Tuesday

Literacy

(Approx. 30 mins – 13 min teaching video, 20 mins activity)

• Watch Oak Academy video with Miss Doherty (13mins) ‘Lesson 8: To recycle a story by changing characters’ https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-recycle-a-story-by-changing-characters-cgu62t

Activity:

• Join in with the gingerbread man version of the nursery rhyme.
• Use your gingerbread man story map (or the copy of Miss Doherty’s in resources) to change a character in the story.
• You could use post it notes to change the characters – stick the post it note on top of the character you are changing and draw the new character on top.
• If you don’t have post it notes, just cross your character out like Miss Doherty has.
• Retell the story with your changes.
• Keep your new story map safe, you will need it on Thursday!
• Draw your new story map out with the new changes.

Resources:

• Paper, pencils
• Device to watch video
• Gingerbread man story map (not necessary but may be handy as a reference)

Maths (Reception):

Maths (approx. 30 mins)

• Watch this video: ‘Session 4 – comparing numbers to 5’ (Alive in 5 – week 1) (6mins) https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/alive-in-5-week-1/
• Pause video at different points and complete challenges.

Activity:

• Quick! How many dots are there altogether?
• Which animal has more?
• Play a game with someone at home – both turn over a card/picture card – who has the most objects/greater number.
• If you are using a pack of cards – encourage the children to count the icons to support their number recognition.
• Count to see who has the most cards.

Resources:

• Device to watch the video
• Pack of cards
• Or picture number cards (in resources bank – not essential but may help if you don’t have a pack of cards).

Maths (Year one):

(Approx. 30 mins)

• Watch this video: ‘Patterns with 3D and 2D shapes’ https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/week-10-geometry-shape/
• Pause video at different points and complete challenges. (20mins)
• Complete warm up ‘Tuesday warm up’ sheet
• Complete worksheet ‘Yr 1 Tuesday Maths’

Activity/ Resources:

• Paper, pencils
• Device to watch video
• Separate sheet (Yr1 Tuesday Maths warm up + worksheet)

Phonics:

(Approx.  20mins)

• Watch Miss Flower's video: ‘ai’
• Pause it at the relevant points for your child to answer any questions, practise letter formation or to fill in each part of the sheet.
• The sheet is called ‘Phonics: ai’.
• If you do not have access to a printer, please don’t worry – children can write it out on a piece of paper, the sheet isn’t necessary but may just be handy as a reference.