Cubes and Cylinders – I’d like you do these word problems as chimney calculations. Discuss with someone what type of calculation you are going to do and why? What clues are in the words? Watch out! Some are 2 step calculations!

A train is on a journey of 700km. It has got 285km to go. How far has it already travelled?

462 children are at a concert. There are 379 more adults than children. How many adults are at the concert?

At the end of a football match there are 582 people still watching. At the start of the match there were 748. How many people went home during the match?

A farmer has 245 sheep. He sold some at the market and now he has 182. How many sheep did he sell?

On Saturday 320 people visited the sports centre. On Sunday there were 208 more visitors than the Saturday. How many people visited the sports centre over the weekend?

Finlay is 122cm tall. Isla is 5cm taller than Nuria and Nuria is 13cm shorter than Finlay. How tall are Isla and Nuria?

You also have 2 Sumdog challenges that you can have a go at.

 

The next 2 weeks we are focussing on story building following a similar plan to the building of our Egyptian story. We remember how it took a long time to craft our story. A good story is like a curry. You can’t make it in a hurry! You have to have all the correct ingredients. You have to taste it as you go, adding a little bit of this and a little bit of that. You have to let it simmer and bubble until you’ve made something that lots of people will enjoy. Anyone hungry now? You know Mrs O always like to use food as similes and metaphors!

THEME AND SETTING

First of all decide on the theme of your story. Is it an adventure story? A mystery? A funny story? A spooky tale? A sporting story?

Decide next on the setting of your story. A castle? Space? Spooky house?  Have a look at Pobble to inspire an idea for a theme and setting.

https://www.pobble365.com/

And check out BBC Bitesize for some more info on setting

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpccwmn/articles/zytbrdm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfxtyrd/articles/zbgmmfr

CHARACTER

Think about who the stars of your story are going to be. Remember not to have too many characters as you can lose track of them. Draw your characters in detail and add adjectives to remind you of the type of character they are – kind, scary, cunning, magical….

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfxtyrd/articles/z49hhbk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpccwmn/articles/zqf32nb

PLANNING PICTURE

Remember we planned our stories out in a few different ways? We drew a big picture with all our ideas of what could happen. Some of them we used and some of them we didn’t. It helped us be creative.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpccwmn/articles/zqmkh39

STORY MOUNTAIN

We also built a story mountain so we could structure our stories clearly. Click the link for more information and climb your mountain!

Now you have some clear ideas, you can give your story a title. You could always change it if your plan changes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfxtyrd/articles/zhh992p

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpccwmn/articles/zwmt4qt

COMIC STYLE

Another method we used was creating the beginning, middle and end of our story in comic book style. It helped us focus on the main events, the plot twists and how any dangers or problems were fixed. Why not give that a go?

VCOP THINK BOARD

Remember the importance of drawing the reader in with a fantastic opener. Describe the setting. Introduce a character. Don’t just jump into the action. Build up the suspense. Remember the importance of vocabulary, connectives, openers and punctuation. Create an image with a simile, weave a magic spell with your wonderful words! Add excitement with an adverb! In class we created a think board of all our VCOP ideas so we didn’t forget them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfkk7ty/articles/z9tkxfr

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfkk7ty/articles/zq4c7p3

FIRST DRAFT

Now you have gone through all the planning stages it’s time to get writing that first draft. Remember there should be a beginning, a build up, a problem or a challenge, a fix to the problem and an ending.

We used a lot of BBC 500 word resources. Here is a link. If you download the teacher/parent resource pack you will find lots of help and printables to create your story.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/J5GH9skxCc1ngyT5GWqYlj/learning-resources

EDIT AND FINAL COPY

Once you have written your story, read it over carefully to see if you can improve it. All authors have to proof read and edit!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpccwmn/articles/zpyhtyc

Finally, why not add a front cover to your story and add illustrations?

Good luck with your story challenge. You can email me a copy if you like or get someone to take a photo of the author at work!

Remember you have 2 weeks to write your story so take your time.

Multiplication Monday

We had been learning to use repeated addition and arrays to solve multiplication problems. Try these problems

Finlay has six packets of stickers. There are five stickers in each packet. Make or draw an array to show the problem.

How many stickers does he have altogether?

Isla plants some bulbs in the garden. Work out how many bulbs she has planted for each example. You can draw or make an array. Try to write your answer as a repeated addition sentence and as a multiplication sentence.

for example

3 rows of 2  is the same as 2+2+2   and 3×2 So she’s planted 6 bulbs.

4 rows of 10                   5 rows of 5                     2 rows of 3

Finally can you work out how many bulbs she’s planted altogether? You can include my example in your calculation.

Good morning P4! Hope you are well. Happy Star Wars Day! I’m working in the Tayview Hub this week so I won’t be posting on the blog. This week you should complete the next unit of Get Spelling if that applies to you and do some active spelling activities, sentence writing and check out spelling games on topmarks.

