Year 2 Home Practice 23rd October 2020

Date: 23rd Oct 2020 @ 3:49pm

We have had a wonderful half term in Year 2. All of year 2 this week have made a great effort to be the best friend they can be, in the classroom and during play times – well done. In English this week the children have wrote about the novel Meerkat Mail. They did a brilliant performance in groups, acting out parts of the story on our outdoor stage. This week in Maths we have looked at our 2 x tables, counting in 2s and finding missing numbers. The children have done lots of learning all about ‘number bonds’ and they have loved being the quickest to say the correct bond. The children have celebrated L’Halloween in French. The children learnt all the body parts and took part in spooky French races.  In Geography the children have enjoyed creating their own zoo maps. The maps have included key features and the children have used their brilliant imagination about what their zoo will be like.  Today the children have had a Halloween learning day. We have done spooky number work in maths, created our own potion and instructions in writing, created monsters in Design Technology and used Pumpkins in Art. Well done to all the children (and parents) costumes were great today!

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Reading books are changed every Monday.

Reading resources:

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - https://www.literacyshedblog.com/uploads/1/2/5/7/12572836/ks1_reading_vipers.pdf

Spelling

This week we have been learning how to spell words with the ‘oi’ sound.

Please complete practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.

This week’s spellings are:

tinfoil

spoil

poison

noise

royal

annoying

destroy

enjoy

child

children

Maths

This week we have been looking at counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Finding missing numbers when counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Please practise your times-tables at home. We have looked at and recapped number bonds to 10 and 20. The children have enjoyed playing SPLAT – being the first one to say the correct pair of numbers to make 10.

Sumdog

Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class. There are new challenges put onto Sumdog every week.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.

Sumdog challenges

Multiplication –  x2 x10 x5 tables

Maths – number bonds to 10 and 20

 - Place value and comparing numbers.

Spellings – oi oy

Thank you for all your hard work and support this half term. Have a great week off and we will look forward to seeing you when you are back.

The Year 2 team