Monthly Archives: June 2020
Event 7: Javelin
Event 8: Speed “saucepan” Bounce
Event 9: Frog Dash
Event 10: Spinny Challenge
Primary 4 – Literacy Week beginning 8th June
Here are your literacy activities for the week. Remember you do what you can do. There is no expectation that you do it all. I’ve just given a variety of activities. If you haven’t started/completed our story writing challenge from a few weeks ago, why not make that your focus? I would really love to read anything you have created, however small.
Remember that JK Rowling’s new book can be read online. You also have an opportunity to draw characters that you can send in. Maybe your drawing will appear in the published book!
https://www.theickabog.com/read-the-story/
If you want to read an e-book then get someone at home to register on Oxford Owl- there are so many books of so many types to enjoy.
Get Spelling Blue Group/Red group – please complete the next unit in your workbook over the course of the week. Choose 10 words from that unit and make them your spelling focus. Ask someone to give you a spelling check on Friday. It’s up to you how you learn your spellings. You may prefer to simply remember the spellings or you may prefer to do Active Spelling. Below you will see a chart of some Active Spelling ideas – some are of more use than others. Remember we have used a variety in class.
Above is a link to a comprehension activity that the Get Spelling children can have a go at. It’s called Wanted – A Real Dragon.
RWI children – please continue to engage with your daily lesson on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDe74j1F52zRJc5SKIq2QA85oScvky-PP
Why not practice some of your Red Words from your Red Word List using the Active Spelling grid above?
Below is a link to all your speed sound cards if you want to download them.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/
Want to listen to some stories being read aloud? Click the link.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/storyteller-videos/
Try to improve these sentences. Remember to use openers, more exciting vocabulary, joining words and punctuation.
- the dog is on the grass
- i saw a cat
- it was a hot day
Edit these sentences for spelling mistakes and punctuation.
- i so a big berd in me garden
- wil you brin your phone to my house
Primary 4 Numeracy week beginning 8th June – links and active maths
I have listed lots of different activities for you to choose from for the week. We will have a Time and Money focus this week in games and written activities but I would like you to continue to practise your times tables daily. You will also have a couple of Sumdog challenges to complete.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/money
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/measures
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
How about using your multiplication tables in a creative way? Above you can see a multiplication flower. Why not create a multiplication garden over the week with lots of colour and a variety of flower shapes for each times table.
Remember the importance of getting your body moving in maths. I’m sure you’ve tried bouncing, skipping. throwing, jumping etc when practising your mental calculating. Keep that up. What about linking arms with someone at home and marching around the house or garden. Choose a times table and each time you get to a multiple do a hop, skip, jump, quiet voice, loud voice! Or pat hands together and each time you hit a multiple you have to do something different, like turn around or bounce to the ground and back up… the possibilities are endless!
Remember we did algebra in class? We got sticks, stones etc (or pizza toppings) and gave each thing a value. We then created calculations for others to solve. How about gathering some bits and pieces and having a go. Maybe someone could create one for you to solve?
How about practising your measuring skills with some baking? Accurate measures are really important for a great cake! Maybe you could calculate the difference between different ingredients or calculate totals? Flour and sugar added together? Difference between the butter measure and the flour etc? So you get to do maths then enjoy a lovely piece of home baking after! Win win!
This link has some maths activities you can take outside.
https://www.weareteachers.com/active-math-games/
Here we have the link to June’s Ist Level Maths Calendar. Remember you may not be able to do it all – just give it a go.
Primary 4 – week begining 8th June Written Numeracy
Below you will see a series of written activities for the week. Remember there is no expectation that you do it all. There are a variety of time and money activities so choose your level of challenge.
Primary 4 – Week beginning 1st June
Another sunny day. Remember your sun cream!
It’s Big Biodiversity Week at Glasgow Science Centre so join them at 10 am every day or catch up later for some fun activities related to life on Earth and the environment.
https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/gsc-at-home/coming-soon
Meanwhile at Dundee Science Centre it’s Flight Week.
https://www.dundeesciencecentre.org.uk/flight-week
If you haven’t begun or completed the stages of your story and your final copy with a cover, this would be a great week to get stuck in.
How are your times tables coming along? Practise them every day!
Why not catch up on the instalments of JK Rowling’s The Ickabog and enter the illustration competition?
https://www.theickabog.com/home/
I’ve set up some Sumdog Maths Challenges too.
The V&A have a great learning resource site where you can design a computer game character, learn all about comic books, design a garden and much more.
https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/info/learning-resources
