Literacy I can use different powerful verbs in place of “said” Read through the sentences and then choose a word from the list below them to replace the word ‘said’. Make sure that the meaning of the sentence is not changed. 1)    “Stop that!” said the irritated teacher. (yelled / stammered / cried) 2)    “Did I upset her in some way?” said Prince Albert. (shouted / questioned / asked) 3)    “Don’t worry,” I said to him, “It was Ann who upset her.” (whispered / sobbed / explained) 4)    “We need to get out of here quickly,” Billy said to Bob. (muttered / shouted / replied) 5)    “I like that!” said the handsome boy. (questioned/ exclaimed / screamed) 6)    The boy said to the girl, “Give that back to me now!” (laughed / asked / demanded) 7)    The teacher carefully said to her class how to complete their art projects. (shouted /questioned / explained)   Maths.  Pick one of these activities to do then go onto SUMDOG Rounding to the nearest 10 1. 23                      2. 54                   3. 67                    4. 82           5. 49                    6. 72              7. 76           8. 34          9. 89           10. 12                 11. 41                            12. 55                  13. 78                  14. 94                            15. 77                 16. 43               17. 27                  18. 95                  19. 32                 20. 29 Or Round these numbers to the nearest 100 1.     265 2.     315 3.     45 4.     694 5.     301 6.     655 7.     745 8.     781 9.     423 10.     381 Or Order decimals Write each set of decimals in the correct order, from smallest to largest : 1.       3.3     3.03     3.33      0.33    3.031 2.          2.16    6.12    1.62    1.26     1.2    2.1   6.2     2      2.61 3.        0.3      0.26     0.193 4.       4.12    2.14     2.4    4.1    2.04    4.02 Round each of these decimals to the nearest whole number 5.         1.3         1.45       1.67      8.2     2.8     3.433 Continue these sequences: 6.        1.3  , 1.5, 1.7, ____    , _______,  _______ 7.       2,    2.15,    2.3,   ____ , ______,   _______ 8.       1.34,  1.24,   1.14,   ____,   _____,   _______   Extreme Earth I can identify the internal structure of the Earth

Read the definitions and fill in the blanks, and then draw a diagram

Crust – the _ _ _ _ _ surface of the Earth. The crust is quite thin like the _ _ _ _ of an orange and is thinner under the       _ _ _ _ _ _.

Inner core – the solid iron-nickel _ _ _ _ _ _ of the Earth that is very _ _ _ and under great pressure. Mantle – a rocky _ _ _ _ _ located under the _ _ _ _ _. It is extremely hot – about _ _ _ _ degrees C. Outer core – made of metal so hot that is _ _ _ _ _ _. This layer moves slowly and produces a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ field.

 

             outer         layer          oceans          centre         crust

 

hot         skin            magnetic         liquid         5000

 

Neatly draw a diagram in your jotter to show the structure of the Earth. Remember to use a ruler to draw the label lines.  Use the labels: inner  core, outer core, mantle and crust.

Today we had our first Big Writing lesson.  We looked at up levelled texts, compared two texts then created our own up levelled texts using VCOP. It was hard work but good fun  and great learning!

This morning we went outside to create questions for our very own Maths Trail.  We worked with a partner and had to create 10 questions for someone else to complete.  Here was our success criteria:

Even though the weather wasn’t great, we enjoyed learning outside.

Tomorrow we have PE, please remember to bring your PE Kit.  Don’t forget Parent Information Evening this Thursday.

 Literacy:

A simile is the comparison of two unlike things using the word ‘like’ or ‘as’, e.g. an example of a simile would be as big as a bus.

Now write some sentences comparing a monster with things.

1. The monster had hair as curly as……………………..
2. The monsters had ears like……………………
3. The monster had a nose as long as…………..
4. The monster was as tall as……………………….
5. The monster had eyes as blue as……………………..
6. The monsters legs were as thick as………….
7. The monster had muscles as big as……………..
8. The monsters mouth was as wide as………………
9. The monster had teeth like………………….
10. The monster was as scary as…………………

NOW DRAW THE MONSTER  IN YOUR BOOKS!

Maths: Go into your Active Learn account (https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk).  Use your password and username. Remember the school account is 6KWA.

Other (Maths Week)

Create a poster about a famous (or not so famous) mathematician, with a bi-ography and description of his/her maths. You need to research and write about a mathematician’s life and his/her maths.

You should produce an A4 page on each of the following:

1. Biography (all about their life)
2. Overview of Maths work
3. Any other interesting points (this will vary depending on who you choose,

but could include: practical examples; other academic work; other mathematicians who worked on similar problems)

 

You should also include a bibliography of any books or websites you have used.

 

Your poster must also contain:

. Title

. Colours

. Pictures

 

Your poster may contain:

. Quiz/Questions

. Summary/Quick Facts

As part of maths week, we joined together with P6 to complete a Maths Trail in and around the school.
The questions really got us thinking and we had to use a lot of problem solving skills to find the answer.

When  we were evaluating our learning in the outdoor classroom, everyone agreed that today’s lesson was, not a lot of fun , but a great way to learn and we had to use lots of different maths.