Try some creative writing inspired by the pictures on Pobble or answers some of the related questions. Or use Once Upon a Picture to inspire your story writing.

https://www.onceuponapicture.co.uk/

https://www.pobble365.com/

Keep up to date with your daily RWI lesson too if that applies.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ

Scroll to last week’s activities to make sure you covered as much of that as you can. Remember to check out Oxford Owl, Dundee Science Centre, Glasgow Science Centre and all the other websites mentioned previously. This week is Body Week at Dundee Science Centre so have a look.

https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/gsc-at-home

https://www.dundeesciencecentre.org.uk/body-bits-week

https://www.themathsfactor.com/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

I’ve put a maths challenge on Sumdog if you want to have a go.

VE DAY – Friday 8th May 2020 is the 75th anniversary of VE Day – the end of the Second World War in Europe. You can learn more on the link below.

https://www.historyforkids.net/ve-and-vj-days.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48201749

https://glowscotland-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/ddcoglesby911_glow_sch_uk/EWqlkwR4T8FNmScyDBF8UfcBqkoxK54UJfA7KBKINZCJYw?e=8SWpdQ

Above you will see a link to a maths calendar for May. Some stuff we were covering in this term but have a go at it!

Also on Friday we would have been on holiday, so feel free to have a chill out day!

Have a good week!

Mrs O

Do a Daily 10 to check your tables then repeat it to see if you can beat it.

Make sure you are up to date with your Get Spelling unit. Ask someone to give you a spelling check. RWI ask someone to give you a spelling check on Green words of your choice and some Red words from your list.

Check out some fun star gazing tips on the link below

https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/gsc-at-home/coming-soon

If you’ve enjoyed Space Week at Dundee Science Centre, why not enter their competition?

https://www.dundeesciencecentre.org.uk/competition-of-the-week

You have till 4pm to complete your Sumdog challenges!

How are your leaflets/posters for your favourite Dundee tourist attraction coming along? You can email a pic if you like!

 

Numeracy – all groups. Click the link. Choose a times table sheet to challenge yourself with. You don’t need a printer, just do the work in your jotter or on a piece of paper.

https://www.timestables.co.uk/worksheets/

Literacy

 

Make sure you are up to date with your Get Spelling unit and all the literacy activities you have been set.

RWI children, do your daily lesson on YouTube and/or practise your speed sounds and words from your folder

Have you had a go at Sumdog spelling?

Go to the webpage of a well known local tourist attraction Read the information and create a leaflet or a poster to advertise the attraction. You’ll need to include location, what people can see there, how much it costs. Maybe you could redesign the logo or create a mascot Use your imagination!

Science

https://www.dundeesciencecentre.org.uk/space-week

Catch up with yesterday’s astronaut chat and then learn about the International Space Station.

Get Spelling – Use 5 of your spelling words in 5 super sentences. Don’t forget VCOP!

RWI – tune in to your daily lesson on YouTube

I’d like everyone who hasn’t had a go at their Sumdog spelling to give it a go if they can! Anyone who wants to do their castle drawing and sent it to me with a factfile can do that too if they want. Thank you Teya for your lovely picture and information.

Numeracy – Do a Daily 10 on Topmarks .

Practise saying your tables while doing an exercise like jogging on the spot, bouncing a ball, doing squats – get mind and body working together!

Have a go at your Sumdog challenge.

Science

This week is Space Week with Dundee Science Centre. Click the link for some really interesting activities from Monday and Tuesday.

https://www.dundeesciencecentre.org.uk/space-week

Today you can see a real NASA astronaut and hear him talk about his missions.

Literacy

Get spelling children – use some of your words from this week’s unit in some Active Spelling activities like pyramid writing, rainbow writing, bubble writing etc.

Then try this spelling game.

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

RWI children – tune into YouTube for your daily lesson.  Then do this proof read in your jotter.

i  lik to go on the swings in the parc

numeracy

cubes and cylinders – Try this word problem.

Finlay and Jane are seeing who can bounce the ball the most times. Finlay manages 148 bounces. Jane manages 396 bounces!  How many more bounces did Jane manage? Jane is aiming for 500 bounces. How many more does she need?

pyramids – lets practise yesterday’s think boards again with these problems,

Isla has 19 straws and some bottles. She puts one straw in each bottle and has 3 straws left. How many bottles does Isla have?

Jess has 25 red beads and 18 blue beads. How many more red beads does she have?

Sumdog – remember there is  a numeracy and spelling challenge on Sumdog if you want to take part.

 

 

Hello Primary 4:)  I hope you are managing to get some form of exercise every day, whether it be a walk or Joe Wickes or something else.  I know that myself and my girls are enjoying our daily walk, especially when the weather has been so good!

If you are looking for some other way to keep fit and have fun Scottish Youth Dance are doing online dance classes and every Monday they upload a package of 4 dance classes to their website for you to do at home. Each weekly package contains:

A YCreate creative dance class for ages 1 – 5 with an adult
A YCreate creative dance class for ages 5 – 9

Just follow this link and choose a dance class:

https://ydance.org/participation/online-dance-classes/

Have fun! 🙂

RBS are launching live Facebook and YouTube lessons for children today. Go to Royal Bank of Scotland on Facebook for the link.

11.30-12 ages 5-8 Todays lesson is on coins and notes

12-12.30 – ages 8-12 Todays lesson is on budgeting