Grayling 4

Phonics

Enjoy this digraph song 

And now this tricky word song

Revise all of the tricky words that we gave you in your learning packs. Have a go at reading them out loud. 

Get your child to write down the tricky words on pieces of paper/post-it notes/cardboard (choose from a selection of tricky words that you think your child needs to focus on). Spread the tricky words around on the floor and play tricky word splat. Give your child something to splat the tricky words with (a spoon, fly swatter, spatula etc) as you call them out. You could even write the same tricky words as your child so you have a double of each word and play a game of pairs. Turn them all face down on the floor and take it in turns to turn over two cards. When you get a match, keep them. If they don’t match then put them back. 

Creative 

We have been having so much fun creating works of art using shapes as our inspiration. Not only is lots of fun but we also find it quite relaxing. This week we’re going back to the simple circle. We’ve looked at a lot of circles and spirals this term and now, after our recent Mattise work we want you to try this. 

You need to go a shape hunt in your home to find a few different objects that are cylinder shaped so that one of the faces is a circle. You need to find a few different sizes. You could use a cardboard tube, a tin of food, a bowl, a plate, a glass or mug. Get yourself a piece of paper, it might even be worth taping two sheets together to create a larger piece. Draw around your circles as many times as you can, filling your paper with circles and make sure to overlap them – see the pictures below. We like how the circles really stand out with the use of a black felt tip pen but a pencil will do too. 

Once you’ve drawn all your circles you’re going to be colouring them in so make sure you’ve got as many different colours as you can find. Choose different colours to colour in each space created by your drawing. Have fun with it and take your time. It should be an activity that you can relax to, maybe put on some calming music in the background. Here’s a couple of links to some music we like to listen to in the classroom.