Find shapes bigger than 4 sides in the playground

Put these blades of grass into order but they can’t be in order of length.  How many ways can they be ordered?

Evaluating our learning.  What questions were easy/ difficult? What questions did we enjoy the most?

Fist to 5 to indicate how much we enjoyed our learning today and how much we learned.

This morning in PE we continued to develop our skills of throwing and catching.  We then practised these skills in a game of mini netball.  We had very few rules but as we play more netball Mrs Pollock will introduce more rules.    

On Friday, at assembly, we were told that our class had been awarded the Cool Class Cup.  This afternoon, we celebrated with our prize: DVD, popcorn and drinks. We are the first class in the school to get the cup this year and Mrs Pollock is so proud of us 🤗🤗🤗.

As outlined in the newsletter, homework will be set on a Tuesday and everyone is expected to return their homework the following Monday.  Each week you will given Maths/Numeracy, Literacy and 1 other area of the curriculum or something seasonal.  You can decide how to manage your homework e.g you may want to complete a little bit every night or leave it until the weekend, however, it must be completed and returned to school every Tuesday.  Yellow homework jotters will be issued tomorrow.

Homework W/B 4^th September2017

Literacy:  Literacy:  Revision of nouns, verbs and adjectives.

Nouns and adjectives game: A Game for 2 players.  Face each other with the rest of the class acting as referees. One person starts by saying a noun. The other responds with an adjective that fits that noun, e.g. “Chair,” followed by, “Comfy.” Then the first person says another noun and the second child responds, again, with an adjective that goes with it. The game continues until either person loses. The person that wins stays up and faces a new challenger. The winning person must now take on the opposite role. So if they said nouns before they are now adjectives and vice versa.

A person loses if:

• they take too long to answer a question;
• they say, “erm,” before answering;
• they repeat a word that has already been said in the round by either child;
• they say an incorrect word (one that either isn’t a noun or adjective or an adjective that doesn’t fit)

• Write this sentence out in your jotter. Underline the verb, put a circle around the noun.

The cat sat on the mat.

• Write this sentence out again this time change the noun or verb or add an adjective to change it.

The sad cat sat on the mat.

The cat sat on the wet mat.

The cat slept on the mat.

 

Can you make up at least 10 different sentences?

 

In Maths we are looking at Place Value.  Choose at least 2 of these activities:

Football Transfers newspapers, computer with internet access.  Ask children to find out information about football players’ transfer fees in the paper or on the internet. They list up to ten prices in their learning logs. They underline one digit of each transfer fee and identify the value of the underlined digit using words or figures, e.g. £764 000 is seven hundred thousand pounds or £700 000.

Globe Trotters atlases, computer with internet access.  Investigate the distances between home and five cities they would really like to visit.  Put the distances in order, starting with the highest.  Think about which destinations would cost most to visit and why?

Digit shuffle Ask children to write the last three digits of a phone number (their own or a friend’s). The three digits must be different. They write all the different 2 digit numbers that they can make with the digits. For each number, they partition the digits and give their values, e.g. 24 = 2 tens and 4 units = 20 + 4.

 

The digit 3 Ask children to investigate how many numbers between 0 and 100 have the digit 3. They list all the numbers and say whether the digit 3 is a tens digit or a units digit (include the number 33 that has both). How many numbers do you think would have a different digit such as 7?

 

Digit shuffle Ask children to write the last six digits of a phone number (their own or a friend’s) into their learning logs. For each number they write it in words and partition the digits like this: 387 249 is three hundred and eighty- seven thousand, two hundred and forty-nine. 387 249 = 387 000 + 249.

 

 

Here are some websites that you may find useful

 

http://nrich.maths.org/1272 – Got it!

 

http://www.ictgames.com/sharknumbers.html – Shark Numbers

 

http://www.softschools.com/math/place_value/teaching_place_value/ Find the value of the underlined digit.

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=503&engine=15 Type the number in numerals and then fire the cannon!

 

Extreme Earth : The Continents Game

As part of our work on Extreme Earth we will be looking at Plate Tectonics of the Earth.  Use an atlas or the internet to look at the map of the world. Revise the continents and familiarise yourself with some of the countries that belong in each continent.

This is a game for two people. Cut out the cards and turn them upside down. Take it in turns to turn a card over. The first person to shout out the correct continent in to which that country belongs keeps the card. The winner is the person with the most cards after they have all been won. If there are any disagreements use the map provided to check the correct answer was given.

Egypt	Bulgaria	Peru	Finland
Kenya	Canada	Argentina	Nepal
New Zealand	Madagascar	Ireland	Ethiopia
Jamaica	Italy	Jordan	Haiti
Malaysia	Russia	Spain	Alaska
Greenland	Wales	Yemen	South Korea

 

 

 

 

Today we continued learning more about the jobs of Rex the Retriever. With our partner, we highlighted the VIPs (Very Important Parts) that led to Michael falling over board in our novel.  From our highlighting, we then identified 6 VIPs and presented them on a story board.

This morning we continued our hard work in maths.  All the maths groups were able to follow their Task Boards independently and move between the various tasks, including using our new class iPads. 😍

If you’ve not brought in your PE kit, remember to bring it in tomorrow as we’ve got PE just before lunch.