Good morning everyone 🙂

Hope you are all staying positive, smiling and being kind.

Firstly, I would like to take the time to say a HUGE well done to EM! She has completed a course for coding. Super effort, we are all very proud of you!

LITERACY:

Starter:

You work for The Iconic Transportation Company who have invented a new method of transport – the hoverbike!

It is your job to let people know about the new invention and increase sales of hoverbikes.

Let’s remind ourselves of the features of advertisements by watching this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8thrJwnKft0

 

Activities: I can use language to persuade my reader

Your task is to create a persuasive advertisement and persuade people to buy one.

 

Think about:

 

• What the hoverbike is
• Who the hoverbike is for
• What the hoverbike can do

Remember to:

• ensure the advert is attractive, colourful and eye catching
• ensure the reader knows the name of the hoverbike and where they can buy one or find out more information
• exaggerate
• tell the reader the benefits
• use powerful adverbs
• repeat good points
• include a snappy slogan
• ask the reader a rhetorical question

Plenary:

Self-assess you advertisement then, if you can, send me a photo of you advert to dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

 

MATHS

Starter:

Activity: I can list all the possible outcomes.

Eg. 1a) There are 4 odd numbers out of 9 possible  outcomes: 11, 3, 7 and 21.

Challenge:

Finisher:

http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L115/index.html#

 

Good morning boys and girls! How are you all today?

Starter:

Activity: I can use probability vocabulary to state the chances of an event happening.

Challenge:

Finisher:

http://www.trox5.com/interactive/games/pond.html

Choose describing chances or if you would like more of a challenge, select finding or showing probability.

 

LITERACY:

Starter:

Today’s Literacy activities are based on a short animation about a hoverbike.

http://www.pocketmovies.net/download/hoverbike

Activities:

Bob’s hoverbike has arrived! But he’s not sure how to use it. Luckily inside the box, is the instruction leaflet.  What do you think could be written on it?

You are going to write the instruction leaflet that came with the hoverbike. Let’s remind ourselves of how to write an instructional text by watching this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmx4y6sjwXM

As you are not writing a recipe or how to make something you won’t need a long list of ingredients or equipment.

 

Think about:

• What Bob needs to know to make it work
• What could go wrong if the hoverbike isn’t used properly
• What Bob has to do to make sure the hoverbike doesn’t get damaged

Your Hoverbike Instruction Leaflet should be split into 3 sections or subheadings:

1. How to use the hoverbike.
2. Warnings and safety information.
3. How to care for the hoverbike.

Plenary:

Self-assess your instruction leaflet.   Did you:

1. Write in the present tense?
2. Use imperative or bossy verbs that tell the reader what to do?
3. Use time connective such as first, next, then?
4. Use adverbs such as slowly, carefully etc?

Good morning P6/7! I hope you are all feeling good today!

Probability or chance is how likely something is to happen. If something has a low probability, it is unlikely to happen. If something has a high probability, it is likely to happen.

Starter:

Probabilities are most commonly shown as fractions. The probability of getting ‘tails’ when you toss a coin is a 1 in 2 chance, or 1/2.

Probabilities can also be shown as decimals or percentages. A probability of 1/2 can also be shown as 0.5 or 50%.

Activity: I can use probability vocabulary to state the chances of an event happening.

Challenge:

Finisher:

Try this game: http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L118/index.html#

 

 

LITERACY

 

This week’s  Literacy activities are based on a hoverbike.  A hoverbike (or hovercycle) is a vehicle that can hover, but otherwise resembles a motorbike.

Starter:

Let’s find out more about hoverbikes.

Use google search find out key facts about a hoverbike or a hovercyle

Where could you buy one?

How much would it cost?

Who is using a hoverbike?

Remember to write in note form, not full sentences.

Activities:

Let’s look at other Terrific Transportation Invention.  In your Epic account I have assigned you this book.  I can see some of you haven’t managed to read any books yet.

To login:

Go to www.getepic.com/students.

Then enter the code: idt2922 (This is our class code.)

