Day 36

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 | leesamee

Today’s practice assessments will give you another chance to show off just how clever you are! In the Maths practice test there are opportunities to count in odd numbers, sequence numbers, and work out totals and change for money. In the Phonics practice test you’ll write the ending sounds of words, and then read this week’s story. For writing you will fill in missing words. We will think about how to keep our bodies safe by talking about good and bad feelings in Life Skills, and end with Afrikaans, where you can show off how well you know the words that you learnt about the things we find in the living room. One, two, three, let’s go!

The thing about tests… Please read the note below.

This week includes a few practice tests. The work in the tests is based on the work that we have been doing from Day 1 of the lessons on this site. I do not recommend the tests for any child who has not been thoroughly prepared to do the work. Rather go back to previous lessons if your child has only recently started with Term 2’s work. The search function can also assist if you would like to go back to specific topics.

The tests should be done as informally as possible and with as little pressure as possible. The only reason why work should ever be assessed is so that we can have an indication of where more help is needed, or where a concept is not yet fully developed. So, don’t give the answers or help beyond the instructions, but do give lots of encouragement to your child. If they get stuck, encourage them to think back to how we did this previously. The tests are available with memo’s here if you would like to print them. If you do not have access to a printer, just recreate them by hand. The memo’s give a clear indication of how marks have been assigned and what a teacher would be looking for.

Maths – Practice test 4:

Phonics – Practice test 4:

Reading – words: Keep learning your words. Soon we won’t need them anymore. Revise them every day. Focus on the newer ones. Put the ones that you don’t yet know in a separate pile and learn them some more. Remember that you need to be able to say the words immediately when you see them.

Reading: Sound out the words that you don’t know. Try to read more fluently every day. Also try to read with expression. Remember that your voice needs to sound as though you are asking a question when there is a question mark, and more excited when there is an exclamation mark.

Writing – Practice test 4:

Life Skills: Different people and situations affect whether we feel safe or good about ourselves. Please take a moment to discuss these two pages with your child. The pages were taken from the Department of Basic Education’s Life Skills book for Terms 1 and 2.

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary: Today is a chance to see how well you remember the words that we learnt about the things we find in the living room. Point to the things that you hear in the video.

You were an absolute star today! Great work!

Go relax and have some fun now!

Lisa

Day 31

May 13, 2020 | leesamee

Today is a great day for learning and fun! We will count in odd numbers, calculate money totals and change, revise the vocabulary of position in space, solve a story sum, practice our handwriting, sort words according to their ending sounds, read, talk about our five senses and fill in missing words. There is also a speaking activity if Afrikaans is your additional language. Are you ready? Let’s 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.

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 odd numbers:

Money – Calculating change in cents:

Money – Calculating totals in rands:

Story sum:

Space and shape – Position in space:

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 – Ending 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 get them all right. Pay special attention to the newer words.

Reading: Can you read the story without mistakes yet? Talk about what the story means. 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.

Life Skills – Five senses: Talk about the five senses and then fill in the missing words. This page was taken from the Department of Basic Education’s Life Skills book for Terms 1 and 2.

Afrikaans – Writing:

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.

Wow! You were amazing today!

Now go play and have fun!

Lisa

Day 24

May 4, 2020 | leesamee

We’ve got lots of great activities to do today! We are going to count in twos, make groups, practice halving, subtract, solve a story sum, work on our handwriting, build words, fill in missing words, and learn emergency numbers. There is also a speaking activity if Afrikaans is your additional language. Let’s get started!

Counting in twos and grouping:

Halving:

Subtraction (Minus):

Story sum:

Phonics – Build 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. 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.

Writing – Fill in the missing words:

Emergency numbers:

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary.

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

You worked so hard today. You can be very proud of yourself!

Now go have fun!

Lisa

Day 18

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 | leesamee

Let’s stretch our brains today! We’ll start by counting in tens, work out a story sum, double numbers, work out change, practice forming letters, learn new words, arrange words into their word families, read, and write missing words. There is also a speaking activity if you’re learning Afrikaans as an additional language. Are you ready? Let’s go!

Count in tens – use your number grid to help you with these:

Story sum:

Doubling:

Money – Calculating change:

Handwriting:

Phonics – word list: Today we’ll learn the -eb and -ed words. Look carefully so that you don’t confuse the b and d because they look very similar. Build the words with your sounds cards and ask mom or dad to test 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 quickly. Remember to spend a bit more time on the words that you struggle with.

Reading sentences – Sound out the words that you are uncertain about. Try to read fluently and with good expression. Remember to say the words louder in excitement when there is an exclamation mark at the end of the sentence.

Writing – Missing words:

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary. Turn of the sound and try to say all the words when you are ready.

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

You’re a superstar! Well done for working so hard!

Now go have some fun!

Lisa

Day 12

April 15, 2020April 29, 2020 | 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!

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

Day 11

April 13, 2020April 29, 2020 | leesamee

We have lots to do today! First we’ll count in two’s, then add and double, work out a story sum, practice our handwriting, find the ending sounds of words, read new sentences, and write a story. There is also a speaking activity if you’re learning Afrikaans as an additional language. Let’s get started!

Count in two’s, add and double:

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

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

Story sum – Addition:

Handwriting:

Phonics – New words and ending 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 get them all right.

Reading sentences – Read these for the next three days, then we’ll do a fun activity to show what you’ve learnt!

Writing – Sequencing:

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary:

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

How clever you are! Well done for all that hard work!

Now go do something fun!

Lisa

Day 10

April 9, 2020April 20, 2020 | leesamee

We’ll do lots of fun things today! First we’ll count in tens, then look at doubling again, sort words into their word families, read, and fill in missing words. Let’s go!

Count in tens – forwards … and backwards!