Tuesday 28th 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 – SPLENDID

In your jotters, you can set it out like this:

WORD:  Splendid

Meaning:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Uplevelled Paragraph:

TASK 2:  Figurative and Literal Language

In class we have been learning about literal questions, these are questions in which the answers can ‘literally’ be taken from the text/video/audio clip etc.

Language can be literal (obvious, plainly stated, communicates exactly what is meant) and figurative (suggests and infers meaning, rather than simply stating it). Learning how to use figurative language will help with your own writing and make it more interesting to the reader.

Complete the Bitesize Lesson on Figurative Language and try the activities:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfcccqt

Then watch these clips of music videos and look out for examples of figurative language!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls00WrpTp88&feature=emb_logo

Good Morning Primary 7, I hope you are all well.  I thought it would be handy if I posted this again as some of you may have forgotten about Epic Books, handy if you are looking for something different to read 🙂  Please note that this code only works during school hours.

I have signed us up to Epic Books, they are allowing us to have free access to ebooks, learning videos and quizzes until June! This includes fiction, non-fiction, STEM, biographies and graphic novels.  This might prove useful when you come to write your Non-Chronological Report.

To access this go to:

http://www.getepic.com/students

Please note that after school hours the website may ask for card details, there is no need to do this – just log on during the normal school hours.

Tuesday 28th 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 Bitesize Lesson

SPICY

789000 – 326999

628.19 + 398.01 + 43.6

36597 x 6

27568 ÷ 4

HOT

468210.36 – 298004.108

3265974.025 + 65189.35 + 3264.08 + 1009

109 x 99

26189.032 ÷ 4

EXTRA –

782595 ÷ 9            76521.76 ÷ 8            180084 ÷ 6                   33592 ÷ 13

TASK 2 – Bitesize Daily Lesson

Revision of multi-step addition and subtraction problems – follow this link and watch the slideshows and complete the activities.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6ynscw

EXTRA TASK: Create some of your own multi-step problems, can you test them out on someone at home or send to them a classmate to complete 🙂

Hello Primary 7:)  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
2 x dance style classes for ages 10 and up

Just follow this link and choose a dance class:

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

Have fun! 🙂

Monday 27th April Literacy Tasks

TASK 1 – Get Spelling

Here are the Speed Spell words for this week, please ask someone at home to read them out to you so that you can write them in your Practice Books.

Green Group – you have finished all units, we will now work on the Orange Words from the Get Spelling Programme.

Green Book Words– accommodate, according, achieve, amateur, aggressive and appreciate (write these in a jotter since you have finished the green book).

Blue Book Words Unit 8– machine, chute, sachet, quiche, charade and fuchsia.

Red Book Words Unit 4 – biggest, flattest, drabbest, glummer, madder and thinner.

Once you have done this, please complete the following (Green group you can fill in any pages that you haven’t yet completed:

– Spelling Zone

– Dots and Dashes

– Word Changers

TASK 2 – 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 – INTREPID

In your jotters, you can set it out like this:

WORD:  Intrepid

Meaning:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Uplevelled Paragraph:

TASK 3:  PUNCTUATION AND PARAGRAPH REVISION

Follow this link to today’s Literacy focus on BBC Bitesize:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhy72sg

Please complete the activities to revise punctuation and using paragraphs effectively in your writing.

ADDITIONAL TASK: Complete any unfinished tasks from previous weeks.

Monday 27th April – Numeracy Tasks

Good Morning Primary 7! I hope you all had a lovely weekend and are ready for another week of home learning, do what you can and keep up the good work! Please remember you are not under any pressure to complete everything on the blog, some days you may do more and some days you may do less, it is what works best for you and your family.  I am not working in the Hub this week therefore will be available to answer any questions so please just email me 🙂

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,  Countdown,  Sumdog

SPICY

358964– 199899

325.74 + 210.5 + 32.99

59847 x 6

487088 ÷ 7

HOT

654821.38 – 259879.108

3684511.754 + 58421.004 + 638.8

399 x 96

796674 ÷ 8

EXTRA –

765 x 34            334 x 23            875  x 44           832 x 18

COUNTDOWN  – Can you reach the target number? The challenge is to use the numbers available and the four standard operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) to hit the target.

Each number can only be used once but it may not be necessary to use all the numbers.

You can comment on this post and let me know if you manage to reach the target!

TARGET –  680

NUMBERS –  25, 5, 1, 5, 3, 9

Here is the link to the online game if you wish to challenge yourself further! https://nrich.maths.org/6499

SUMDOG – Log into Sumdog and take part in the Home Maths Challenge.  This is a new challenge I have just set up and will finish on Friday, good luck!

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

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

1. 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:

GREEN BOOK: https://glowscotland-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/ddspaton810_glow_sch_uk/EauCKaMHb2VJpqKQHEZ2YrIBWjQSiJ3CQu__93oKjEoDDA?e=6VYbxW

BLUE BOOK: https://glowscotland-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/ddspaton810_glow_sch_uk/ETu1egp3VutFnKyEOokVfXkBJtuscE01WBOXrVCvfQwP_g?e=x6IDZo

RED BOOK: https://glowscotland-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/ddspaton810_glow_sch_uk/Eb6kBOqFsOZHrQUNp9ZGDdkBajMiW5QNHFYb_5kAKt0wcg?e=8EFAUD

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

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

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

1. Read this article about keeping a diary/journal:            https://choices.scholastic.com/issues/2019-20/040120/dear-diary.html
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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 🙂