This afternoon, Mrs Keith, maths specialist, visited our class and taught us strategies to help us with tricky times tables!
“I learned that you can use doubling and halving for times tables”
“You can switch the times table around.”
“We can use an empty number line to add the same number several times.”
“The strategies we have learned for addition and subtraction can be applied to help with times tables.”
Today, there were only 10 children in our class, so we decided to base our day around the current weather conditions.
We wrote poems about snow and winter, we painted winter landscapes and did some mindfulness winter colouring. We also played games with the P6 class in P.E. and finally had a whole school play in the snow in the last part of the afternoon.
It was a fun day!
Homework w/b: 15.1.18
Literacy – Spelling
There are no specific set spelling words this week. Instead we will each be focusing on words we personally and continually spell wrong in our written class work, so each pupil’s list may look very different. At home, if there are any words you know you spell wrong (or if you are the parent/carer reading this, that you know your child spells wrong) then please practise them at home, as this will improve general spelling within the class.
Below are some websites which might give you inspiration for words to practise:
http://teacherjoe.us/Vocab200.html
http://www.highfrequencywords.org/next-200-high-frequency-word-list-precursive.html
https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/264353
Maths
We have been learning to solve addition and subtraction word problems in maths. This is a tricky task as we have to work out the important information being asked for and which operation to use (+ or -). Sometimes we need to use both to solve the one problem.
Please solve the problems on your given maths homework sheet. You can cut out the problems and stick them in your jotter before solving them.
Remember to use the acronym RUDSS or RUDESCS to help you with the steps.
Read the problem
Underline the important words and numbers
Decide on the operation to be used (+ or – or both?)
Solve the problem
Show your working
Read the problem
Underline the important words and numbers
Decide on the operation to be used (+ or – or both?)
Experiment with different ways to solve
Solve the problem
Check your answer
Show your working
IDL – Victorians
Choose one of the activities from your given Victorian homework activity sheet to complete this week. This sheet will run for the next few weeks, and you will choose one activity per week.
Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope everyone had an enjoyable festive break and you are ready to get back to work!
Spelling Tricky Words
Please practise these words this week. This list is made up of words which are not spelled as you would expect them to be and ones that we have trouble spelling in class and we have chosen ourselves.
Choose whether you want to practise only the first column or both columns.
Practise by writing them down, carrying out spell well activities and covering them and testing yourself.
| people | miniature |
| cupboard | temperature |
| library | separate |
| neighbour | conscience |
| rhythm | coincidence |
| antique | necessary |
| different | definitely |
| difficulty | acceptable |
| island | embarrass |
| favourite | jewellery |
| restaurant | suspicious |
| responsible | |
| government |
Some people make up mnemonics (a sentence to help your memory of spelling words) or silly sentences to help remember tricky sentences. Here are some examples:
because – Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants.
necessary – Never Eat Cabbage; Eat Slug Sandwiches And Remain Young.
island – and island IS LAND surrounded by water.
Can you come up with a memory sentence like these, for 2 or 3 of your tricky words, to help you remember to spell them.
We have been learning a variety of addition and subtraction strategies. We concentrated on this a lot before the holidays and are having one last week, this week, to push our learning in this area. It is so important that you know your basic number bonds to 10, 20 and 100, doubles and halves, fact families and inverses, counting on and back, partitioning. If you are really good at these mental calculations it will help you in all aspects of maths.
Try this great website for addition and subtraction games.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/addition-and-subtraction
If you need slightly easier games click on the 5-7 year old tab at the top of the web page. If you would like a further challenge, click on the 11-14 tab at the top of the website.
Some of you will have your Eat Like a champ Passports at home, as some were not handed in after the last set homework.
Complete Task 2 – ‘Nutrients and Fibre Hunt’ in your Passport.
Christmas Homework
We have started our new topic ‘The Victorians’. We have been learning about Queen Victoria and about a Victorian Christmas. We have found out that many of our modern day Christmas traditions, originated in Victorian times.
For Homework: Research a Victorian Christmas in more detail, then choose one of the following activities for homework:
Christmas Show Outfits
Tomorrow is our dress rehearsal at 9.15am. Some children have still to bring in their party clothes to wear on stage.
