Week beginning:
Monday 3 February 2020
W.O.W. (Workout of the Week)
Monday
Copy 1-5 x 3 of the spelling words you generated in class.
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
analyse
analysis
continuous
murmur
cough
answer
creation
finally
neighbour
secondary
counting
idea
liked
mile
music
river
running
speechless
money
interesting
Tuesday
Complete a book review in your reading passport.
Wednesday
Copy 6-10 x 3.
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
All About Me
Write 5 interesting pieces of information about yourself for your next teacher.
I really enjoyed being your teacher. Keep working hard in P7 and good luck in the future!
Mr Simpson
Week beginning:
Monday 27 January 2020
W.O.W. (Workout of the Week)
Monday
Copy 1-5 x 3 of the spelling words you generated in class.
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
multicolour
multiracial multipack multiscreen multinational |
suitable
readable understandable perishable comfortable |
Tuesday
Complete a book review in your reading passport.
Wednesday
Copy 6-10 x 3.
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Research and write 10 facts about the Holocaust.
Thursday
Complete a book review in your reading passport.
Remember your swimming bag, swim suit and towel.
Week beginning:
Monday 20 January 2020
W.O.W. (Workout of the Week)
Monday
Copy 1-5 x 3 of the spelling words you generated in class.
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Tuesday
Complete pages 1-5 of your reading passport.
Wednesday
Copy 6-10 x 3.
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Research five Glasgow landmarks and write down five facts for each one.
Thursday
Complete page 7 of your reading passport.
Remember your swimming bag, swim suit and towel.
Week beginning:
Monday 13 January 2020
W.O.W. (Workout of the Week)
Monday
Copy 1-5 x 3.
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
alliteration
convenience
although
fascinating
continuous
separate
announcing
fierce
necessary
sequence
birthday
centre
circle
square
triangle
rectangle
different
satisfied
juice
stopped
Tuesday
Needs and wants at home
Choose a room at home and write down 10 or more things the room contains. For each thing decide whether it is a need or a want and write ‘n’ or ‘w’ accordingly.
Wednesday
Copy 6-10 x 3.
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
K.A.L (Knowledge About Language)
Write a list of all the items you plan to pack for your residential trip.
I plan to take the following:
- 10 pairs of socks
- 8 t-shirts
- 1 hat
- 3 pairs of trainers
- 1 tub of hair gel
Thursday
Look at adverts in the media (e.g. in leaflets, newspapers, magazines, adverts, internet adverts). Choose 3 items and jot down the extra costs there might be in buying the thing advertised (e.g. postage, parking charges, VAT, etc.).
Remember your swimming bag, swim suit and towel.
Week beginning:
Monday 6 January 2020
W.O.W. (Workout of the Week)
Monday
Copy 1-5 x 3.
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
television
telephone
telescope
telegraph
telegram
artist
diarist
chemist
cyclist
scientist
Tuesday
Log into BugClub to complete the Heinemann Active Maths game that has been set for you.
Wednesday
Copy 6-10 x 3.
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
K.A.L (Knowledge About Language)
Thursday
Log into BugClub to complete the Heinemann Active Maths game that has been set for you.
Prepare for spelling test/dictation.
Week beginning:
Monday 25 November 2019
W.O.W. (Workout of the Week)
Tuesday
Log into BugClub to complete the Heinemann Active Maths game that has been set for you.
Wednesday
Copy 6-10 x 3.
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
K.A.L (Knowledge About Language)
Thursday
Log into BugClub to complete the Heinemann Active Maths game that has been set for you.
Week beginning:
Monday 18 November 2019
W.O.W. (Workout of the Week)
Monday
Copy 1-5 x 3.
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
subway
submarine
subtitle
submerge
subheading
happiness
grumpiness
nastiness
fitness
loveliness
Tuesday
Log into BugClub to complete the Heinemann Active Maths game that has been set for you.
Wednesday
Copy 6-10 x 3.
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
K.A.L (Knowledge About Language)
Thursday
Log into BugClub to complete the Heinemann Active Maths game that has been set for you.
Prepare for spelling test/dictation.
Week beginning:
Monday 11th November 2019
W.O.W. (Workout of the Week)
Copy first 5 words x 3
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Tuesday
Log into BugClub to complete the Heinemann Active Maths game that has been set for you.
Wednesday
A key part of being in Primary 7 is your ability to help your Primary 1 buddy settle into school.
Design a game/ activity that you think your Primary 1 buddy would be able to play to help them in an area of their learning. For example, it could be a Literacy game to help with their phonics, a Numeracy game to help them with their numbers or a Health and Wellbeing game to help them with their emotions.
Your choice!
Thursday
KAL- Apostrophes
Convert the following words into abbreviated words using an apostrophe.
Week beginning:
Monday 4th November 2019
W.O.W. (Workout of the Week)
Copy first 5 words x 3
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Red & Blue
advertise
conscience
meanwhile
remember
again
evidence
aisle
consequence
exaggerated
miscellaneous
Green
autumn
happened
beautiful
frightened
teacher
difficult
Scotland
England
Wales
Ireland
Tuesday
Write 2 WOW sentences using words and VCOP strategies.
