Tuesday Sentence of the day and phonics
Date: 12th May 2020 @ 9:27am
Good Morning! I hope you all had a lovely day yesterday. This morning I have done some yoga to get my brain up and ready to learn.
It has been lovely to see lots of you busy with your learning. Remember that you can still go on Lexia and active learn so that you can practice your reading skills every day.
Sentence of the day
First put some damp soil in a plastic cup so it comes up almost to the top.
Next drop a sunflower seed into the hole.
Then put the cup on a sunny windowsill.
Finally your plant should pop up through the soil after about 1 or 2 weeks.
Well done to those children who used the time connectives to help you. I am going to use these instructions to plant a sunflower this week. I wonder how tall it’ll grow.
Have a read of today’s sentence and have a think. What is it missing?
The young boy planted a miniscule seed in the gritty soil__ Everyday he splashed the seed with water, but it didn’t grow__He waited and waited and one day out from the dark soil sprouted a little green stem__
What is missing in this sentence? Find it and send your sentences in for us to see.
Phonics
Let’s start todays phonics by recapping those initial blends that you looked at yesterday.
If you still have your initial blend signs from yesterday you can use them again. If not just make some new ones.
dr gr tr br cr
Put a 5 minute timer on. How many words with each of the initial sounds can you write under each word? You get one point for every word. Have a competition with someone you live with. Or compete with yourself; can you beat your score?
Todays phonics is going to focus on some more of those initial sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvAHnCI--JU
So today we are going to practice some other initial blends. Initial blends come at the start of words. Today’s blends are…
bl pl gl cl fl
Here are your three challenges
Challenge one: Write down the blends onto a piece of paper and go on a scavenger hunt. How many things can you find starting with the initial blends, say the word and draw them?
I’m looking in my garden and I have found a flower and some gardening gloves.
Challenge two – When you have finished your scavengar hunt look at all of your pictures. Now label them, use your phonics and your sound mats in your packs to help you.
Challenge three – Practice your reading skills by playing a game like dragons den on phonics play. Today we are practicing phase 4 blends so don’t forget to press on phase 4 https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/dragons-den
Hope you have a lovely day J
Miss Riley and Miss Wolfenden