Good Morning Year 2!
Here are your activities for today’s learning.
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 2:
What is pink? by Christina Rossetti
Watch and listen to ‘What is Pink?’ by the Victorian poet Christina Rossetti: (click the picture below)
Listen again and pause to jot down any new words or phrases, e.g. fountain’s brink, barley bed, ripe, mellow. Discuss meanings, using a dictionary or Word Hippo to help you.
Discuss the ending of the poem. (What is orange? Why, an orange! Just an orange!) Why do you think Rossetti chose to use an orange instead of something else that might be orange in colour?
Today you are going to write your own version of What is Pink? If you are able to, go on a nature walk with an adult around your garden or local area. Act as a colour collector! What can you see that is each of the colours? What is each item/object doing? You may even wish to take a clip board or notepad out with you.
Write your poem using a similar structure to ‘What is Pink?’ using ideas collected from your walk, e.g. Start with a question: What is yellow? Answer the question: The sun is yellow: Describe the item or what it is doing: Light and bright and warm. Here is another example: What is green? The hedgerows are green, Home to nesting blackbirds and beautiful butterflies.
Remember to finish each question with a question mark. Check your spelling and try to use some noun phrases and adjectives (describing words) to help your reader to ‘see’ what you saw on your walk. Keep rehearsing your poem out loud as you write. Think carefully about how to finish your poem. You might choose to use the same finishing line as Rossetti with the orange!
Oxford Owl Spellings
Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.
Maths
Please access - Summer Term - Week 8 (w/c 15th June) - Lesson 2 - ‘Count faces, edges and vertices on 3D 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 great day,
Miss Woodend