Grayling 4

Phonics 

Listen to this catchy song, We are the Alphabet, to get you ready for phonics time

Read the sentence slides below. Can you become digraph spotters? Spot all the digraphs in the words, count on your fingers how many you can find in the sentence. Use the basic code in the back of your reading diary to play bingo. Place a button, coin or piece of pasta on top of all the digraphs you find in the sentences. Don’t forget the double consonants (these aren’t in your basic code) such as ll, pp.  Can you do the same with the tricky words? How many different tricky words can you find in the sentences?

Maths 

Get your maths brains warmed up with this Grab a Ten song

Have a look at the Numicon plates below. What is the total number using your knowledge of 10 for each pair? Explain how you know. Can you record it as an addition number sentence? 

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/arrowCards/index.html

Use the link above to practise making the teen number above using arrow cards. Start by having a play with the programme and figure out how to make teen numbers (and higher numbers if you choose). Once you are familiar with the arrow cards challenge your child to make a number. Call out a number and let them have a go at creating it using the arrow cards. Ask them to tell you what their number is made of i.e, what the digits represent.  

Exploring place value using a ten frame

Create two ten frames at home, see the examples below.

Use a baking tray and some tape to section the tray into 10 equal sections

Use a large egg box (cut off two holes from a box of 12)

Draw your own

Practise using your ten frames to create different teen numbers. This will reinforce the importance of ten in a teen number. Encourage your children to not count out the ten when filling their first frame but to remember and know that a teen number always has ten which means we must always fill a whole ten frame first and then count out the ones for the second ten frame. Use whatever you can find at home to fill the ten frames, coins, buttons, dried lentils, raisins.