Morning, busy bees, how are you doing?

Did you have a look at the Epic site? I could see that AD and SR had been browsing and reading. Well done.

I hope that you have been listening and reading along with the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We will need information from the end of chapter 15 and chapter 16 to complete today’s task.

 

Spelling- as you are reading, make a note of any silent w words that you come across.

Today  we are focusing on  finding and selecting information about character from the text. Please write the date and  I can write a character description of the Oompa-Loompas in your jotter.

Here are these pages you need to find information about the Oompa- Loompas from the text. If you can print them off, then you could mark the text on the paper, if not, then take notes as you read through.

I want you to think of as many different aspects of the character as you can e.g. appearance, likes/dislikes, personality, background (where the character came from, its history). Organise your notes so that information that is similar is in the same paragraph- all appearance is in the same paragraph, etc.

Here is a link to describing characters, to help you organise your ideas:

Make sure that you read through the description to check that the information flows and makes sense. Traffic light and comment on your learning, then please ask someone else read your character description and ask them to write a comment saying whether you achieved all the success criteria.

Numeracy

Eyes down for your mental maths daily stretch!

Our focus for addition today is the use of partitioning to help us calculate. Date and write in your jotter, I can add using partitioning grids. Follow the instructions and set your work out in well drawn out boxes, where the place values are correct and make sense. 

Please traffic light your work and comment on your learning.

Today, please spend at least 10 minutes on Sumdog, and try to complete the skill that you have been practising.

Just a reminder that we still have access to the Oxford Owl website.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

Click on the “My class login” and enter these details

username: primary 4/5 – there is a space between  y and 4

password: Password – P is a capital letter

Okay, so this is me carrying you through to tomorrow!

 

Let’s hear it for all those that we know and love working  in medical, nursing and care jobs.  Thank you !

Hi everyone, I hope that enjoyed a bit of down time over the long weekend. I miss all of you so much and wonder how you are doing. Remember that you can get in touch by leaving a comment in the box at the bottom of the post – I’d love to hear from you, and of course I’d like to hear your suggestions for aspects of literacy and numeracy that you’d like to practise, too!

First of all some exciting news! This is a fantastic opportunity to get access to reading materials for free up to the end of June from a site called Epic. https://www.getepic.com/students

Once you are on the site, I have set up our class, so you just need to click on the class and it will let you in. Click on the blue button rer5028  – this is our class code.

Then you select your own name and are good to go! It has assigned pictures to each name, but you can change your avatar if you go into your profile above your name on the top right hand side. You can select your own materials, to start off with, there are lots of different subjects and titles and enjoy exploring the site.

This link takes you to a calendar of different fun activities for May.

https://cdn.getepic.com/website/assets/activity-calendar/calendar-pdfs/BTS_Calendar_May20.pdf

Literacy

Spelling – our words this week all have a silent w. Choose a way to practise your words and make sure that you have spelt them correctly. For sections A and B, please date and write I can identify words with a silent w and complete the tasks neatly in your jotter.

The next task involves you identifying silent letters ( when you say the word, which letter sound in the word don’t you hear e.g. in crumb, the silent letter is b) and putting the words under the correct heading. It asks you to use a dictionary to look up the meaning of any words you don’t know. Here is a link to an online dictionary.

https://schools.collinsdictionary.com/browse/primary/

Numeracy

I hope that you are enjoying your mental maths workouts. When you look at the time question remember that we count around the clock in 5s.

Our place value focus today is negative numbers. Some of you looked at this in class, but I think we were all interested, so let’s all have a look at these links which show us how they work.

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

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znwj6sg/resources/1

Put the date and I can calculate differences using negative numbers, neatly into your jotter. As you can see the first answer is shown in the top right hand corner, demonstrating that a negative number has a – minus sign in front of it. Choose the page that is most suitable for your level of learning., but you can do both only if you want to.

This page is an extension page and uses temperatures to practise. Please use this number line to help.

If the temperature is 5 degrees (°) and drops by 10 ° then we start at 5° and take away 5° so that we end up at 0, then have to take away another 5°, so we end up at -5°C . The answer is given at the top right hand side of the page.

Use these links to practise using negative numbers:

http://www.snappymaths.com/counting/negative/interactive/thermometers1/thermometers1.htm

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/450/ITP-Number-Line

WWF are linking learning to the Frozen Worlds this week. If you have missed any of their previous clips on forests, coastal seas and freshwater, then you can always take a look.

https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/love-nature

Here is the link to last week’s “Take a Moment”. Mrs McMillan is giving us all some great techniques to use at home, so take a look …… and take a moment to relax and refocus.

