Good morning everyone. Thank you to everyone who emailed their work yesterday. I loved reading about your characters and seeing your fabulous spelling. Keep up the good work, I’m very proud of you all for continuing your school work as best you can under the circumstances. Thank you parents and guardians too.
Let’s begin with our morning prayer, afterwards we will remember all those who have died:
Eternal rest grant unto them O’Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them
May they rest in peace, Amen.
Health & Wellbeing
Have you managed to see the new Trolls film yet? Well, we saw it at the weekend and I must say I liked how they included many types/genres of music. My girls particularly liked Barb and the rock music. So, I have found a great wee Go Noodle workout for you based on rock music. You will love it, it’s a great way to wake up and start your day! You should do it a few times to make sure you get the right moves! Enjoy!
https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/squatchy-rock
Literacy
(20-30 mins) Continue to practise your common words today, use as many different spelling strategies as you can. If you have chalk and it’s dry, you can go outside and write them in your garden or the pavement outside.
Ask an adult to dictate sentences to include your words.
Next, I would like to focus on presenting a news report. If you can, I would like you to film this.
I would like you to think about the current situation, Lockdown, Coronavirus, Home schooling etc and talk briefly on how the community is coping with this. You can interview family members about this. Think of 3 or 4 good questions, eg. How are you feeling about this situation? What are you missing the most right now? What are your biggest challenges home schooling your kids? (For an adult) What are your biggest challenges participating in home schooling? ( For you) Gather your answers and use them in your report.
Remember, to get the most information from people, you must ask open questions and not closed questions where they can only answer yes or no.
You may want to make notes beforehand so when the camera begins to roll, you know exactly what you are going to say and the questions you are going to ask. If you do not want to be in front of the camera then you can direct someone to take your place but the information and questions etc must be your own.
Afterwards, watch it back and evaluate your performance. What was good about it and was there anything you think you could improve upon? How was your pace when talking, too slow/fast? Could you understand everything you were saying? Did you mumble? Did you use positive gestures when interviewing – good eye contact, nodding of head etc? These are all really useful reflections for when you come to do solo talks back at school.
I would love if you could email them to me at AGraham@st-barbaras.n-lanark.sch.uk
Numeracy
A little Number Talks this morning, how many strategies can you think of to complete this sum?
37 + 47
123 + 187 (Challenge Q)
Continue to work on your times tables. You should be familiar with 2,3,4,5 &10. We began working on our 6 so continue to do that.
Continue to work on place value, I have attached a game for you to play which will help you. You can choose how much you want to challenge yourself by moving from tens and units to hundreds, tens and units. Some of you may even attempt Thousands! Go for it!
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/place-value/place-value-charts
I have given you quite a bit of work to do with regards to your report so please don’t feel pressured to complete work from the grids also. If you want to and you have the time, then choose one of your choice.
Happy Tuesday!
Mrs G 🙂
