Year 1
Spring 2 Home Learning
Dear Parents/Carers,
Our topic in Year 1 this half-term is ‘Under the Sea’
During this half term we will explore the 5 oceans and will be answering the following questions;
What is an ocean? Where are the oceans? Why are the oceans important? How are the oceans different at the equator and the North Pole?
Our key texts will be The Snail and the Whale and The Book of the Big Blue.
Trip
This half term we will be going to Tropical World. We can’t wait!
Writing
In writing, we will be focussing on using question marks, captions and capital letters for proper nouns. We will know that a sentence always has a subject and a verb. We will be writing a fact file about the oceans, and creating our own stories to describe two of the oceans.
Maths
In Maths we will investigate weight, place value to 50, time and fractions. Can you count forwards to 50? Can you count backwards from 50? Practise these at home.
Science
For our Science topic we will explore Animals including Humans with focus on animal classification (fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds). We will also look at what animals eat and whether they are herbivores, carnivores or omnivores.
Home learning expectations
Please take some time to look at the following to see what your child should be doing at home to extend their learning:
Reading
Little Wandle books will go home every Friday, please make sure they are brought back to school on Monday. Your child should be decoding the book - phase 3 onwards should be blending in their head. They should also be reading with expression by looking at punctuation. Please ask them the comprehension questions that are in the back of the book.
Spelling
Children will get a Little Wandle ‘Home Learning’ sheet every Friday with the words that we have learnt that week. They should copy each word, then cover, write and then check.
Maths
A few minutes of Numbots every other day
Hit The Button – number bonds to 10, doubles, halves
Handwriting: Letter Join
Computer log-in: bowling_6 password: letterjoin
iPad/Tablet user name: ak6467
Your swipe code is set as a capital `L` shape, starting at the top left:
O
O
O O O
Thank you,
The Year One Team