lundi le dix-huit mai

Monday – here it is again! Just in case you are missing my old, impromptu songs, here is one that came to mind for today! Enjoy the music and the history lesson from 1960s.

This week it is Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme for this year is kindness. Here are some ideas to get you going.

https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-involved/teaching-resources/kindness-calendar

I have also got a grid for you to use to cross off any acts of kindness that you perform and hopefully you will complete all the activities very quickly. I am hoping that you are already doing lots of these things while we have to stay at home so much!

Monday gives us the start of the week’s routine and sets us off in a familiar way, so here we go with this week’s spelling words.

Literacy

This week our focus is et endings. The problem with these words is the way that we say them! We say jackit rather than jacket – so these are words where we need to recognise the correct spelling. You will also notice that the words all end in cket, so spelling is pretty easy this week!

You could write your spelling words out in a picture, like the one on the page, but make it more interesting by including all the words!

Write the date and I can spell and use words ending in et. Follow the instructions and examples carefully. You will see that the Extension section revises syllables. Here’s a fun site to remind you of how we can split words into syllables.

Numeracy

It’s time to exercise your brain with a daily stretch, so here goes!

Today we are going to focus on using place value to order numbers on a number line. This link is quite long, but it takes you through how to apply the skill starting with three digits and then working up to 4 digits. You can stop it at any time to revise and develop your understanding.

Please write the date and I can order and work out where to put numbers on a number line. Order the numbers carefully by applying your knowledge of place value. Once you have done that, look at the intervals between the numbers on the number line and work out what they represent – 100, 50 or 10. Use this information to match the correct number to each letter. The first one has been done for you.