Good morning everyone! I hope you are all well. It was lovely to get to speak to some of you on our class call yesterday. I’m hoping to see you all again today.

SPELLING

Elkonin boxes and Common words

READING

Today each group has a sequencing task for their bug club book.

Ladybirds

Glow-Worms

Spiders

MATHS

Today is mental maths day! Have a go at these questions and then I’m hoping we can go over the answers during our call today.

Mental Maths

I hope you all managed to complete the days of the week tasks yesterday. Click on the link below for the months of the year task for today.

Months of the Year sway

FAMILY FUN SESSION- DANCE

Remember that the first EAC Live Family Fun Sessions start today.

To take part in Dance with Zara from 10.30-11am today click the link below

Morning Dance session

Or you can use the Vscene Mobile App – 1448452 (no PIN required)

To take part in the afternoon session of dance from 1.30-2pm click below

Afternoon Dance Session

Or you can use the Vscene Mobile App – 1451130 (no PIN required)

Enjoy your day everyone! Remember to get in touch by email if you have any work to show or if you need help with anything.

Mrs Deans 🙂

Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Today we will be having our Vscene check-in at 11am. I hope you can all make it!

Today is Robert Burns’ birthday! Here is a wee activity about Robert Burns for you.

Robert Burns Poetry

SPELLING

ow phoneme sway

For your spelling today

• go over all phonemes covered so far
• watch the video of your new phoneme
• Work on formation of oa
• Listen to the phoneme story
• Use your oa phoneme word maker
• Read and spell all words on your list.

READING

Each group has been allocated a new book in Bug Club. Your tasks for today:

• Log in to your Bug Club account and find your new book.
• Read the words in the inside cover and make a flashcard for any words you are having difficulty with.
• Read your story.
• Answer all the bug questions on the pages.

Ladybirds- Shaun the Sheep: Too Many Jobs!

Glow-worms- Eco Apes Grow Food

Spiders- Can You See Cat?

MATHS

Last week when we did our before and after work, I noticed that a lot of you were needing a wee bit of work on writing the days of the week and months of the year. We have done a lot of work in class on saying the days and months but not much on writing them. We’ll do days today and months tomorrow along with mental maths. Please complete the tasks below for days of the week.

Days of the Week

Days of the week before and after

Number Formation Rhymes (in case any of you need it again)

EA LIVE FAMILY SESSIONS

East Ayrshire staff are offering families the opportunity to come and join in for a range of live online sessions. Click the link below to see the time table for the week. The first session is on Tuesday 26th January at 10.30am and repeated again at 1.30 allowing you to choose a time that suits best.  Click the links below for more details and how to access. Please follow the guidance if you would like to access it – not the link on our blog.

EA Live Family sessions wk 1

Live sessions Parent -carer Guidance Document

I’m looking forward to getting all your emails with your hard work! Have a great day everyone!

Mrs Deans 🙂

Happy Friday everyone!! Well done you have all made it to the end of another busy week. We hope you are enjoying your learning at home and taking lots of well deserved breaks through out the day.

It was so lovely to be able to chat with some of you on Vscene yesterday. We will be meeting again today at 11am, everyone is welcome. Bring your whiteboards and pens with you and we will have some fun. Remember you do not need to have your cameras switched on, it is your choice.

IDL

I hope you managed to have a little look at the website yesterday. Here is a Scots language quiz for you. Do you know any other Scots language? Do any of your family members know any?

Scots language 1

NUMERACY

Continue with your sumdog competition. Good luck! The leaderboard looks very exciting, not much in it!!

TRIANGLES

Today we are going to be looking at halves on a number line. Click the link below to find out about it.

Halves on a number line

You can copy the following task into your jotter.

counting in halves on a number line

CIRCLES

Today I would like you to take out your snakes and ladders game that you made. When you land on any number can you write on your whiteboard or jotter the column value of that number and the quantity value of that number. Have fun!

