Good Afternoon Primary 7,
Here is the final leaderboard for the Home Learning Maths Challenge, well done to everyone that took part!
1st – Viktor
2nd – Aimee
3rd – Yusuf
4th – Caitlyn
5th – Klara
Monthly Archives: April 2020
PRIMARY 7-LITERACY 24/4/20
Friday 24th April Literacy Tasks
TASK 1 – Vocabulary Word of the Day Task. The template is in your home learning pack, PLEASE DO NOT FILL THIS IN (as there is only one of them) but use it as a guide and do the task in the literacy jotter that is in your pack.
WORD OF THE DAY – INEXPLICABLE
In your jotters, you can set it out like this:
WORD: Inexplicable
Meaning:
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Uplevelled Paragraph:
TASK 2 – GET SPELLING
- Ask someone at home to test you with the spelling words from Monday:
Green Book Words Unit 12 – torpedoes, heroes, echoes, bookshelves, halves and thieves.
Blue Book Words Unit 7– character, echo, chaos, technology, school and architect.
Red Book Words Unit 3 – trickier, tidiest, sillier, funniest, messier and luckiest.
2. TEAM TEACH -Ask someone at home to read out the words or call a classmate and take it in turns to read out the words.
Here are the Team Teach words for each book:
TASK 3 – RESEARCH FOR NON-CHRONOLOGICAL REPORT
Before we finished school , we were learning about the features of non-chronological reports and discussed that when the schools are closed I would like you all to work on creating your own report.
Before the holidays you were asked to decide on a topic for your report, please can you continue to gather some research, take notes and create a spider diagram as we have done in class. Remember each part of the diagram can be used for a sub-heading in your report.
If you have completed your spider diagram you can begin to write your report. In your Home Learning Pack you will find an example of a report (Crocodiles and Alligators) and a Non-Chronological Report Features Checklist. You can write your report in a similar format to the example or you can create your own: you can write it, type it, use Powerpoint, it is up to you! Also remember to check the Features Checklist to ensure you have included everything.
Here are some of the videos we watched in class to refresh your memory:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs7iGTA_Fcw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4rNkcTqT6I&feature=emb_logo
PRIMARY 7-NUMERACY 24/4/20
Friday 24th April – Numeracy Tasks
Good Morning Primary 7! Here is today’s Board Number, please complete in the maths jotter that is in your home learning pack. Remember you do not have to do the extra, this is simply an extra challenge.
Once you have finished, please use a calculator to correct or ask someone at home to correct your work. Remember, you can also use the inverse operation to correct your work too. For example 28472 x 6, once you have the answer, to use the inverse operation to correct, simply carry out a division calculation using your answer divided by 6 (the answer to this division calculation should be 28472).
TASKS – Board Number, Bitesize Challenge and Maths Puzzles
SPICY
321000– 105999
800.08 + 289.28 + 9.07
6954 x 8
34375 ÷ 5
HOT
365942.49 – 116584.829
1195311.105 + 84231.28 + 6584.8 + 394
387 x 44
24357.95 ÷ 5
EXTRA – Use a calculator to do the following divisions and write your answer rounded to 1 decimal place –
a) 73 ÷ 15 (b) 800 ÷ 96 (c) 61.7 ÷ 0.82 (d) 9.63 ÷ 10.2
TASK 2: Bitesize Challenge
Complete this week’s Bitesize Challenge: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhvx6v4
TASK 3: MATHS PUZZLES
Test your brain and have a go at some of these puzzles! https://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/starter-puzzles-index.html
PRIMARY 7 – LITERACY 23/4/20
Thursday 23rd April Literacy Tasks
TASK 1 – Vocabulary Word of the Day Task. The template is in your home learning pack, PLEASE DO NOT FILL THIS IN (as there is only one of them) but use it as a guide and do the task in the literacy jotter that is in your pack.
WORD OF THE DAY – FORMIDABLE
In your jotters, you can set it out like this:
WORD: Formidable
Meaning:
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Uplevelled Paragraph:
TASK 2 – GET SPELLING BOOKS
Please complete Choose the Right Word then any pages/ Special Focus you haven’t completed. (Special Focus pages up to the unit that you are currently working on).
Please revise this week’s spelling words from Monday ready for spelling test tomorrow.
TASK 3 – Scholastic’s Learn at Home Article
- Read this article about keeping a diary/journal: https://choices.scholastic.com/issues/2019-20/040120/dear-diary.html
- Once you have read the article, create some of your own literal and inferential questions based on the article. We have been working on these questions in class, remember literal questions are questions that come directly from the text and inferential questions involve the reader having to search for clues to answer the question.
- Ask someone to home to read the article and then answer your questions, or ask a classmate to answer them by commenting on this post.
