Home learning Week beginning 18th May

Good Morning Year 2

Welcome to another week of learning.

Please see your English and Maths activities for you to complete each day.

Please see your Science and 2 topic activities to be completed, you can choose when you would like to enjoy them.

Don’t forget you can also have a go at PE, Marvellous Maths, Phonics and Home/Life Skills.

For the first time during home learning, you can also continue to learn Spanish!

Try to do a little bit of learning each day, not forgetting your important Bread and Butter Learning.

Our word of the week this week is:

whimsical

playful, mischievous, excitable

Maybe you could include the word of the week when you write us your e-mail. Try to use the word of the week in your tunnel adventure story.

Please note that our maths lessons are currently behind the dates named on the White Rose Website. For this week’s learning please see the Summer Term Week 2 (w/c 4^th May) starting with Lesson 1 – Fact Families addition and subtraction bonds to 20.

Bread and Butter Learning

·         Read your home reader books, a book from the library or from home. Try to read a little bit every day. There are lots of books on Bug Club.

·         Practise reading and spelling all the common exception words, these can be found on the blog. Choose the Year 1/2 words or Year 3/4 words.

·         Practise all the sounds you have learnt in phonics. There are lots of resources for this on Twinkl, Phonics Play and YouTube.

·         Practise number bonds to 10, 20 and 100. Hit The Button is a great game to help you. There are also games on Education City to help.

·         Practise your handwriting and letter formation using our joined up, cursive handwriting style. There is a help sheet on the blog.

Bug Club

Phonics Play

Mr Thorne Network for phonics, spelling and grammar

Hit the button

Online Handwriting Letter Join  

Education City – see updated home learning week beginning 18^th May

Monday/Day 1 English Did you enjoy the story The Tunnel by Antony Browne? Wouldn’t it be fun to go on a real-life adventure through a tunnel? Have you still got your picture story map and your tunnel artwork that you created last week? Great! Have a look at what you did to remind yourself of your story idea and where your adventure is set. You could re-watch the video of the story if you would like. In English this week we are going to be writing our very own tunnel adventure story using our picture story map and our art work. Today we will write the beginning, tomorrow the middle and on Wednesday we will write the ending. Have a look on Education City at this week’s home learning. Have a go at ‘Sandy Stories’ to practise sequencing stories to show a beginning, middle and ending. Remember a really good story has imagery. Do you remember what that means? We need to create a picture in the readers head. We know that we can do this by including amazing adjectives and super similes. Have a look at the PowerPoint to remind yourself about adjectives, similes and imagery. Are you ready to start your story? Read through your picture story map one more time. Keep this, and your artwork, close by you for inspiration when you are writing. Have a look at our adjectives word mats, sentence starters and alternative words sheets to make your stories even more exciting. For an extra challenge, try to use the word of the week or the Key Stage 2 WOW words. At the beginning of your story we should meet your characters and explore the setting. Stuck for ideas? Try ‘Telling a story’, ‘Making up a story’, Story Starter Machine’ and ‘Recurring language’ on your Education City home learning for some great ideas. Task: Can you write the beginning of your own tunnel adventure story? Maths This week we are starting another new maths topic focussing on number. In today’s lesson we will look at number bonds to 20. Lots of you have been practising your number bonds as part of your Bread and Butter learning so you should now be experts! Play ‘Hit the Button’ to practise your number bonds to 20. Remember, think about your number bonds to 10. To change this to a number bond to 20, one of the numbers needs to become a teen number. For example: I know that 3 + 7 = 10 but to make 20, I have to change a number to a teen so… 13 + 7 = 20. Watch the Minecraft sneaky sheep video to recap number bonds to 20, this will help you with today’s task. Now watch White Rose’s video to explain how we can show numbers in different ways. Remember, when you are subtracting, you must start with the greatest (biggest) number! Task: Can you complete Lesson 1? If you find it easier to complete tasks using practical or concrete resources have a go at our practical number bonds task. How did you get on today? Try our extension challenge.

