Year 2 School@Home Learning Grid 6.7.20 - 10.7.20

Daily tasks:

1. Read aloud and discuss your reading with an adult2. Practise times tables by logging onto Times Tables Rock Stars3. Learn weekly spellings, making sure you practise writing them in sentences.4. Practise maths skills/knowledge by logging on to Abacus maths.

Don’t forget, you will find all the documents mentioned on the grid below on our class page on the school website.

ENGLISH(Short tasks)

Word families 5 minutes a day

Practise reading and spelling the words in these families. You can choose how to practise these words – air writing, rainbow writing, blind writing, 1 minute challenge, outdoor writing, or “Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check”.

See website.

SPAG15 minutes

Revise compound words using the PowerPoint on the website.

Then complete page 31 in your SAT BUSTER BOOK – Grammar, Punctuation and Grammar.

EXTRA – How many compound words can you find in the Word Search Puzzles on the website?

ENGLISH

“Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson”

Monday6.7.20

Tuesday7.7.20

Wednesday8.7.20

Thursday9.7.20

Friday10.7.20

Introduction

This week we will be looking at some poems by a fantastic poet called Robert Louis Stevenson. He was writing poems about 150 years ago but children still enjoy his poems today.The first poem we are going to look at is called “Bed in Summer” and when you

Plan and write a summer bedtime poem

Today you are going to become poets just like Robert Louis Stevenson. We are going to make our own poems about what it is like going to bed in summer.

First, we are going to collect ideas for our own poem

Comparing poems

This book is “A Child’s

“Dream Time Parade” poem

Today we are going to use the poem “Young Night-Thought” as inspiration for another poem. We are going to imagine our own dream time parade like the one in the poem with “armies, emperors and kings” and “every kind of

Handwriting

“The Swing” is another of Rober Louis Stephenson’s famous poems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZrKEBifKn8

Today’s focus will be handwriting – we need to be ready for Year 3 and looking to earn a Pen

hear it I think you’ll be able to relate to his thoughts about summer bedtimes.

Click in the link to hear this poem being read aloud.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IRUoXp1xxQ

Now let’s see what you thought about the poem – answer the “What do you think?” questions on the website.

about what it’s like going to bed in summer time. We are going to think about our senses and try to “paint pictures with words”. Use the prompt sheet on the website to help you with your ideas.

Now comes the fun part . . . can you use your ideas to make your own poem about going to bed in summer. Your poem does not have to rhyme but you can experiment with this if you’d like to. You should start each new idea on a new line, rather than writing one idea straight after another as you would in a story for example. Getting started . . .You can see my model at the bottom of the planning prompt sheet to give you some inspiration.

Garden of Verses” – a collection of poems, written for children by Robert Louis Stevenson. A collection of poems is called an anthology.Robert Louis Stevenson was often ill as a child and so he spent lots of time in bed. Consequently, this anthology contains lots of poems inspired by bedtime. We are going to look at two of these poems today.

Read “A Child’s Thought” and “Young Night Thought” on the website and think about how these two poems are the same/different. We are going to record what you notice on a Venn diagram (see website). For example, both poems have “Thought” in the title so you would make a note of this in the overlapping section. But “A Child’s Thought” has 2 verses, whilst “Young Night Thought” has 4 verses so you would write these facts in the outer sections of the relevant circles.

beast and man”. The poem will be like a list of descriptive phrases for different fantasy people and animals. You can be really imaginative – in dreams, anything can happen!

Getting started . . .

My Dream Time Parade

All night long and every night,My dreams are filled with magical sights -Ancient wizards in stardust cloaks,Painted peacocks with dazzling tails, Smoky dragons glaring darkly

TOP TIP – use lots of interesting verbs, adjectives and adverbs to bring your characters to life!

There is a “Dream Time Parade” writing sheet on the website, if you would like to write your poem on some fancy paper.

For Fun – draw an illustration of your “Dream Time Parade” showing all the different characters in your poem .

Licence very quickly.Top TipsSit every letter on the line. Form letters correctly.Show clear tall letters (Ascenders).Use joined cursive style.Don’t join capitals.Use a rubber if you make a mistake.

Copy out “The swing” in your neatest handwriting.(See website).

MATHS

Statistics

For those of you who love a maths challenge – check out the “Extra Maths Challenges” section on our class page this week.

Monday6.7.20

Tuesday7.7.20

Wednesday8.7.20

Thursday9.7.20

Friday10.7.20

Warm up: 10 minsSAT BUSTER ARITHMETICPage 16We have done lots of missing number problems before. Remember to draw a bar model see which calculation you need to do to find the answer. There’s a video in the Video Centre to give you a quick demonstration if you need more guidance.

Main Task: TablesA table is used to record information and collect results. You have probably drawn a table when you have recorded everyone’s score in a game. A table needs to have headings to show what you are measuring or recording.

