Month: March 2020

Hi Biggies,
I hope you and yours are all well.

Please take you time reading this. Listen to the audio if it helps. Ask someone else to read it with you if that helps too.

I’ve seen most of you online this week either in Teams or your e-Portfolio posts. If you can please do one of the following:

• Post to your e-Portfolio
• Leave a message in teams
• Leave a comment on this blog post
• e-Mail me at gw09johnstonjohn4@glowmail.org.uk

Even if it is just to let us know how you are and that you are getting this.

I can also see that some of you have been doing a little sumdog and Readtheory, let’s try and do a bit more this week.

If you have had a problem with anything let me know.

This week I hope that you try a wee bit more work.

Literacy

Everyone Every Day: Read & Write.

If you have not finished your reading book now is the time.

There are lots of things to read online but try to read books. When you have read something tell us about it in Teams or by posting a short review to your ePortfolio.

If you need reminded of the class code for Epic, email me.

Writing

Choose 2 or three things from the Writing List to do this week as well as the weekly task below:

This week make an advert. Think of the persuasive genre.

• An interesting headline.
• Information and claims about the product.
• Great words and phrases.
• Catchy slogans (that may use alliteration).
• Facts.
• Opinions (that may be exaggerated).
• Exciting pictures.

You could write this, make a poster or even a movie. Post it to your ePortfolio, use the Language & Literacy profile tag.

Spelling

• Green & Blue Groups: Revise phoneme “k”
• Red Group Revise Common Words 7
• Yellow Group Revise phoneme “ie”

Maths

Everyone everyday you can do one of these at least

• Sumdog we all could do more. Not much activity last week. There are 2 Challenges for Each Group, give them a go.
• Number Talks Chilli Challenge is still addition this week.
• Gimmie Some Sums, do a few addition, subtraction and multiplication at a level that will challenge you. Do a few division if you know the repeated subtraction or formal method.

Triangles & Squares

Practise your Fractions of

2D Shape. Draw some circles with a compass, no compass:

Draw some, on one label radius, circumference & diameter

Circle Information and help

Make some patterns with circles, you could draw round things, use scratch. Some could be Concentric Circles.

Post to your e-Portfolio.

Pentagons

Read about Quadrilaterals

Draw and label some Quadrilaterals, you can use paper, an app or put them in a wall in minecraft. Label them if you do that.

Post to your e-Portfolio.

Hexagons & Octogons

How many 2D shapes can you draw? , you can use paper, an app or put them in a wall in minecraft. Label them if you do that.
Post to your e-Portfolio.

IDL

Wars of Independence
Watch some of these videos, can you explain one of them. Don’t pick the one you did for our News programs. Think about the best way to do it, writing, drawing, video or a combination.

Art

5 Ways to Draw 3D Shapes – wikiHow
Post a drawing to your ePortfolio

Also
Super Simple Draw! – How To Draw for Kids – YouTube

Fun

Daily emoji Movie Quiz, answers in comments please.
Movie Emoji Quiz – Banton Biggies

31 Days of Spring LEGO Calendar – That Brick Life

The Featured image was one that Heather, one of the talented Biggies, posted to Teams.

Hi Biggies,
I hope you are all settling into a routine, keeping safe and having some fun.

Please read this over with your parents, grandparents or whoever is looking after you in the day. Take your time read it carefully.

This week I would like you to do one thing. Make a timetable add it to your e-Portfolio.

Plan how you are going to spend your days. The picture with this post is just one idea, you may organise your day quite differently. You could also make your look nicer than mine😉

I do think you need to have some Literacy, spelling, reading and writing, some maths, some creative activity and some exercise. Please work with your parents or whoever is looking after you on this.

Of course you don’t need to keep to your timetable every day but it is a good idea to have one.

Your Learning Intention is: I can create timetables for different purposes, e.g. parties, school trips and events

Success Criteria:

• Create a timetable
• Have slots for literacy, maths, exercise and fun.

Once you have your timetable post it to your e-Portfolio. Take a picture if you can or just write it out.

If you have trouble getting onto your e-Portfolio let me know and I’ll try and help.

You can email me or let us know in Teams if you like, some people are chatting there already.
We have also had a few e-Portfolio posts, well done to those people. I’ve put links in the Team chat.

I am also putting some nice, I think, photos in Teams, Jess added a drawing in progress and Aaron has just posted a bird photo. Please do the same. It doesn’t need to be to do with School work.

Please talk to your parents or whoever is caring for you  about what you are doing, they will be able to help.

I hope to see you soon, and you are keeping safe and having fun.

Cheers

Mr Johnston