Week beginning 18.05.2020 – Year 2

Complete these activities over this week. You can complete them in any order you wish! (After speaking on the phone over the past few weeks, lots of you said that you would like more activities for your children. We have happily added more activities, but please don’t feel pressured by the increase in tasks.)These activities are based on the theme of ‘Living things in their environment’. Our story this week is ‘Billy’s Bucket’.

You can find a video version of the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQyFMEQV8fo

Subject Activity

Phonics / spelling rules

Real and nonsense words – or

Can you read the words shown? Which are real and which are nonsense words?Can you find items with the ‘or’ sound in your house or draw pictures of them?

Alternative spelling or / aw / our / augh / al

How many words can you write to match the pictures? Write on the paper or in your book.

Can you think of 1 more word with each spelling e.g. porchSPAG Complete the worksheet on the page or in your books – answer sheet attached for grown ups. Reading comprehension

Read the ‘Creepy Crawlies in the Garden’ page and answer questions about it – answers provided for grown ups on the following page.

Maths Please complete the activities from White Rose Maths. Remember to watch the video for each lesson first! Summer Term week 2 lesson 1 – Comparing lengths Summer Term week 2 lesson 2 – Order length Summer Term week 2 lesson 3 – four operations with length https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Grown ups – please remember that you have access to the answers for the tasks. If your child is finding something tricky, it can sometimes help to look at the answer and then figure out the steps as to how to get there.

Everyday Maths

You should now have received your login for Numbots with a guide for how to log in – have a turn and see which games you can play – please get in touch with class teachers if you need any help getting online.https://play.numbots.com/#/account/school-login/84561

WritingWatch the story of ‘Billy’s Bucket’ – see the video on the home learning portal to help with your writing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQyFMEQV8fo1)Watch the video from Mr Arthur to help with your writing on the school website in the home learning folder.

2)Imagine Billy is stepping into the bucket. What would he see when he climbed in? Can you make a list of words to describe where it is (the setting) e.g. under the sea. Your challenge is to make a list using comma’s. – write on the page or in your books.

3) Write about what Billy see’s on his adventure in the bucket using the words from your list e.g. ‘In the middle of the night Billy climbed down a long ladder into his bucket. He jumped into the water and saw a rainbow fish …. Write on the page or in your books.

Art/DT Create an animalCan you create a 3d model of your animal using items from your recycling? Could you make a painting of your animal?You may remember making puppets earlier in the year – could you make a puppet of an animal using old material? grown ups might be able to help you with sewing or joining pieces together using glue or staples . Remember to check your grown ups are happy for you to use material you have at home!

We would love to see what you can make.

Science Can I say what an animal is? Task 1: Explore the different types of animals and what makes them special.- watch this:https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv Task 2: Sort the animal pictures on the sheet into their correct groups; reptiles, amphibians, fish, birds and mammals.Task 3: Use the ‘parts of an animal’ wordmat and ask an adult to help you use the internet to find a crazy fact! I would love to hear them and make a list. Here’s mine ….Kangaroos use their tail to balance! Task 4:Choose an animal to research. Draw and label its body parts on the sheet or in your book. Or find out about an animal and write / ask an adult to help you write about it.

SPAG

Science Task 2

Science task 3

Crazy Body Part Facts

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Science task 4 – option1

Science Task 4 – option 2