Jess Smart

As well as your daily phonics learning, this week we are reading the tale of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle.

The literacy activities this week are:
1. Can you hear and say the initial sounds in some of the foods that the caterpillar eats. Do any of the foods start with the same letter? i.e. pear and plum. Challenge: can you you have a go at writing some of the sounds in the words.

2. Can you draw and label the life cycle of a butterfly?

3. Can you research and find out which other types of animals hatch from an egg and have a go at drawing them and labelling them?

4. Can you choose a different life cycle/animal to retell your own version of the story? I have used a baby dinosaur hatching from an egg. You could do a frog, dragon, chicken etc.

Learn how to make a board game to play with Miss Butcher. This activity really develops your maths skills. It shows that you can order numbers, write them and count accurately all whilst having fun playing a game!

Follow Mrs Spicker’s video on how to make an origami whale like the whale from ‘The snail and the whale’

Here is the link for the video that I used to help me learn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjole5KutUA 

Which other origami animals could you make?

Can you make a numberline like Mrs Butcher using things from your garden or in your house?

Here are some yummy snail shaped snacks for you to try at home

1. See if you can use your orange peel to make a head and body for your snail

2. Use veggies and cream cheese to make a snaily snack. You will need an adult to cut the veggies for you safely and then you can put your snail together. I used peas for and Cheetos on the head. You could use peanut butter if you prefer instead of cream cheese.

3. Cut a piece of bread into thin slices and cover in chocolate spread or jam. Make one line of bread slices and roll into the shape of a snail. Use chocolate chips/ blueberries/ raisins or whatever you have to hand to make the face.

Looking forward to seeing your scrummy creations. Get creative!

Here is your learning for the following week, you can also find it on Tapestry. We will be uploading daily phonics videos as well as one other video per day at least on Tapestry. We would love you to show us your learning by uploading pictures and videos.

Watch the videos to help you understand some of this week’s literacy learning jobs from the learning pack for this week. You don’t need to do them all in one go!

⭐️ Draw a picture of a whale or snail and write sentences inside with the things they saw on their journey.

⭐️ Design a rescue poster for the whale. Make sure to include where the whale is, what the problem is and whether the people will need to bring any tools. You could add a picture at the top.

⭐️ What animal would you want to travel on? Draw a picture of it and then label why it would be good to travel on. Challenge: Write about your animal using full sentences.

⭐️ There is lots of rhyming in the story. Can you find the rhyming words? Challenge: Can you think of other words that rhyme with the words from the story?

Check the learning pack for more tasks for the week.

Watch the video to help you understand one of this week’s maths activities from the learning pack for this week. You don’t need to do them all in one go!

⭐️ Count out ingredients to make a magic potion to turn you super! You could use water, food colouring, bubble bath, leaves and petals, glitter etc. Write or draw how much of each ingredient you need for your potion. Do you need a magic spell to go with it? Which super powers will you have?

Check the learning pack for more tasks for the week.

Watch the video to help you understand one of this week’s physical activities from the learning pack for this week. You don’t need to do them all in one go!

⭐️Create some worms out of cooked spaghetti and move them from one place to another using your pinching fingers. You could make it even trickier and use chopsticks or tweezers. Race against someone in your family or time yourself to see if you can get quicker.

Check the learning pack for more tasks for the week.