Class 2 -Wednesday 29th April
28 Apr 2020

(Mr Micklefield said "I hope you don't drive like this cat, Mrs M!")
Good Morning Everyone!
I hope you are all well and ready for today's activities.
Are enjoying doing the Animal Learning Project?
Here are your tasks for today!
Maths:
1. Please log into MyMaths to find today's task.
2. Practise learning about money by playing this game. You could also use real coins and play a similar game with family members
. https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/cashing-in/cashing-in.html
3. Check your KIRFs target. See if you are you ready to ask an adult to test you tomorrow.
Phonics and Spelling:
Daily phonics - spend fifteen minutes practicing sounds and blending words on phonics play https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ or https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
Year 1 - work within Phase 5
Year 2 - work within phase 5 and 6 Practise your spellings ready for the test tomorrow.
Practise the words in your list, ready for the spelling test tomorrow. Make sure that you have completed this week's spelling log.
Reading:
Read common exception words and time how long it takes for you to read them all. Can you beat your score by
the end of the week?
-Year 1 common exception words.pdf- -Year 2 common exception words.pdf-
Try to read each day. Aim to spend at least twenty minutes reading.
Well done to everyone in Year 2 who has been working towards their AR targets. Try to read your book carefully and have a go at the AR quiz when you have finished it. https://ukhosted79.renlearn.co.uk/6706937/
As the Learning Project this week is about animals, please try to read some fiction, non- fiction and poems about animals throughout the week?
● Listen to a story about a lion: https://www.storylineonline.net/books/library-lion/
Writing/Phonics:
Write a set of questions about animals that you would like to find out about. Then, see if you can research to find the answers to your questions.
You could make a quiz for a family member to play.
Music: Log into Charanga. First listen to the 'Zootime' music.
How does the song make you feel? ● Does the song tell a story? ● What does the song make you think of? ● How old do you think this piece of music is?
Then join in with 'Zootime' games before moving on to singing the Zootime song.
P.E
Start the day with some PE or maybe have a PE session later in the day.
See http://www.vimeo.com/sportinginfluence
OR, YouTube 'PE with Joe' each morning at 9.00 am.
Be kind and help others
Don’t forget to try to do something to help someone else each day! There are lots of things that you could do to be helpful. I hope you managed to do some things over the past few days! Have a think about what you could do to help someone!
Work hard, be kind and have a fun day. I will be back with you tomorrow!
Missing you all,
Love from Mrs Micklefield
Class2@gfschools.co.uk
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The Learning Project – to be done throughout the week: Animals
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more
about key animals they are interested in. Learning may focus on exploring the
physical aspects of an animal, their habitat, categorising animals etc.
Remember that you don't have to do all these tasks. Choose something that interests you and that you will enjoy doing!
Find out about:
What are mammals?
What are amphibians?
What are birds?
What are fish?
What are reptiles?
What are minibeasts?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv
Create a mask: Using different materials around the house, create a mask of their favourite
animal. Think about the colours and shape. Can they add different textures to their mask?
Where does your animal live? Play this sorting activity to develop their understanding of where
different animals live.
http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/animal_homes/eng/Introduction/default.htm
Animal grouping:
These Sorting Cards would be useful for the task https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-19730-animal-groups-sorting-cards-photos
Get your child to group animals into two columns. Identifying animals that can
fly and cannot fly. What do animals eat? Scientists group animals into three different groups
according to what animals eat. These groups are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Carnivores
eat other animals, herbivores eat plant material including fruit, leaves, vegetables, omnivores eat a
mixture of meat and plant material. (Animals that eat other animals are called carnivores. Animals that eat plants
are called herbivores. Animals that eat both plants and other animals are called omnivores)
Needs of an animal. Can all animals be kept as a pet? Think about a particular animal and find out
if that animal could be a pet. Draw pictures of different animals. Sort the
animals into two groups; suitable for a pet and not suitable for a pet.
Explain why animals were sorted in a particular way.
- Design a leaflet explaining to
potential pet owners what each animal will need. – What are the responsibilities involved with looking after an animal?
How often do they need to find their pet? Who helps to clean? What does the pet eat?
Can you create your own mini animal or object, then stick it to a peg cut in half?
Nocturnal animals - What do they think this word means?
Watch https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zsshfg8 and discuss the animals they
saw. Have they seen these animals? How could they describe them?
Play https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/nocturnal/index.html. Nocturnal animals are more active at night than during the day. These animals sleep during the day, often in a burrow or
den. They have special adaptations that help them survive in the dark. Over millions of years, these
animals have developed traits that help them survive in the darkness. Nocturnal animals may have
larger ears to hear better, bigger eyes to see better, and body parts that glow in the night. Create
your own big-eyed nocturnal animal art. See https://www.greenkidcrafts.com/6-nocturnal-animal-crafts/
.
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