Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Thursday ('igh' spelling of the /ie/ sound).

1. his
2. went
3. night
4. high
5. might
6. light
7. any
8. many
9. flight
10. frightening

Thematic words:

1. thermometer
2. heat source
3. River Mayne
4. Saint Patrick
5. parade
6. céilí
7. Gaeltacht
8. adjective

Tables: Revise 6+ tables. Complete week 16 on page 21 of the Tables Champions book. (Time allowed 3 minutes)

Reading: Practice reading each day. Fill in reading log. Complete a book review on one of you readers for Thursday.

***As part of our class assembly on the 24th of March we are making a happiness box. Could each child bring a cardboard box into school this week? e.g. a shoe box. A box with a lid would be great but if this is not possible any box will do :)

Monday 13th March

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Thursday.

Tables: Revise 6+ tables, Tables Champion pg 21 Monday (3 minutes)

Maths: Place Value - expand each number e.g. 98 = 90 + 8

Phonics: Write an 'igh' word in each light bulb, draw a picture. Choose 3 of the words to put into a sentence.

Tuesday 14th March

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Thursday.

Tables: Revise 6+ tables. Tables Champion pg 21 Tuesday (3 minutes)

Maths: Word Problems - read each problem/question and find the answer 

Grammar: Adjective - an adjective describes a noun.

Wednesday 15th March

Spelling: Practice spellings for test tomorrow.

Tables: Revise 6+ tables. Tables Champion pg 21 Wednesday (3 minutes)

Maths: Word Problems - read each problem/question and find the answer

Comprehension: Read the story. Complete the questions/activities based on the story.

Thursday 16th March - There will be no homework on Thursday. We will complete this in class on Thursday.

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Tomorrow.

Tables: Revise 6+ tables. Tables Champion pg 21 Thursday (3 minutes)

Maths: Word Problems - read each problem/question and find the answer

Spelling Sheet: Make a word search using this weeks spelling list. 

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday ('ea' spelling of the /ee/ sound).

1. spin
2. tea
3. heat
4. leaf
5. each
6. who
7. clean
8. meat
9. steal
10. teacher

Thematic words:

1. Holi
2. heat
3. temperature
4. thermometer
5. weight
6. balance
7. scales
8. Florence Nightingale

Tables: Revise 5+ tables. Complete week 15 on page 20 of the Tables Champions book. (Time allowed 3 minutes)

Reading: Practice reading each day. Fill in reading log. Complete a book review on one of you readers for Friday.

Monday 6th March

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 5+ tables, Tables Champion pg 20 Monday (3 minutes)

Maths: Skip counting - 2

Phonics: Complete an 'ea' word in each teapot, draw a picture. Choose 3 of the words to put into a sentence.

Tuesday 7th March

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 5+ tables. Tables Champion pg 20 Tuesday (3 minutes)

Maths: Skip counting - 5

Grammar: Nouns - a person, place or thing

Wednesday 8th March

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 5+ tables. Tables Champion pg 20 Wednesday (3 minutes)

Maths: Skip counting - 10

Comprehension: Read the story. Complete the questions/activities based on the story.

Thursday 9th March

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Tomorrow.

Tables: Revise 5+ tables. Tables Champion pg 20 Thursday (3 minutes)

Maths: Weight - answer questions based on weight

Spelling Sheet: Write a sentence for each spelling word

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday ('ay' spelling of the /ai/ sound - 'ay' is often used at the end of words).

1. skin
2. say
3. away
4. play
5. today
6. tray
7. why
8. playground
9. crayon
10. stay

Thematic words:

1. source
2. meander
3. tributary
4. estuary
5. Columbus
6. explorer
7. lent
8. fairtrade 

Tables: Revise 4+ tables. Complete week 14 on page 19 of the Tables Champions book. (Time allowed 3 minutes)

Monday 27th February

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 4+ tables, Tables Champion pg 19 Monday (3 minutes)

Maths: Place Value

Phonics: Complete an 'ay' word in each crayon, draw a picture. Choose 3 of the words to put into a sentence.

Tuesday 28th February

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 4+ tables. Tables Champion pg 19 Tuesday (3 minutes)

Maths: Place Value

Grammar: Alphabetical Order

Wednesday 1st March

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 4+ tables. Tables Champion pg 19 Wednesday (3 minutes)

Maths: Place Value

Comprehension: Read the story. Complete the questions/activities based on the story.

Thursday 2nd March

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Tomorrow.

Tables: Revise 4+ tables. Tables Champion pg 19 Thursday (3 minutes)

Maths: Plcae Value

Spelling Sheet: Try writing your spelling words with your eyes closed :)

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday (u_e = magic 'e' sends it magic over the preceding consonant and changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel sound).

1. swim
2. cube
3. tune
4. used
5. excuse
6. little
7. down
8. useless
9. mule
10. tube

Thematic words:

1. fraction
2. half
3. push
4. pull
5. slope
6. coast
7. ceremony
8. kindness

Tables: Revise 2+ tables. Complete week 12 on page 17 of the Tables Champions book. (Time allowed 2 minutes)

Monday 6th February

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 2+ tables, Tables Champion pg 17 Monday (2 minutes)

Maths: Fractions - Half

Phonics: Complete each word with u_e. Read each word and draw a picture. Choose 3 of the words to put into a sentence.