Wednesday
Copy words 6-10 x 3
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Thursday
K.A.L (Knowledge About Language)
Week beginning:
Monday 28th October 2019
W.O.W. (Workout of the Week)
Copy first 5 words x 3
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
dislike
disappear
dishonest
friendship
membership
disconnect
disagree
championship
relationship
sportsmanship
Tuesday
Write 2 WOW sentences using words and VCOP strategies.
Wednesday
Copy words 6-10 x 3
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Thursday
K.A.L (Knowledge About Language)
Prepare for spelling test/dictation.
Week beginning:
Monday 7th October 2019
W.O.W. (Workout of the Week)
Monday
Common and Tricky Words
Red/Blue
lovely
receive
weird
acquire
concentration
environment
marriage
reference
women
actually
Green
accident
below
cloudy
eleven
group
holiday
playtime
knew
emotion
biscuit
Copy first 5 words x 3
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Tuesday
Write 2 WOW sentences using words and VCOP strategies.
Wednesday
Copy words 6-10 x 3
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Thursday
K.A.L (Knowledge About Language)
Parentheses are words, phrases or clauses inserted into sentences which are grammatically complete without them. Copy down the sentences below and add the parenthesis (brackets) for each one.
Prepare for spelling test/dictation.
Week beginning:
Monday 30th September 2019
L. I. – to understand how affixes change word meanings
Prefix ‘non’
Suffix ‘less’
*All groups have SAME words this week*
1. nonsense
2. non-stick
3. non-toxic
4. careless
5. harmless
6. non-fiction
7. non-specific
8. homeless
9. tasteless
10. meaningless
Monday
Copy first 5 words x 3
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Tuesday
Write 2 WOW sentences using words and VCOP strategies
Wednesday
Copy words 6-10 x 3
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Thursday
K.A.L
Task Two
Certain animals have different names depending on whether they are male (masculine) or female (feminine). An example of this is fox (male) vixen (female). Use a dictionary or the internet to put the following animals under the headings Male or Female
Prepare for spelling test/dictation
Week beginning:
Monday 16 September 2019
Workout of the Week (W.O.W)
Spelling Rules:
The rules for qu are simple;
- When you hear the sound /kw/ the spelling is always qu.
-
In English words, q is never seen without u: qu
quick
quite
quilt
request
require
equal
aquarium
earthquake
inquisitive
quality
quantity
quarter
Monday
Copy words x 3
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Tuesday
W.O.W.
H.A.M. activities
Wednesday
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
Prepare for spelling test/dictation
Week beginning:
Monday 9th September 2019
Workout of the Week (W.O.W)
Red/Blue
absence
chocolate
engagement
listening
queue
Wednesday
accommodation
climb
enquire
lonely
reaction
weight
ache
column
enthusiastic
Green
above
breakfast
cupboard
eight
eighteen
experiment
first
hear
listen
nine
nineteen
million
surprise
care
busy
Monday
Copy words x 3
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Tuesday
W.O.W.
Red/Blue http://www.math-play.com/Place-Value-Millionaire/place-value-millionaire-game_html5.html
Green http://www.ictgames.com/sharkNumbers/mobile/index.html
Wednesday
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
Abstract Nouns – Remember an Abstract Noun is intangible (you can’t touch it). They are feelings, ideas, characteristics or qualities.
Write out the abstract noun from each of the sentences below then pick four to write in sentences of your own:
- I respected the honesty my friend showed.
- Can you believe that woman’s brilliance?
- To my delight, everyone arrived on time.
- She was in great despair when she lost her phone.
- We have a lot of hope for the future.
- They showed extreme joy when they helped others.
- The men had much bravery on the battlefield.
- My mother always shows great compassion for her children.
Thursday
W.O.W.
Active spelling activity of your choice
Prepare for spelling test/dictation
Week beginning:
Monday 2nd September 2019
prehistoric
preview
pre-book
premature
preorder
careful
colourful
mouthful
handful
thoughtful
Monday
Copy x 3
Active Spelling activity of your choice.
Tuesday
W.O.W.
Wednesday
Write the definition of each spelling word.
K.A.L. (Knowledge About Language
Capital Letters Top 10
Can you write an example for each of the instances we use a capital letter in our writing:
Thursday
W.O.W.
Prepare for spelling test or dictation
Friday
Monday
Spelling Rules
Familiarise yourself with each rule and complete the task at the bottom of each rule.
Tuesday
Challenge people at home to play Daily 10 x 5 rounds.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Wednesday
Spelling Rules
Familiarise yourself with each rule and complete the task at the bottom of each rule.
Thursday
Topic Homework
French Topic Book Challenge Three Weeks until it has to be handed in on Friday, 14th June.
Don’t forget to keep up to date with
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Week beginning:
Monday 20th May 2019
A school orchestra with six musicians can play the first section of Beethoven’s 5th symphony in seven minutes and twenty-three seconds.
How long would it take to play if the doubled the number of musicians?
