Spelling

Spelling Strategy / Rule:–

‘y’ to ‘ies’ or ‘s’ rule to make it plural (more than one)

• If the word ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) + y then just add ‘s’. boy – boys, donkey – donkeys.

 

• If the word ends in a consonant (all the other letters in the alphabet) + y then ‘y’ changes to ‘ies’. country – countries, baby – babies.

 

add ‘s’ rule	change ‘y’ to ‘ies’ rule
boy – boys	country – countries
donkey – donkeys	baby – babies
key – keys	memory – memories
tray – trays	body – bodies
valley – valleys	variety – varieties
journey – journeys	family – families
survey – surveys	beauty – beauties
kidney – kidneys	responsibility – responsibilities
enjoy – enjoys	opportunity – opportunities
employ – employs	party – parties

 

Practise spelling these words and focusing on the rule that is used.  Can you come up with any more words that follow these rules?  Record them in your homework jotter.

Maths – Time – Complete at least 2 of the following activities

• 1 I can talk about how people plan their lives using times and dates Events around the world, globe.

Ask children to look at TV schedules which show live sporting events (e.g. Formula One Grand Prix races, tennis tournaments, rugby matches). They record the time the programme is being shown in the UK and the country where the event is taking place. Back in class look at a globe and APM 690 and work out roughly the time of the event in the country where it was being held.

• 2 I can estimate and then measure how long tasks or events will take and what I can achieve in a given time period. How long does it take?

Ask children to estimate or measure how long it takes them to do a particular activity (e.g. brush their teeth, walk the dog, eat dinner, etc.). They record this for four days. Back in class children compare their findings. Who spent most time brushing their teeth?

• 3 I can tell any time on 12 hour digital and analogue clocks beginning to have a sense of how long a second, minute or hour lasts

Puzzle sheet -Ask children to create a puzzle sheet for a friend to do. In one column they write some digital times (e.g. 3:15). In a second column they write the same time but using words to describe the analogue time (e.g. quarter past 3), writing these in a different order. Back in class children swap puzzle sheets and find the matching times.

• Play activities on Active Learn – I have allocated time games to your active learn accounts – ‘Marching Madness’ and ‘Robot Revenge’.

 

French

We have been learning about how to talk about the weather in French.

Go on the following websites to practise weather in French.  Some may require Flash to work.

http://www.softschools.com/matching_games/french/french_weather_vocabulary/1186/

https://www.quia.com/jg/661480.html

http://lingohut.com/en/v72792/french-lesson-weather-and-seasons

 

This is also a great resource, which can be downloaded as an app on a phone, to help learn and practise a language – Duolingo – https://www.duolingo.com/