Now click your name.

Read the book Terrific Transportation Inventions and then take the quiz at the end.

 

Choose one method of transport from this book and create at least six questions for the information.  You must have at least 3 skinny questions and 3 fat questions.  Perhaps you could even remember some of our work on Blooms?  Send your questions to a friend or me at dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

 

*Challenge*

Look at the word “courageous” on P18

Write its meaning.

How many syllables?

Write a synonym (a word that means the same) for courageous

Write an antonym (a word that means the opposite) for courageous

Write a sentence with this word in it.

What other words can you create from the letters used for this word?

 

Plenary:

Would you like a hoverbike?  Why or why not?  Explain your answer in a couple of sentences.

Or

Design, draw and label your very own hoverbike.

Happy Friday P6/7!

LITERACY:

Friday 5^th June 2020

Starter:

Have a look at this picture.

Think about why it might be there? When did it get there? Who can fit through it? How do they fit through it? What’s at the other side? Who is at the other side? Would you go through? Why/ why not?

Activity

I can create a narrative, imaginative story.

Success Criteria:

• I can include descriptions of characters
• I can describe the setting
• I can follow story line format: Beginning (5 ways to open: characters, setting, object, dialogue or question)
• I can use VCOP (in particular can you use speech?)
• I can include 1 Simile

Challenge:

How many wow words can you use to engage your reader’s interest? Can you use different figurative language? (Onomatopoeia, personification, alliteration or metaphor)

 

Finisher:

Read your story to someone, family, friend or you can email it to me 🙂

dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

 

MATHS:

Starter

Have a go at converting these lengths.

Activities:

Plenary:

Have a go at the measurement quiz on Sumdog.  It’s opened from 10am this morning until 4pm tonight.  There are 15 questions and it’ll take you less than 5 minutes to complete.  Good Luck!

 

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND BOYS AND GIRLS!

Stay safe 🙂

 

Good Morning P6/7! I am missing you all very much, hope you are all doing well.

Check out Mrs McMillans new post:

P7’s Mr Green has put a post up for you all on the main blog:

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/ghshome/primary-7-transition/

There are lots of videos on this link for your transition to familiarise yourself with some of the staff and pupils 🙂 There is also a section for you to ask any questions you might have.

 

 

 

LITERACY:

Starter:

Today, we are looking at similes.

Watch the video below and see if you can guess the simile as he draws it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqjmiIUPQtw

Activity:

A simile describes something by saying it is like something else.

You compare two things and can use the words “like” or “as”.

This poem below uses similes to describe what a meal is like.

How to make a meal

You need:

A plate as round as the moon,

Potatoes like White Mountains.

Broccoli like forest trees,

A sausage roll like a lumpy log,

And gravy as thick as mud.

I can create a poem using similes.

 

Can you create a poem for a dessert? Which dessert will you choose to describe?

Finisher:

Share your poem with someone at home, a friend on the phone or myself through email: dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

 

MATHS

In our lesson today we are moving onto converting m into km.  Useful facts:

1 km = 1,000m

0.5km = ½ km = 500m

0.25km = ¼ km = 250m

If you need to, you can watch the video I posted on Monday with more information of how to convert from metres to kilometres and vice versa.

Starter:

Activity:

Finisher:

Good morning boys and girls!

How are you all today?

Starter:

Watch these videos to recap about using speech during writing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zvftsbk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-YFmLctwDY

Activity: I can use speech marks accurately.

Challenge:

Can you ban “said” when writing your story using speech?

Can you use different punctuation?

Finisher:

Can you read your short story using speech to someone and ask for one star and one wish?

You can email it to me too: dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

 

MATHS

 

Starter:

Activities:

We can write the same measurement in 3 different ways.  Look at the wingspan of this butterfly and how we can write it in 3 different ways.

Now use a ruler or a tape measure if you’ve not got a ruler:

Plenary

Have a go at this game.  Select length-> up to 10m -> mm, cm and m

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/coconut-ordering

 

 

Good Morning P6/7!

