Year 2 Home Learning – Hazeldown Primary School

Year 2 Home Learning 10.01.20

Year 2 Home Learning – Friday 10^th January
(All learning to be handed in Wednesday 29^th January.)

Reading
In Year 2, we expect you to be reading for at least 10minutes, five times a week. This needs to be recorded in your individual reading record.

Home Learning Menu

Over the next 2 weeks you must complete an activity/series of activities that total at least 15 points. How you choose to do so is up to you! For example, you may just complete the fifteen-point activity or may choose to do one ten and a five-point activity; you could also choose to do three five-point activities – it is completely your choice! Have a look at the activity menu below:

15 points	10 points	5 points
Make a leaflet/mini scrapbook about your favourite sport. Include photos, pictures, tickets, programmes and written information about the sport. Try and include some history of the sport and explain why it is your favourite. Bring it in to share and become part of your SOLE learning.	Choose a famous sportsperson and write a fact file about them. Bring it in to share and become part of your SOLE learning.	Spend 15 minutes per week on numbots. Can you get 3 stars for each level? How far will you progress though the story?
	Plan a weekly exercise routine for your family: Perhaps a weekend walk, a bicycle ride, a trip to the swimming pool or an an obstacle course in your garden. Write down the instructions and targets you hope to achieve.	Spend 15 minutes per week on spellodrome. Will you earn any certificates? How many points will you score?
	Ask your parent/carer to download Scratch (or Scratch Junior) and use this software to make an animal bounce along your choice of setting.	Design a new sports-kit for your favourite team in any sport. Bring it in to share and become part of your SOLE learning.

Year 2 Home Learning – Friday 13^th September

(All learning to be handed in Wednesday 2^rd October.)

Reading
Please encourage your child to read on a daily basis at home and should be discussing this reading with an adult. In reading record books, please could children/parents write a comment about this reading.

Home Learning Menu

15 points	10 points	5 points
Collect some shells from the beach. Can you find different ways of sorting them? Can you use a Venn diagram? Feel free to bring some pictures to show us how you sorted them. Write an explanation to show us how you sorted them.	Write a poem about the living things that make their home in a rock pool. An acrostic or shape poem would be fun!	Design, draw and paint a picture of a beach hut
	Bring pictures from home of yourself or family members at the seaside. Are there any of someone swimming in the sea? Identify the different locations on a UK or world map.	Visit the beach and explore the rock pools? What creatures do you find living there? Can you find any creatures living on the sand? Bring in some photos for your SOLE book if you can.
	Visit the library to browse or borrow story and information books about the seaside. Write a short book review about your favourite.	Spend 15 minutes per week on hit the button. Practicing ‘Number bonds’ -addition to 10 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
		Make a miniature seashore garden using natural materials, such as pebbles, twigs, sand and shells.

Year 2 Spellings

Focus: y,ey

Handed out on Monday 1^stJuly; Tested on 8^thJuly

monkey
fly
July
money
chimney
why
reply
clothes
great
pretty

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Year 2 Spellings

Focus: Suffixes

Handed out on Monday 24th June; Tested on 1^stJuly

hopeful
skipping
painless
fraction
excitement
beautiful
gently
pass
again
father

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Year 2 Spellings

Focus: ‘kn/gn’ sound

Handed out on Monday 17th June; Tested on 24^thJune

knot
know
knee
gnat
gnaw
gnome
knight
eye
plant
would

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Year 2 Spellings

Focus: ‘i’ sound

Handed out on Monday 10th June; Tested on 17^thJune

find
mind
kind
behind
blind
unkind
bind
improve
people
half

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Year 2 Spellings

Focus: long o sound, ‘o’ on its own

Handed out on Monday 13^th May; Tested on Monday 20^th May

most
both
only
hotel
ago
total
oval
who
once
are

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Year 2 Spellings

Focus: words ending in ‘e’ drop the ‘e’ and add ‘y’

Handed out on Tuesday 7th May; Tested on Monday 13th May

1. shiny
2. scary
3. smoky
4. bony
5. stony
6. shaky
7. slimy
8. hold
9. water
10. sure

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Year 2 Spellings

Focus: -tion

Handed out on Monday 29th April; Tested on Tuesday 7th May

1. fiction
2. station
3. education
4. direction
5. competition
6. section
7. fraction
8. pretty
9. prove
10. improve

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Year 2 Spellings

Focus: ‘l’ spelt ‘el’ at the end of a word, after m, n, r, v, w

Remember: Most Nuns Run Very Well

Handed out on Monday 25^th March; Tested on Monday 1st April

travel
camel
squirrel
tunnel
towel
swivel
quarrel
many
money
move

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Year 2 Spellings

Focus: y changes to an i and add -est

Handed out on Monday 18^th March; Tested on Monday 25^th March

happiest
busiest
loneliest
shiniest
laziest
ugliest
prettiest
after
again
any

Year 2 Spellings

Focus: y changes to an i and add -es

Handed out on Monday 11^thMarch; Tested on Monday 18^thMarch

flies
ladies
parties
teddies
puppies
babies
lollies
fast
grass
last

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Year 1 & 2 Home Learning – Friday 1^stMarch
(All learning to be handed in Wednesday 20^th March.)

