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Tuesday 28th April 2020🌼🌈

Good morning everyone  Hope you are all well and ready for another day of short activities.

Starter:


Which shape am I describing?

a) I have got 2 acute angles and 2 obtuse angles.

b) I have got 3 acute angles.

c I have got 1 right angle.

d) I have got 4 acute and 4 reflex angles.

e) I have got no right angles.

f) I have got 2 acute angles and 2 obtuse angles.

Activity: I can work out supplementary angles.

Today, we are going to use the knowledge of straight lines being 180 degrees to work out supplementary angles.

Try these:

Optional challenge:

Finisher:

Recap: Can you explain how to work out a missing angle on a straight line?

Literacy:

Today we are going to identify nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs from a text.

Starter:

Watch this video clip to remind you of how to identify different word classes like nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs (only watch up until 3.32mins):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75gRVcKIFkY 

Please don’t worry about KS2 SATs, tests that children living in England sit in May, we don’t have them in Scotland- phew!!

Activity:

Now using Chapter 16 from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, go on a nouns, verbs, adverb and adjective hunt.

You may even draw these if you can.

Use your book to find at least 5 for each word class write them down in your jotter.  Then choose 1 of each word class and write an interesting sentence.

Click to access LionWitchWardrobe_CSL.pdf

Challenge: Now watch the rest of the video clip (from 3.33 mins) to learn about pronouns, determiners, prepositions and conjunctions.

Plenary:

Log onto Sumdog and complete the Nouns, Verbs, Adjective and Adverbs Challenge (it’s available until this Friday).  There are 250 coins to collect. Good Luck!

Monday 27th April 2020 🌼🦋 Maths & Literacy


Good morning boys and girls 😁

Are you ready for another week of online learning 🌼 ?

Remember, if you have any questions, you can e-mail me or comment on the blog and I will get back to you.

This week, we are going to recap on angles.

Today, we are doing a short activity on types of angles.

Starter:

Watch the 2 short videos on this link and then complete the short quiz at the bottom.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zb6tyrd/articles/zg68k7h

Activity:

I can recognise and identify angles.

Write the name of each angle (acute, right angle, obtuse, straight angle, reflex).

Write estimated degrees for each angle using your knowledge of each type of angle.

(You can draw these angles out and colour -code the type of angle if you wish or just write the answers next to the letters).

If you notice a type of angle not shown above, can you draw your own example?

Challenge:

Finisher:

On Active Learn, you will see in your allocated games “Reel it in Game 14”. You can choose your level of difficulty by choosing Bronze, Silver or Gold.

Remember, to log in you use the first 4 letters of your first name followed by the first 4 letters of your second name.

Your password should be woodlands (any issues comment or e-mail me).

The school code is” 6KWA”

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Literacy:

Starter:

It has been over 3 weeks since we last read our class novel. Skim and scan the last chapter we read, Chapter 15, to remind yourself what happened.

http://www.samizdat.qc.ca/arts/lit/PDFs/LionWitchWardrobe_CSL.pdf 

Now verbally tell someone at home what happened in Chapter 15 (summarise).

OR

Skim and scan Chapter 15 then draw out (take on the role of the illustrator) a last memory from Chapter 15.

Activity:

Click on the link below. Go to page 95, or previous if you have chapters to catch up reading.

http://www.samizdat.qc.ca/arts/lit/PDFs/LionWitchWardrobe_CSL.pdf

 

  1. What did Lucy think the Witch’s courtyard was like at first?
  2. What did Aslan do to bring the statues back to life?
  3. How did they all get out of the Witch’s courtyard?
  4. What did Mr. Tumnus tell Lucy about the giant Rumblebuffin?
  5. What was the change in the noise that gave Lucy an odd feeling?
  6. What was happening in the centre of the battlefield?

*Challenge*

  1. Why do you think the other lion was so pleased that Aslan had said “us lions”?
  2. What do you think the Witch was thinking when she saw Aslan?
  3. Thinking of the symbolism C.S. Lewis creates when comparing Aslan to Jesus, in terms of Christianity, what do you think Aslan saving the statues could symbolise?

 

Plenary:

I see, I think, I wonder (in your head, verbally to someone or written down):

From the film, look at this photograph. This is the moment when the battle paused; the White Witch saw Aslan for the first time since he came back alive.

What do you think the White Witch:

  • Can see? 👀
  • Is thinking? 💭
  • Could be wondering? 🤔

 

Friday 24th April 2020 – Maths

Mental Starter:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Select at least Level 5 (on top left hand corner of screen) then choose Doubles/Halves.