Next week we are moving on to addition and subtraction strategies so before we do I would just like to recap something we did in class a little while ago. Remember we had a marble race and talked about the position you came in when finishing the race? These are called ordinal numbers. Click the power point below and answer the questions as you go.

If you have any toys or cars that can race you can discuss what place they finish in a race.

Practice writing 1st 2nd 3rd 4th etc. we use these terms when doing our calendar in the morning aswell.

ordinal numbers

WRITING

I hope you have enjoyed up leveling your sentences and making them really interesting. Please take a look at the outline below and use this as a template when copying into your jotter.  You can choose one of your facts that you uplevelled to put into this format.

I have added an example below and your assessment tool so you know exactly what I am looking for with this piece of writing.

Fact File outline

Fact File example

Fact file assessment

Enjoy Mrs Webb 🙂

We are hopeful that Vscene will connect today. Please continue to use the link on this page as it has been updated and the original pin to log on. See you at 11am Mrs Webb 🙂

 

Good morning everyone! Hope you all had a great day yesterday. It’s so lovely to see all your hard work that has been sent in. Mrs Deans and myself are so proud of you all.

I will give you an update on here about vscene around 10pm once I speak to Mrs MacColl to see if our vscene will go ahead today – fingers crossed!

IDL

Have a look at this website

https://www.scotslanguage.com/learning

Its a fun website where you can play different games to test your knowledge of Scots language. The game pop is really fun. Tommorrow I will give you a little quiz to see what Scots words you have learnt.

NUMERACY 

Please continue with your sumdog competition. You have untill Wed 27th. I’ve had a look at the leader board, it is very exciting! Good Luck!

TRIANGLES

FRACTIONS 

Today you have some word problems related to fractions. You can use your jotters to draw out the quanties to help you or use your counters. Choose a strategy that will help you best.

Don’t forget – we have to answer the word problem correctly- with words.

So if your question is, How many cars does Tom get? You would answer. Tom has 6 cars.

half and quarter word problems

Can you come up with your own word problems realating to fractions? If you send them to me I will answer them and see if I get them correct.

We can also find fractions on a number line. Click the short power point below to find your last short task.

Fractions on a number line

CIRCLES

PLACE VALUE

You have all done so well with place value. Below is a link to play a game. You need to count the tens then the units. Have fun.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/place-value/bead-numbers

Click the link below for todays written task.

Place Value task

You can write the answers into you jotter.

WRITING

Please click the link below for your powerpoint on todays writing.

Scotland – Fact File

Have a great day everyone. Remember if you have any questions then please don’t hesitate to send me an email.

Mrs Webb

There seems to be a problem at a national level with Vscene and this may have stopped  some of you getting into your virtual classroom.  Hopefully this will be sorted by tomorrow but it is out with school control.  We understand you and your child’s frustrations and look forward to seeing them again shortly .  Please continue to use the link on this page  and the pin to log on.

See you all soon (hopefully) Mrs MacColl

Good morning everyone! It’s Wednesday today which means you have two teachers! Mrs Deans has posted your spelling, dictation and reading and Mrs Webb has your numeracy and writing. Don’t forget you have your Scotland topic grid you can work away at.

We are looking forward to seeing you at 11am for our check-in today; keep your fingers crossed that we’re all able to join this time! See you then!

SPELLING AND DICTATION

Click here for Dictation and spelling sway

I’ve noticed it sometimes takes a while for the sound to play on the sway. I’ve given a written description on the task too in case you can’t get the sound working.

READING

Some work on literal questions today. Have a look at the sway and find the questions for your group.

Reading- literal questions

NUMERACY 

Well done to those of you that have completed the sumdog challenge!! You all did really well. Next time you log on you will have some coins as a reward! Well done!

I have set up a competition for you all to get busy with this week.  Good Luck!