Week beginning:
Red and Blue Groups (soft ‘c’)
certificate
sentence
ceremony
circumstances
accident
circuit
circulation
cyclone
cyanide
cylinder
Green and Yellow Groups (soft ‘c’)
dance
centre
choice
cereal
circus
cinema
decide
mercy
fancy
bouncy
Red Group- http://www.teacherled.com/2015/05/05/show-the-coordinate/
Blue Group- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity04
http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/4592
Green/Yellow – http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/3124
http://www.learnyourtables.co.uk/en/index2.htm
Spelling Practise
Bubble Writing
Write your spelling words in bubble letters. After you write your words in bubble letters, colour your words with a crayon or coloured pencil.
Newsy Words
Use old magazines, catalogues, or newspapers to cut out letters. Glue the letters into your jotter to spell your words.
Silly Sentences
Write silly sentences using a spelling word in each sentence. Please underline your spelling words! Write neatly!
Example: My dog wears a blue and purple dress when he takes a bath.
Topic Homework
French Topic Book Challenge Four Weeks until it has to be handed in on Friday, 14th June.
Don’t forget to keep up to date with and
Monday , 22nd April 2019
Red and Blue Spellers (Phoneme ‘sh’)
shoulder shriek washing generation extinction
extraction rational chute chicane brochure
Yellow and Green Spellers (Phoneme ‘sh’)
should show shuffle nation fraction
station option chef brochure chic
Red Group – https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity12
https://www.arcademics.com/games/demolition
Blue Group https://www.geogebra.org/m/ZgwaBzBN
http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L383/L383/index.html#
Green/Yellow Groups – https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/318/Tommys-Trek-Times-Tables
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/399/Archery-Arithmetic-Multiplication
KAL – Knowledge About Language (VCOP)
All these sentences are BORING! Can you use your WOW words to make them more interesting? Don’t forget to think about how you can use CONNECTIVES, OPENERS and PUNCTUATION to make them much more interesting.
- The cat sat on a wall.
- The dog walked down the road.
- The fish swam in the bowl.
- A mouse ate some cheese.
- A bird flew to a tree.
- Chelsea went to the shops.
- My mum said, “No.”
- My sister got a book.
- Eve walked home.
- I saw an elephant.
Practise your spelling words for dictation/testing on Friday.
Why not try these two activities to help?
Other Handed – First write your spelling words the way you usually do it. Then, try writing the list with your other hand!
Rainbow Writing – First write each word in pencil. Then trace over each word three times. Each time you trace, you must use a DIFFERENT colour pencil. Trace neatly and you will see a rainbow!
Don’t forget to check on-line to see if you have any books or maths games to complete too!
Week Beginning: Monday, 25th March 2019
Monday: Bug Club
Catch up with any unread books.
Tuesday
H.A.M. activities
Wednesday
Divided City – Create a persuasive poster which shows a united Glasgow.
Thursday
Write your own kindness quote/motto to encourage people to always be kind.
Week Beginning: Monday, 18th March 2019
Weekly Workout :
Monday: Spelling
Red and Blue Spellers
outrageous
stationary
awful
development
guard
parallel
straight
beautiful
dialogue
guess
participation
strategy
becoming
diamond
happened
Green and Yellow Spellers
through
sing
morning
colour
kind
put
different
light
sentence
stop
list
most
must
high
late
Tuesday
H.A.M. activities
Wednesday
KAL – Idioms
Idioms
Idioms are phrases or sayings which we use in everyday language. These phrases or sayings don’t always make sense literally but we can still understand what they mean!
For example:
‘To let the cat out of the bag’
This idiom is not about letting a cat escape from a bag!
It’s actually about revealing a secret that should have remained a secret.
Look at the idioms below.
On one line of your book write out the idiom.
On the line below write down what you think this idiom is trying to tell you.
- To draw the long bow
- To bury the hatchet
- To mind one’s Ps and Qs
- To ride the high horse
- To hit below the belt
- To make a mountain out of a molehill
- To feather one’s nest
- To smell a rat
- To be at loggerheads
- To pay through the nose
- To turn over a new leaf
- To swing the lead
Thursday
Silly Sentences
Write silly sentences
using a spelling word in each sentence. Please underline your spelling words! Write neatly!
Example: My dog wears a blue and purple dress when he takes a bath.
Fancy Letters
Write each of your spelling words using fancy letters.
Your letters can have curly-q’s or dots, for example. Have fun
Friday
Hand in your homework jotter to your class teacher.
Have a great weekend!
Week Beginning: Monday, 11th March 2019
Weekly Workout :
Monday: Spelling
Red and Blue Spellers
jaundice
jealous
juggle
danger
energy
stranger
gentle
gym
urgent
bridge
hedge
judge
knowledge
wedge
cartridge
porridge
Green and Yellow Spellers
jaw
jump
juggle
jotter
danger
gentle
gym
urgent
large
bridge
hedge
judge
Tuesday:
Red and Blue (Money)
https://www.nationwideeducation.co.uk/collection/the-cost-of-money
https://www.nationwideeducation.co.uk/public/interactives/check-it-out/index.html?bootgame=checkout
Green and Yellow (Additon)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/coconut-ordering
http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/4021
Wednesday
KAL – Homophones – There, Their, They’re
Use the correct word to fill the gap.
