Year 1 & 2 - Tuesday 28th April

Good morning everybody, I hope you are all still doing well and these blogs are of some assistance to you. Don't forget to keep an eye on the BBC Daily Bitesize website to give you variety and choice in the work that you are doing:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

Maths - Sorting and Describing 2D Shapes

After looking at the shapes from yesterday and describing their properties, we can extend this to sorting shapes according to these properties. We use a Venn Diagram for this:


So if we were to sort the 2D shapes from yesterday (on our website http://www.downhallprimary.com/our-classes/year-1-2 ) first we need to look at how we are sorting.

If we write on the line above the first circle 4 sides or less. This means any shape that has 4, 3, 2 or 1 side will go in this circle.

If we write on the line above the second circle sides the same length. This means any shape that has equal sides goes in this circle. (The mathematical term is set).

Of course we must keep an eye out for any shape which matches both these rules (e.g. square). They would go in the middle (the intersecting set).

You can either print and cut out the shapes from yesterday or draw them in.

Year 2 you can extend your work on describing shapes and sorting by looking at irregular shapes:


When naming these shapes, remember a 2D shape is defined by the number of sides rather than what it looks like:

3 side - Triangle
4 sides - Quadrilateral
5 sides - Pentagon
6 sides - Hexagon
7 sides - Heptagon
8 sides - Octagon
9 sides - Nonagon
10 sides - Decagon

Both these resources are on our class page.

English - Sentence Types

In GPS (Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling) sessions we look at 4 basic types of sentences:

Question - Asks a question (funnily enough); starts with questioning words (Who, What, When, Where, Why), ends with question marks.

Statement - Gives information, most common type, ends with full stop.

Command - Tells you what to do, starts with a verb (imperative verb), ends with full stop.

Exclamation - States something shocking, funny, loud, ends with exclamation mark. Can be a rhetorical question beginning with What or How e.g. What big ears you have! How amazing is this!

These videos will explain further (look for the How to write ___ sentences):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr

If you want to try out some of these sentences, find a picture of something that interests you and then try a sentence of each type about it. (Year 1's you are expected to do statements and questions; Year 2's all 4 types):


Here's our Beadlet Anemone again:

Question - What food does an anemone eat?
Statement - An anemone is 5cm across and can have up to 192 tentacles.
Command - Stay away from the stingers.
Exclamation - How beautiful it is!

Look carefully at the punctuation at the end of each sentence. In the statement try to use and, but, so or because to link ideas. Try to avoid using "it" or "they" in your sentences.

Choose something that engages you and enjoy!

See you all tomorrow - Key Stage 1 Team