Primary 1 & 2 Literacy

1st February 2021

Today we have a new sound –

This sound is not found very often at the beginning of words! So today, most of the words

have the ‘x’ at the end!You can watch Geraldine learning the new ‘x’ sound by clicking

on this link!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0YLRRdZ3R4

You can watch the ‘alphablocks’ introducing ‘x’ and doing some ‘word magic’ by clicking on this link!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O5-M_QMwrE

Let’s try to write the cursive ‘x’!

Woosh … Up we go… down the arm and leg, repeat the other side

Can you write some cursive ‘x’ letters in your jotter or on a piece of paper?

Now can you complete one of the following

tasks?

• Mild – find the ‘x’ pictures, find the ‘x’ in the sound-search

• Spicy – read and write the ‘x’ words, ‘x’ word-search

• Hot – read and write ‘x’ sentences

Mild Task 1Can you find the things that have an ‘x’ in them?

Mild Task 2Now can you find the ‘x’

sounds in the sound-search?

x l t l x s

j c x p w a

x t w o x w

i w x t w i

w x w x o h

m k w a g x

Spicy Task 1Can you read these ‘x’

words?

fox wax boxsix ox exit

Spicy Task 2Now can you find the ‘x’

words in the word-search?f u e x i t

o n u b w s

x t i o e i

i w i x l x

n f i x o c

m k w a x k

foxboxwaxsixexitfix

Spicy Task 3Can you write some ‘x’

words?

Hot TaskHave a go at reading

these sentences!

1. I saw an ox on the farm.

2. The hot wax was on the rug.

3. I saw a fox in a box.

Did you get them correct?

1. I saw an ox on the farm.

2. The hot wax was on the rug.

3. I saw a fox in a box.

If you would like to, you could try writing one of these sentences (or one of your

own?) into your jotter or on paper!

Well done for completing your remote learning literacy task!

If you can manage, it would be lovely to see a photo of something that you have

done!The following link will take you to the Jolly Phonics Songs

if you would like to ‘sing your sounds’!https://www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=jvAYUvQUrGo