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Year 2 Home Learning 25/06/20

Here is your Home Learning Timetable for today.

If you feel that any part is too tricky or not accessible, change it to suit your needs. If you feel that your child is working through it too quickly, give them challenges or source more material online.

Feel free to change or personalise the material. Explain anything they don’t understand in your own words and remind them it’s OK to get stuff wrong; that’s when we learn! If your child finds anything particularly hard or frustrating then simplify it or come back to it later.

As we are getting used to life outside of school, it is becoming more important that the children try to complete their weekly work. Their well-being will always be our priority but as we don’t know exactly when we will all properly be back at school, we need to instil a sense that working at home is normal.

I appreciate this is really tricky for you guys especially when many of you have your own work to do and important things to complete to keep your homes running smoothly. Children of this age generally need a little supervision which is time consuming. Most of you are not teachers and it seems like you’ve done such an amazing job so far. Gold stars for all of you!

I have tried to make these packs as accessible as possible. If you need advice on any of it or tips on how to get the children to focus then please get in contact via email. I can give you a call for a chat or send you a written reply.

Oak-Year2.Support@OasisNewOak.org

This week’s theme is ‘Plants’.Relaxation

Sit somewhere comfortable and close your eyes. Take five deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth. Focus on the little noises you can hear outside, and around your house. It’s OK if your mind wanders, just bring your thoughts round to your

breathing and what you can hear. Try to sit still with a quiet mind for at least 5 minutes.

If you need some help or inspiration look up one of the ‘Peace out meditations’ that we have been doing on YouTube to guide you.

Remember: This is important for our learning. With a clear mind we can concentrate more easily!

Tip for parents – If your child feels silly doing this or doesn’t want to, join in with them!

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Reading Comprehension

 

Billy’s SunflowerBy Nicola Moon

Billy had a beautiful sunflower that he’d grown from a seed.

It was taller than Billy. It was taller than his big sister Laura. It was taller than his mum. It was even taller than his dad.

Every day Billy looked at its bright green leaves. Every day he admired itsgolden yellow petals. Every day he looked up at its tall straight stem.

“My flower is as tall as the sky,” he told his friends.

1.     What did Billy grow from a seed?

Tick one. 

a daisy a sunflower

a rose a buttercup

2     How tall was Billy ‘s sunflower?

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One day Billy noticed something different about his flower.

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The bright green leaves didn’t seem so bright. The golden yellow petals weren’t quite so golden. And the tall straight stem wasn’t quite so straight.

“What‘s wrong with my flower?” he asked Dad.

“Perhaps it needs water,” said Dad, as he rushed off to work.

So Billy watered his flower.

3     How had the leaves changed?

Tick one. 

They weren’t quiteso straight.

They didn’t seemso big.

They didn’t seemso bright.

They weren’t quiteso golden.

4     What did Billy ask Dad?

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But the next day it was worse.

The bright green leaves were wrinkled and droopy.The golden yellow petals were turning brown.And the tall straight stem had bent over at the top.

 

 

 

Billy looked up at his sad,brown sunflower.

5     Which part of the sunflower was turning brown?

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6     Which part of the sunflower had bent over at the top?

Tick one. 

the stem the petals

the roots the leaves

“What’s wrong with my flower?” he asked Laura.

“It’s autumn”, said Laura, and ran off to play with her friends.

“What is autumn?” Billy asked the girls.

Sally said, “It’s when leaves turn brown.”

“And daysbecome shorter,”said Clare.

“And flowers die,”said Laura.

7     Why did Billy want to find out about autumn?

Tick one. 

because Laura wasplaying with her friends

because he wasworried about his flower

because it was coldbecause the days werebecoming shorter

8     What did the girls tell Billy about autumn?

Write two things.

1. ____________________________________________________________

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2. ____________________________________________________________

Billy ran indoors to Mum.

“My flower’s got autumn and it’s getting shorter and turning brownand Laura says it’s going to die!” he cried.

Mum dried his tears.

“Autumn is when the world gets ready for winter,” she explained.

Billy felt really sad.“I don’t think I likeautumn,” he said.

“The winter would be too coldand dark for your flower.”

9     Why did Billy run inside to Mum?

Tick one. 

