Good Morning Primary 6,
Yesterday I asked you to sort our spelling words out into a table showing the number of syllables that they have.
You should have ended up with something like this
| One syllable | Two syllables |
Three syllables |
| grow
own
|
Follow = fol-low
rainbow = rain-bow window = win-dow swallow = swal-low barrow = bar-row hollow = hol-low sparrow = spar-row elbow = el-bow burrow = bur-row shadow = sha-dow shallow = shal-low mower = mo-wer |
Following = fol-low-ing tomorrow = to-mor-row borrowing = bor-row-ing |
Today I want you too Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check your spelling words for this week, ready for your assessment tomorrow. You should copy them into your jotter first, if you haven’t already.
arrow, narrow, sparrow, yellow, elbow, pillow, window, follow, hollow, borrow, sorrow, burrow, shadow, shallow
For those of you who are feeling confident here is an extended list with some extra words from this week.
growl, known, prowl, show, growth, scowl, clown, slow, blown, brown, throw, crown, shown, down, frown, thrown
Here’s Cressida Cowell reading chapter 17 of, “How to Train your Dragon.”
Hiccup is in the dragon’s mouth and is getting a close up look at dragon anatomy. Draw a cutaway diagram of the inside of a sea dragon. Mark off all of the internal organs, bones and muscles.
Something like this:
(This is not a sea dragon)
Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths questions:
1a) 7 b) 9 c)10 d) 2
e) 3 f) 7 g)15 h) 21
i) 25 j) 34 k) 42 l) 69
2a) 4 b) 6 c) 3 d) 9
e) 13 f) 15 g) 17 h) 19
i) 0 j) 1 k) 1 l) 101
Today I would like you round these numbers to the nearest whole number in the same way. Remember, only the number right after the decimal point is important when you are rounding. I’ve marked it red in the first few to remind you.
Example :- 3.48256 = 3
a) 2.41784 b)3.958744 c) 7.28719
d) 9.386743 e) 5.48794 f) 8.097412
g) 11.755874 h) 12.074874 i) 25.66875
j) 0.824111 k) 28.265741 l) 32.09999
Now why don’t we have look at you attitude towards ‘fairness.’ Look at these statements and decide whether you consider what is happening ‘fair’ or ‘unfair.’
a) You are punished without being allowed to tell your side of the story.
This is …….
b) You are not allowed to do something because it is against the rules but then someone else is allowed to do it.
This is …….
c) You share your chocolate bar with a friend and later they offer you some of their fruit bar.
This is …….
d) You annoy someone just a little bit and they get furious and yell loudly at you.
This is …….
e) You annoy someone just a little bit and they get a bit cross with you.
This is …….
f) You are punished for doing the wrong thing, but only after you explain your side of the story.
This is …….
g) You are working with someone else to pack up 25 chairs. You pack up 20 chairs and they pack up 5.
This is …….
h) You share your chocolate bar with a friend but they won’t share their crisps with you.
This is …….
i) You talk in class and the teacher calls you a pest and says that they don’t want you in their class.
This is …….
j) You are not allowed to do something because it is against the rules and no one else in allowed to do it either.
This is …….
k) You are working with someone else to pack up 25 chairs. You pack up 13 chairs and they pack up 12.
This is …….
l) You talk in class and the teacher asks you to stop talking in front of everyone.
This is …….
Today for RE I would like you to read and answer some questions about the founding of Mary’s Meals.
Remember you can still choose another task from your learning grid and there are other tasks on Sumdog, StudyLadder, FirstNews and Scholastic Books.
You can email any of your work at:
gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk
Mr. McIntosh