Spelling
Spellings will be handed out each Monday, to be tested the following Monday.

Home Learning Menu
Over the next 3 weeks you must complete an activity/series of activities that total at least 15 points. How you choose to do so is up to you! For example, you may just complete the fifteen-point activity or may choose to do one ten and a five-point activity; you could also choose to do three five-point activities – it is completely your choice! Have a look at the activity menu below:

15 Points:
*Have a go at this science activity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhRSSGwrLZA
What do you think is happening?
Write about what you notice. Take photos and write up your findings ready to present in it your SOLE book.

*Research a sea creature of your choice. The more you know about your animal the easier you will find it to write about in school. You should think about how to present your findings. You might make a power point presentation or create your own booklet.
You could start with these questions.
Where does it live?
What does it eat?
What is it?
What special features does it have? For example, can it camouflage?

10 Points
*Design and create your own sea creature – labelling its special features

*Complete a litter pick on the beach to help protect the oceans. Go with an adult and be careful of the sea and items you might find. Please bring in a picture for your SOLE book.

*Make some different length sea creatures and measure them with a ruler. Which is the longest which is shortest? What’s the difference in length between the shortest and longest? Think about how you can present this for your SOLE book.

5 Points
*Spend 15 minutes on hit the button – times and divide (2s, 5s, 10s and 3s). https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

*Can you draw or make a repeating pattern out of sea creatures? What’s the most interesting pattern you can make?

*The rainbow fish is kind and helpful – Tell us 3 ways that you are kind and helpful. Be ready to stick this in your SOLE book. You could also have photos of you showing these kind and caring acts.

*Spend 15 minutes learning these common exception word spellings on this game. http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

Year 2 Spellings

Focus: ‘igh’ sound spelt ‘y’ at the end of a word

Handed out on Monday 25^th February; Tested on Monday 4^th March

my
by
buy
July
dry
cry
reply
friend
come
some

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Year 2 Spellings

Focus: gn and kn

Handed out on Monday 4th February; Tested on Monday 11th February

know

knew

knight

knife

gnat

gnaw

gnome

cloth

clothes

pulled

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Focus: drop the e and add –ing/-ed

Handed out on Monday 28^th January; Tested on Monday 4^th February

write
writing
dance
danced
dancing
loved
loving
every
everybody
even

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Over the next 2 weeks you must complete an activity/series of activities that total at least 15 points. How you choose to do so is up to you!

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Year 2 Spellings
Focus: just add –ing/-ed or double the last letter
Handed out on Monday 21st January; Tested on Monday 28th January

1. walking
2. walked
3. hopping
4. hopped
5. patting
6. patted
7. swimming
8. great
9. steak
10. break

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Year 2 Spellings

Focus: o sound spelt ‘a’ after w or qu

Handed out on Monday 14^th January; Tested on Monday 21^st January

was
watch
want
wallet
squash
quarrel
quarter
Mr
Miss
Mrs

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Over the next 2 weeks you must complete an activity/series of activities that total at least 15 points. How you choose to do so is up to you!

Please click on the following link to view :Home learning master 11.01.19

Year 2 Spellings Focus: alternative ow

Handed out on Monday 10^th December; Tested on Monday 17^th December

going
seeing
asking
being
doing
pushing
pulling
floor
door
poor

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Year 2 Spellings Focus: alternative g
Handed out on Monday 3rd December; Tested on Monday 10th December
1. edge
2. hedge
3. village
4. huge
5. giant
6. giraffe
7. jacket
8. pass
9. Christmas
10. because

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 2 common exception word list.

Year Two Spellings, Week 9 Focus: / oa /

Handed out on Monday 5^thNovember; Tested on Monday 12^thNovember

coat
boat
moat
float
wrote
most
throw
father
parent
children

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 1 & 2 word list.

Year Two Spellings, Week 8 Focus: / igh /

Handed out on Monday 29th October; Tested on Monday 5^thNovember

night
light
bright
tie
pie
my
by
both
cold
old

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 1 & 2 word list.

Handed out on Monday 15th October; Tested on Monday 29^thOctober

peach
bleed
these
lazy
donkey
sneeze
treat
most
only
busy

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 1 & 2 word list.

Literacy-

Play this game to hone your verb identification skills https://www.turtlediary.com/game/action-words-verbs.html. Remember, verbs are doing, having or being words.

Maths –

When we want to add 9 to a number we can add ten then take away 1. See the examples: 38 + 9 = 47

55 + 9 = 64

Answer these number sentences.

What happens to the tens and one numbers? What patterns can you find?

12 + 9 = 6 + 9 =

34 + 9 = 59 + 9 =

77 + 9 = 26 + 9 =