Hello Primary 3/4, I hope that you and your families are well and enjoyed the sunshine over the long weekend. Thank you for all the work you have completed so far and please find below this week’s home learning tasks.

Literacy & English
1) This weeks phonic sound is “ai” and your words to practice reading and spelling are: stair, hair, chair, rain, brain, train, stain. If you want to challenge yourself further, try to think of 5 different ai words. You could practice spelling these by colour coding the vowels and the consonants – each time you write the word, write the consonants in red and the vowels in blue. Remember, vowels are a, e, i, o and u.
2) Aim to spend around 20-25 minutes on Bug Club. You could split this into 2 shorter sessions of 10 minutes if you wish. I have made sure that you all have books allocated. Remember to check for any teacher feedback too.
3) Become an author and write an imaginative story that you can read to entertain your family. Think about who the characters in your story are and where the setting is. Try to remember a beginning, middle and end. You may also try to include a problem and resolution for the main character – just like we did in class when we wrote our Winnie the Witch stories!

Numeracy & Maths
4) Go on sumdog and complete the challenge questions focused on 2x 5x and 10x tables. When you log in and go to play a game, the multiplication questions will come up first. Last week’s questions on subtraction are still there if you have not completed them yet.
5) Practice some addition calculations. You can ask your adult to help you by giving you some questions too. Talk to your adult about the strategies you are using. Below are some examples to get your started.
a. 6 + 7 = 5 + 4 = 8 + 9 =
b. 10 + 3 = 10 + 7 = 10 + 5 =
c. 12 + 4 = 15 + 3 = 16 + 2 =
d. 18 + 5 = 17 + 7 = 13 + 9 =
e. 24 + 12 = 36 + 11 = 34 + 35 =
If you wish to challenge yourself further, try the questions in the picture below. Can you find the missing number?

6) Practice your numeracy skills using the link below. This is the Funky Mummy game that we have used in class. The great thing is that you can choose the skill you wish to work on.

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/funkyMummy/index.html

All My Other Learning
7) Go on a minibeast hunt and look in different habitats. Make a note of the minibeasts that you find and where you find them. What do you notice? You may try to keep a note of the minibeasts you find using tally marks. This video may remind you how to use them:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z7r9jxs

8) Mrs Hill’s music activities are here:

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/mrshmusic/2020/05/07/p3-4-music-activities-week-beginning-11th-may-2020/

9) It is important we try to keep ourselves positive during these tricky times. As a family, you may think about creating a wish jar. This is a really nice activity whereby each day family members write down then put in a little wish or something that they are looking forward to doing once our lives return to normal a little more. Then, when the time is right, everyone can sit together and read each other’s wishes – and even try to make them come true!

Take care of yourself and each other and I hope to see you when we can,
From Mrs Hastings x

Hi everyone!

I hope you’ve all had a good week so far.  This is just a little reminder that it is a bank holiday weekend so please just relax, enjoy the time with each other and make the most of the sunshine (fingers crossed we get some!).

I will post next weeks home learning ideas for you on Monday.

Missing you all,

Love from Mrs Hastings x

Hello Primary 3/4, I hope that you and your families are well and enjoying family time together. Please find below this week’s home learning tasks. Remember – only do what you can and don’t worry. Health and happiness come first!

Literacy & English
1) This weeks phonic sound is “qu” and your words to practice reading and spelling are: quick, square, queen, quiz, quarter, quilt and quit. If you want to challenge yourself further, try to think of 5 different qu words. You could practice spelling these in colour using Rollin’ Rainbow Spelling.

2) Aim to spend around 20-25 minutes on Bug Club. You could split this into 2 shorter sessions of 10 minutes if you wish. I have made sure that you all have books allocated. Remember to check for any teacher feedback too.
3) Become an illustrator and design a new front cover for a book you have at home or have read on Bug Club. Think about the information you need to include such as the title and author. Aim to make it eye catching for the reader.

Numeracy & Maths
4) Go on sumdog and complete the challenge questions focused on subtraction. When you log in and go to play a game, the subtraction questions will come up first. Last week’s questions on addition are still there if you have not completed them yet.
5) Practice telling the time around the house. Look and see how many clocks you can find in the house – microwaves, phones etc. Try to make a daily timetable to show how you spend a day. Write down the time and the activity you are doing. For example:
9:00 am Eat my breakfast
11:30am Go on sumdog
4:15pm Family walk
7:00pm Dinner together

6) Practice number bonds for 10 and 20. If you are unsure, it may help to draw them out. If you feel ready, you could try number bonds to 100. For example, 60 add ? = 100? 45 add ? = 100 79 add ? = 100
a. 6 + ? = 10
b. 3 + ? = 10
c. 9 + ? = 10
d. 15 + ? = 20
e. 13 + ? = 20
f. 18 + ? = 20

All My Other Learning
7) Design your own symmetrical butterfly. You could draw this in your home learning jotter or you could draw one on card/paper and cut it out. Did you know that a butterflies wings are symmetrical? Here is a short video to remind you what symmetry means and some pictures to get you started: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/ztpyr82

8) It is important we keep active during our time at home. Use the link below to access one of our favourite videos in class – Learning Station’s Move and Freeze. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=388Q44ReOWE

Mrs Hill has prepared some tasks for you too:

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/mrshmusic/2020/04/30/p3-4-music-activities-week-beginning-4th-may-2020/

Take care of yourself and each other and I hope to see you when we can,
From Mrs Hastings x

Hello Primary 3/4!
I hope that you and your families had a lovely Easter break and have been enjoying the amazing sunshine we have been getting. Below, you will find a selection of home learning tasks for you to try to work on this week.

1) This weeks phonic sound is “ea” and your words to practice reading and spelling are: speak, clean, steal, team, stream, eat and wheat. Some ideas for you to practice these words could be to write them 3 times in your red home learning jotter (in your folder), put them into sentences or write them in rainbow writing. If you want to challenge yourself further, try to think of 5 different ea words.
2) Aim to spend around 20-25 minutes on Bug Club. You could split this into 2 shorter sessions of 10 minutes if you wish. I have made sure that you all have books allocated. Remember to check for any teacher feedback too.
3) In your home learning jotter, on a blank page draw a picture of something you have been doing that you have really enjoyed (eg baking cakes, going for a family walk, watching a movie). On the lined page next to it, write some sentences to describe it. Try to include adjectives and underline them in blue if you can.

4) In maths, we were learning about estimating and measuring. Go on sumdog and complete the task focused on measure. When you log in and go to play a game, the measure questions will come up first.
5) Practice your 2x, 5x and 10x table. You could copy these into your home learning jotter for extra practice. If you feel ready, try the 3x and 4x table too.
6) In your home learning jotter, write out the fact families for the numbers below (the first one is done for you)
a. 7, 2, 9 = 7+2=9, 2+7=9, 9-2=7, 9-7=2
b. 4, 6, 10 =
c. 5, 8, 13 =
d. 17, 5, 12 =
e. 11, 5, 6 =

7) We are going to be learning about minibeasts. If you have a garden, or when you are on your daily walk, go on a minibeast hunt. In your jotter, draw a picture of any minibeasts you find. You could challenge yourself further by writing some sentences to tell me more. For example, I found a slug on the garden path.

8) Mrs Hill has prepared some music activities for you

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/mrshmusic/2020/04/19/p3-music-week-beginning-20th-april-2020/

Take care of yourself and each other and I hope to see you when we can,
From Mrs Hastings x