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Reception

LITERACY

Word Level Work
o Recap on sounds already learnt.
o Ask students to tell you sounds they know.
o Discuss/sing/act out favourite nursery rhymes/songs.
o Think of words that rhyme with others e.g. cat, hop.
Star fillers o Practice writing CVC words through sounding them out.

Sentence Level Work
o Write names with and without capital letters and ask which is right.
o Read a sentence and miss a word out. Ask the group if it makes sense and why.

Text Level Work
o Discuss where they may find words.
o Write a group sentence about a topic.
o Write a menu/shopping list/letter as a group checking it makes sense.
o Discuss features of a book e.g. title, front cover, back cover, blurb.
o Practice letter formation.

MATHS

Numbers
o Practice counting to 20.
o Give students a number and ask them what is 2 more/less than it.
o Halving – using objects give students an even number of the object ask them to share
them out between two.
Star fillers o Investigate which numbers can be halved using items to help.
o Doubling – use objects to find out what the double of a number is.

Shape and Space
o Have selection of items for the group to describe using terms such as bigger than, smaller
than.
o Identify coins and discuss shape, colour and size of them.
o Draw around coins/Coin rubbing and labelling.
o Use a clock to talk about time – hours, yesterday, today, tomorrow - Students draw own
clocks.
o Students draw a timeline of their daily activities and label with time and activity.
o Look for patterns in the classroom - Use three different colours to create patterns.
o Organise objects into weights – heaviest to lightest.