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.

Good Morning P6/7!

Friday again! Can you believe it?

I hope you are getting your daily exercise out in this glorious sunshine!

LITERACY:

Starter:

Go to www.getepic.com/students.

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

Now look for you name and read a book.

Activities: I can distinguish between facts and opinions.

Have a look at this clip from BBC Bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs44jxs/articles/z3wgqhv

Fact or Opinion?

• Tick whether you think each sentence is a fact or an opinion:

Plenary

Write:

• Two facts about school
• Two opinions of school
• Two facts about food
• Two opinions of food
• Two facts about a famous person
• Two opinions of a famous person

MATHS

Starter:

Activity:

I can multiply 3 and 4 digit numbers by 1 digit number

Challenge:

Finisher:

On Sumdog, you have a multiplication challenge. Top 5 pupils will receive 50 coins.

Give it your best!

Good Morning P6/7!

Hope you are enjoying the sunshine this week!

Starter:

Have a watch at this short video which recaps multiplying and dividing by 1, 10 and 100.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7r492p

Then have a go at creating some larger numbers and practise multiplying them by 10 and 100.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=MovingDigitCards

Activity:

I can multiply by 100 by moving each digit 2 places to the left and replace empty columns with 0’s.

Eg.

26 x 100 = 2600 tickets sold for the long jump

Challenge:

Finisher:

Play ‘Get the Yeti’ on Active Learn.

Here you will extend your knowledge of multiplying by 10 and 100.

Eg.

You know 5x 5 = 25

Therefore, you can work out 500 x 5 = 2500

Username: first 4 letters of your first name and first 4 letters of your surname.

Password: woodlands

School code: 6KWA

LITERACY

Starter:

Soon you will receive your report card and I hope you never get a report card like this one! Read this report card carefully and think about the teacher’s use of inference.  You will need to “read between the lines” to understand what the teacher was really saying about the pupil.

What do you notice about the names of: the school, the pupil, the teacher and the head teacher?

These skinny questions can be answered with one or two words- no need to write in a sentence.

Whose school report is this?

What school does he attend?

Who are his teacher and head teacher?

What areas of the curriculum are reported on?

Activities:

Answer these questions in a sentence

1. Who does Mr Page think has ‘taken away’ his things from his desk?
2. Why do you think Mr Page calls Izzy a cuckoo?
3. What do you think his really happened to his ‘lost’ reading books?
4. Draw a picture of Izzy’s clay model. Why did it look Mrs Lessons?
5. Would you like to play football with Izzy? Why or Why not?

*Challenge*

Choose four words from the list below to describe Izzy:

Clean        lazy         messy       hard working     naughty     tidy  lonely        smelly       friendly   day dreamer      kind          dirty

Why did you choose them?

Plenary:

Draw and label a picture of what you think Izzy Bright looks like.

P7’s please make sure you have had a look at the transition task from GHS, either on the main blog or my post from yesterday.

Good Morning P6/7!

Remember if you are out in the sun to keep hydrated and wear sun cream. It is supposed to be lovely all week 🙂

JK Rowling is publishing a chapter or two each day of her new book on this website:

The Ickabog

I am SO excited. I’m going to read what she’s posted so far today ❣️ 📖

MATHS:

Starter:

Practise your times tables by playing the game below. You can choose which table you would like to focus on and then find all of the multiples related to that table.

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/multiple/multiple_frenzy.htm

Activity:

I can find the factors of a number.

Challenge:

Finisher:

LITERACY:

Have you ever thrown a stone into a pond or a river and watched the ripples?  It can be mesmerising but what if something else appeared in the reflection of the water beside you?

In our writing lesson today, I would like you to continue this story.

I was relaxing at the water’s edge, throwing stones and watching the patterns of the ripples spreading out and then disappearing. Slowly, an unearthly reflection appeared in their place…

Activity: Through my narrative writing, I can entertain the reader.

Write an imaginative mystery story.  Make sure you take some time to plan how the story will develop and think about the characters you will introduce.  Entertain the reader, by ensuring your narrative writing has a plot, which will keep readers reading to see what happens next.

Success Criteria:

• A beginning/opening which hooks the reader to read further
• With some detail, describe the setting and characters and their involvement in the action
• Describe the main events in a sequenced order (characters, thoughts, feelings, views and opinions)
• Use dialogue to tell more about the main events/characters and their thoughts and feelings
• An ending which brings the events to a conclusion (may be an unexpected twist or turn)
• Don’t forget to include VCOP

Challenge:

Can you count how many WOW words or figurative language you used to keep your readers hooked? (Metaphor, Simile, Personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia)

Plenary:

Read your imaginative mystery story to someone, if you can, and ask for a star and a wish.

Or if you wish to email your story to me, you are more than welcome: dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

EXTRA:

Did you know there are two American astronauts being sent up to space later today? 🚀  The launch of Falcon 9 and CrewDragon around 9:30pm. You can watch it live here:

nasa.gov/live

P7’s, there is a lot of new information on the main blog, just incase you have missed the task GHS are asking you to do, this is it below:

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COULD ALL P7’s PLEASE LOOK ON THE MAIN BLOG. MR GREEN HAS PUT UP VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO FRIENDS.

