Well done to EM, AM and FW 👏 👧

Good Morning everyone! Hope you all have that Friday feeling!  🌈🥳

A huge well done to AM, EM, DB, EW & GS for all of your effort on Epic this week!

A huge well done to these super stars still using Sumdog now and then too 🌟: AM,  JF, AB, CM, S-MC, DB, GS 👏

 

MATHS

REMEMBER TODAY AT 11:05am BOYS VS GIRLS!

Starter:

Using yesterday’s task, can you say how many jumps are there between each number?

Example:

11. -4 and    -7

It takes 3 jumps to get from one to the other.

Try 12 – 19

Activity: I can count on and back between positive and negative numbers.

Challenge:

Plenary:

Create your own question that involves negative numbers, it can be something similar to what you have done this week. Give it to someone else to solve. You can even e-mail me it: dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

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LITERACY

Log onto Epic www.getepic.com/students.

Then enter the code: idt2922 (This is the classcode.)

Select a book of your own choice.  How many book on Epic have you managed to read this week?

Activities: I can use its and it’s correctly.

Many people get confused with its and it’s.  Remember:

it’s is the shortened form of it is

its is to do with belonging,  something that belongs to it.

 

You DON’T need to write this passage out in your jotter. Just write 1-23 (there are 23 missing words) and decide whether you should write its or it’s.

Here are 1-8

Challenge: Try 9-23

 

Plenary

Create a poster to teach others or when to use its and when to use it’s.

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well and feeling good ☺️✨.

It’s a good day to have a good day ⭐️🌼

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REMEMBER BOYS VS GIRLS MATHS COMPETITION TOMORROW !

(spread the word if you can)

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LITERACY:

Log onto Epic www.getepic.com/students.

Then enter the code:  idt2922

Select a book of your own choice.  What book do you fancy reading today?

Activities:I can identify what figures of speech mean (Common Expressions).

Read this explanation of figures of Speech or Common Expressions:

 

Now have a go at these two questions in your jotter:

Challenge:

Plenary: Can you match these sayings with their meanings?  Get someone at home or a friend online to give you a score out of 10.  Good Luck!

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MATHS:

Starter: 

Order numbers from lowest to highest (remember in negative numbers, the higher the negative, the further away from 0 it is, the lower the number.)

Eg.

-243 ,  -543, – 45, 0

Lowest is -543 (it is the furthest away from 0)

Then it would be -243

Then -45 (is getting closer to 0)

And the highest number is 0.

Try this game:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity04

Activity: I can work out how much each child has.

If Clare has £25 but she owes £30, she technically has -£5 as she still owes £5.

Challenge:

Plenary: Go through each question and just say which number is highest OR write them out using the correct symbol  <    >  , remember the crocodile eats the largest number.

Good Morning boys and girls 😁

 

LITERACY:

Starter:

Log onto Epic www.getepic.com/students.

Then enter the code:  (This is the classcode idt2922.)

Select a book of your own choice.  Will it be Fiction or Non-Fiction?

 

Activities: I can write clear concise directions.

Look carefully at this map.  Your friend is lost in Fantasy Land. You must write short, clear directions to help your friend find the way home.  Remember to include when they should keep quiet and when they should run as fast as possible.

To begin you must look carefully at the map and imagine what instructions and advice your friend would need.

Use this framework for writing your directions:

1. First you must…..
2. Then you……..
3. Now you can…..
4. Next you……..
5. Finally you………

*Challenge*

Write a paragraph explaining how your friend ended up lost in Fantasy Land.

Plenary:

Now share your directions with someone.  Do they think you’ve managed to save your friend?  Ask them for 2 stars and 1 wish.

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MATHS:

 

Starter:

On Sumdog, you have been allocated 5 quick questions.

Activity: I can order positive and negative numbers

Optional Challenge:

What is the highest temperature over the next week?

What is the lowest temperature over the next week?

What is Greenland’s highest temperature over the next week?

What is Greenland’s lowest temperature over the next week?

Compare Cumbernauld to Greenland.

Choose one day, what is the difference in temperature?

Have a look at the map of where the UK is located compared to Greenland?

Why do you think the temperature is a lot colder in Greenland?