- The new trainers are over __________________.
- _____________ going to Silverburn on Saturday.
- The children completed _______________ tasks quickly today.
- “I don’t know how ______________ going to sort it”, said Miriam.
- _______________ are fifty two weeks in a year.
- _______________ show was a big success.
- The children hoped that ____________________ day at the beach would be full of fun.
Write a sentence for each word.
Their –
There –
They’re –
Thursday
Silly Sentences
Write silly sentences
using a spelling word in each sentence. Please underline your spelling words! Write neatly!
Example: My dog wears a blue and purple dress when he takes a bath.
Fancy Letters
Write each of your spelling words using fancy letters.
Your letters can have curly-q’s or dots, for example. Have fun
Friday:
Hand your homework jotter in to your class teacher.
Week Beginning: Monday, 4th March 2019
Weekly Workout:
Spelling (Common Words):
Red and Blue Groups:
absence
chocolate
engagement
listening
queue
accommodation
climb
enquire
lonely
reaction
eight
ache
column
enthusiastic
Green and Yellow:
above
breakfast
cupboard
eight
eighteen
first
hear
listen
nine
nineteen
million
surprise
care
busy
Monday:
Choose your favourite Active Spelling strategy and Bug Club.
Tuesday:
Online maths activities
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity25 (Time work in a game)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=matchingpairstimev3 (Time)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button (Mental Calculations)
Wednesday (KAL)
Rewrite each of these using the correct verb to complete the sentence in Standard English. Take a new line for each new answer but please do not miss a line between each one.
- We saw/seen everyone we were asked to.
- Has Sarah saw/seen her friends?
- She saw/seen a spectacular rainbow in the sky.
- I saw/seen it!
- Has he saw/seen what I asked him to look at?
- He saw/seen this already.
- It was me who saw/seen the monster.
- Had I saw/seen Susan, I would have told her about the party.
- I have already saw/seen this!
Thursday: (World Book Day!)
Practise your spelling words for dictation/testing on Friday. Why not try these two activities to help?
Pyramid Writing
“Pyramid write” your spelling words. You must write neatly!
*Example:
home: h
ho
hom
home
Rainbow Writing – First write each word in pencil. Then trace over each word three times. Each time you trace, you must use a DIFFERENT colour pencil. Trace neatly and you will see a rainbow!
Friday:
Hand your homework jotter in to your class teacher
Week Beginning: Monday, 18th February 2019
Weekly Workout:
Spelling (different representations of the sound ‘k’)
Green and Yellow Red and Blue
cabin calculator
calf cartoon
call cashew
keep kangaroo
ketchup kestrel
ketchup kidney
kind kilogram
crack kilometre
flock cackle
packed paddock
school chord
chemist headache
chorus choral
scheme character
echo chaos
Monday:
Choose your favourite Active Spelling strategy and Bug Club.
Tuesday: (on-line maths activities)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity13 (Mental Maths)
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/117/telling_the_time_in_words# (Time)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=matchingpairstimev3 (Time)
Wednesday:
Rewrite each of these using the correct verb to complete the sentence in Standard English. Take a new line for each new answer but please do not miss a line between each one.
- We did/done everything we were asked to do.
- Has Sarah did/done her homework?
- She did/done a spectacular somersault on the trampoline.
- I did/done it!
- Has he did/done what I asked him to do?
- David has kindly did/done the dinner for us this evening.
- He did/done this already.
- It was me who did/done the washing up.
- Had I did/done better, I would have moved up a group.
- I have already did/done this!
Thursday:
Practise your spelling words for dictation/testing on Friday. Why not try these two activities to help?
Other Handed – First write your spelling words the way you usually do it. Then, try writing the list with your other hand!
Rainbow Writing – First write each word in pencil. Then trace over each word three times. Each time you trace, you must use a DIFFERENT colour pencil. Trace neatly and you will see a rainbow!
Friday:
Week six of swimming. Don’t forget to bring your things!
Week beginning 4 February 2019
Red/Blue
once
skilful
design
furthermore
opposite
soldier
audience
desperate
grammar
original
stomach
autumn
develop
guarantee
Green/Yellow
begin
follow
often
letter
woman
write
answer
began
hear
page
Monday:
Choose your favourite Active Spelling strategy and Bug Club.
Tuesday:
Research 5 Glasgow landmarks and write two sentences about each of them.
HAM
Wednesday:
KAL: Speech Marks
Red/Blue
Green/Yellow
Thursday:
Prepare for Dictation
HAM
Week beginning 28 January 2019
Spelling pattern: oi, oy
Words will be created by P7 pupils on Monday as per Active Literacy programme which will be collated for homework words and posted for Monday night.
Monday:
Choose your favourite Active Spelling strategy, BugClub
Tuesday:
Have a discussion with someone at home about life in the 1980s (where possible). Take notes as if you are interviewing them. This will help with our research on 1980s topic.
Wednesday:
KAL: Using the correct word
Thursday:
Prepare your Scots poem for Friday afternoon.
