Home Learning Opportunities 16/10/20Class: Year 2Learning activities set and sent home on: FridayLearning activities to be completed and returned by: Wednesday

Literacy Learning Opportunity: To answer questions about a text I have read. The text is titled: Fruit and Vegetables

Guidelines: Answer the questions about the text using the school steps to success.

Steps to Success1) Sound out words2) Read the sentence3) Identify 1 or 2 key words4) Check if the word links to the sentence5) Underline the key word that links.

Independent or with support: SupportedSkills Checklist:Understand a TextAnswer questions about a text.

Don’t forget to keep reading your book and using Reading Eggs to improve your reading skills!

Maths Learning Opportunity: To explore the value of numbers through different representations.

Guidelines: Work out the number by counting them using tens and ones

Independent or with support: Independent

Skills Checklist:Identify the tens and onesCount the objectsIdentify the number.

Please Practice the 2 and 10 times tables!

Topic Learning Opportunity: Our topic this term is about Life on Earth. You will be exploring the Island of Struay through the stories of Katie Morag.

Guidelines: Design, make, and name an island you have discovered. You can be as creative as you want. It can be a picture or even a 3D model.

Alongside this we need to know information about the Island to know what it is like there. So you will need to write a Island guide.

Independent or with support: Family Activity.Completion Date: 23 rd Oct 2019 Send in your pictures to your class email.

Fruit and vegetables

Meg’s favourite vegetables are carrots.

Tariq’s favourite vegetables are peppers.

Zak likes potatoes best of all.

Kim likes peas because they are green.

Meg’s favourite fruit is an apple.

Tariq really likes bananas.

Zak’s favourite fruit is a peach.

Kim likes grapes because they are green.

Andrew Brodie: More Improving Comprehension for Ages 5–7 © A&C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing 2012 1

Word bankpotato banana carrot apple peas peach pepper grapes

Write the correct word under each picture. Draw favourite fruit.

Who likes peppers and bananas?

Who likes potatoes and peaches?

Who likes peas and grapes?

Why does she like peas and grapes?

What is your favourite fruit? Can you explain why you like it?

Place Value ChartsWhat number is represented in the place value charts?

Tens Ones

Tens Ones

Complete the charts using Base 10 and counters to represent the number 56.

Tens Ones

Tens Ones

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Look, say, cover, write, check.

Word 1st try 2nd try 3rd tryMondaySunday

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EXT: Write a sentence using each word (on the back).