TRIANGLES

FRACTIONS 

We have been looking at halves and quarters. From seeing your super work I can see that you all understand it really well.

Please click on the powerpoint below to follow your tasks for today.

Fractions

Once you have been through your powerpoint click below for your last task.

Task 4 fractions

 

CIRCLES

PLACE VALUE

Today we are going to be looking at the value of a number. The two phrases we talk about are quantity value and column value. 

Last week we looked at quantity value and I had some great work from you all. You were able to split the number up and show what each number was made up of. Today we are going to learn about the COLUMN VALUE.

column value powerpoint

WRITING

You all created super Newspaper Reports last week! I loved reading them all – well done!!

This week we are going to be looking at creating a fact file about Scotland. I have typed up some facts about Scotland although 3 of these are infact false – the rest are true. Can you use your knowledge or research online which ones are true and which ones are false. We will be using the true facts on Thursday and Friday.

Facts about Scotland true or false

Have a great day everyone. Remember if you have any questions then please don’t hesitate to send us an email.

Mrs Deans and Mrs Webb 🙂

 

VSCENE UPDATE- So sorry our meeting couldn’t get started everyone. I made lots of attempts to get in, as did Mrs MacColl but we think there’s an error in the system. We’ll try again tomorrow. I’m disappointed.

Good morning wee superstars! I got another batch of excellent work sent yesterday. I was also delighted to have emails waiting for me this morning with work from last week to look through.

I have to apologise for a wee mistake I made in the number pattern task yesterday! I didn’t even spot it. Well done to those who corrected it.

VIDEO CALL

I am excited about our video call at 11am today. I had a wee trial run with Mrs Baillie yesterday and we managed to get logged in fine by following the link and entering the code. The details for the Vscene call are in a post below  and the  meeting PIN codes will be sent by text. Alternatively you can just use the big button to the right and put in the details.

Today we will focus on how to use Vscene. When asked to enter name, please type your child’s name. We will make sure everyone knows how to switch their mic on and off. You will be asked to keep your mic switched off until it is your turn to speak and we will do some turn taking games to get warmed up.

You can put your camera on if you want to but that is your choice and you will never be asked to turn your camera on.

Reading

Ladybirds task

Glow-worms task

Spiders task

Spelling

Today we are using our Elkonin boxes to spell out the ea spelling words. I have made a sway to help get you started and  to introduce your new common words. Watch the sway then write all of your spelling words into your elkonin boxes. Practise reading and writing your new common words which are each, eat, year and ask.

Spelling- Elkonin boxes and Common Words

Maths

A wee bit of work today on understanding ‘before’ and ‘after’. In our mental maths task we have some revision of days of the week and months of the year that ask for before and after. You will also be asked for numbers before and after. I’ve made a queue of toys. Who is before Buzz? Who is after Jessie? Can you make a queue of toys and make your own before and after questions about it?

Now try some before and after number work. Remember, you don’t need to print tasks out;  writing them in your jotter is perfect!

before after within 20

before after within

Your mental maths task is covering time, 2D and 3D shape, number patterns and before and after. Copy the answers into your jotter.

Mental Maths

Have a great day and remember to email me if you need any help with anything and if you have work to send.

Mrs D 🙂

 

Dear Parents here are the log in details for our virtual classroom platform Vscene (at the bottom of this post ) There are various ways of logging in described below . The big button on the right will also take you  direct to the platform where you can add your name and the Pin which you will receive by text.

These details will be the same each time or day you log into the virtual class.

Virtual Vscene Lesson Invite – Help Sheet for Pupils and Parents

The Vscene platform is a secure platform and approved for use within East Ayrshire to deliver lessons to pupils unable to login to MSTeams independently. Your child does not need their own Vscene login to join a lesson, the login option on the website is purely for EAC admin staff.  We will not ask you for anything other than your name and no digital data will be collected or stored.