Activity:

Today we are going to learn about polyhedrons or polyhedral (they both mean the same!).  For many of you this will be new learning but don’t panic just watch this video clip and you’ll learn how to name polyhedrons and work out if a shape is a polyhedron or not.

https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/polyhedron.html

I can identify polyhedrons (Polyhedra)

Challenge:

Have a go at the explore section on P39.

Plenary:

Have a go at Friday’s Shape Challenge on Sumdog.  There are 250 possible coins to collect.  Good Luck!!

I will keep the house open today also!

 

Friday 24th April 2020 – Literacy

I can’t believe that’s another week over already boys and girls.

Which means it is 1 week closer to seeing all of your faces 🙂

Today, is the final paragraph for your report. Literacy.

Starter:

Think back in time, to different pieces of writing you have created over the year. Think about your narrative writing, did you have a favourite? Maybe you enjoyed free writing, maybe you enjoyed creating you Christmas Book and sharing it with the younger classes at reading buddies, maybe it was your Halloween story.

Why was this your favourite? Did you use good techniques? Did you use good V.C.O.P? Did you include a metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia? Did you feel proud?

Brainstorm the novels you have read and the work you have done on them. Think about your class novels BFG and The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (still to complete). Did you enjoy them? Why?/ Why not? Think about your group novels and tasks, how did you get on? Can you summarise? Can you work out the meaning of tricky words? Can you find techniques used by the author? Can you describe characters?

Activity:

I can identify 3 strengths and a next step

Today, I would like you to write a short paragraph about your progress, thoughts and feelings about your effort in Literacy. Remember to reflect on some of the things mentioned above. I would like you to focus on you strengths (at least 3) and one next step. What are you proud of? What would you like to get better at?

Challenge:

Can you add reflect on Talking and Listening activities. Think about Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; did you listen well? Did you engage in the activities? Did you participate in discussions? Did you listen and watch the film clips?

Do you respect the opinions of your group when discussing your books? Do you add on to others opinions?

Listening could be what you want to work on next, maybe you want to participate more to group and class discussions.

Think about giving personal talks/ presentations to the class.

You might wish to comment on your handwriting (letter size and joins) and spelling (tests and using day to day basis) too. Do you use Sumdog spelling and reading? How do you find them?

 

Finisher:

As always, check over your work. Make sure you are happy with it, have been honest and are feeling proud of yourself for all of the things you have been able to write down that you can do. I am very proud of you all this year.

REMEMBER, please send me your paragraphs from this week, even if you send a picture of them all today because you had forgotten. I would LOVE to read them!

Send to dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

Enjoy your weekend boys and girls. Stay safe. ☀️ 🌈

Some ideas to keep you going 🌈

Good Morning 🙂

This is not part of your work this week, just some ideas.
This morning I have taken a break from Joe Wick workouts and going to try some Yoga! Let me know through comments on the blog what exercise you have been up to! Have you been learning more Tik Tok dances? Let’s motivate each other 🙂

 

If you are looking to do something different today, perhaps you could think of some Art. I know there are many of you in the class enjoy drawing.

I have been trying to develop my art skills through Youtube tutorials.

You could try these two:

I will post my attempts tomorrow morning of my drawings (no laughing).

Maybe you could make a lovely bright Thank You poster either on your computer/ laptop or drawing for our NHS and all front line staff doing a fantastic job.

Yesterday was Earth Day, perhaps you could create a poster all about how to be ECO friendly.

You could just spread positive vibes through a positive poser, with some positive, motivating quotes.

ICT- You could do some research and present this information on a Power Point, Word Document, poster or fact file/ report.

You could research about NHS, Earth Day, today is St George’s Day, it also is Ramadan, 13th April  was Baisakhi. Can you find out about one of these?

 

If you decide to do any research or art, please take a picture and send it to me 🙂 I can share them with everyone on the blog and we can fill it with positive, colourful pictures or some interesting information.

Send to dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

Thursday 23rd April 2020 – Maths

Mental Starter:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Select at least Level 5 (on top left hand corner of screen) then choose Rounding.

Activity:

Today we are building on yesterday’s plenary which asked you to think about the nets of shapes.  Today we are going to look at different nets and ask what 3-d shape will they make?

Challenge:

Can you make any nets from the above page to construct a 3 –d Shape?