Tuesday 7th February

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 2+ tables. Tables Champion pg 17 Tuesday (2 minutes)

Maths: Fractions: Half

Grammar: Verbs - A verb is a doing/action word. Doubling Rule:  Double the last letter if there’s a short vowel just before it. Then add ‘ed’

• Put the verbs into the past tense

Wednesday 8th February

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 2+ tables. Tables Champion pg 17 Wednesday (2 minutes)

Maths: Fractions: Half

Comprehension: Read the story. Complete the questions/activities based on the story.

Thursday 9th February

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Tomorrow.

Tables: Revise 2+ tables. Tables Champion pg 17 Thursday (2 minutes)

Maths: Addition

Spelling Sheet: Put spelling words in alphabetical order

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday (o_e = magic 'e' sends it magic over the preceding consonant and changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel sound).

1. snap
2. bone
3. nose
4. home
5. globe
6. live
7. give
8. tadpole
9. hope
10. note

Thematic words:

1. water cycle
2. condensation
3. evaporation
4. precipitation
5. extreme
6. hurricane
7. tornado
8. discrimination

Tables: Revise 1+ tables. Complete week 11 on page 16 of the Tables Champions book. (Time allowed 2 minutes)

Monday 30th January

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 1+ tables, Tables Champion pg 16 Monday (2 minutes)

Maths: Crack the Code - each answer corresponds to letter, put this letter into the corresponding number box. Read the word made and draw a picture.

Phonics: Complete each word with o_e. Read each word and draw a picture. Choose 3 of the words to put into a sentence.

Tuesday 31st January

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 1+ tables. Tables Champion pg 16 Tuesday (2 minutes)

Maths: Hundred Square - subtracting tens.

Grammar: Verbs - A verb is a doing/action word.

• Put the verbs into the past tense
• Underline the verbs in the sentences then circle past or present.

Wednesday 1st February

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 1+ tables. Tables Champion pg 16 Wednesday (2 minutes)

Maths: Hundred Square - word problems, subtracting tens.

Comprehension: Read the story. Complete the questions/activities based on the story.

Thursday 2nd February

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Tomorrow.

Tables: Revise 1+ tables. Tables Champion pg 16 Thursday (2 minutes)

Maths: Subtracting tens ans units - use answers to 'crack the code' at the bottom of the page.

Spelling Sheet: Choose 5 of this week's spellings - write them, draw them and put them into a sentence.

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday (i_e = magic 'e' sends it magic over the preceding consonant and changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel sound).

1. smell
2. bike
3. time
4. smile
5. prize
6. slide
7. line
8. like
9. have
10. kite

Thematic words: 

1. Zodiac
2. lantern
3. Sadhu
4. wind
5. water cycle
6. river
7. condensation
8. evaporation

Tables: Revise 1+ to 10+ tables. Complete the Check-up 1 section this week on page 15 of the Tables Champions book.

Monday 23rd January

Spelling: Practise spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 1+ to 10+ tables.

Maths: Hundred Square - fill in the missing numbers.

Phonics: Complete each word with i_e. Read each word and draw a picture. Choose 3 of the words to put into a sentence.

Tuesday 24th January

Spelling: Practise spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 1+ to 10+ tables.

Maths: Hundred Square - fill in the missing numbers.

Grammar: Verbs - A verb is a doing/action word.

• Circle the verb in each sentence.
• Write a sentence of your own. Circle the verb in your sentence.

Wednesday 25th January

Spelling: Practise spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Revise 1+ to 10+ tables.

Maths: Hundred Square - addition.

Comprehension: Read the story. Complete the questions/activities based on the story.

Thursday 26th January

Spelling: Practise spellings for test on Tomorrow.

Tables: Revise 1+ to 10+ tables.

Maths: Colour code the hundred square.

Spelling Sheet: Create a word search using all of your spelling words. Write your spelling words into the word search first then fill in the leftover blank squares with random letters.

Spelling: Practice spellings for test on Friday (a_e = magic 'e' sends it magic over the preceding consonant and changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel sound).

1. ran
2. hat
3. came
4. grape
5. name
6. cake
7. old
8. only
9. pavement
10. ate

Thematic words: 

1. narrative
2. orientation
3. complication
4. resolution
5. connection
6. cumulus
7. stratus
8. cirrus

Tables: Children will be working on the 10 + tables this week. Please complete the day's section in your Tables Champion books. Children will be tested on their 10 + tables on Friday.

Monday 16th January

Spelling: Practise spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: 10+ Monday

Maths: Read the times given, draw the hands on each clock for 'o'clock' and 'half past'.

Phonics: Complete each word with a_e. Read each word and draw a picture. Choose 3 of the words to put into a sentence.

Tuesday 17th January

Spelling: Practise spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Practise 10 + tables for test on Friday.

Tables Champion  - Week 10, Tuesday 10+ tables

Maths: Read the clock and write the time underneath

Grammar: Verbs - A verb is a doing/action word.

• Look at each picture. What is the bee doing? Write the verb on the line under each picture.
• Draw a picture for each verb given.
• Think of 3 more words yourself. Draw a picture for each. 

Wednesday 18th January

Spelling: Practise spellings for test on Friday.

Tables: Practise 10 + tables for test on Friday.

Tables Champion  - Week 10, Wednesday 10+ tables

Maths: Read the clocks and write the times underneath. 

Comprehension: Read the story. Complete the questions/activities based on the story.

Thursday 19th January

Spelling: Practise spellings for test on Tomorrow.

Tables: Practise 10 + tables for test on Tomorrow.

Tables Champion  - Week 10,Thursday 10+ tables

Maths: 

• Answer questions based on the months of the year
• Examine the month of March on a calendar and answer questions based on it.

Spelling Sheet: Write your spelling words forwards and backwards.