Sumdog Challenge
Today, between 1pm and 2pm, all the Key Stage 1 teachers will be on Sumdog playing games. We would love it if you would join us! You will need to log in to sumdog at https://pages.sumdog.com/ (email ks1@downhallprimary.com if you cannot find your login and your teacher will email it back to you). We will be playing:
1:00-1:20pm - Street Racer
1:20-1:40pm - Pier Walk
1:40-2:00pm - Dance
If you choose play against Class after choosing the game listed then you might get lucky and get a chance to beat your teacher!
English - Comprehension
Please continue with the comprehension activities from yesterday. Little and often is the best approach for these longer tasks. We have added extra tasks here but that is only if you are desperate for more! I am also increasingly mindful of the amount of printing required in home schooling so don't feel that you always need to print things off. For the comprehension below, for example, you can read it off the screen (bigger and clearer images are viewable on our class page) and simply write on a piece of paper 1. post box.
Year 2
Here is another Key Stage 1 reading comprehension, but again, only use this if your child is eager to do more and they have done the one from yesterday. Remember - let your child set the pace, don't worry about "the right thing" and go with the flow!
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/711236/STA187960e_2018_ks1_English_reading_Paper1_reading_prompt_and_answer_booklet.pdf.pdf
Again if you want something a bit easier, try this:
Year 1
Again, here are some more, but only if you need them.
Again, all these resources are on our class page on the website.
Maths - Practical Measuring
After looking at different ways we can measure yesterday, today it's time to get measuring. What you measure will depend on your resources that you have to hand but you can be creative:
Length - if you don't have a ruler or tape measure, make your own marking down the edge of a piece of paper:
"But Mr Jude, what if my home made ruler is not accurate?"
This is the beautiful thing because the skill you are teaching is reading a scale to the nearest labelled division.
It doesn't matter whether the remote is 10cm or not, it is reading the scale that is important. Another key skill is lining the end of the object up with the 0cm marking as well. If you want an extended challenge, try not marking every division on your ruler and then you are reading to the nearest unlabelled division.
Make a ruler (or use a real ruler) and then try measuring things in your house or outside.
Weight - this one is a bit tricky to cobble together if you do not have kitchen scales but you could try ordering objects from lightest to heaviest by feel. Look for weights on food packages as a means of ordering too.
Capacity - You can use a measuring jug to measure liquids that fill up different cups/containers around the house. You can also create your own measuring jug by using a felt tip on the side of a glass in the same way that you created the ruler. Again, the reading of the scale is important, not whether or not it is wholly accurate. Look on bottles for amount of liquid that they can hold.
Temperature - Visit the BBC weather website and start a diary of the temperature in Rayleigh each day. Choose the same time each day to check so it is comparable. If you want, use a map to choose a city in each continent (use the map from last Wednesday's blog to remind you) and keep track of their weather too. If you want to check Antarctica try here:
I hope you have fun with these!
Have a good 1440 minutes.
KS1 Team ;)
