Good Morning Year 2!
Here are Thursday’s home learning activities:
Reading
Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.
Please note: From the 30th June, the school’s subscription changes and the EPIC reading resource will only be available for 2 hours across the week.
Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.
English
Day 4:
Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen
With an adult, read together Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen:
(Click the image for the full version)
Now watch and enjoy Michael Rosen performing the poem here:
Make connections with the poem and compare the two versions. Discuss – What did you think of the poem? Which version did you prefer? How were they similar/different? Did the poem remind you of anything? Have you ever craved a particular type of food like Michael craved the chocolate cake in the poem?
Your child might comment that the piece resembles a story more than a poem and that during the performance piece, Rosen does not recite the poem exactly word for word. Use this opportunity to explain that some poems are not written in verse (free verse), do not need to rhyme, can vary in performance and can sometimes resemble more like the telling of a story!
Re-read the poem together, pausing frequently and summarising what is happening in each section, e.g. First of all, Rosen explains why he likes chocolate cake so much. Then he wakes in the night thinking about the chocolate cake. After that, he sneaks downstairs to eat the remaining cake, etc.
You are now going to plan to write your own version of Chocolate Cake. First of all, you need to decide what food your poem is going to be about. Now you are going to plan your poem. Think about the sequence (order) of your poem, e.g. why you like your chosen food so much, how you might wake in the night thinking about it, the act of sneaking downstairs into the kitchen, eating and enjoying it, etc.
Create a plan similar to a story map, including each of the different sections above. Talk your planned sequence through with an adult.
Oxford Owl Spellings
Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.
Maths
Please access - Summer Term - Week 8 (w/c 15th June) - Lesson 4 - ‘Patterns with 2D and 2D Shapes’ and watch the video. Then, complete the activity below:
IXL
Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.
Topmarks
Click the link below for lots of games and activities linked to this week’s shape learning.
Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!
Have a wonderful day,
Miss Woodend