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Good Morning boys and girls! I hope you are all well, had a lovely long weekend and ready for another short week of learning! 🤗

I would like to share AM’s kindness poster from last week to begin our week positively! Well done AM, it looks fantastic! 🌟 👏

MATHS

Starter:

This morning we are going to warm our brains up by practising our tables. Try the game below, it will ask you for multiples (think of these as the answers to the tables).  You can choose which table you would like to focus on.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples

Activity:

I can work out the missing factors.

Watch the clip below to remind yourself what a factor is.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfq7hyc/articles/zp6wfcw

Try Questions 1-10, filling in the missing factors.

Eg.

1. Factors of 10: 1 x 10 and 2 x 5

Challenge:

Plenary:

On Active Learn, you should see the game ‘Balloon Pop’ for you to practise your tables. You can choose your level of difficulty using gold, silver and bronze.

Remember your username is first 4 letters of your first name followed by the first 4 letters of your surname. Your password should be ‘woodlands’ and school code: 6KWA.

Any issues please comment on the blog or e-mail me dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

LITERACY

Starter:

Go to www.getepic.com/students.

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

Now look for you name and read a book.

Activities: I can use a dictionary

More and more people are using online dictionaries but it doesn’t matter if you use an online dictionary or a real one, you need to understand how a dictionary is laid out and how the information is given.  Look at this page from a dictionary.

For Q2, if you don’t have a dictionary at home then use this online dictionary

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/

Challenge:

Finisher:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/

For you guys, the weekend begins tomorrow! It’s a bank holiday tomorrow 🥳

P7’s please have a look at the GHS transition video on the main blog!

Remember Mrs McMillans video will be up today too for everyone!

LITERACY:

Starter:

What was your act of kindness yesterday?

What are you going to do today?

Activity:

Today, you have a choice for writing:

I can write a recount.

OR

I can create a narrative story about kindness.

You can either write a recount of the acts of kindness you have done this week.  Remember to include detail of who, when, where, what, why and how.

OR

You can write a story about kindness, remember to give detail, description and try to use figurative language (similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, alliteration and personification).

CHALLENGE:

Can you use each type of figurative language?

Plenary:

Share your recount or story with someone at home or a friend over the phone or you can share it with me: dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

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MATHS:

Starter:

In the next few weeks, we’re going to revise multiplication calculations.  To ensure you’ve got your times tables facts at your fingertips, each day this week for our mental starter, we’re going to play a game which helps you to revise your times tables.  Here’s today’s game:

http://www.ictgames.com/funkyMummy/index.html

Select -> Times Tables then select the times tables you know you need to practise the most.

Activity:

Since it’s the last day this week, Mrs Pollock and I have created a Competition for P6 and P6/7.  The competition begins at 10am and ends at  4pm tonight.  It is based on the work you’ve been doing either in class or at home.  There are 10 places on the leader board.  How many names will there be on the Leader Board from P6 and how many names will there be from P6/7?   If your name appears on the Leader Board you’ll be rewarded with coins or if you spend at least 20 minutes on Sumdog, you’ll also be rewarded with coins.  Good Luck everyone!

Challenge:

Plenary:

Spend at least 10 minutes on Sumdog.  Everyone at Woodlands has been entered into the North Lanarkshire Maths Contest.  The contest started on Friday at 8am and finishes on Thursday 21^st at 8pm.

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To end this week with some lovely positive news, EW’s cat has given birth! To 4 beautiful kittens. How cute are they?!🥰

Huge well done to EM for her fabulous motivational poster! 👏🤩

Have a lovely long weekend P6/7 and I will speak to you again on Tuesday, stay safe, keep smiling and be kind☺️ 🌈.

Miss Park

Good morning P6/7 😁
MATHS

Well done to AM, JF and GS for spending some time on Sumdog this week! You have won extra coins!

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Spread the word, we need at least 10 pupils on to join the North Lanarkshire Challenge!

Starter:

In the next few weeks, we’re going to revise multiplication calculations.  To ensure you’ve got your times tables facts at your fingertips, each day this week for our mental starter, we’re going to play a game which helps you to revise your times tables.  Here’s today’s game:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Select-> Times Tables ->Hit the Question -> Mixed.  You can decide whether you want to do Tables up to 10 or 12

Activities:

I have created a subtraction assessment for you to try, 20 questions, it is available until 4pm today.

Challenge:

Plenary:

Spend some time on Sumdog joining in the North Lanarkshire Challenge! P6 are doing so well! Come on P6/7!

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LITERACY

Starter:

Look at the words you wrote down yesterday from the theme music and your C.S.I. What did you think are the themes throughout this book?

Activity:

I can create a board game relating to the story line and theme of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Have a look at this example based on Danny the Champion of the World.

This board game takes you through the storyline. It has sections that requires you to either answer a question, spell a word or define a word’s meaning.

Can you create your own board game for our story? You could use “?” and have questions set up to answer.

You might decide to not use spelling or questions and perhaps draw a picture and someone has to say what was happening in the story or draw or write a character and they have to say who it is and what their personality was like.

Plenary:

Can you get someone to play your game at home? Or a friend over a video call or email it to me: dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

I hope you are able to spend some time outside in the sunshine, remember to stay safe and remember your sun-cream ☀️ 😎🌼

Miss Park x