink book you can do the drawing of 'The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing'. I would like you to write your own sentence about the story. 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 have a go at today's worksheet.

Wednesday

You can learn how to read and spell today's 3 sight words.
You can learn to read and spell today's 3 CVC words.
You can practice today's form drawing.
In your pink book you can do the drawing of 'The Dog and the Juicy Bone'. I would like you to write your own sentence about the story. 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 have a go at today's worksheet.

Thursday

You can learn how to read and spell today's 3 sight words.
You can learn to read and spell today's 3 CVC words.
You can practice today's form drawing.
In your pink book you can do the drawing of 'The Fox and the Cat'. I would like you to write your own sentence about the story. 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.

Friday

You can learn how to read and spell today's 3 sight words.
You can learn to read and spell today's 3 CVC words.
In your pink book you can do the drawing of 'The Fox Cubs and the Lioness'. I would like you to write your own sentence about the story. 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.

Friday's dictation

A boy had to open the door of his home for his pet hog to run in.

Friday's craft

A paper bookmark

What you will need:

A piece of white square paper
Your set of wax crayons
You can also use paper with beautiful prints on, anything you want really

Step 1:Cut a square bit of paper and colour it

Step 2:Fold it in half in a diagonal line

Step 3:Bring the right tip up

Step 4:Bring the left tip up to make a diamond

Step 5:Open the flaps flat again

Step 6:Fold the top tip down

Step 7:Bring the right tip in

Step 8:Bring the left tip in

You can use your beautiful bookmarks when you do your daily reading practice!

end of lesson verse

Now that our lesson has ended,

What we have learnt will rest.

When we have done our very best,

Wisdom, love and power will grow,

And we shall bless all those we know.

Candlemas Tuesday 2nd February

The Festival of Candlemas falls on the 2nd February. After the darkest time of the year there is now a promise of Spring and return of the Light, days are getting longer. Candlemas falls at the halfway point between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. A day to gather the light of the Christmas festive season and give it back to the Earth. Candlelight to warm the Earth and encourage that which has been lying dormant and sleeping during winter to sprout and grow.

“Candlemas Day takes its name from the blessing of candles on this day for use in the church throughout the coming year. It is the feast of the presentation of the Christ in the Temple when Simeon hailed him as “A light to lighten the Gentiles”. Christians used to light candles for Baby Jesus and Mother Mary and perhaps that is why in some areas today the snowdrops which are very much in evidence at this season are known as Candlemas Bells or Mary’s Tapers”.

The ancient Celtic and Gaelic traditional festival of Imbolc falls on the 1 February. The original word coming from the meaning of ‘in the belly’ – all is pregnant and expectant and only just visible; the promise of renewal, of Earth awakening, hidden potential and life-forces stirring.

This festival also coincides with an old belief that hibernating animals (in England the badger, in America the groundhog) would wake and see if winter was over – a sunny day meant the animals would be frightened by their shadows and return to their hibernation for another 40 days – if cloudy, they would stay above ground and an early spring was predicted. Hence the day is known in USA and Canada as Groundhog Day.

Candlemas is a beautiful festival worth marking each year. If January has been hard on you, stay strong and hang on to your hopes and wishes for the year ahead. Light a candle on Candlemas Day, and rekindle your resolutions, welcome the returning light and witness re-birth and new beginnings in nature all around us.

Many families mark the day with making homemade candles, having an evening meal by candlelight and telling stories and playing games. It’s a lovely family tradition at this time, and helps build family rhythms.

Text and photos by Myriad, Feb 2020 & 2021

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