The Tunnel story Education City Similes and adjectives PowerPoint Adjectives word mats Sentence starters Interesting words KS2 WOW words     Hit the Button Minecraft number bonds video Video 1 Lesson 1 Practical number bonds Extension

Tuesday/Day 2 English Yesterday you wrote the beginning of your own story. Today we are going to write the middle. Remember, the middle of your story should be where your character faces a dilemma. Play ‘Guessing the story’ and ‘Storyscape’ on your Education City home learning. Remember a really good story has imagery. We need to create a picture in the readers head. We know that we can do this by including amazing adjectives and super similes. Have a look at the PowerPoint to remind yourself about adjectives, similes and imagery. Read through your picture story map one more time and read the story’s beginning. Keep this, and your artwork, close by you for inspiration when you are writing. Have a look at our adjectives word mats, sentence starters and alternative words sheets to make your stories even more exciting. For an extra challenge, try to use the word of the week or the Key Stage 2 WOW words. Task: Can you write the middle of your tunnel adventure story? Maths Today we will be looking at comparing numbers and  number sentences using our greater than > and less than <  symbols. Sometimes we think of these symbols as crocodiles.  Remember, the crocodile always wants to eat the  greatest number. 12 > 5   This means that 12 is greater than 5. 6 < 19   This means that 6 is less than 19. Look at your Education City home learning for the  week. Try the ‘Think It’s’ for ‘More than, less than’. What symbol would we use if the numbers were the  same? Watch today’s video to learn about comparing number sentences. Task: Can you complete the Compare number  sentences activity? Parents and carers: Please take a moment to look  at the parent guidance knowledge organiser to  know how to support your child when adding with  tens frames. How did you get on today? For an extra challenge,  have a go at the extension.

The Tunnel story Education City Similes and adjectives PowerPoint Adjectives word mats Sentence starters Interesting words KS2 WOW words Education City Video 2 Lesson 2 Tens frame addition parent guidance    Extension

Wednesday/Day 3 English Yesterday you wrote the middle of your tunnel adventure. Today we are going to write the ending. Remember, the end of the story is where your character resolves the dilemma but what will happen next? Will your character find their way home? Will it be a happy or sad ending for the character? Will they go home for tea? Read through your picture story map one more time and read the story’s beginning and middle. Keep this, and your artwork, close by you for inspiration when you are writing. Have a look at our adjectives word mats, sentence starters and alternative words sheets to make your stories even more exciting. For an extra challenge, try to use the word of the week or the Key Stage 2 WOW words. When you have finished writing your story, go back and read it through again. Do you get a good picture in your head when you read it? Maybe you could add some more adjectives to make your story more exciting. Have a look at the PowerPoint to learn how to edit your writing. Task: Can you write the ending of your story and then use a different coloured pen or pencil to edit your writing? Maths Today we are going to be using tens frames, just like yesterday and a part whole model. The two parts must add up to make the whole (the total). For example, 7 is a part, 3 is a part and the whole is 10 because 7 + 3 = 10. Watch today’s video to recap addition, subtraction and tens and ones (chips and peas). We are also going to be looking at missing number problems today. To help us solve missing number problems, we can do the inverse of the calculation. Remember, the inverse means to do the opposite. For example: 6 + __ = 10             To work out the missing number we can do the inverse, we can do a subtraction. 10 – 6 = 4. So 4 is the missing number. Have a go at ‘Sten’s Party’ on your Education City home learning to practise doing the inverse operation to solve problems. Task: Can you complete Lesson 3 Related Facts? If you find it easier to complete tasks using practical or concrete resources have a go at our practical tens and ones task. How did you get on today? Try our extension challenge.