Friday:
Have a wonderful weekend:)
Week beginning 21st January 2019
Blue and Red
whispered
practising
frightened
mumbled
poetry
beautiful
believe
quiet
quite
emotion
experiment
accident
previous
Kilmarnock
Mauchline
Green and Yellow
should
would
open
song
hard
read
call
even
fly
close
Kilmarnock
Mauchline
Monday
- Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy
- Bug Club
Tuesday
- Learn and practise Scots poem in front of an audience at home.
Wednesday
- KAL (Knowledge About Language)
A subordinate clause should not make sense on its own.
Add a subordinate clause to the following sentences:
- Jack plays rugby ___________________________
- Tim likes to draw __________________________
- I love sunny mornings _____________________
- Flying a kite is fun _________________________
Finish off these sentences by adding more detail to theses subordinate clauses:
- While the rain poured down, ______________________.
- Before the party had started, _____________________.
- _________________________ before it’s too late.
- _____________________ because I don’t know the answer.
Extension task – Red and Blue only:
Extend the following sentence 3 times by adding a subordinate clause at the beginning, in the middle and at the end
I think it’s my turn to do the washing up.
Thursday
- Prepare for Dictation.
- If you had the chance to interview Robert Burns what three questions would you ask him? Predict what you think his answers would be e.g. What is your favourite poem?
Week beginning 14.01.19
Monday
Red and Blue Spellers
flour
trousers
amount
without
mouse
pound
scrounge
spouse
shower
frown
allowance
allowed
tower
prowl
scowl
crown
Green and Yellow Spellers
out
ouch
shout
outside
without
loud
found
crowd
owl
down
allow
how
howl
down
town
clown
Tuesday – on line times table practise
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
https://www.nationwideeducation.co.uk/www/flash/bso/bso-flash/index.html
Wednesday
Based on what we watched as a year group on Monday, write a list of similarities and differences between school in the 1980s and what you experience on a daily basis. You could present your findings in the form of a venn diagram,
Thursday
Practise your Scots poem in front of an audience at home.
Click on the link below for a copy of the poem.
Week beginning 7.1.19
Monday
A-Z of Scottish words with Standard English meaning.
Tuesday
Write 10 interview questions that you would like to ask someone about life in the 1980s. Miss a couple of lines underneath each question.
Bug Club
Wednesday
Interview someone that has experienced the 1980s and ask them your questions. Record their responses underneath each question.
Thursday
Practise your Scots poem in front of an audience at home.
Click on the link below for a copy of the poem.
Bug Club
Week beginning 3.12.18
Monday
The A-Z of Christmas vocabulary:
angel
birth
Christmas
December
elves
family
greetings
holiday
icicle
Jesus
kings
lights
mistletoe
nativity
occasion
presents
quiet
reindeer
Scrooge
tradition
unwrap
visit
wrapping
Xmas
yule
Zzzz
Monday
- Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy.
- Bug Club
Tuesday
- Practise lines/dances for ‘Onthank’s Greatest Show’.
- Create a 10 question Christmas quiz. Think about traditions, movies, songs, etc.
Wednesday
Write a Christmas acrostic poem to describe what Christmas means to you and your family.
C
H
R
I
S
T
M
A
S
Thursday
- Practise lines/songs/ dances for “Onthank’s Greatest Show”.
- What was the Christmas number 1 song in the charts for the year you were born? Do the same for the rest of the people that live in your house.
Week beginning 26.11.18
Blue and Red
shoulder
argument
daughter
foreign
nervous
silhouette
assessment
decide
decision
forty
nuisance
sincerely
atmosphere
definite
fulfil
Green and Yellow
add
between
world
city
ice
face
place
more
white
why
also
turn
great
Monday
- Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy
- Bug Club
Tuesday
- Practise lines/dances for ‘Onthank’s Greatest Show’
- Write down 3 quotes that inspire you from ‘The Greatest Showman’/’Onthank’s Greatest Show’ and explain why.
Wednesday
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
- How to use a Hyphen – Compound Nouns/Adjectives
Task 1: Sort the following words into two columns: a compound noun or a compound adjective
passer-by take-off two-year-old six-page
five-star short-sleeved bad-tempered
mother-in-law dry-cleaning check-out
second-hand
Task 2: The hyphens are not being very helpful in these sentences because they are missing! Can you work out where the missing hyphens should go and rewrite the sentences to include them?
Red & Blue – complete all 10 Green – complete 7 Yellow – complete 5
- Tim wore his lime green shirt for the photoshoot.
- Despite being quite moth eaten the vintage wedding dress was very beautiful.
- Our lodger seemed a fly by night character and mum worried she would not pay her rent.
- The chocolate ice cream is absolutely delicious.
- The nasty looking villain spotted his next victim in the heaving crowd.
- There are two hundred and fifty three pupils at our school.
- Eric had to retreat his dog with flea powder.
- Mr Dobbs and Mr Trotter are coowners of ‘Dobbs and Trotter Cars Ltd’.
- Children’s clothes are usually tax free.
- Toby had to deice his car this morning after the big frost last night.
Thursday
- Prepare for Dictation. Write in alphabetical order.
Practise lines/songs/ dances for “Onthank’s Greatest Show”.
