Year 1 English Home Learning Week 25.01.21 - 29.01.21
Hi Year One,
Thank you so much for sharing your super learning in English, you have been working incredibly hard! I have really enjoyed seeing you on zoom and talking to you on the phone. Please keep sending pictures of your work.
We are now going into our fourth week of home learning! Remember every week is a step closer to us all being back together in our classroom - I cannot wait for that.
Over the next few weeks, we are going to be reading a new story linked to this term’s topic ‘The Great Fire of London’. We will be drawing our own story map and sequencing the key events to really get to know the story. We will be writing question sentences and beginning to explore the characters thoughts and feelings. We will be developing our inference skills by drawing conclusions based on what we have read and what we already know, before writing a diary entry. I can’t wait to get started!
Remember to send in pictures of your super work at home. If you are unsure of anything or need some extra support, please just send me a message using my email on the class page.
Monday
Phonics
Today’s phonics will be delivered live on zoom at 10am with Mrs Claxton. You will need a pencil or pen and something to write on. I look forward to seeing you there!
Reading
Today I would like you to try a 60-second read. Below are a selection of texts, choose one that you are able to read independently with little support.
How much can you read in 60 seconds (1 minute)? When you have read through once, repeat a few times. Remember, we are not trying to race through our reading too quickly, we want to keep to a good pace as though we are reading to an audience.
We will answer the questions that go with your chosen text tomorrow.
Text 1 - At the Top of the Hill
Text 2 - Fish and Chips
Text 3 - Home Alone
Text 4 - The History of the Yoyo
English
Starter: Write the alphabet in lower-case and upper-case letters, trying hard to form your letters correctly. Use this visual guide to help.
Let us begin by reading our new story ‘Vlad and the Great Fire of London. Watch the video below.
Now we are going to think about what we have read together. You can choose to talk about the story with a member of your family, using the question prompts below, or you may write your answers.
Who are the main characters in the story?
When and where is this story set?
What happens at the beginning?
What is the main event of this story?
How does the story end?
Tuesday
Phonics
Begin, by saying the sounds on the mat below.
Today, we are going to learn how to spell the word because. We can use this mnemonic to help us.
Betty eats carrots and uncle sucks eggs
We can say this to help us spell because correctly. Each word begins with a letter from the word because. Say and write the word three times.
Now let’s read these words. Notice the sound the letter ‘c’ is making in each word.
cat cold crisp cell city acid success
What sound does the letter ‘c’ make in the word city?
Write these words containing more than one syllable and add some buttons and bars.
advice cycle successful cellar
Now read the following sentence:
The city is cold and icy.
Reading
Following on from yesterday’s reading session, we are going to answer the questions on your chosen text. Begin by reading through the text again. Next read each question and write your answer down. Please send your written answers to Mrs Claxton or Miss Hughes.
Text 1 - At the Top of the Hill
Text 2 - Fish and Chips
Text 3 - Home Alone
Text 4 - The History of the Yoyo
English
Today’s lesson has a vocabulary focus. I would like you to find the meanings of some words taken from ‘Vlad and the Great Fire of London’. You could use a dictionary to help or an online dictionary. Talk through the meanings with a member of your family before writing them down.
Here are some words from the story. Choose 5 words that are new to you.
plague
feasted
flickered
possessions
scorched
inferno
trudging
fled
scampered
Wednesday
Phonics
Today, we are going to begin by reading through our common exception words. Read each word on the mat below. Repeat two more times. Can you read the words automatically? Are there any you need to practise?
Let’s read some words with the alternative pronunciation of ‘c’
ice-bucket central December successful rice-cakes
Now try spelling those words. Say the word and then try and write it without looking. Remember to say each syllable and write the sounds you hear.
Read this sentence and then say it three times. Try writing the sentence yourself without reading it back.
It is very icy in December.
Reading
For today’s reading session, I would like you to read 'Vlad and the Great Fire of London’. Use the video from Monday’s lesson and read along. After re-reading our story, try retelling it using the story map you created yesterday. Talk through the events of the story using the pictures and words on your map.
English
We are going to begin today’s lesson by recapping on the story read yesterday. Watch the video from yesterday’s lesson and read along.
The main characters in our story are Vlad the flea and Boxton the rat. Today, we are going to think about their journey through the story, creating a story-map of the key events. Can you remember the story maps we have created in the classroom? We are going to do the same for Vlad and the Great Fire of London, using words and pictures. Here are some examples below:
Use words and pictures to show what happens to Vlad and Boxton throughout the story. Remember that when we are creating story maps, our drawings are kept very simple with little detail, the important thing is that we include the key events and order them as they happen in the story.
I look forward to seeing your story maps!
Thursday
Phonics
We are going to begin by recalling the sounds on the mat below.
Now practise spelling these tricky words (below) by writing each word five times.
out made came
Now let’s look at the letter ‘g’ in these words. What sound is it making? What is the alternative pronunciation?
goat gold magic gent get gem ginger
Write them down and add some buttons and bars. Now use your buttons and bars to blend and read.
Finally, let’s read this sentence using our phonics knowledge to help us.
I don’t have the energy to go to the gym.
Reading
For your ten minute reading activity today, I would like you to use your story map to retell the story ‘Vlad and the Great Fire of London’. Use your words and pictures to help and try to include some detail. You can re-watch the video and read along if you would prefer.
English
Today, we are going to think about Boxton the rat. What do we already know about him? We know that Boxton is brilliant at finding the tastiest rubbish to feast on! We also know that his best friend is Vlad the flea. Let’s imagine we were to meet Boxton. What would we like to ask him? What else would we like to know? I would like to find out what he was feeling as he scampered along those cobbled streets away from the burning flames. I would ask him to describe what he saw when he escaped from the bakery.
We are going to write some questions to ask Boxton using the question starters below. Say your question sentence three times before beginning to write. Begin with a capital letter and end with a question mark. Remember that question sentences do not end with a full-stop, they end with a question mark. Here are some examples:
What did you see when you woke up in the bakery?
How did you feel when you ran through streets?
What were you thinking as you reached the river?
Try using some of our question starters.
What
Where
When
Who
Why
How
Now that you have written your questions, start thinking about what the answers could be. Keep your questions safe as we will be returning to them in tomorrow’s lesson.
Friday
Phonics
Let’s start by practising our spellings from yesterday. Write the word once and check that it is spelled correctly. Now cover the word and write again. Did you spell the word correctly? Remember to check.
out made came
Using the alternative pronunciation of the letter ‘g’ let’s read some words.
We are going to finish our phonics session by playing the game ‘Sentence Substitution’. On Phonics Play you are able to use the following details to login and access the games and resources.
username: jan21
password: home
Click here to begin.
Reading
For your ten minute reading time today, I would like you to select a book of your choice. Why have you chosen this book? Enjoy the time to share this book with a member of your family sharing your thoughts as you read.
English
Today, you will need your questions for Boxton the rat that you wrote yesterday. Read through your questions. Did you remember to end them with a question mark?
We are going to think about possible answers to these questions. We are going to use what we know from reading the story, we could call this information clues from the story, and what we already know ourselves, perhaps from our own experiences and from other things that we have read.
Let’s take the question What did you see when you woke in the bakery? Firstly, I could go back to the story and look for some clues. Look at the text below.
The text says that the flames were burning brightly and that the fire was blazing up the wall. I can use this information to help me write an answer to the question. Here is my answer:
When I opened my eyes, I could see bright, burning flames. The fire was spreading through the bakery, up the walls and across the floor.
Now try doing the same to write answers to some of your questions. Use the story to help you. I look forward to seeing your wonderful work.