The Tunnel story Similes and adjectives PowerPoint Adjectives word mats Sentence starters Interesting words KS2 WOW words How to edit your writing    Education City Video 3 Lesson 3   Practical tens and ones Extension

Thursday/Day 4 English As part of our Towers, Tunnels and Turrets topic, we are going to be learning about Queen Victoria and Victorian inventors. Today we will start this learning by reading some information and answering questions. Watch the Horrible Histories video song about Victorian Inventors, can you name all the inventions that they mention? Task: Can you read about Victorian Inventors and answer the questions? Bronze: 1 star Silver: 2 stars Gold: 3 stars Maths Today we are going to be recapping adding and subtracting ones. Look at the learn screen on your Education City home learning ‘More or less’ and then complete the activity ‘Snow hope’. What number is 1 more than 6? What number is 1 more than 39? What number is 1 less than 80? What number is 5 more than 96? What number is 5 less than 87? What number is 10 more than 99? What number is 10 less than 108? Watch today’s video to practise this. Can you remember which number we always start a subtraction problem with? Sometimes we forget this but you must always start a subtraction problem with the greatest number in the problem. Challenge yourself with this Year 3 Education City learn screen ‘Snow more, snow less’ Task: Can you complete Lesson 4 Add and Subtract Ones? Did you get on well today? Maybe you could try the extension problems.

Horrible Histories Victorian Inventors Education City Video 4 Lesson 4 Extension

Friday/Day 5 English As you will have found out when writing your story and then editing it, SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) is super important when writing. It helps to ensure your sentences make sense and anyone can read it clearly. Workout and dance along with the BBC Supermovers punctuation video. Remember to look out for the punctuation that you already know about. Think about how punctuation helps your sentences to make sense. Have a go at the ‘End Punctuation’ activities on this week’s Education City home learning. Today we are going to be enjoying a SPaG treasure hunt! You can ask your grownup or sibling to hide cards around the house or garden. You could always hide these yourself but no cheating! You can start with any question strip. Record your answer on your sheet. When you have answered the question, look for the next strip that will tell you if you got the answer correct before asking you another new question. Task: Can you complete the SPaG treasure hunt? Maths Today our maths lesson is going to link to our Towers, Tunnels and Turrets topic. We are going to be thinking about the position and direction of movement. Join in with the Cha Cha slide to remind yourself of what we learnt about position and direction in Year 1. Listen out for the directional vocabulary. Now work through the PowerPoint learn about clockwise, anticlockwise, quarter, half and full turns. You will also find out that a 90-degree turn is a quarter turn. Practise this with your Education City home learning ‘About Turn activity and worksheet’ Have a look at the knowledge organiser for Position and Direction. Do you know what the words mean and how to use them? Task: Can you draw a floor plan of a castle then direct a teddy to different rooms using mathematical vocabulary? Bronze: forward, backwards, left, right, turn. Silver: (all of bronze and) half and quarter turns. Gold: (all of bronze, silver and) clockwise, anticlockwise and 90 degrees.

BBC Supermovers punctuation workout Education City Adult instructions for SPaG hunt Child answer sheet Questions and answers    Cha Cha Slide Position and direction Education City Knowledge organiser

