We’re setting weekly homework as we normally do. The key difference here is that Homework Books should stay at home for the time being. Just as normal, the tasks will be posted on the website. Instead of the task pasted into books, children will take home a piece of paper with the task on, too (like this!). The tasks will be a variety of Talk Time, Practice Makes Perfect and Creative, but especially the first two. Parents can email a picture or update about a completed task (just as you were doing with the home learning tasks we set in Spring and Summer terms). The homework will be reviewed in school, so some pictures would be good!
This week, our homework is Practice Makes Perfect: I can write simple sentences about myself.
In our writing lessons, we’ve been practising writing simple sentences with capital letters and full stops – it’s been a while since we’ve written. To consolidate this learning, we’d like children to continue to practise this at home. Our writing learning is going to get a bit trickier from now so it’d be great if children feel really confident with this basic skill.
Here’s an example…
My favourite food is pasta.
If your child needs more of a challenge, ask them to write an ‘All about me’. This could be one paragraph, or more.
Homework should be completed by Thursday 17 September 2020 and will be reviewed / celebrated in class.
Our email addresses are below:
3,4O – olliecatherall@spherefederation.org
3,4NV – nicolawadsworth@spherefederation.org
3,4EV – emmamccormick@spherefederation.org
Times tables
This week, we’ve recapped the 2x table. Some of us are confident, some of us less so. We’d really like you to help consolidate this learning at home. Children should practise in preparation for a test on Friday 18 September 2020.
In class, we’ve spotted lots of children using their fingers (and similar strategies) to count up when working out times tables. This is a good strategy if you’re unsure of a specific table, and is certainly better than getting it wrong, but we’d really like children to know these tables as facts – and be able to recall these facts in just a few seconds.
If your child fancies a challenge, practise the other facts they know if they know a specific table.
eg If I know that 2 x 5 = 10, what else do I know?
I know that… 2 x 5 = 10 10 = 2 x 5 10 ÷ 5 = 2
10 ÷ 2 = 5 2 = 10 ÷ 5 5 = 10 ÷ 2
I can also use my place value knowledge…
2 x 50 = 100 2 x 500 = 1,000 20 x 5 = 100 200 x 5 = 1,000