Plenary:

Go on to this website:

https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/?sort=1

You can sort the information by country or city.

Choose 4 countries/ or cities and order them warmest to coldest

 

 

 

Welcome back boys and girls! 😁🌼

I have a new website for you to visit. It will give you access to thousands of books and I can select books for you to read, sometimes give you a quiz about the book and check when you’ve read them.  There are fiction and non-fiction books for you to choose from.  You will have free access until 30th June 2020

Go to www.getepic.com/students.

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

Now click your name.

I have set up a book, ”Hero Dogs”, for you to read and then there is a short quiz. Let me know if you enjoy your book. If you read some of the other books, let me know the ones you have liked.  This is an American website so when looking at the date remember they put the month first then the day so 12^th May 2020 would be 5/12/20.

Starter:

Have a go at logging onto Epic using the instructions above. Explore the site/ app. Read the book allocated or any book of your choice if and when you have some time.  Any problems send me an email at dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

Activities: I can identify and name collective nouns.

Watch this video to remind yourself of collective nouns:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M3i6PTabT4

 

Can you think of the correct collective noun then copy the phrase neatly into your jotter:

A ____________ of whales.

A ____________ of flowers.

A ____________ of steps.

A ____________ of fish.

A ____________ of pups.

A ____________ of geese.

A ____________ of crows.

A ____________ of arrows.

A ____________ of thieves.

A ____________ of experts.

 

*Challenge*

Can you come up with another 10 examples of collective nouns?

Plenary

Can you come up with a collective noun for a group of teachers?  Perhaps you’d like to illustrate your idea?

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MATHS:

This week, P6/7 and P6 will be in competition, BOYS VS GIRLS, Friday 11:05 am – 12:05pm using your knowledge from this week of negative numbers.

 

Starter:

Recap what negative numbers are:

Watch the video, read the information and try the quiz.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znwj6sg/articles/zxthnbk

Activity: I can identify negative and positive numbers on a number line.

Use a number line to count on and back, here is a picture of a number line to help (all 3 are the same).

You can write the letters in alphabetical order or as they come in the picture.

Eg.

10. Is 2 positions before 10. Count back 2 places from 10 and you end up at 8.

Therefore, a = 8

Another example is h.

H is 3 before -20, if you count on from negative 20, 3 spaces you land on -17 (negative 17).

Complete letters b-q

Optional challenge:

Plenary:

Go on to active learn (remember first 4 letters of your first name and first 4 letters of your second name is your username) password is woodlands and school code is 6kwa.

Allocated to you is the game: “Clam collector”. This game is like snake, it is fun.

Well done DB and JF, dream team 👏 🌟 !!

KM super work for being the only girl trying some!

Boys you completed 164 questions between you, fantastic 👏.

 

Good Morning boys and girls, it is Thursday but it has a Friday feeling, as you are off tomorrow, no work woo!
Check out these links from Mrs McMillan, other links are also on the main blog.

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REMEMBER 11AM BE READY, AT 11:05 THE COMPETITION BEGINS ON SUMDOG, BOYS VS GIRLS!

WHO WILL BE THE WINNERS?!

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Remember, tomorrow is a Bank holiday, a day off.

It is VE day, see if you spot anything today which is in memory of it, 75 years later.

__________________________________________________________SUMDOG: Huge well done to these superstars for their hard work on Sumdog this week!

JF, AM, GS, S-MC, DB, AB and CM, super proud of you all

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MATHS FOR TODAY:

In our final lesson of the week, we’re going to build on what we’ve been learning so far and move onto 4 quadrants rather than 1 quadrant.  Make sure you watch the clip from You Tube before you begin playing the games which all use the 4 quadrants but to starter us off here is today’s mental starter.

Mental Starter:

Activities:

Watch this video to explain how to plot coordinates using 4 quadrants

 

 

Now have a go at these 3 games that all use 4 quadrants for coordinates.  Which game did you like best and why?

https://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/bug2/bug2.html

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/469/Coordinates-Alien-Attack

https://www.teacherled.com/iresources/coordinates/showthecoordinate/

*Challenge*

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/153/coordinates–reasoning-about-position-and-shapes

Plenary

Take the Coordinates Quiz on Sumdog.  There are 10 multiple choice questions and it’s only available until 6pm tonight.  Good Luck!