Topic Science Last week we were learning about tunnelling animals and you researched an animal of your choice. Today we are focussing on worms and their habitat. What do you already know about worms? Can you remember facts from your reading comprehension last week? Have a go at the Education City ‘Habitats’ game and ‘Asking habitat questions’ Think Its. We are going to conduct an experiment to find out more about worm habitats. You will need: 1)A container with a lid such as an ice-cream tub, shoebox, Tupperware box or even a cereal box with the side cut off. 2)Some worms 3)Materials for the worms to explore such as sand, soil, cotton wool, fabric scraps, etc Task: Can you investigate worm habitats? First, choose some materials and put them around the sides of your container without letting them touch. Next, place the worms in the middle of the container. Predict where you think the worm will travel to and want to live. Then, cover your container with a lid (or cloth) and leave them overnight. Finally, find where the worms have decided to stay. Find a way to record your findings and write a conclusion about where worms like to live and what you notice about the chosen material. History In our topic we have started to explore towers and tunnels. Today we will look again at towers and think about a castle. A long time ago when Kings and Queens would live in the old castles, there were also lots of people that worked in the castles and had jobs to do to keep the castle clean, tidy and running properly. Today we are going to think about the jobs people would do in castles. Look through the PowerPoint to find out some information about jobs in castles. Now, pick your favourite job and use internet sources to find out more about them and what they had to do. . Task: Can you choose a castle job and write a diary entry? DT Today we are going to carry on thinking about tunnels. A tunnel is a tube-like structure that you something can travel through. What 3D shape does this remind you of? Look around your house. Can you find any objects that are like a tunnel? A clue would be to look near the toilet! How many tunnel-like objects can you find? Task: Can you build your own tunnel and see what objects will pass through it? If you would like to challenge yourself even more, have a think about how you could make your tunnel stronger. What materials might you use and what shapes could you use?

Education City Experiment example   Castle jobs

Additional learning activities Phonics Start off by playing the pirate flashcards game. Have a go at ‘Spelling in a drizzle’ and ‘Stig’s spelling wall’ on your Education City home learning. Now complete your phonic adult’s tasks Marvellous Maths It is so wonderful to hear how many of you have been enjoying the Marvellous Maths activities. Remember, these activities will help to keep all your maths learning fresh in your brain and help you to get even better at different skills like telling the time, your times tables and much more! Today you have another PowerPoint to work through and enjoy. Next you will need a set of playing cards. You can play this on your own, with family or siblings. If you do not have a set of playing cards, you could make or print your own. To play the game, you need to make 20 with your cards or be the closest player to make 20. Everyone takes one card, look at the number. Next, everyone takes a second card. Add the 2 numbers together, what does it make? Now, will you risk taking another card to try to get even closer to 20? If your cards add up to more than 20, you’re out! Who will win? Task: Can you complete the PowerPoint and play a game of make 20? PE This week you have the opportunity to enter a competition against children from other schools around Norfolk. Click on the link and watch the video to find out more. You can record and submit your entry. The deadline for entries is 15th June. You can also enjoy your weekly Get Set 4 PE challenge. You will need the playing cards that you used for Marvellous Maths. Task: Can you complete the Get Set 4 PE cards challenge? Spanish When we are at school, we normally start the day by singing our Spanish good morning song. This week you can enjoy reminding yourself about some of the Spanish phrases that we have already learnt. It is lovely to hear that some of you are already finding your own languages activities to enjoy or even talking to friends from different countries! Sing our good morning song to remind yourself! Task: Can you complete the Spanish greetings sheet? Home/Life Skills This week it is your choice which chore you would like to learn or find out more about. Think about the jobs that your grown ups do each day, like cooking and cleaning. What do they do that really interests you? Maybe you would like to learn how to make scrambled eggs? Maybe you could find out how royal beds are made and try to make your own bed just like it? Whatever it is that you decide, have fun but remember to be safe. Task: Can you choose a chore to find out about, learn how to do and then record? Maybe you could take pictures of yourself completing your chore and add labels or captions? You could write a set of instructions or make a poster to teach someone else how to complete the chore. Remember to think about what the possible dangers could be, make sure you let everyone know how to keep themselves safe.

Pirate flashcards Education City Miss Shipp, Mrs Peek and Mrs Brooks: Suffix factory Tasks Mrs Weston: Cross the road frog game PowerPoint Mrs Whitlock: Alien escape game PowerPoint Mrs Longcroft: Yeti game PowerPoint Marvellous Maths PowerPoint Norfolk Schools Partnership PE challenge Cards Fitness Fun Spanish good morning song Spanish activity

Please don’t forget to send us an e-mail every week to let us know how you are and share some of the fun activities that you have been learning about at home. We look forward to hearing from you.

Year 2 Team.