Week 13

Four calculations test

Spellings

Maths Warm up

Maths resources

English resources

Use this PDF for activities for the whole week

Day 1:

• Learn your spellings for the week- watch the Power-Point and write your spellings in your exercise book.
• Complete the Joe Wicks PE lesson on YouTube or if you would like to try some dancing go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q7-tzCCh3w
• Complete Day 1 of the maths warm up PDF. Write the answers in your book.
• In today's maths lesson you'll be describing movement. Take a look at this video to find out how. https://vimeo.com/430109300
• For English, open the PDF above 'Rainbows, rainbows everywhere!'. You will be working through this booklet all week. Read the riddle and complete the first task which asks you to think about rainbows. Then read or listen to the explanation text about how rainbows are formed. After that complete the sticky note activity where you write down what you have learned about rainbows.
• We are carrying on with our 30 days wild challenge. Today we are learning about crocodiles! I love the story of 'The enormous crocodile' by Roald Dahl. Listen to the story here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j6vIjpkyUU
• The learn some facts about crocodiles here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKUUKOdIpOA
• Why not have a go at making some crocodiles for yourself. Open the PDF for an idea.

Day 2:

• Practice your spellings in your exercise book.
• Complete the Joe Wicks PE lesson on YouTube or if you would like to try some dancing go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpdRc9L97TY and dance like a monkey!
• Complete Day 2 of the maths warm up PDF. Write the answers in your book.
• In today's maths lesson we'll be discovering how to describe turns. This video will tell you how. https://vimeo.com/430109458
• For English, open the PDF above 'Rainbows, rainbows everywhere'. Go to page 9. Today we are thinking about the vocabulary in the text. Complete the vocabulary challenge activity. 
• Today's wildlife challenge is all about chameleons! What strange animals they are! Listen to the story of 'The mixed up chameleon' by Eric Carle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrmZeXf7ScU
• Then find our more about chameleons here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZuxerppygM
• Make your own chameleon. Print out the PDF below and colour it in using your favourite colours.

Day 3: 

• Practice your spellings in your exercise book.
• Complete the Joe Wicks PE lesson on YouTube or if you would like something a little bit less strenuous try some Yoga Disco for kids at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtQ72qRpVVE
• Complete Day 3 of the maths warm up PDF. Write the answers in your book.
• In today's maths lesson we will be describing movement ... and turns! Watch this video, it will tell you how! https://vimeo.com/430109634
• For English, open the PDF 'Rainbows, rainbows everywhere'. Today you need to scroll down to page 10.  Use the websites to see if you can find features of an explanation text. Write down what you find using the sheet.
• For our 30 days wild challenge we are thinking about snakes! find out more about snakes here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf2qpXb81lA
• The listen to the story 'There's a snake in my school!' by David Walliams. I hope there's not a snake in OUR school! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5lfQkz78F4
• We really enjoyed making our salt dough dolphins a few weeks ago. Why not use the same recipe and make a salt dough snake?

Day 4: 

• Practise your spellings in your exercise book.
• Complete a PE lesson with Joe Wicks online at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rY or for why not have a morning boogie! Footloose is one of my favourites ... why not have a go? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIdWodUzmkg
• Complete Day 4 of this week's Maths Warm Up in your exercise book. See document above.
• For today's maths activity we will be comparing mass. Take a look at this video to find out how. https://vimeo.com/430109855
• For English, open the PDF 'Rainbows, rainbows everywhere'. Scroll down to page 15. Today we are thinking about compound words. Complete the activity on the sheet.
• Have you ever seen a badger? Just like hedgehogs, bats and foxes, badgers are nocturnal creatures which means they normally only come out at night, under the cover of darkness!
• Watch this video to find out more about badgers ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpx70ARAabo
• For a bit of fun watch this episode of Percy the Park Keeper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTZQ41BzAaI
• Why not have a go at making this badger finger puppet out of a cereal box? https://www.parrotstreet.com/blog/posts/make-a-badger-puppet

Day 5:

• Practice your spellings in your exercise book.
• Complete a PE lesson with Joe Wicks online at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rY . Or get your dancing shoes on. Can you dance better than Gru? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf_dEcgeJWo
• Complete Day 5 of the maths warm up PDF. Write the answers in your book.
• Complete the four calculations test. Don't forget to let me know your results via Twitter!
• For English, open the PDF 'Rainbows, rainbows everywhere'. Scroll down to page 16. Read the text or listen to an audio version here https://soundcloud.com/talkforwriting/why-rainbows/s-Ov4K1MVNQjn. Talk to some one about the rainbow and why they are important to some people. Then complete the activity using the sentence starters.
• Next week is the last week of the school year. The last week of you being in Year 2! When you come back to school in September you will have a new teacher and a new classroom ... you'll be in Year 3! How exciting! It can be a bit scary too, right?
• It's natural to feel excited and a bit worried about change and new things and it's good to have someone to share your worries with. Sharing our worries always makes things a lot less scary. Why not listen to this story about Jenny and her bag of worries? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QwEOSBjOt8. Did Jenny do the right thing when she didn't tell her mum, dad or teacher? What would you have done differently?
• Complete this rainbow picture. Think about year 3... on the rainbow write everything that you're excited about and in the cloud, write down your worries. Is there an adult that you can talk to about these worries? A parent, a neighbour or a teacher? You'll have the chance to talk to your teacher about any worries that you have at the start of the new year.