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LITERACY

Starter:

Morse code, invented by Samuel Morse, takes the letters of the alphabet and replaces them with a combination of dashes and dots.

You can create these dashes and dots using long and short sounds, long and short light flashes, or just by writing them on paper.

 

You can translate these back into normal letters using a guide like the one above. (Or, if you’re really good at memorising stuff, you can learn the whole code!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti40tW-W2IY&feature=related

 

Activity: I can use the code to work out the message

You are receiving a code using Morse code, which you must solve:

Challenge:

Finisher:

Look/ think back at you 3, 2, 1 bridge activity from Monday.

Now re-do this task, see if your answers differ after learning more about VE day.

Write:

3 words,

2 questions

and 1 simile/ metaphor

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Extra info

 

The Queen will commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day with a televised address to the nation.

The message will form part of a series of events on 8 May marking the end of World War Two on the continent.

The monarch’s pre-recorded address will be broadcast on the BBC at 21:00 – the exact moment her father, King George VI, gave a radio address 75 years ago.

Other plans include a public sing along of Dame Vera Lynn’s We’ll Meet Again, a song synonymous with World War Two.

It will be the Queen’s second televised message during the coronavirus outbreak.

Last month, she echoed the words of the singer known as the Forces’ sweetheart when she told those in lockdown “we will meet again” during a rare speech to the nation.

 

Have a listen to the song:

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

 

Good Morning boys and girls 🙂

Starter:

We are going to look at poetry today.

Revise what a limerick is:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4mmn39/articles/zw3yw6f

Revise what a Haiku poem is:

https://www.poetry4kids.com/lessons/how-to-write-a-haiku/

 

Activity: I can create a limerick and/ or Haiku poem

Choose one type of poem; try to create a poem about celebrating the end of WW2 for Europe (VE Day).

SC for a limerick poem	SC for a Haiku poem
I can include: first, second and fifth lines have the same rhythm and rhyme. The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other too.	I can include: First line has 5 syllables Second line has 7 syllables Third line has 5 syllables.

 

Challenge:

Is Miss Park’s poem a limerick or haiku? Prove it.

 

Streets full of people,

Bonfires, dancing and cheers,

The war is over.

Plenary:

Read your poem to someone, or send it to me to read: dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

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REMEMBER, BOYS VS GIRLS COMPETITION TOMORROW STARTING AT 11:05 am

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Mental Starter:

Activities: I can use coordinates to solve problems

This picture helps me remember the order of the coordinates

*Challenge* Make up a coordinates problem for your friend to solve or me: dpark@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

 

Plenary:

Make sure you’ve completed the competition and challenge set for you on Sumdog

 

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REMEMBER, SUMDOG, TOMORROW, 11AM BE READY, IT BEGINS 11:05am , BOYS VS GIRLS!

Good morning everyone 😄

Hope we are all staying safe and well☀️.

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Firstly, I would just like to say a huge well done to those who have been on Sumdog this week: JF, AB, GS, AM, S-MC and DB 👏 🌟 Super work guys! Keep it up 🤩!

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Update on Sumdog, as an extra practise on coordinates, I have set a friendly competition for THURSDAY.

It is GIRLS VS BOYS!

It will be available  THURSDAY 11:05am – 12:05 afternoon.
Who will work together and receive a higher score? 🤔

You have a few days notice, if you speak to any friends let them know about it incase they haven’t seen it!
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This morning we are going to continue our learning about VE Day.

Starter:

Unjumble these letters to create 3 words.

OLDRW RWA OTW

 

Activity: I can skim and scan to find specific information.

Today you are reading some non-fiction, as this information is about events that actually occurred.

Challenge:

Finisher:

What do you see in this photograph taken on VE day 1945?

What do you think is happening?

What questions do you have? What does it make you wonder?

 

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Maths Mental Starter: Please try to complete Q1-Q15:

Activities: I can use co-ordinates to make a journey on a grid P14.

Optional Challenge:

Plenary:

Have a go at the coordinates competition.  It’s available from 10 am this morning until 10pm on Thursday night.  Good Luck!

(This is separate, not our class one, BOYS VS GIRLS IS THURSDAY MORNING ONLY).