Year 1 Learning Project –Week 8 – Animals15th – 19th June 2020

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday FridayWriting/Topic Write about

the picture.Letter to Mr.

Gray – Ask for a class pet.

Design a leaflet - How to care for a

pet

Nocturnal animals –

research and create an

information sheet.

Topic – Nocturnal

animal artwork

Phonics/spelling

Read and draw activity

Weekly phonics

challenge

Spelling practice – rainbow spelling

Spelling, punctuation

and grammar activity mat

Common exception

word mat – one

Reading Read to an adult for 10 minutes each day / adult reads to child for 10 minutes each day

Maths Number of the day

Activity mat Shape Hunt Measuring activity

100 square challenge

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Monday 15 th June Writing Challenge - Use this picture as the inspiration for your next great

story, poem or description. Challenge yourself to use some of the exciting vocabulary we've learned to make your writing even more amazing. The words in the box might

help you this week.

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captive intrigued gloomy guarding habitat stuck

Monday 15th June Phonics – Read and draw

Read the captions and draw in the boxes. One is done for

you

six red socks

ten green sweets

a black boat with a yellow flag

three brown houses and one pink house

Monday 15th June Maths – Number of the Day

50

Tuesday 16th JuneWriting – Letter to Mr. Gray

Think about a pet you would like for our classroom. Write a letter to Mr. Gray explaining why you would like this pet. Tell him why it

would make a great pet and how we would look after it.

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Tuesday 16th June Phonics – Weekly Phonics Challenge

Choose the sound for the phonics group you are in. How many words can you come up with that have this sound in them? Can you use your

favourite one to write a sentence? Can you find this sound in books and magazines at home?

Tuesday 16th June Maths – Activity Mat

Today we want you to use your number skills to answer these questions. Remember if you are stuck, to use objects from around your house – Lego, stones, buttons.

Wednesday 17 th June Writing – Pet Care Leaflet

Design a leaflet teaching pet owners about how to care for their pet. Choose any pet to teach them about. You might write about:-what they eat -what equipment they need -how to

Wednesday 17th June Spelling – Rainbow spelling

Today we would like you to practise a spelling strategy: Rainbow spelling. Use a different colour for each letter of the word. How many different colour combinations can you create? Choose a tricky word to practise on the next page. Mrs. Moore has done an example for you.

Example:theirtheirtheir

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Wednesday 17th June Maths – Shape Hunt

Today we would like you to look around your house or garden and see what 2D or 3D shapes you can spot. Make a list at the bottom of which shapes you found and how many of each. There are some examples in the pictures below.

Thursday 18 th June Writing – Nocturnal Animals

Today we would like you to be researchers. Do you know what a nocturnal animal is? Can you use a dictionary or the internet to find out? Create an information sheet about nocturnal animals. Things you could include:

- explain what a nocturnal animal is- draw or list some nocturnal animals- discuss where they live and what they eat

Thursday 18 th June Spellings – Activity Mat

1m =1m 1mPencil

Thursday 18 th June Maths – Measuring

challengeDid you know that there was once a bird called a ‘Heracles’ and it

was 1m tall?! That is almost the same height as a Year 1 child.Use a ruler or measuring tape to find things in your house that are less than, equal to or greater than 1 metre tall. An example is done

for you.

Friday 19 th June Topic – Nocturnal Animal Art

Today we would like you to be creative cats. Create your own piece of artwork based on nocturnal animals. It could be a painting, drawing, collage, box modelling piece – it is up to you! Here are some ideas to inspire you. Have fun

Friday 19 th June Common Exception Word Mat

Friday 19 th June Maths – 100 square challenge

You will need a timer – set it for 3 minutes. You have 3 minutes to see how many numbers from 1-100 you can write on the 100 square. Remember to use your counting to help you.Challenge – can you do it in 2 minutes?