Christmas Lunch
It’s also Christmas Lunch tomorrow and, if they want, children can wear a Christmas jumper and bring in a non-perishable food item for Cumbernauld Food Bank.
Christmas Party
Next Monday, it’s P5-7s Christmas Party. The party will take place after lunch but children can wear their party clothes to school. Please donate either a bottle of juice, shop bought cakes, multipack of crisps, fun size sweets/chocolate or a packet of sweets to share.
Sorry for the delay in posting these photos, but here is a slideshow of photos from the day:
Literacy
Today we answered some questions about our books. We did Chapter 10 questions and some of us did Chapter 5 questions. We were Dood Detective skills such as inference and deduction skills.
Maths
Today certain people made posters about doubling + halving, partitioning, rounding + adjusting, complements to 10, 100 and 1000 and counting on and back using an empty number line.The rest of us were revising doubling and halving using calculations.
Victorians
Today we learned a new topic: Victorians. We did portraits of Queen Victoria but some of us traced ours on a computer!We also made a fact file about her and her life.We found out that she had 9 children!We also made a timeline about all the main events of history to see where the Victorian period fitted in.
BIG Writing
Today we wrote a reply letter to ‘Mrs Claus’ coming from Santa Claus.She was angry because Santa had left her for 300 Christmas Eve’s by herself.(excluding the 500 elves and gnomes)and she says that this Christmas was the last time she was going to be left behind.
By Neil, Ashton and Logan
Literacy – Reading book
Draw a picture of one of the settings of your group reading book. Where is this place and what happens there?
Read the next chapter of your book.
Spelling
This week we have started looking at vocabulary building., using affixes. Affixes are prefixes and suffixes. Prefixes and suffixes change the meaning of words by adding letters to the beginning or end of words.
A prefix is added to the beginning of words – dis + comfort = discomfort. (dis is the prefix.)
A suffix is added to the end of words – hope + ful = hopeful (ful is the suffix)
This week we are learning the prefixes pre- (meaning before) and multi- (meaning many)
Neptune’s words:
| Pre- | Multi- |
| prevent | multiply |
| prefix | multigym |
| prepare | multiple |
| prebook | multitask |
| preplan | multigrain |
Saturn’s Words:
| Pre- | Multi- |
| precise | multiplication |
| prequel | multicoloured |
| premier | multidimensional |
| preview | multilayered |
| prewrap | multimedia |
| preempt | multimillionaire |
| prevail | multinational |
| prevent | multivitamin |
| prework | multitasking |
| presume | multipurpose |
Pick at least 3 of the words and discuss what you think they mean, based on the meaning of the prefix, and how it changes the meaning of the word when added on. You can record these meanings in your jotter. Use a dictionary to help or check the meanings.
Maths
We have been doubling and halving and finding near doubles and halves and adjusting the answer, to help us with addition and subtraction calculations.
Complete your given worksheet, either on the sheet or in your jotter.
Continue to spend time on Sumdog, Active Learn and Hit the Button to improve your maths skills. Hit the Button has a great doubling and Halving game.
Health and Wellbeing
We have been learning a lot about how to have healthier lifestyles and a good balance of food groups in the meals we eat. You have all been given a healthy eating booklet to help with this – ‘Eat Like a Champ Passport’. Your homework this week is to complete Task One – Eat Well Family Healthy Eating Report, with a chosen adult at home.
Today we were answering questions about our books:Why the Whales Came,The Demon Headmaster and The Best Dog in the World. Some of us were answering up to 8 questions, using inference and deduction skills , like Dood the Detective! this means we have to ‘read between the lines‘ to work out what the author is meaning.
French
Today we made a profile about ourselves in French.We used the most commonly used words(J’ai and Je)for our profile.You wrote down your name,age,nationality,pets, siblings and birthday.
Maths
Today we learning how to make links in multiplication between the 2, 4 and 8 times table.
If you know 2 x 4 = 8 then 4 x 4 = double 8
If you know 4 x 4 =16 then 4 x 8 = double 16
By Neil Ashton and Logan.
