Monday Challenge
Date: 18th May 2020 @ 10:28am
Good morning Year 2!
I hope you have all had a lovely, relaxing weekend. I watched lots of films and ate loads of chocolate. I am going to have to go on lots of runs this week to make up for it! This is our last week of home learning before our May half term. I am excited for a little break. I’m sure you are too :)
Fridays Maths Answers
1. £3
2. 62 days
3. half past 11
4. sphere
5. 4 pigs
English Challenge
Today I would like you to look at the picture of the castle attached. Can you write down at least 5 adjectives to describe 5 nouns in the picture?
Extension: Using your chosen adjectives, can you put them in to a sentence?
Maths Challenge
I know that you have been working really hard learning all about time at home. You should be feeling a little more confident when looking at o’clock and half past the hour now.
If you would like a little more practice, why don’t you play the time game with an adult in your house? An adult must say a time and you have to try make it on the clock! Give it a go at:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock
Extension: Can you answer the word problems below?
- Miss Hamer put her cake in the oven at 11 o’clock. She took it out half an hour later. What time did she take her cake out?
- A school football match lasted an hour and a half. It started at 12 o’clock. What time did the match finish?
- School starts at 9 o’clock. Sarah sets off for school at 8 o’clock. How long does it take Sarah to get to school?
Vocab challenge
Over the past few weeks we have been looking at recycling. I have asked you to research key words which may have helped you understand why recycling is so important to the environment. Using your knowledge and your new vocabulary, can you use what you have learned about recycling to explain why it would be bad for the environment if we were to stop recycling objects? The challenge is to use as many of our new words as possible!
Reading Challenge
I would like you to read the book attached with help from an adult. If you cannot see all of the words, do not panic. Just listen to the audio instead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf4b4no8ric . I would then like you to answer the questions below. I don’t expect you to answer them all in one go. Why don’t you try and answer a few questions per day? That way you will become more familiar with the book and the characters :)
1.On page 2, the author uses rhyme. What two words rhyme in the extract below?
But his stripes were too straight and his tentacles too few,
he just floated in the sea not sure what to do
2.On page 3, the words terrible and swallowed are in bold. Why do you think the author has put these words in bold?
3.Can you think of three other words the author could have used instead of terrible?
4.The author has used questions throughout the book. Can you find the questions and write them down?
5.The author has used lots of different suffixes throughout the story. Can you find them and write them down?
6.How do you think Stanley is feeling when the Seagull swallowed him?
7.How does the author describe the shell on page 18?
8.What does the story teach you about why it is important to pick up your rubbish?
Science Challenge
This term, we have been looking at directions. As one of your challenges, I asked you to google your postcode to become more familiar with your surroundings. Whilst we have been off school, I am sure many of you have been going on daily walks to get out of the house. As an extra challenge this week, I would like you to note down any directions you have taken whilst on your daily walks. Do you always go the same route?
Have a great day!
Miss Hamer
