Count in fives

Day 30

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Today is filled with challenging and fun activities! You can show off how you can count in fives and tens, work on your Mental Maths skills, solve a story sum, practice your handwriting, look for rhyming words in word families, read, write an important list, and talk about how our bodies move. There is also a speaking activity if Afrikaans is your additional language. Let’s get going!

If you’re new here, the resources used for counting in multiples, sounds learnt (to be cut into sound cards to build words), phonics lists and reading sight words (to be cut out in order to flash the words) can be downloaded here. There are also some practice assessments available on the page.

There were some technical issues with the Downloads page, but these have been resolved. Click on the link above to go there.

A note to parents: Allow your child to copy down by him-/herself as much as possible. Besides keeping them busy for longer, this allows them the opportunity to learn to copy correctly – a skill that they would ordinarily spend a lot of time perfecting in the classroom. Also, many of the tasks are a bit challenging. Instead of giving the answers, give clues or guide your child through the steps to discover the answer themselves. They will surprise you with just how clever they are!

Count in fives and tens:

Mental Maths:

More Mental Maths:

Story sum:

Handwriting: Because handwriting is assessed it is very important that special attention be given to the formation of letters. Make sure that letters start in the correct place, try to touch the bottom line and do not lift your hand whilst you write.

Phonics: Learn the -ip words. Sound them out, build them with your sound cards and when you’re ready, ask Mom or Dad to test how well you know them.

Phonics – Word families are words that rhyme. See if you can write one more word that sounds the same at the end as the first two.

Reading: Read all the words that have been ticked. Ask mom or dad to flash them to you. Try to say them quickly and get them all right. Pay special attention to the newer words.

Reading: Talk about what the story means. Sound out words that you don’t know. If you get stuck on some of the words, practice some more. Try to read more fluently every day. Also try to read with expression. Remember that your voice needs to sound like a question when there is a question mark.

Write a list:

Life Skills – My body: Talk about how your body moves and say the answers to the questions out loud (no need to write them). This worksheet was taken from the Department of Basic Education’s Life Skills book for Terms 1 and 2. 

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary: Follow along with the video about the stationery and other items that we use at school. Listen first and then say the words and sentences with the video. Try to learn all the words this week.

You did wonderful work today! Keep it up!

Now go do something fun!

Lisa

Day 25

| leesamee

We have plenty of fun work to do today! We are going to count in fives, do a few different mental maths activities, solve a story sum, work on our handwriting, make word family balloons, write a list, and learn emergency numbers. There is also a speaking activity if Afrikaans is your additional language. Here we go!

If you’re new here, the resources used for counting in multiples, sounds learnt (to be cut into sound cards to build words), phonics lists and reading sight words (to be cut out in order to flash the words) can be downloaded here. There are also some practice assessments available on the page.

A note to parents: Allow your child to copy down by him-/herself as much as possible. Besides keeping them busy for longer, this allows them the opportunity to learn to copy correctly – a skill that they would ordinarily spend a lot of time perfecting in the classroom. Also, many of the tasks are a bit challenging. Instead of giving the answers, give clues or guide your child through the steps to discover the answer themselves. They will surprise you with just how clever they are!

Counting in fives and mental maths:

Before, between and after:

More mental maths:

Story sum:

Handwriting: Because handwriting is assessed it is very important that special attention be given to the formation of letters. Make sure that letters start in the correct place, try to touch the bottom line and do not lift your hand whilst you write.

Phonics: Learn the -ig words. Sound them out, build them with your sound cards and, when you’re ready, ask Mom or Dad to test how well you know them.

Phonics – Word family balloons:

Reading: Read all the words that have been ticked. Ask mom or dad to flash them to you. Try to say them quickly and get them all right. Pay special attention to the new words.

Read the story. Sound out words that you don’t know. If you get stuck on some of the words in the lists above, it means that you have to practice them some more. Think about what happens in the story and see if you understand it.

Write a list:

Emergency numbers: Keep learning these important numbers. Make up little poems to help you learn them. These are some of what my learners use:

Help, help! Call the police!

1-0-1-1-1, so they can come!

Emergency, emergency! Call the ambulance!

1-0-1-7-7, to the rescue then!

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary: Repeat the video as many times as you need. Challenge yourself to see if you can say some of the words and sentences without the help of the video and see how many you already know.

The book I used for the Afrikaans vocabulary is the following:

You did an amazing job today. Well done!

Now go have some fun!

Lisa

Day 22

| leesamee

Today is a great day to … revise doubling, calculate money totals and change, work out a story sum, count in fives and tens, learn about repeated addition, practice handwriting, have fun with word families, read, and unjumble a sentence. There is also a writing activity if you’re learning Afrikaans as an additional language. Ready? Here we go!

If you’re new here, the resources used for counting in multiples, sounds learnt (to be cut into sound cards to build words), phonics lists and reading sight words (to be cut out in order to flash the words) can be downloaded here. There are also some practice assessments available on the page.