Practice reading information from some tables.SAT BUSTER REASONINGPage 47 and 48

Just for fun . . .Empty the out a box of Smarties and count how many there are of each colour. Then show your results in a table.

Warm up: 10 minsSAT BUSTER ARITHMETICPage 17

Main Task: Tally Charts

We have had lots of practice with tally charts so you can begin by whizzing through these pages in your SAT BUSTER REASONING BOOKPages 49 and 50.

Now that you have revised how to use tally marks, you can tackle the Tally Chart Activity Cards on the website.

Warm up: 10minsSAT BUSTER ARITHMETICPage 18

Main Task: Block diagram

A block diagram makes it easier to compare results. Each block represents one item.

Practice reading information from some block diagrams.SAT BUSTER REASONINGPage 51 and 52.

Now have a go at the Favourite Colours Activity on the website.

Warm up: 10 minsSAT BUSTER ARITHMETICPage 19

Main Task: Pictogram

A pictogram uses pictures to represent data. Just like a block graph it is quicker and easier to read information from a pictogram than a table or tally chart.

Practice reading information from some pictograms.SAT BUSTER REASONINGPage 53 and 54.

Next, answer some questions about “Class Pets” – see website.

Warm up: 10minsSAT BUSTER ARITHMETICPage 20

Main Task: Ladybird count

This week we’ve looked at different ways to show information in maths – tables, tally charts, block diagrams, and pictograms.

Today you will need to choose one of these ways to show some information about children who’ve been collecting ladybird cards. Click on the link to get started.https://nrich.maths.org/2341

For an extra challenge, could you show the information in 2 different ways?

You can choose when to do the activities below – spend as much time as you like.

BEING KIND Be a Bed-making Champion this week. Challenge yourself to make your own bed AND someone else’s every day this week. Could you even make ALL the beds in your house one day? Make a chart and give yourself smiley faces to show how many beds you make each day. (This act of kindness should create some real-life smiley faces too!)

STAYING CONNECTED

Thank you to Krystian for inspiring this week’s activity! He has been reading stories to his new baby cousin via the internet during Lockdown.Why don’t you read to someone via Zoom, Skype, Face time etc? You could share a favourite book with a friend, read a bedtime story to a younger cousin or impress your grandparents with your reading skills . . . who will you choose?

ART Today we will be painting the large flower for our paintings. Look at the flower pictures on the website for inspiration (sunflower, pansy, nasturtium, dog rose, iris, hollyhock, rose, blue geranium). What do you notice about the colours, shapes, lines, patterns on the flower you have chosen?You will need a sheet of paper the same size as the background you painted last week. First use some chalk to sketch out the petals, making sure that your flower fills the page. Next use paints to add colour. When your flower is finished, let it dry and then cut it out carefully and stick it onto your sky background. Here are some examples painted by last year’s Year 2’s.

SCIENCE Make your own lava lampNow that you’ve learned a little bit about how different liquids have different densities, you understand why oil and water don’t mix. In this experiment, fizzy bubbles send droplets of oil up through the water, just like a lava lamp. Click on the link below to find out how to make your own fizzy lava lamp!https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/lets-go-club-fizzy-lava-lamp?collection=science-experiments-tlgcDraw a labelled diagram to show how it works.

HISTORY Eyewitness accountsWhen we learned about the Great Fire of London, we found out that eyewitnesses (people who see an event with their own eyes) can give us important information about historical events. This week we are going to think about what we can learn from an eyewitness who lived in Crowthorne at the time of the Swinley Forest Fire in 2011 . . . Mrs Shilley! Write a list of questions that you would like to ask her and I will use your questions to interview her and find out what she saw and did at the time of the fire.

MUSIC BBC TEN PIECES @ HOMEVisit the website below and listen to Week 6 – “Night Ferry” by Anna Clyne.https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/ten-pieces-at-home/zjy3382Make a poster to show what you’ve learned and how you felt about this piece of music. Perhaps you could make a picture inspired by what you’ve heard?

RE HanukkahThis Jewish festival explains the importance of the menorah to Jewish people. Watch the video clip to find out the story behind this festival and how it is celebrated by Jewish people.https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/religious-studies-ks1-the-jewish-story-of-hanukkah/z47wxycTASK 1 – Complete the Reading Comprehension Activity to find out more about Hanukkah traditions.TASK 2 - Take a look at the menorah pictures on the website and you will see that they come in many different shapes and sizes. Your challenge is to have a go at designing your own menorah.

PE Practise your Jumping Skills with the folks at “This is PE”. Just click on the link for three different jumping challenges which will help you work on your leg strength and balance. Have fun!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRjO1IGwbLo&list=PLYGRaluWWTojV3An2WEgsQ4qGFy_91jDL&index=7

Home Learning email : year2homework@crowthornecofe.co.uk