Here are the activities for today for Literacy and Phonics:

Miss Hammond is continuing to make her videos to help keep up the practise at home of the phonics flashcards and year 1 sounds. You could play the 4-in-a-row game again as that proved popular today.

In addition to this there is a new game in your 2do’s on PurpleMash, linked to your spellings. This is a little fun quiz. You can set the time to show the words for as little or as long a time as you like.

Then, for Literacy put your suffix knowledge into practise with this activity:

You choose the correct word ending for the word. Maybe you can write some sentences of your own with the year 1 word endings? You could use words from the game or even words from your spellings.

Hope you enjoy this. You will be suffix experts in no time!

For phonics today we thought it would be nice for you to play a 4-in-a-row style game using the year 1 ‘ed suffix’ words from this week. Attached is a game sheet we have created for you but if you can’t print, you could make your own by drawing a quick grid and writing the words in it and if you don’t have counters, use a coloured dot instead.

ed suffix 4 in a row game

For Literacy, following on in our Easter theme we have set a PurpleMash 2do to write about why Easter is celebrated. You can add images to decorate it. There are headings on the page to help give you ideas about what you might write about. Try to include capital letters and full stops.

We have loved seeing your colourful egg designs too.

Thank you for the continued support at home. We are enjoying seeing what you have been up to. You have been working your socks off!

Some suggestions for Tuesday’s Year 1 Literacy focus.

For phonics, check out Miss Hammond’s daily video to practise the flashcards together. Repetition is key! Also, continue to practise your weekly spellings. Can you put these spellings into a super sentence?

As we approach the Easter holidays, in school we normally start to learn about who celebrates Easter and why it is celebrated. Share this PowerPoint attached with your child. Can they write three facts they remember from the information? This could be handwritten or typed.

Why do we celebrate Easter PPT

As a fun task, your child could either colour the stained glass window sheet attached. If you don’t have access to a printer your child could design their own stained glass window instead. Get creative as you like! Cut round them, colour them, collage them. We can’t wait to see the results.

Stained Glass Window

Finally, just for fun a 2do is set on PurpleMash to design an Easter Egg.