Parents, today in English, we will continue to learn using the story of Noah’s ark. This task below requires children to be concise with their language but also describe. Children in year 2 should be encouraged to use a range of “adverbials of time”, which means using language such as: First, next, later, after a while, soon. Children in year 1 may have been introduced to this language too. You may decide to let your child read the below independently, or you may prefer to use it as a script. -- In maths, I told you a story about Noah and his massive ark. I told you that after God told him that he would flood the world, Noah built the ark out of wood and put two of every animal onboard to keep them safe from harm. When the flood arrived and turned the land into sea, all the animals were safe on the floating ark. What I would like you to do today is create a Noah’s Ark comic strip. I love comics. When I was your age, I used to read a comic called The Beano, which featured Dennis the Menace, causing trouble on his hilarious adventures. To make your comic, you will need a ruler, a pencil and a piece of paper. Plain paper works best, but use what you have to hand. First, split your page into six equal boxes like this. Don’t worry if it isn’t exact, so long as you have space to draw and write. Next, draw some lines to write on in every box apart from the first one. I suggest that you use about a third of each box. In the blank spaces, begin to tell the story by drawing pictures of each part of the story in order. Use the first box to draw a title that says “The Story of Noah’s Ark”. Make it beautiful and colourful if you can.
On the lines, use your writing skills to write the story. Make sure your words match your pictures. Try to impress your grown up by using conjunctions that you know (and, but, because, since, therefore, so) and also adverbials of time (First, next, later, after a while, soon). We look forward to seeing your finished results!
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Parents, today we will be learning about the 2 times tables. By this point in the school year, it is likely that your child will have explored the 2 times tables already, and may even know them off by heart. Children will need a safe place to find objects that come in 2s and they will need a piece of paper and something to write with and work out the answers to the questions. You may wish to do this activity with them, so my script is below. If you’d like to take a photograph of your child’s learning, then please send it to the address on the contacts page.
Confident readers should be able to read the below themselves, but you may prefer to use the below as a script. -- One of my favourite stories is the story of Noah and his Ark. Have you ever heard that story? One day, God decided that the world was not how he wanted it to be. It was full of greed and he decided that he wanted to start again. He told a man called Noah that he would soon flood the world with oceans of water. Noah, who was a very kind man indeed, was asked by God to build a gigantic wooden boat called an ark, bigger than the world had ever seen. And Noah did just that. On that ark, he invited two of every animal. And when the flood came down, just as God had promised, the massive ark and all the animals aboard it stayed safe. Just before the flood, Noah’s wife asked him what animals he had aboard. He had a list of animals. Make sure you have something to write with. Write them down with me. 2 ants 2 spiders 2 dogs 2 cats 2 birds 2 rabbits 2 hamsters 2 horses 2 elephants 2 foxes 2 lions 2 tigers Then, Noah’s wife asked him how many animals he had. He spent ages counting each animal one by one. Can you think of a faster way of counting them? That’s right. You can count them using the 2 times tables. He has twelve different types of animal. Count with me: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24. 12 x 2 = 24 Let’s double check by counting backwards in 2s. If we are right, then our last number should be 2. 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 We are correct! Now, draw a big boat shape with enough room for 2 of every animal. Draw your pairs of animals and practise counting them! |
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