Week beginning 19.11.18
Red and Blue
fortnight
franchise
flammable
fantastic
fabulous
waffles
muffle
difficult
coffee
stuffing
pharmacy
philosophy
physicist
photosynthesis
homophone
Green and Yellow
fridge
field
frog
French
cliff
fluff
office
stuff
phone
physical
physics
photo
Monday
- Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy
- Bug Club
Tuesday
- Practise lines/dances for ‘Onthank’s Greatest Show’
- Choose a main Character from “The Greatest Showman”. Create 5 questions that you would like to ask this Character.
Wednesday
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
How to use a Colon
A colon joins two independent clauses. The first clause is usually a descriptive clause. Then, the next clause usually gives more information about the first clause.
E.g. The show was a success: it had over 2 million viewers.
Task – Write the sentences in your jotter and add the colon in the correct place.
It was Sam’s birthday he got lots of presents.
The zoo was a great school trip the monkeys were my favourite.
Grace got a new dress it was pink with flowers.
It was Children in need day on Friday we wore something spotty to raise money.
Kate had a sore leg she hurt it at football.
Red and Blue
Write 4 sentences to describe this image. Use a colon in each sentence to add detail.
E.g. The clown was walking on the tightrope: he looked like he was about to fall.
Thursday
Prepare for Dictation. Choose 5 of your words and draw elkonin boxes in your jotters.
Practise lines/songs/ dances for “Onthank’s Greatest Show”.
Blue and Red
analyse
analysis
continuous
February
murmur
separate
announcing
cough
fierce
necessary
sequence
answer
creation
finally
neighbour
Green and Yellow
about
around
house
hour
side
any
body
carry
along
story
back
bird
Monday –
- Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy
- Bug Club
- Practise lines/dances for ‘Onthank’s Greatest Show’
- A bit of fun! Can you work out the Brain Teaser Below?
Tuesday –
Imagine you have stepped into the scene above. Write 5 ADJECTIVES for each of the sense below to describe what you can:
- See
- Hear
- Smell
- Taste
- Touch
Wednesday –
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
How to Use a Semi-colon
Often a sentence contains a pair of closely related independent clauses that have been joined with a conjunction. However they can also be linked together with a semicolon e.g.
The boys were very excited because they were going bowling.
The boys were very excited; they were going bowling.
Rewrite the examples, putting semi-colons in the correct places.
Example:
Cigarettes are dangerous they can kill.
Cigarettes are dangerous; they can kill.
- First aid knowledge is vital it can save lives.
- Water is essential without it you’ll die.
- Rhinos are endangered they are almost extinct.
- A good education is invaluable it can lead to future success.
- Down time with your friends is important it can relieve stress caused by school work and study.
Blue and Red only:
Rewrite each sentence below, replacing the conjunction with a semicolon.
- John raced through the gates when he was running late for school.
-
Long shadows emerged through the streets as the sun was slowly setting.
-
The dog barked at his owner because he wanted to go for a walk.
-
In the supermarket, there was a long queue at the checkout because all the other tills were closed.
Rewrite the following paragraph, adding semi-colons where necessary.
As dusk fell, Prince Orlan crept cautiously into the cave. He drew his sword swiftly whispered a silent prayer looked into the shadows knowing the enemy was not far away and his heart pounded. He
inhaled slowly each breath might be his last.
Thursday –
- Prepare for Dictation on Friday. Write out 5 words and diacritically mark.
- Practise lines/dances/songs for ‘Onthank’s Greatest Show’
- Bug Club
Week beginning 5.11.18
Red and Blue
shampoo
harpoon
kangaroo
balloon
useless
fluke
flute
screwed
newt
queue
clueless
cruel
united
punctuation
sushi
reunited
Green and Yellow
tooth
spooky
swoosh
use
rule
chew
new
knew
glue
true
Peru
united
Monday –
- Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy
- Bug Club
Tuesday –
Rehearse your lines and songs for Onthank’s Greatest Show.
Try out this Fun Fitness Challenge with your family:
Wednesday –
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
Parentheses are words, phrases or clauses inserted into sentences which are grammatically complete without them. Copy down the sentences below and add the parenthesis (brackets) for each one.
Thursday –
- Prepare for Dictation on Friday. Write out spelling words in alphabetical order.
- Rehearse your lines and songs for Onthank’s Greatest Show.
- Bug Club
Week beginning 29.10.18
Blue and Red
alcohol
competition
experience
mischief
safety
alliteration
convenience
explanation
modern
Saturday
although
chief
fascinating
moreover
secondary
Green and Yellow
spring
sunny
those
home
tell
large
spell
still
saw
own
small
something
live
give
Monday –
- Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy
- Bug Club
Tuesday –
Draw the page above in your jotter and complete the statements:
Peace feels like
Peace sounds like
Peace smells like
Peace tastes like
Then draw a picture of what peace looks like to you.
Wednesday –
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
Irregular past tense verbs
What are irregular verbs?
A verb is a doing or being word (for example: sit, talk, eat, think, feel).
A verb tense tells us when the action or state described by the verb happened. The three main verb tenses in English are the present, the past, and the future.
