Happy Friday Primary 4!

What fun activities do you all have planned for the weekend? I am missing being able to hear all of your exciting stories every day. I know the weather has not been as nice this week, but remember it is still important to get outside for some fresh air.

Here are today’s tasks… 🙂

Remember to only do what you can. You can also complete tasks in any order. 

Friday 1st May

Literacy: Warm up task – Spelling

• I can read, write and spell my common words

Log on to Sumdog Literacy and click on spelling. Take part in at least 15 minutes of Spelling games that include this week’s words. Can you order the letters in words accurately?🌟

Free Writing Friday ✏🌟📚

This week you are free to write about whatever you want using your Beginning, Middle and End structure. You can write in your jotter, on paper or by word processing. At times we struggle to think about what we’d like to write so here are some ideas to think about.

You could write a: note, letter, list, newspaper report or a postcard. Think of your purpose and audience. It could be more formal writing to a company, business or the government or informal writing to a friend, family member or to your teacher. It could also be imaginative and completely made up story (fiction) or factual information and include true facts (Non-fiction). The choice is yours!

 

Why not have a look at the idea story wheels above for a stimulus and choose one that you would like to do. I really like the idea of writing a story that is about a stolen diamond necklace, a child who solves crimes or a key to a secret door.

You could also use Scholastic Story Starters (free to use online) and spin the wheel to give you a random story starter. You can also complete your writing by word processing through the Scholastic website.

Success criteria:

• Interesting title (to capture the reader’s interest)
• Beginning – opening paragraph to set the scene. How will your story start? How does the main character look and act? Include adjectives and wow words to set the scene of the story.
• Middle – what happens next in the story? Do the characters go on an adventure? Does something exciting happen? Include exciting openers and wow words to talk about the main event. Include a variety of punctuation. Remember to link your sentences using connectives.
• End – how does the story come to a close? What happens at the end of the event or that day? The story could end back at the setting where it started from too.
• Illustration – every story should have a picture that matches. This could show the characters, a scene or objects that are included in the story.

Please don’t worry too much about remembering to include everything, have fun and make it an exciting piece of text. Use the planning sheet if you wish, take time to think of an idea and have a break. Remember good writing doesn’t happen all at once – take some thinking time for ideas then go back to your writing. Let’s see what you can do!

When you’re finished, think about what we would do in class to self-assess:

• Read through your writing, have you missed anything out? Check it makes sense
• Check over your capital letters and full stops
• Check that other types of punctuation have been used in the right places
• How many wow words have you used?
• How many different connectives did you include?
• Did you include outstanding openers to excite the reader and build suspense?

Why not sit on a chair or pillow and read as the author to a brother/ sister/ mum or dad. You could practise your reading with expression and bring the story to life!

Maths: Fractions

Warm up task: Units of time

Write Q1-12 in your jotter and read the units of time. Write the correct number beside it. If you are not sure of the answer, you could do some research.

Main task: Fractions

Write the fraction of shaded parts. The digit on the top is the numerator – this means the number of purple coloured parts of the shape. The digit at the bottom is the denominator – this means the total number of parts in each shape.

For example:

Write the title in your jotter and complete Q1-20. Check over your work.

Finisher

Sumdog Activity – Take part in at least 15 minutes of Maths games today. Our challenge with P4/5 finishes at 3pm today and the results will be posted. 🏆

Can I say a huge well done to TR for completing a wonderful hanging crescent and star decoration to mark the month of Ramadan! I loved seeing your picture, thank you. ⭐

 

Interested in Science?
Today on Glasgow Science Centre at Home:🧪🧬

Stargazing – Finding The North Star 🌟

Friday 1 May. Natalie from The Planetarium team is back to share some more brilliant stargazing tips. Learn how you can easily find the North Star and why that is so important to astronomers when they’re gazing up into the starry night sky. Fun for all the family.

 

Have a lovely weekend everyone and stay safe! 👍🏼

Mrs Maher 🍎