{"id":384,"date":"2020-04-22T11:50:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T11:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverkipps\/?page_id=384"},"modified":"2020-04-22T12:23:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T12:23:18","slug":"primary-5-resources-ideas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverkipps\/primary-5-resources-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary 5 Resources\/Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents,<\/p>\n<p>As your child\u2019s prime educator you already provide lots of learning opportunities for your children\u2019s education. During this time continue to engage your children in all the experiences you already provide at home. We have also compiled a bank of suggested activities to help your child access the school curriculum. We hope you find these helpful!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Numeracy Activities <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Practise the 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 times tables<\/li>\n<li>Write out the common multiples of the 3 and 4 times tables<\/li>\n<li>Write out the common multiples of the 6 and 8 times tables<\/li>\n<li>Write down the factors of 12, 18, 20 and 32<\/li>\n<li>Find fractions of as many whole numbers as you can using the times tables facts e.g. \u00bc of 16 = 4, \u00bd of 40 = 20<\/li>\n<li>Can you think of any situations you may be in, where understanding what percentages are would help you?<\/li>\n<li>Write out as many percentages as you can as a fraction e.g. 50% = \u00bd<\/li>\n<li>How many \u00a31 are there in \u00a320? How many 50p are there in \u00a310? How many 20p are there in \u00a32? How many 10p are there in \u00a35?<\/li>\n<li>Think of your favourite meal. Can you work out how much it costs to buy all of the ingredients required for that meal? (Use tesco.com or an adult for help finding the cost of each item)<\/li>\n<li>Count up (and down) in 10s and then 20s to 200<\/li>\n<li>Mentally add the doubles of all the numbers from 1 to 100 e.g. 46 + 46 or 28 +28<\/li>\n<li>Mentally calculate what needs to be added to a 3 digit number to make the next multiple of 100 e.g. 245 + ? = 300 or 762 + ? = 800<\/li>\n<li>Practise mentally adding any pair of 2 digit numbers e.g. 16 + 33 or 57 + 81<\/li>\n<li>Practise telling the time using a digital and an analogue clock \u2013 don\u2019t just stick to quarter past\/to or half past\/o\u2019clock times!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Numeracy Websites <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sumdog.com\/user\/sign_in?to=%2Femails\">https:\/\/www.sumdog.com\/user\/sign_in?to=%2Femails<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Countdown maths game to practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division fluency: <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/happysoft.org.uk\/countdown\/numgame.php\">http:\/\/happysoft.org.uk\/countdown\/numgame.php<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Carol Vorderman website for continued revision and learning (free sign up over school closure): <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/themathsfactor.com\/\">http:\/\/themathsfactor.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Games and challenges to complete: <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/nrich.maths.org\/primary\">https:\/\/nrich.maths.org\/primary<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mathszone.co.uk\/\">www.mathszone.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mathplayground.com\/\">https:\/\/www.mathplayground.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transum.org\/\">https:\/\/www.transum.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\/maths-games\/5-7-years\/counting\">https:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\/maths-games\/5-7-years\/counting<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/natwest.mymoneysense.com\/students\/students-8-12\/\">https:\/\/natwest.mymoneysense.com\/students\/students-8-12\/<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mrcrammond.com\/curriculum_for_excellence_maths.html\">http:\/\/www.mrcrammond.com\/curriculum_for_excellence_maths.html<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk\/maths\/countdown\/index.htm\">http:\/\/www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk\/maths\/countdown\/index.htm<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.primaryresources.co.uk\/maths\/maths.htm\">http:\/\/www.primaryresources.co.uk\/maths\/maths.htm<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Maths games <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abcya.com\/\">https:\/\/www.abcya.com\/<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Maths games\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arcademics.com\/\">https:\/\/www.arcademics.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Maths as a fun part of your daily family routine <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/bedtimemath.org\/\">http:\/\/bedtimemath.org\/<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Jack Hartmann on Youtube <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/JackHartmann\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/JackHartmann<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Literacy Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read a chapter in a book you have at home. Can you identify any words, which contain a prefix? How many did you find? Repeat the activity above for suffixes<\/li>\n<li>Use a recipe at home and pick out all of the \u2018bossy\u2019 verbs that you can find<\/li>\n<li>Re-write a passage (1 or 2 paragraphs) from a book you have at home. Swap a few of the words within the passage for \u2018silly\u2019 alternatives. Challenge an adult at home to find the silly words and suggest what should really be there<\/li>\n<li>Can you create 10 HOTS (high order thinking skills) questions that you could ask a classmate to answer about a book you have at home<\/li>\n<li>Write 5 boring sentences. Now up level them and make sure they each contain an example of VCOP<\/li>\n<li>Create an acrostic poem about the Corona Virus. Make sure you include information about your thoughts and feelings in the poem.<\/li>\n<li>Think of your favourite board game. Write a set of instructions that you could give to someone else your age, who has never played that game before. Don\u2019t forget to include a list of equipment too!<\/li>\n<li>Write a letter to your teacher telling him\/her about what you have been doing while you have been away from school. Make sure you lay the letter out in the correct style<\/li>\n<li>Watch the lunchtime news. Now write a few paragraphs, summarising all the main stories. Create an eye-catching headline for each main story too.<\/li>\n<li>Ask an adult to dictate some sentences to you which contain some of your words<\/li>\n<li>Play \u2018be the teacher\u2019 and challenge an adult to spell some of your words \u2013 be sure to choose the trickiest ones!<\/li>\n<li>Use the following active spelling strategies to practise your words: hang-man, tennis, rainbow writing, pyramids, cut and stick letters, use your weak hand<\/li>\n<li>Create a story board using: <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.storyboardthat.com\/storyboard-creator\">https:\/\/www.storyboardthat.com\/storyboard-creator<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Watch videos on Literacy Shed and write a story about what you have watched: <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.literacyshed.com\/the-ks1-shed.html\">https:\/\/www.literacyshed.com\/the-ks1-shed.html<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Explore World Book Day website: <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbookday.com\/\">https:\/\/www.worldbookday.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Explore BBC Author\u2019s Live website: <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/events\/rhvg9r\/by\/date\/2020\/03\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/events\/rhvg9r\/by\/date\/2020\/03<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Explore Puffin website: <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbookday.com\/wbdtv\/\">https:\/\/www.worldbookday.com\/wbdtv\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Literacy Websites <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reading games\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.funbrain.com\/\">https:\/\/www.funbrain.com\/<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Phonics skills\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starfall.com\/h\/\">https:\/\/www.starfall.com\/h\/<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seussville.com\/\">https:\/\/www.seussville.com\/<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Favourite children\u2019s books read by famous people\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.storylineonline.net\/\">https:\/\/www.storylineonline.net\/<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Spelling and reading games <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abcya.com\/\">https:\/\/www.abcya.com\/<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Language games\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arcademics.com\/\">https:\/\/www.arcademics.com\/<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Alphablocks you tube channel <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><u><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_qs3c0ehDvZkbiEbOj6Drg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_qs3c0ehDvZkbiEbOj6Drg<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents, As your child\u2019s prime educator you already provide lots of learning opportunities for your children\u2019s education. 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