Maths  

Last week we were looking at number sequences.  Here are a few activities to try at home

What’s the rule? Give children a range of sequences to explore and ask them to find the start number and rule, such as:

• 6, 7, 9, 12, 16, 21, 27, … (start at 6, then add 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …)
• 50, 49, 46, 41, 34, 25, … (start at 50, then take 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, …)
• 1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, … (start at 1, then multiply by 3 each time).

Encourage children to write notes on the patterns in each sequence, e.g. every pair of numbers alternates between odd and even.

Make snakes Ask children to draw three snakes, split into many sections, and to write a sequence in each snake, e.g. by counting on or back in steps of the same size, such as 5 at a time. For more of a challenge you could state that the fifth number in each sequence must be a particular number, e.g. 27 or 54, and say that at least one sequence must be descending.

True or false? Give children the following puzzle to investigate: A sequence starts at 5. The terms grow by adding 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and so on. Every number in the sequence will have a units digit of 5, 7 or 1. Do you think the statement is true or false? How do you know

Literacy

Red group read chapters 5 & 6 of their group novel

Blue Group read chapters 2 – 4 of their new group novel (several children need to read Ch2 from last week)

Green Group read chapters 2- 4 of their new group novel (several children need to read Ch2 from last week)

The Belonging Apostrophe

 An apostrophe is used with an s at the end of a noun.

It shows that something or someone belongs to that noun.

A

Write the shortened form of the phrases below:

1.  the bike belongs to the girl = the girl’s bike.
2. the pen belongs to the boy
3. the car belongs to the man
4. the cup belongs to my brother
5. the nuts belong to the squirrel
6. the ship belongs to the captain

B

1. Put these words into your own sentences (e.g. like exercise A):
   1. the golfer’s clubs
   2. the elephant’s trunk
   3. the bird’s eggs
   4. the cat’s eyes
   5. the tree’s branches
   6. the farmer’s tractor