He was too cold to stay outside.

He wanted to show Mum the flower.

He didn’t have any friends.

He was upset about autumn.

He went out to look at his flower.  It looked even morewithered and brown, and the old sad flower wasdrooping down.

“I don’t want you to die,” said Billy.

A gust of wind rustled in the dying leaves, as if theflower was trying to speak.

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Then Billy felt something.

PLOP!

Something landed on his head.

PLOP!

There it was again.

PLOP! PLOP!

And again and again.

“My flower is raining!”cried Billy.

“My flower is raining SEEDS!”

 

10   Which words tell you Billy cared about his flower?

Tick one. 

"I don't want you to die."

"My flower is raining!"

Something landed on his head.

The flower was trying to speak.

 

He ran indoors to find Mum and Dad and Laura.

They collected up a big bag of seeds.

“We can put them on the bird table, when winter comes,” said Mum.

“The birds will be hungry in the cold weather.”

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“Not all the seeds,” said Billy, picking out five of the biggestshiniest seeds.  “I’m going to keep these ones.”

When the winter came, Billy watched the birds flocking to the bird tableto eat the seeds from his flower.

11   Why did Billy run to find Mum and Dad and Laura?

Tick one. 

to show themthe seeds

because he wasgetting wet

because hefelt sad

to show themthe birds

12   What did Billy keep?

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And when the winter had gone at last, he tookhis five special seeds and planted themcarefully in the garden.

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“I’m going to grow the tallest sunflowersin the world!” said Billy.

“Taller than Dad?” asked Laura.

“Taller than anyone,” said Billy.

13   In this story Billy is both sad and happy.

Explain why.

Billy is sad because_________________________________________

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Billy is happy because_______________________________________

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14   What three things did Billy find out about sunflowers?

Tick three things. 

Sunflowers stay greenin winter.

Sunflowers turn brownin autumn.

Sunflower seedsare shiny.

Sunflower stems arealways straight

A sunflower willnever die.

Birds like to eatsunflower seeds.

 

Grammar and punctuation

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What type of word is flew in the sentence below?

The green parrot flew to the top of the tree. 

  Tick one.

an adjective

a noun

an adverb

a verb

Now copy the sentence out correctly:

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Writing Today you are going to plan a story called:

‘The Crafty, Man-Eating

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Plant From Pluto!’ Main

character (not the plant)

Setting (Where does

the story happen?)Problem

Solution

Beginning

Middle

End

Spelling and Handwriting

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This week our spellings are to do with plants. Practice your spelling and your handwriting together by copying each word out 5 times. Can you write them without checking them?

Maths Supporting resources: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

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And go to : ‘Summer term week 5, w/c 18th May, Lesson 4’

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Reading

BugClub time! https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0

Tips for parents: Log onto ‘Bugclub’ and have the children read one of their stories. Then answer the questions about it.

If you do not have your login let me know and I will send it to you. If you do not have a suitable device, choose a book that your child can read

confidently and get them to read it to you. Ask them questions like “What was the story about?” “What did you think of the story? Why?” “What might happen after this?” “What was your favourite part?” “Does it remind you of any other stories?

Get them to read the story twice, out loud. The first time they can concentrate on the sounds and new words. Make sure that the second time they read the story, they read it as they would ‘say’ it (using a conversational tone).

Story timePlanting a rainbowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sti3PXBeVag

If you can’t access the link then read a story of your own.

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PE

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Curriculum

Today you planned a story called:

‘The Crafty, Man-Eating Plant From Pluto!’

What do you think this dangerous plant might look like?Your job is to design this terrifying, alien plant and label it’s parts.It must have:

Leaves. A stem. Petals. Some sort of flower. Roots (these could be it’s feet if you want it to walk). Big, sharp teeth!

The rest is up to you…

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Music Song of the day! Remember to move your body in time with the music. If you like, you can talk about the instruments you can hear, the way it makes you feel, your opinion, when it was made, if it reminds you of anything else. If not, just have a dance and a smile and a laugh.(Feel free to play your own if you don’t like mine!)

The Lorax – Let it Grow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUvHO33iaxg&list=PLNWndehFfXf56swFjZONcgHZEgdj4xVOu&index=9

Good job everybody!

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