A note to parents: Allow your child to copy down by him-/herself as much as possible. Besides keeping them busy for longer, this allows them the opportunity to learn to copy correctly – a skill that they would ordinarily spend a lot of time perfecting in the classroom. Also, many of the tasks are a bit challenging. Instead of giving the answers, give clues or guide your child through the steps to discover the answer themselves. They will surprise you with just how clever they are!

Doubling:

Money, money, money:

Story sum:

Count in fives and tens, and practice repeated addition (plus):

Handwriting: Because handwriting is assessed it is very important that special attention be given to the formation of letters. Make sure that letters start in the correct place, try to touch the bottom line and do not lift your hand whilst you write.

Phonics – word list: Sound out the -in words and build them with your sounds cards. When you are ready, ask Mom or Dad to give you a test to see how well you know them.

Phonics – Word families:

Reading: Read all the words that have been ticked. Ask mom or dad to flash them to you. Try to say them quickly and get them all right. If you get stuck on a word it means that you have to spend a bit more time learning it.

Reading sentences: Try to read as accurately as possible. Sound out new words and try to read the words from our list above as well as you can. Also try to read fluently and with expression.

Writing – Jumbled sentence:

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary.

Afrikaans vocabulary: Say the words and sentences along with the video. Also try to say them without the sound on and see how well you do. Keep practicing!

The book I used for the Afrikaans vocabulary is the following:

You are simply amazing! Well done for all your hard work today.

Now go do something fun!

Lisa

Day 17

| leesamee

Today we dive into counting in fives, a story sum, mental maths activities, handwriting, building words and a jumbled sentence. There is also a speaking activity if you’re learning Afrikaans as an additional language. Let’s do it!

If you’re new here, the resources used for counting in multiples, sounds learnt (to be cut into sound cards to build words), phonics lists and reading sight words (to be cut out in order to flash the words) can be downloaded here. There are also some practice assessments available on the page.

A note to parents: Allow your child to copy down by him-/herself as much as possible. Besides keeping them busy for longer, this allows them the opportunity to learn to copy correctly – a skill that they would ordinarily spend a lot of time perfecting in the classroom. Also, many of the tasks are a bit challenging. Instead of giving the answers, give clues or guide your child through the steps to discover the answer themselves. They will surprise you with just how clever they are!

Counting in fives:

Story sum:

Mental Maths: one and two more.

Mental Maths: before, between and after.

Handwriting: Because handwriting is assessed it is very important that special attention be given to the formation of letters. Make sure that letters start in the correct place, try to touch the bottom line and do not lift your hand whilst you write.

Phonics – word list: Study the -em and -eg words. Sound the words, build them with your sound cards and ask mom or dad to test how well you know them.

Phonics – Building words: Watch your pronunciation carefully with the e and a sounds.

Reading: Read all the words that have been ticked. Ask mom or dad to flash them to you. Try to say them quickly and correctly.

Reading sentences: Keep sounding out words that you don’t know. Try first and only ask for help if you really are stuck. After reading the story, try to retell it to someone to show them how well you understand what you read. See if you can remember everything that happened in the story.

Writing – Jumbled sentence:

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary. Try your best to say the sentences and even repeat the video to practice some more.

The book I used for the Afrikaans Vocabulary is the following:

You were great today! Well done for doing your best.

Now go play!

Lisa

Day 12

| leesamee

Hello! Today we’ll count in fives, then subtract and halve, work out a story sum, practice our handwriting, straighten up some jumbled words, read words and sentences, and fill in missing words. There is also a speaking activity if you’re learning Afrikaans as an additional language. Here we go!

If you’re new here, the resources used for counting in multiples, sounds learnt (to be cut into sound cards to build words), phonics lists and reading sight words (to be cut out in order to flash the words) can be downloaded here. There are also some practice assessments available on the page.

A note to parents: Allow your child to copy down by him-/herself as much as possible. Besides keeping them busy for longer, this allows them the opportunity to learn to copy correctly – a skill that they would ordinarily spend a lot of time perfecting in the classroom. Also, many of the tasks are a bit challenging. Instead of giving the answers, give clues or guide your child through the steps to discover the answer themselves. They will surprise you with just how clever they are!

Count in fives, subtraction and halving:

If you’re new, this is how we do subtraction:

If you need help getting started with halving, watch this video:

Story sum – Subtraction:

Handwriting:

Formation up close:

Phonics – Jumbled words:

Reading:

Read all the words that have been ticked. Ask mom or dad to flash them to you. Try to say them quickly and get them all right.

Reading sentences – Read these for the next two days, then we’ll do a fun activity to show what happens in the story!

Writing – Missing words:

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary. These are the words that we will practice all week. See if you can tell mom or dad the names of each of these things in your own kitchen!

The book I used for the Afrikaans Vocabulary is the following:

You are wonderful! You did fantastic work today!

Now go have fun!

Lisa