- Select one of the writing prompts from the article and turn it into a journal entry. A drawing, a poem, a collage—there is no wrong way to journal, so be as creative as you want.
ADDITIONAL TASK – Start your own diary/journal of this time we are having to spend at home due to the virus, add a bit each day and remember it can be a drawing, a poem, anything you want! You could use the blank jotters in your Home Learning pack if you wish 🙂
PRIMARY 7-NUMERACY 23/4/20
Thursday 23rd April – Numeracy Tasks
Good Morning Primary 7! Here is today’s Board Number, please complete in the maths jotter that is in your home learning pack. Remember you do not have to do the extra, this is simply an extra challenge.
Once you have finished, please use a calculator to correct or ask someone at home to correct your work. Remember, you can also use the inverse operation to correct your work too. For example 28472 x 6, once you have the answer, to use the inverse operation to correct, simply carry out a division calculation using your answer divided by 6 (the answer to this division calculation should be 28472).
TASKS – Board Number and Podcast Maths Quiz
SPICY
954871– 537899
102.52 + 2128.38 + 38.49
16508 x 9
89922 ÷ 7
HOT
1258497.71 – 859965.068
268211.284 + 36847.18 + 3584.8 + 694
297 x 38
88625.25 ÷ 7
EXTRA –
Find the value of:
a)4 x 7 x 75 (b) 8 x 697 x 5 (c) 6 x 423 x 34 (d) 8 x 352 x 41
TASK 2 – PODCAST MATHS QUIZ – (You may be asked to sign up to BBC to access this, ask an adult at home – it’s just an email address and then create a password, I just set up an account for myself)
Each of these quizzes discuss an area of maths – this quiz focuses on ‘product’ and what this is – we were learning about products, factors and multiples before school closed. Remember the product is the answer when two or more values are multiplied together. Here is some information about the product: https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/product.html
(Add product to your maths dictionary if you don’t already have it written down).
You will need your jotter/paper and a pencil – listen to the podcast, there are various questions and then the answers are given too. The last round is Target Number, the same as we play in class. Keep a score of your points! Let me know your scores by commenting on this post. Good Luck!
PRIMARY 7 – EARTH DAY 2020
Today is Earth Day 2020 and it is also the 50th anniversary of this day. Typically, Earth Day is assigned a different theme or area of focus each year; this year’s theme is Climate Action. Can you create your own image or poster to highlight this year’s theme?
If we had been in school we would have been thinking about what we can do to help the planet and also thinking about the Global Goals that we studied in Term 1. Things are different however, and with social distancing in place, Earth Day has gone digital. To see a catalogue of official events, visit earthday.org.
Dundee Science Centre are also celebrating Earth Week this week. They are adding home learning challenges to their website for children to complete at home. Follow this link and have a go at some of the activities:
PRIMARY 7-LITERACY 22/4/20
Wednesday 22nd April Literacy Tasks
TASK 1 – Vocabulary Word of the Day Task. The template is in your home learning pack, PLEASE DO NOT FILL THIS IN (as there is only one of them) but use it as a guide and do the task in the literacy jotter that is in your pack.
WORD OF THE DAY – SERENE
In your jotters, you can set it out like this:
WORD: Serene
Meaning:
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Uplevelled Paragraph:
TASK 2 – GET SPELLING BOOKS
Please complete Dictation and Four in a Row – ask someone at home to help with reading out the sentences and the words for Four in a Row, or you can call one of your classmates and work together!
TASK 3 – Please go to the Wonderopolis website (QR code is on the grid) and choose a wonder of interest. https://wonderopolis.org/
Read the article and then complete the activities on the template that is in your Home Learning Pack. DO NOT FILL IN THE TEMPLATE BUT USE AS A GUIDE.
Layout will look like this in your jotters:
New Vocabulary – what new words did you see? Write them down and then find out the definition.
Summary – Write the most important information from the article.
An Inference – What can you infer from this article?
There is an example on the other side of the template.
PRIMARY 7-NUMERACY 22/4/20
Wednesday 22nd April – Numeracy Tasks
Good Morning Primary 7! Here is today’s Board Number, please complete in the maths jotter that is in your home learning pack. Remember you do not have to do the extra, this is simply an extra challenge.
Once you have finished, please use a calculator to correct or ask someone at home to correct your work. Remember, you can also use the inverse operation to correct your work too. For example 28472 x 6, once you have the answer, to use the inverse operation to correct, simply carry out a division calculation using your answer divided by 6 (the answer to this division calculation should be 28472).