While most verbs form their different tenses according to an established “formula”, some verbs do not form their tenses in a regular way and are called irregular verbs
Some verbs are irregular and do not follow this pattern but form their past tense in a particular way (by changing a vowel, for example); sometimes their past participle is the same as the past tense (as it is in regular verbs), but sometimes it differs.
Blue and Red
Copy and complete each sentence with the past tense of the irregular verb in brackets.
- Ethan ___ late that morning. (sleep)
- Ria _____ her new book yesterday. (get)
- Harry ______ me waiting for an hour. (keep)
- Mary ________ about her topic for the report before the class last week. (think)
- My cat just _______ there while the mouse escaped. (sit)
- I had __________ too much for the game at the shopping centre. (pay)
- Akira ________ the art prize last year. (win)
- Jessica ________ success to our athletics team last season. (bring)
- I _________ this cold last week. (catch)
- Mary had __________ the homework before I arrived. (begin)
Write out the irregular past tense of the following verbs:
lose-
sing-
leave-
drink –
feel –
say –
draw –
write –
be –
buy –
Green and Yellow
To show that something happened in the past the verb changes in a sentence. Usually we add ‘ed’ to the verb.
BUT some verbs are irregular; we don’t add ‘ed’ and the spelling changes.
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Use the irregular past tense verbs in the word box to change the verb in the sentences below. Rewrite the sentence correctly using the irregular past tense verb.
built found learnt met slept spent swam rode saw forgot
1) Yesterday, I find 10 pounds on the floor.
2) Last week, we learn about flowers and seeds in science.
3) Two months ago, I meet a famous film star!
4) Last night, I sleep very badly it was too hot.
5) Yesterday, I spend £10 on a toy.
6) On Sunday last week, I swim for one hour.
7) Last night my little brother build a toy house.
8) When I was 4 I ride a bike for the 1st time.
9) Yesterday, I see a ghost!
10) Before, I always forget how to spell hippopotamus.
Thursday –
- Prepare for Dictation on Friday. Write out spelling words in alphabetical order. Write 4 sentences using a connective.
- Bug Club
Week beginning 22.10.18
Blue and Red
saxophone
phoneme
opponent
telephone
roaming
boarding
Croatia
float
tomorrow
marshmallow
showman
pillow
poet
potatoes
tomatoes
poem
Green
toe
doe
glow
show
boat
foam
cloak
alone
phone
cone
Monday –
- Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy
- Bug Club
Tuesday –
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
Revision of nouns, verbs and adjective.
Use one or a few of your Bug Club books and identify nouns, verbs and adjectives and complete the table in your jotter.
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Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. 4. 4. 4. 5. 5. 5. 6. 6. 6. 7. 7. 7. 8. 8. 8. 9. 9. 9. 10. 10. 10.
Write 4 complex sentences using the words you have collected. Underline the nouns blue, adjectives green and verbs red.
Remember to include complex connectives and eye catching openers.
Wednesday –
The Greatest Showman
Practise your lines and song for your audition.
Thursday –
- Prepare for Dictation on Friday. Choose at least 6 of your words and find out the meanings and write them in your jotters.
- Bug Club
Week beginning 8.10.18
Red & Blue
advertise
conscience
evaluation
meanwhile
remember
again
conscious
evidence
metaphor
research
aisle
consequence
exaggerated
miscellaneous
resources
Green & Yellow
gave
family
how
might
learn
children
because
earth
second
fifteen
five
fourteen
Monday –
- Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy
- Bug Club
Tuesday –
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
It’s Your Turn…
Red & Blue
Here is a piece of text about different rivers of the world. Can you copy and organise the text into paragraphs?
The Nile is longest river in the world. It is 4132 miles (6650 km) long – that’s nearly seven times the distance from John o’ Groats at the top of Scotland to Land’s End at the bottom of England! When most people think of The Nile they think of Egypt, but surprisingly, only 20% of the river is in Egypt, it also flows through countries including Uganda and Ethiopia before ending at the Mediterranean Sea. The Rhine flows through Germany and is 766 miles (1233km) long. It also travels through another five countries before reaching the North Sea in the Netherlands. Its source is a small stream coming from a glacier in the Swiss Alps (the mountains in Switzerland). The Danube is the second largest river in Europe. It is 1785 miles (2680 km) long and its source is in the Black Forest Mountains in Germany flowing to The Black Sea. This river flows through, or along the border of many different countries including Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania to name a few. It also flows through the capital cities of Belgrade, Budapest, Vienna and Bratislava.
Green & Yellow
The information below is hard to follow because it has not yet been given labelled paragraphs.
- Read the information.
- Identify the main theme and write a title
- Re-write the information using paragraphs to make it clear and easy to read.
Wednesday –
Click on the title ‘Scotland’s Heroes’ below and read through the PowerPoint presentation.
Scotland’s Heroes
Thursday –
- Prepare for Dictation on Friday. Write out spelling words and choose 5 to diacritically mark.
- Bug Club
Week beginning 1.10.18
Red & Blue
delight
knight
highlighter
nightmare
multiply
hygiene
python
hyphen
replied
dried
cried
spied
spiderman
prime
bride
advise
Green
bright
light
knight
apply
supply
spied
cried
dried
bride
write
Monday –
Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy.
