Homework 8th January 

Writing Task

There will be no writing task next week due to a whole school music workshop on Monday morning. 

Phonics

Repeated practice of spelling helps children move their new learning into long-term memory. In Year 1 especially, it’s important to find time to practise and embed spelling outside of phonics lessons. Please keep sessions short and fun!

Graphemes:

All phase 3 graphemes (check your child is confident with them). PLEASE CONTINUE WITH THIS. Please include the set 2 digraphs as well (sh, th, ng, nk, ch, qu, ck)

Ask your child to:

• Say the grapheme
• Can they tell you the rhyme for the grapheme (see phase 3 section in the phonics section of the website for the rhymes)

Decodable words: (this week our focus has been suffixes s and es as well as longer words)

floats, sports, starts, crowds, groans, trains, crunches, screeches, splashes, balloon, portrait, frighten

Ask your child to:

• Read the words.

• Add the sound buttons (dots and dashes).

• Write the words.

• Remember to sound out and segment each word before spelling it.

Tricky words:

says, like, love, some 
Ask your child to:

• Read the words.

• Circle the tricky part.

• Write the words.

• Remember to sound out and segment each word before spelling, thinking carefully about the tricky bit.

Additional dictation:

She floats as she jumpd into the pool.

The crowd groans as the train gets stuck on the track.

She scrunches up her dress in the rain.

The balloon floats up to the stars. 

• Challenge your child to apply their phonic knowledge in short dictated sentences.

• Model and check the correct spelling of the sentence together.

Handwriting 

Please continue to practise handwriting at home. We will be practising this daily in school, with a focus on keeping letters on the line and ensuring consistent letter size. The handwriting rhymes can be found in the phonics section of the school website. When forming capital letters and numbers, we are placing particular emphasis on starting at the top.

Maths Task 

Basic Skills: 

👉 Doubles and Halves 

• This can be practised verbally with your child.

• Short, regular practice works best (e.g. 5 minutes, 3–4 times per week).

• Please concentrate on doubles to 12 and halves to 24. We are looking for rapid recall for this. 

• If your child is confident with this please move onto near doubles e.g. if 6 + 6 = 12 I know 6 + 7 = 13 or if 7 + 7 = 14 I know 7 + 8 = 15. We encourage children to double the smaller number and add one for near doubles. 

Arithmetic focus:

👉 Addition and Subtraction Facts Within 10

• For number bonds to and within 10, we are aiming for automatic recall.

• We are aiming for children to not be using their fingers when trying to work out the answer

• Children also need to do the relating subtraction facts e.g. 3 + 4 = 7 so 7 - 3 = 4

• You can do this verbally by asking:

  • “4 and what makes 8?”

  • “7 subtract what makes 4?”

• We will also be practising these in lessons, so the children should be familiar.

• If you are confident your child knows their number bonds to and within 10 with automatic recall including subtraction facts then please move onto number bonds to 20

• If your child is now confident with number bonds to 20 please move onto adding 10 to numbers within 100. 

Numbots - 🏆 Certificates will be handed out every Friday.

CHALLENGE SECTION: Please can you complete the doubles challenge on the add tab. If you would like to have a go at near doubles please do this as well. 

Any questions about homework please ask a member of the Year 1 team.