TASKS – Board Number and Negative Numbers
SPICY
684900– 421996
3204.52 + 108.93 + 46.59
31921 x 7
29124 ÷ 6
HOT
800580.28 – 529879.904
1195214.083 + 22187.96 + 5384.5 + 199
396 x 59
48899.018 ÷ 7
EXTRA –
68 x 46 328 x 75 532 x 274 321.45 x 12
TASK 2: NEGATIVE NUMBERS
We were learning about negative numbers last term, use this link to refresh your understanding and complete the activities. Remember we learned to Add Same Sign and Subtract If Different 🙂
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjbk8xs
Once you have done this, answer these questions:
a) 2 + (-8) b) -21 + 36 c) (-5) + (-17) d) 14 – 18
e) -45 + 53 f) -48 + 48 g) 15 – 8 – 3- 7 h) 80 + (10 – 20 – 30)
Primary 7 – Literacy 21/4/20
Tuesday 21st April Literacy Tasks
TASK 1 – Vocabulary Word of the Day Task. The template is in your home learning pack, PLEASE DO NOT FILL THIS IN (as there is only one of them) but use it as a guide and do the task in the literacy jotter that is in your pack.
WORD OF THE DAY – EXQUISITE
In your jotters, you can set it out like this:
WORD: Exquisite
Meaning:
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Uplevelled Paragraph:
TASK 2: LEARNING HOW TO WRITE A SPEECH
Over the last 2 terms we have been working hard in cooperative groups to improve confidence in talking to different people and learning various ways to respond. Following on from this we were going to be learning about the techniques for writing a short speech that will grab your audience’s attention. Although we are not in school, we can still continue with our learning and BBC Bitesize have produced some lessons that we are going to use.
Learning how to write a speech will be beneficial for you as you may be asked to do this when you are at high school. Writing a speech uses similar techniques to those we learned about when studying persuasive writing – do you remember what AFOREST means?
Today I would like you to use the following link to access the lesson. Watch the video, read the information and then complete the quiz to test your knowledge (Activity 1).
Then complete Activity 2:
Write a short speech of about 150 words on one of the following topics (remember to use the techniques):
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Persuade your parents that social media is essential in helping you socialise.
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Persuade your friends that exercise is important.
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Persuade your neighbours to take part in a scheme to help your local community (You could link this to the Stay Home advice we are following at the moment)
EXTRA – ACTIVITY 3 on Bitesize link.
Primary 7 – Numeracy 21/4/20
Tuesday 21st April – Numeracy Tasks
Good Morning Primary 7! Here is today’s Board Number, please complete in the maths jotter that is in your home learning pack. Remember you do not have to do the extra, this is simply an extra challenge.
Once you have finished, please use a calculator to correct or ask someone at home to correct your work. Remember, you can also use the inverse operation to correct your work too. For example 28472 x 6, once you have the answer, to use the inverse operation to correct, simply carry out a division calculation using your answer divided by 6 (the answer to this division calculation should be 28472).
TASKS – Board Number and continue with Maths Calendar/Corbett Maths
SPICY
359871– 193889
1105.32 + 95.84 + 9.07
6249 x 8
67109 ÷ 7
HOT
895112.81 – 621996.281
365122.084 + 9584.19 + 519.9 + 32.099
291 x 84
35402.7 ÷ 6
Rounding Revision – Round:
a) 29.663 to the nearest whole number
b) 12.209 to 1 decimal place
c) 5.097 to 2 decimal places
d) 199.96 to 1 decimal place
e) 19610 to the nearest thousand
f) 57482 to the nearest thousand
EXTRA –
34 x 86 443 x 75 321 x 521 432.43 x 9
TASK 2: CONTINUE WITH PREVIOUS NUMERACY TASKS – MATHS CALENDARS OR CORBETT MATHS
Please continue to work on any of the following:
MATHS CALENDARS
Please use these Maths Calendars for some revision and further challenge. You do not have to complete all of them today!
I have pasted the link below to three levels, 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
1st Level will be revision and if you have a younger sibling at home you could even teach them how to do it – remember teaching others helps us to recall 90% of what we learn!
The 2nd level is what we will have been doing in class and the 3rd level you will have done bits of, so don’t worry if you are not sure of all of the 3rd level questions.
Corbett Maths – Primary 5 a day
Please complete some of the worksheets on Corbett Maths 5 a day – you do not need to print the worksheet, simply write the question in your jotters and work it out.
Start on the 1st April and begin to work through them, you do not need to complete all of April in one day! There are 4 levels of difficulty ranging from Bronze to Platinum (most difficult). Please do not worry if there is a question you are unsure of.
Here is the link to the April questions:
https://corbettmathsprimary.com/2019/12/03/printer-friendly-5-a-day-april/
Here is where you can find the answers, please have a go at working out the answer before checking the answers. You may wish to complete one day, correct it and then move onto the next day.
https://corbettmathsprimary.com/2018/05/30/5-a-day-april-answers/