Finisher: 

There is an assessment on Sumdog, 5 quick questions, it won’t take you long at all, see how you get on 🙂

 

Thursday 23rd April 2020- Literacy

 

Good Morning boys and girls! Thank you for all of your fabulous e-mails. I have really enjoyed reading them.

If you’ve been enjoying some sunshine I hope you haven’t forgotten your sun cream! It looks like the next few days are going to be a scorcher! Stay Safe.

Starter:

Today, I want you to take on the role of the teacher again. Pretend you have taught a student just like yourself and are writing the report. Reports highlight all of the things you are able to do and give a next step.

Think about your learning of maths over the year. Think way back to the beginning if you can to Place Value, how many digits are in the highest number you can say? Can you partition them to say what each digit is worth? Are you going to continue working on rounding perhaps?

Think about addition and subtraction and all of your mental strategies, do you find a certain one easier to use or trickier?

Multiplication; how do you feel about your tables? Have you been practising? Can you multiply 2 digits by 1 digit or 2 digits by 2 or perhaps 3 digit by 1 digit etc.

Think about Division, did you learn any top tips? Was the formal method tricky? Think about Shape – can you describe 2D and 3D shapes (faces, vertices, sides) can you create a 3D shape from a net?

Think about angles-  can you name them? Can you measure them?

Think about Information Handling, did you enjoy creating surveys? Could you use tally marks? Could you present your data in a chart? Could you answer questions about which was most popular? Etc

 

Activity

I can identify 2 strengths and 2 next steps

Once you have warmed your brain up, answering those questions and thinking back. Perhaps looking back at the work you were doing from home before the Easter Holidays, can you identify at least 2 strengths from any topic within maths (something you can confidently do independently) and 2 next steps (something you would like more practise with).

 

Challenge:

Can you identify more than 2 strengths? Can you identify 1 from each maths topic mentioned above?

 

Finisher:

As always, check over your short paragraph, make sure it makes sense to read aloud and send it over to let me have a read 🙂

dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

Wednesday 22nd April 2020 – Maths

 

Mental Starter:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Select at least Level 5 (on top left hand corner of screen) then choose Digit Values.

 

Activity:

Today we are going to revise Three- Dimensional Shapes (3D Shapes) then move onto pyramids and prisms.

 

Remember a pyramid gets its name from its base and a prism gets its name from its 2 identical end shapes. Watch this short video clip which explains the difference between a pyramid and a prism,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWiOD8DMzP0

Challenge:

Write the number of faces, edges and vertices for each shape (1-19) on P37.

Plenary:

Look around your home for 3D objects such as cupboards, books, sweet tins, food packaging. Draw some different items, then sketch what they think the net of each might be.

Wednesday 22nd April 2020 – Literacy

Starter:

Good Morning everyone, I hope you are getting to safely, enjoy some of the sun this week. Remember to break up your day, help around the house, with your siblings, play some games: knots and crosses, hangman and stop the bus are some of my favourites!

This morning I would like you to pretend we are having our learner conversation. I would like you to brainstorm (written or verbal)

  • some of the things you’ve enjoyed this year,
  • subjects you feel you’ve progressed in, have been proud of
  • subjects you maybe don’t enjoy
  • things you would like to do when we return to school
  • Anything you would like to set yourself as your goal to achieve when you come back.
  • What have you missed now that you are away from school

Activity:

I can reflect on my year including my likes, dislikes, accomplishments and goals.

Now I would like you to write a short paragraph in your own words about your year of P6 or P7. Pretend it is just like your learner conversation you will be having with me when we return to school.

Finisher:

As always, read over your work please and brighten up my day by e-mailing me a copy of your paragraph to dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

Tuesday 21st April 2020- Maths

Starter:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Select at least Level 5 (on top left hand corner of screen) then choose Partitioning

 

Activity:

In our lesson today we are building on yesterday’s work of calculating perimeters of rectangles so today we are going to calculate the perimeter of polygons.

A polygon is a flat, two-dimensional (2D) shape with straight sides that is fully closed (all the sides are joined up). The sides must be straight. Polygons may have any number of sides.  Click on this link below to learn more about polygons.

https://www.mathantics.com/lesson/polygons

Now complete the page below.  I can calculate the perimeters of polygons

Challenge:

For Q1-7 write the name of each regular polygon.

For Q8-11 write the name of each irregular polygon.

Plenary:

On Sumdog I’ve created a Perimeter Assessment for you to complete.  You’ve only got until tomorrow at 4pm to complete it. Good Luck!