Reception: Miss Condliffe and Miss Donoghue
World Book Day - Thursday 4th March 2021
Today is World Book Day! This is a day where we celebrate reading books that we know and love, as well as finding out about different books that we might not have read before. Today is all about fun and reading so perhaps you'd like to do the following activities:
- Build your own cosy reading den in your house. Fill it with comfy cushions, lots of books and maybe some of your teddy bears/toys that you could read stories too.
- Find your favourite book in your house, can you draw the front cover of the book? Find out who the author and illustrator are.
- Ask a grown-up what THEIR favourite book is - can they tell you the names of the characters and why it is their favourite book?
- Explore the free e-book library on the Oxford Owl website: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/free-ebooks/
- Choose a free audiobook and listen to a story: https://www.worldbookday.com/world-of-stories/
- Choose a couple of these super books that you can listen to and watch here: https://www.worldbookday.com/share-a-story-corner/

Story of the Week: Katie in London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmrNxvC9bb4
Resources
Week Beginning 1st March
Daily Learning Challenges: We have broken down the steps in each challenge to help children to achieve each challenge
Challenge 1: To write your first name and last name from memory
- Copy my first name, then write my first name from memory
- Write my first name from memory and copy my surname
- Write both names from memory
Challenge 2: To dress yourself independently
- To put on your coat yourself
- To put on your coat yourself and then pull up the zip when an adult starts the zip off for you
- To put on your coat, start your zip off and zip up you coat
- To put on your coat, start your zip off and zip up you coat, put on scarf, gloves and hat independently
Challenge 3: To count forwards and backwards to 20
- To count on rote to 5 forwards: 1,2,3,4,5
- To count on rote to 10 forwards: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
- To count on rote to 10 forwards and backwards: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
- To count on rote to 20 forwards and backwards from 10: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 and 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
- To count on rote to 20 forwards and backwards from 20: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 and 20, 19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Challenge 4: Recognise numbers to 20 and Write numbers to 20
- To recognise numbers 1-5 and write numbers to 5
- To recognise numbers to 10 and write numbers to 10
- To recognise numbers to 15 and write numbers to 15
- To recognise numbers to 20 and write numbers to 20
Challenge 5: Learn the four basic shapes and their properties
- To name a circle when shown and to describe it (it has one curved side, it is a 2D (flat) shape and it has no corners)
- To name and describe a circle and name and describe a triangle (it has 3 straight sides ad 3 corners, it is a 2D flat shape)
- To name and describe a circle, triangle and name and describe a square (it has 4 straight sides that are all the same size/length and 4 corners, it is a 2D flat shape)
- To name and describe a circle, triangle, square and name and describe a rectangle (it has 4 straight sides, 2 of these sides are long and 2 are short and it has 4 corners, it is a 2D flat shape)
Challenge 6: Learn to read on sight tricky words on the bookmarks and write these words from memory (use the tricky word book mark sheet provided
- To learn to read the words on phase 2 bookmark
- To continue to read tricky words on phase 2 bookmark and write these words from memory
- To continue to read tricky words on phase 2 bookmark, learn to read phase 3 tricky word bookmark words and write phase 2 words from memory
- To continue to read tricky words on phase 2 and 3 bookmarks, and write phase 2 and 3 words from memory
Week 2 Weekly challenges
Weekly Challenge 1: Use this week to get yourself back into a similar routine to the one you have when you are at school, e.g. early bedtime, early wake up time in preparation for the return to school!
Weekly Challenge 2: To read cvc words and simple sentences using the Phonics Play website. https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2
Username: jan21 password: home
Weekly Challenge 3: To choose 5 letters from the ‘Rhymes for letter formation’ sheet to practise writing and form these correctly.
Weekly Challenge 4: – Access RWI lessons online for your group
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