Hope you have been able to enjoy some of this wonderful weather!

LITERACY:

Starter:

Verbally or written, write a short summary of what you learned in Chapters 1 & 2.

Activity: I can interpret the authors clues and use evidence in my answers.

Read Chapters 3 and 4.

https://www.theickabog.com/king-fred-the-fearless/

1. Why did Fred the Fearless feel “guilty”?
2. Why do you think King Fred was shocked someone would suggest he visits the family? Do you think his reaction was right or wrong?

 

Challenge:

3. Do you think King Fred moved them because the house was too big? What makes you think that?

Use evidence and your thoughts on the matter, do you think it was the right thing to do?

Think about the following quote:

“Weeks passed, and King Fred forgot all about the Dovetails, and was happy again.”

Finisher:

Predict what might happen next in the story

MATHS

Building on from yesterday’s work have a go at this:

Starter:

Activities:

Plenary:

Use a ruler or tape measure to find out how wide your hand span is. Then use your hand span measurement as a guide to estimate the length of different objects.  Record the item, your estimate in hand spans and the estimate in cm. For example, radiator: about 6 hand spans; my hand span is 12 cm, so the radiator is about 70 cm.  Find at least 5 objects to measure.  Record your estimates and then actual measurements in your jotter.

Good Morning P6/7!

I can’t believe we are into June already! How crazy it that?

I am missing you all lots and lots and hope you are all safe and well.

LITERACY:

Starter: I can predict what the story might be about.

This morning, I would like you to read Ch 1 and 2 of JK Rowling’s new book Ickabog. Before reading, from the title, what do you think this book could be about?

https://www.theickabog.com/king-fred-the-fearless/

Or you could choose a book from the Epic site using our class code idt2922.

Activity:

Character Description

I can describe a characters looks and personality using clues from the text.

Both chapters contain lots of description about Fred the Fearless, Lord Spittleworth and Flapoon and little 5 year old Bert and mentioning of the Ickabog.

Think about all of the information we are given by JK Rowling about for example ‘Fred the fearless’ looks

Eg. “lovely, yellow curls, fine sweeping moustaches”

As well as clues about his personality:

Eg.  “He had once managed to catch a wasp all by himself, if you didn’t count five footmen and the boot boy.”

Therefore, did Fred catch the wasp alone? How many people did it take? What does that suggest about Fred and his title of “Fred the Fearless”?

 

Can you draw and use adjectives to describe a character?

(This can be for a character in a different book you are reading if you wish).

Challenge

Can you use your own words to describe the characters and then use quotations from the book using JK Rowlings words to back you up?

Plenary:

Show a family member, friend over the phone or email to myself your work and ask them to count how many descriptions of looks you managed and how many are about their personality.

dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

 

MATHS

This week in maths we are going to be looking at measure, in particular, measure associated with length so we’ll be using mm, cm, m and Km.

 

Starter:

Which units do we use?

There are many different ways of measuring things. Each situation when you measure something might need a different unit to make it easy to understand.

Many of the units we use in the metric system are based on being 10, 100 or 1000 times bigger or smaller than another unit. Time is an exception to this.

We can use the names to give us a clue about how much bigger or smaller something is:

• kilo = 1000 times bigger
• centi = 100 times smaller
• milli = 1000 times smaller

For example:

One kilo metre is 1000 times bigger than a metre. There are one thousand metres in a kilometre.

One centimetre is 100 times smaller than a metre. There are one hundred centimetres in a metre

 

Watch this video to help you:

https://youtu.be/NcspE6KarQA

 

Activities- I can compare measurement in m, cm and mm

Challenge:

Plenary:

Millimetres in the kitchen.  Did you know that the building trade use mm as the standard unit. Look at the cupboards in their kitchen. Using an estimate reference (e.g. visualising a 30 cm ruler or knowing that the longer side of a piece of A4 paper is about 30 cm), estimate and then measure the size of the kitchen cupboards. Record the different dimensions in cm and then convert to mm.