For the best experience we would recommend using a device which is connected to your home wifi.  A device with a camera and microphone will enable you to interact during the session but if this is unavailable you can still listen and attend to session.

There are two ways to join a session.  If using a laptop or desktop via the weblink or if using a tablet or phone via the App.  Support details can be found in the table below:

Desktop or Laptop	Tablet or Phone
Use the link below to automatically open the join meeting page.   Supported Browsers* ·       Google Chrome: Two most recent versions ·       Mozilla Firefox: Two most recent versions ·       Opera: Two most recent versions ·       Microsoft Edge Chromium   Browsers Not Supported* ·       Safari ·       Microsoft Edge (this can be updated to Edge Chrome) ·       Internet Explorer	On your device download the Vscene App from the App/Play Store.  This is a free download App. Enter the Vroom number found below, your name and if pin (this is optional)         Or if you would rather you can join the meeting via phoning the number below.

The meeting room will only be available for the time of the meeting. As you will see from above at no point are you asked to register with an email address or input any personal data.

Your session has a secure pin number this will be sent out separately by text.

Hardware and Software

Minimum Requirements

• USB 2.0 for USB camera and audio USB 2.0 for USB camera and audio devices
• We recommend where possible to use a headset when using any browser-based system.
• If required you can use speakers and a separate microphone, but we recommend they are

not in close proximity to each other as this may create audio feedback.

• Laptops will have built in camera and mic which is compatible with the Vscene platform

Operating Systems

• Windows 10
• Windows 7, 8.1 until Extended Support ends
• Mac OS X 10.8.5 or later

Session Details

Session Title:	EAC_Logan PS_Julie Deans_Daily Check-In
Details:	Class Check-In and Feedback
Date/s & Time/s:	Daily at 11.00am starting Monday 18/01/21
Weblink:	https://app-proxy.vscene.net/r/3TtkDpFXU5
Vroom number:	1419088
Telephone Option:	Call +44 (0)300 201 0142 then enter the extension 1419088#

 

Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Mrs Webb and I are so proud of how well you’ve all been working. We have had some great examples of work sent to us. Keep sending us all of your hard work!

Tomorrow at 11am we are excited to be having our first live check in with you! We really hope that you are all able to join in. We will be sending out more details by text.

Don’t forget that your packs are in school ready to be collected. 

READING

New books for the week have been allocated in your Bug Club account. Please read them through. You can listen to the book being read and then have a go reading yourself. Your reading task for today is to complete the bug questions on each page.

Ladybirds- Pippa’s Pets: Scaredy Cat

Glow-worms- Rat and Cat in The Dance

Spiders- Look Up, Look Down

Every Bug Club book has a list of key words and some tricky words to practise inside the front cover that we usually go through on flashcards in class. Make sure you can read them all and look out for them in your book. If there are any you find difficult, make a flashcard for each and keep going over them along with any of the common words you are working on. (the insides of cereal boxes are ideal to cut up for flashcards)

SPELLING

Click the link below for your new phoneme lesson, spelling list and activities to complete.

ea Phoneme lesson

MATHS

We had some great number pattern work last week. I have created another task to practise counting forwards and back within 30 and have a further challenge to count forward and back in 5s today.

Use your laminated hundred square and whiteboard pen from your pack to help you find the counting in 5 pattern. It should go 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30…

Some of the digits are difficult to write properly.  I have made a sway with number formation rhymes to help you! Use these to practise writing any digits you have been finding tricky. Writing them over and over can help you get used to it.

Sway Number Formation Rhymes

I can continue number patterns to 30

I can count in 5s number patterns

30 MINUTE FITNESS

It’s important that we stay active to keep our bodies and minds healthy. My challenge to you today is to take part in 30 minutes of activity. You can choose what that activity is. I’m going to take part too; I’m really hoping it’s not too rainy so I can get out a walk with Evan and Blair. Send me an email telling me what you chose. Have fun and stay safe!

Mrs D 🙂