15.5.20

Maths: Digging deeper of our understanding of more, fewer, equal. You will need: Counters or pencils or twigs or straws: in other words, something to count.  Three cards with the words “fewer”, “more” and “equal to” written on them. The back of a cereal packet is perfect for this.  A dice

Ask your child to roll the dice and collect the corresponding number of objects.  Then turn over one of the cards: read the card and ask your child to make a new set of objects according to the instruction. Ask them to justify how they know their new set is more, fewer or equal to their first set of objects.

English: Complete an activity from the English Unit below-Down on the Farm

Guided Reading: Repeat yesterday’s activity with different words-Make some key words flash cards-put them in a box, how many can Mia read in 1 minute picking them out of the box?

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14.5.20

Maths: Comparing groups of objects which are identical. Vocabulary: more than, fewer than, equal to, same as. You will need: Bottle tops or pebbles or shells or pinecones or Duplo bricks (a collection of things to count) Two pieces of paper or two place mats to put the objects on.

Ask your children to pick up two sets of objects, put one set on each place mat.  Discuss: How many bottle tops are in this group? How many are in the other group? Which group has more? Which group has fewer? Are the groups equal? How do you know?  Repeat several times. Challenge your child by doing the following activity: Give them 5 bottle tops. Can you show me more? Can you show me fewer? Can you show me an amount equal to his amount? Ask “How do you know” each time.

English: Complete an activity from the English Unit below-Down on the Farm

Guided Reading: Make some key words flash cards-put them in a box, how many can Mia read in 1 minute picking them out of the box?

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13.5.20

Maths: Task- Investigating number 5: digging deeper. You will need: About 10-15 objects that are two different colours e.g. bottle tops, Duplo bricks, beads, counters, pompoms, crayons, socks.

Ask your child to close their eyes and pick up 5 objects. Adult to do the same.  Discuss: How many red bottle tops have you got? How many green bottle tops have you got? Are your five bottle tops the same as my five bottle tops? What’s different? E.g. I have 2 red and 3 green. You only have green. I have more green than red and you have more red than green.  Repeat several times, picking up 5 each time. Highlight that 5 can be made in different ways including 0 and 5, 1 and 4, 2 and 3

English: Complete an activity from the English Unit below-Down on the Farm

Guided Reading: Read to an adult and discuss the story. Ask lots of ‘Wh’ questions

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12.5.20

Maths: Play “beetle” game (attached below). You could change it and call it the ladybird game! Children learn to recognise the numbers on the dice but it is also a good test of their resilience, especially if they have to ‘wait’ a long time before they roll a specific number.

English: Complete an activity from the English Unit below-Down on the Farm

Guided Reading: Read to an adult and discuss the story, what are the key words, choose a few key words and write them out

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11.5.20

Maths: Task-What does a 3 really represent? You will need: Two buckets Objects eg pebbles, counters, pasta pieces, bottle tops

Explain you have hidden three objects in the buckets. Discuss How many could be in each bucket? Could this bucket have 0 in it? Could this bucket have 4 in it? How do you know? Repeat with number 4 and 5. Play a game of number pairs. Make 2 sets of 1-10 cards. Place the cards face down on a table. Take it in turns to pick up two cards. If they are a pair, you can keep them. If they are not a pair, replace them in the same place, face down on the table. The winner has the most pairs.

English: Complete an activity from the English Unit below-Down on the Farm

Guided Reading: Make a reading den and read a book to yourself and then to an adult

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