Reception
Our topic was minibeasts.
This pack includes The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Story Writing Template
Top group - wrote independently.
Middle group - copied from a model.
Lower group - over wrote my writing (yellow felt pen).
Enhanced Provision Activities include:
Finger painting the body of the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Measuring how high the bug jumps with non-standard units - cubes, counters etc.
Measuring the minibeast using non-standard units - cubes, counters etc.
Early Years Maths
Numeracy Provision
Cut and laminate the patterns in strips.
Provide plastic / real coins for children to make repeating patterns in the maths area.
Challenge children to make their own patterns.
Early Years / Reception / Year 1
Sort food that is healthy and unhealthy for your teeth.
Print page as A3.
Lower - children can cut and stick pictures
Middle - children can draw pictures, adults can label drawings
Top - children can draw and label pictures independently
Word document (editable) and PDF has been included.
More and Less - Reception - Early Years
Differentiated worksheets.
Worksheet 1
Roll the dice. Then count the dots on the dice. Draw the dots in the middle box. Draw 1 more in the right box. Draw 1 less in the left box. Or write the correct numbers.
To differentiate, children need to use 2 dice and add them together to find the total value. Then find 1 more and 1 less. Or use a foam dice and add your own numbers (e.g 2 -3 digit numbers).
Worksheet 2
Find 1 more and 1 less using a number line.
Tally Chart of Favourite Pet
Early Years Numeracy / Maths
Whole class task
Children vote for their favourite pet.
Discuss recording votes as a tally chart.
Count the votes and write the number in the last box.
Editable Word document is included, as well as a PDF.
Fill in the missing numbers
differentiated
0-5
5-10
10 - 15
15 - 20
I printed these out, laminated them in strips. The children write the missing number with a whiteboard pen, lower ability children place a number magnet in the correct place.
Year 1 Science Topic - Light
3 Differentiated Worksheets - Lower, Middle and Higher Worksheet, plus a word mat.
Children needed to discuss sources of light during the introduction. Then, we sorted the pictures of sources of light into two hoops, whether they were natural or man-made. We then completed the worksheets.
Year 1 Welsh second language sentence patterns.
Powerpoint presentation - We read through it and repeated it daily.
Word mat - contains vocabulary and sentence patterns. We also cut out the words and used them to play snap and pairs.
Worksheets - contains 3 differentiated worksheets.
3 differentiated worksheets - PDF and editable word documents.
Lower ability - draw a line to correct statement
Middle ability - either cut and stick or draw a picture to sort sources of light and non-sources of light
Higher ability - sort sources of light and reflection
I print out the A4 worksheet then enlarge it to A3.
Enhanced provision activity mats
Early Years / Reception / Year 1
1 more and 1 less - laminate the sheets and encourage children to use objects (cubes, counters, compare bears) to find 1 more/1 less.
Outdoor learning - laminate the sheets and encourage children to find natural materials to find 1 more/1 less than the number in the middle of the table.
Worksheet - roll the dice and add 1 more/take 1 away and record your answer
Worksheet - count the pictures in the centre column, then add 1 more/take 1 away and record your answer. To differentiate for MAT children, can they write the number. To make it easier, children can record answers using drawings.
Worksheet - use the number line to record 1 more or 1 less than the number.
Worksheet - circle which picture has more/less
Editable Word document & PDF copy provided
Pre-Writing Shapes
Early years
Before children form letters, they should be able to form these shapes correctly.
Included:
Assessment sheet
Practise sheets (can be laminated for an independent activity in the literacy area)
Word document (editable) and PDF copy included
Sort Hot and Cold
Early Years / Year 1 / Foundation Phase
Worksheet and word mat included (Word document can be edited & PDF copy)
Photocopy the worksheet as A3.
Lower ability - cut and stick pictures in the correct place
Core ability - draw pictures and staff label drawings
Top ability - copy and draw pictures and label independently using word mat
My reception class discussed rules and what was ‘fair’ and ‘not fair’ / ‘right’ and ‘wrong’.
We cut out the sentences and matched them to either ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. We discussed each one first and re-wrote them to be fair.
We spent the morning watching videos on BBC clips, and reading facts about woodland animals.
We then talked about WOW words to describe how they looked etc. We used this worksheet to record our answers.
Sort woodland & non-woodland animals into a Venn diagram.