Bug Club
Tuesday –
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
Remember adjectives describe nouns. Generate a list of adjectives (10-20) that you will use when you are writing a recount of your visit to the Science Centre. Think about the journey, 3 floors of activities, lunch and IMAX.
Wednesday –
Find out 5 facts about Armistice Day. Ask at home if anyone in your family served in World War 1 or 2 and then share your family story with the class.
Thursday –
- Prepare for Dictation on Friday. Write out spelling words and highlight the vowels.
- Bug Club
Week beginning 25.9.18
Red & Blue
lovely
receive
weird
acquire
concentration
environment
marriage
reference
women
actually
conclusion
especially
material
relief
wretched
Green
know
yellow
father
mother
each
year
away
always
another
watch
time
windy
Tuesday –
- Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy.
- Bug Club
Wednesday –
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
Masculine and Feminine Nouns
Task Two
Certain animals have different names depending on whether they are male (masculine) or female (feminine). An example of this is fox (male) vixen (female). Use a dictionary or the internet to put the following animals under the headings Male or Female
Extension for Red and Blue only
Thursday –
- Prepare for Dictation on Friday. Write out spelling words and highlight the vowels.
- Bug Club
Week beginning 17.9.18
Red and Blue
feeling
teenagers
eighteen
please
featuring
reading
prefect
prefix
decided
believe
priest
achievement
phoneme
athlete
achieve
Green
here
complete
piece
tier
key
before
leap
peach
peel
agree
Monday –
Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy.
Bug Club
Tuesday –
Choose a planet of your choice and create an acrostic poem.
Wednesday –
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
Irregular Nouns
An irregular noun is irregular when it becomes plural. You have to change it’s spelling when changing it to plural. E.g. berry becomes berries
Make these Irregular nouns plural
baby
city
daisy
family
lady
party
pony
puppy
sky
activity
half
leaf
knife
life
loaf
shelf
scarf
wolf
chief
goose
Copy this sentence. Circle the words that are spelt incorrectly. Rewrite the sentence using the correct spellings.
We have many loafs of bread to feed the wifes so we will need lots of knifes.
Look at the sentence below. Change the words in bold into plurals and copy down the sentence.
We put the books on the shelf by ourself.
Prepare for Dictation on Thursday. Write out a few of your spelling words and use a dictionary to find the meaning.
Week beginning 10.9.18
Red & Blue
absence
chocolate
engagement
listening
queue
Wednesday
accommodation
climb
enquire
lonely
reaction
weight
ache
column
enthusiastic
Green
which
what
bring
long
three
again
these
people
too
school
some
never
Monday –
Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy.
Bug Club
Tuesday –
An alien from outer space has landed in a P7 classroom! We want you to describe him to everyone in the school. Use similes to describe this new creature then draw him using your descriptions!
e.g Skin – Skin as slippery as an eel
A head –
Eyes –
Ears –
Hair –
Skin (colour) –
Feet –
Remember to use the words ‘like’ or ‘as’
Wednesday –
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
Abstract Nouns – Remember an Abstract Noun is intangible (you can’t touch it). They are feelings, ideas, characteristics or qualities.
Thursday –
Prepare for Dictation on Friday. Write out spelling words in alphabetical order.
Bug Club
Homework week beginning 3.9.18
Red & Blue
escape
later
estate
explain
complain
afraid
today
birthday
holiday
money
monkey
they
great
steak
break
Green
later
escape
explain
complain
today
birthday
money
monkey
steak
break
Monday –
Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy.
Bug Club
Tuesday –
Create a glossary of Space words – 10 words minimum
Wednesday –
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
Alliteration:
Choose 10 names of family and friends. You will then use alliteration to best describe this person.
For example: Amazing Amy
Thursday –
Prepare for Spelling test on Friday. Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy.
Bug Club
Homework week beginning 27.8.18
Monday-
Write 5 facts about Onthank Primary School using the school blog.
Tuesday-
Write or draw the 8 planets in order starting with the closest planet to the sun.
Wednesday-
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
Correct the Sentence Punctuation
Write the correct sentence underneath by adding in capital letters, full stops, question marks and commas and inverted commas.
- one warm sunny day jessica and lilly went to the zoo when they arrived they visited the monkeys
- i like the zoo said jessica lilly looked up and saw a monkey had stolen her lunchbox
- do we have any money to buy more food asked jessica
- lilly replied no now we dont have anything for lunch
- dont worry girls, a voice called from behind them it was the zookeeper, who was holding their lunchbox, with a big smile on his face
Thursday-
Prepare for Spelling test on Friday. Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy from Primary 6.
Friday-
Have a great weekend
Week beginning 21st January 2019
Blue and Red
whispered
practising
frightened
mumbled
poetry
beautiful
believe
quiet
quite
emotion
experiment
accident
previous
Kilmarnock
Mauchline
Green and Yellow
should
would
open
song
hard
read
call
even
fly
close
Kilmarnock
Mauchline
Monday
• Use your favourite Active Spelling strategy
• Bug Club
Tuesday
• Learn and practise Scots poem in front of an audience at home.
Wednesday
KAL (Knowledge About Language)
Week beginning 14.01.19