Week beginning 27th April 2020 – Reception
Complete these activities over this week. You can complete them
in any order you wish!
These activities are based on the theme of ‘Space’ this week.
Our story this week is ‘The Man on the Moon’.
· You can find a video version of the story here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO_B7CT_-Cs
Subject
Activity
Phonics
Ai, ee, igh
Read the words and circle the word that matches the picture.
Write the words for the pictures.
Alternative spellings for the sound ‘ai’.
Write the word next to the picture with the correct spelling of
the sound ‘ai’.
‘ai’ sound family game
Roll a dice and follow the instructions to say words with the
‘ai’ sound but with different spelling.
SPAG
Practice writing our tricky words – ‘Look, cover, check’.
Complete the worksheet on the page or in your books – answer
sheet attached for grown ups.
Complete the worksheet on the page or in your books – answer
sheet attached for grown ups.
Maths
2D Shape
Look at the 2D shape mat – which do you know already? Can you
learn the names of any you do not know?
Practice drawing the shape on the next page. Can you draw the
shape in you books?
Writing
Writing a postcard to a friend or someone in your family telling
them about your time on the moon.
Can you use any words with the ‘ai’ sound or ‘ai’ family sounds
in?
Can you make it sound really exciting to convince someone to
visit the moon?
Write in your book or use the template here.
Everyday Maths
Can you find objects in your house with different 2d shapes. Can
you describe the shape to someone else in your house? Can they
guess what you have described?
Topic
Can you find some information out about life in space? Facts
about astronauts, the first animals in space, space rockets. Could
you find out about any famous British astronauts?
These
might help you:
Live Feed from
the International Space Station – What the astronauts are seeing
now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEIk7gwjgIM
Footage of the moon
landing form
Nasa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOcDftgR5UQ
Opening sequence from
film Contact- Travelling from Earth to Outer
Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwhQB3TKXA
ISS
Tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkM_04Ch76E
Remember ‘kiddle’ is a safe search engine.
Art / D.T
Could you create a model of a planet / a mobile / collage
or painting of space. You could even create a solar system
Growing Challenge
You have a pot, soil and seed.
1) Put the compost in the pot
2) Make a little hole in the compost and put in your seed.
3) Cover up the seed with some compost.
4) Wash your hands.
5) Give your seed some water from the tap – just a little
bit!
6) Put your pot somewhere it can get some sunlight.
7) Look after you seed. We will find out how they are doing each
week.
If you are growing any vegetables or sunflowers in your garden
we would love to know about it.
What words can you think of that have the sounds
‘ai’, ‘ee’ and ‘igh’?
Make a list of them.
Can you write any in a sentence?
Phase 3 Circle That Word!Circle the word that matches the
picture.
cheen shain
chin chain
sid sheed
seed shaid
night neet
nait might
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chain train
treen tran
trai tree
three thrigh
lait light
leet lit
peent pant
paint pint
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theet fait
fight feet
figh thaigh
thigh tigh
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