See you tomorrow, for another exciting day of home learning.

 

 

Congratulations to our friends in  Primary 4 who have again won the inter-class competition!

I would like to say a huge thanks to PM- 3rd, LI – 6th and LF – 10th who kept us in with a chance. 

In the grammar assessment – great work from AD, LF and LI.

In the spelling challenge – great skills from LI, AD and ML

   Well done, everyone, you are working really well. 

Welcome to Thursday, my great Primary 4/5 team !

Here’s a little rhyme for you to sing along with! It always makes me think about playtimes , home-time  and me asking you to zip up your coats before you go outside – it makes me smile!

Did you take part in the Assembly yesterday? You can still get involved through the school blog.

Our positions for the Sumdog competition are : LI – 6, PM- 7 and LF – 10. You’re doing well and your skills are improving so well done. Later today I will let you know how you’ve got on in spelling, grammar and maths on Sumdog this week.

There is no school tomorrow because of the long holiday weekend. We are having Friday as a holiday instead of last Monday because tomorrow it is 75 years since the war in Europe ended. It was not the end of World War 2, but it was hugely important.

This clip from a month before schools were shut, gives you some information about VE Day and some of the events that should have been taking place tomorrow. The day is still being remembered but now in different ways.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ve+day+for+kids+2020&&view=detail&mid=333B928E4CD7D03A84C5333B928E4CD7D03A84C5&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dve%2Bday%2Bfor%2Bkids%2B2020%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

There are PowerPoints on Twinkl which give information of Scotland’s experience of the day, but unfortunately I can’t link them. Please check out the Twinkl Home Learning Hub for information. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/event/ve-day-2020

Literacy

How is your spelling this week? The spelling patterns are very similar, so you should be doing well. Please ask someone to check them with you and congratulate yourself if you do well.

Today’s literacy focus is a comprehension about VE Day in 1945. Read the information through carefully and make sure that you have understood the facts. Notice the quote from Winston Churchill, highlighted in bold and between quotation marks.

In your jotter, please write the date, I can describe some of the events of VE Day and answer these questions carefully.

1.   Explain, in detail what the importance of VE Day was, what had ended?
2. What was the role of General Jodl in the events?
3. What does “the bell ringers were on standby” mean?
4. In your own words, explain what effects the war in Europe had on Britain.
5. What did Stalin do and how did this affect Churchill?
6. What date was VE Day?
7. Name two or more ways that people might have lost loved ones during the war in Europe.
8. Describe how people celebrated VE Day.
9.  Why did the princesses join the crowds in London?
10.  Was this the end of the war? Explain your answer.
11.   Why were 2 searchlights lit in the shape of a V?

As usual, please traffic light and comment on your skills.

Numeracy

Make up tunes to help you through, daily maths is here for you!

Today, you are going to do some problem solving using Morse Code which was an important method of communication during the war.

Here is an introduction to the invention and development of Morse Code

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=morse+code+for+kids&&view=detail&mid=8BE0972F60727965DA7C8BE0972F60727965DA7C&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dmorse%2Bcode%2Bfor%2Bkids%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

Here are the Morse Code signals that you will use to solve the puzzles.  Date, I can solve puzzles using Morse Code

 

You could try sending messages to your friends over the phone making the long and short sounds for each letter , or you could text a coded message. You could even send me a coded message in the comments section!

The Sumdog addition and subtraction competition closes at 3pm this afternoon, so good luck 😉 this week.

Just to leave you with a song that was very important to keep the spirits up during World War 2 and is just as important to us all now  as we wait to find out when we will be able to see each other again.

Have a lovely long weekend, stay safe and we’ll meet again ….through the power of the Blog,  on Tuesday!

 

Bonjour la classe, and welcome to Wednesday!

Update on Sumdog.  Maths competition PM -5th place, LI – 8th place and LF – 9th place. Well done and keep going!

Spelling challenge – Well done to LI, S Ma, ML and AD for taking part in the challenge. It is still open today for those still to take part.

 

Literacy

Keep practising your spelling words in whichever way suits you. Sometimes just writing them out carefully 3 times, can help you to visualise the words.

Your focus for today is adverbs. We have learnt about and used adverbs to let us know more about a verb e.g. she painted the picture carefully. How did she paint the picture? She painted it carefully.

This link explains some of the ways that adverbs are used in more detail and will help you with your follow up tasks.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=adverbs&&view=detail&mid=073E479EFD3FA2C09347073E479EFD3FA2C09347&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dadverbs%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

You will notice that these adverbs link to some of the spelling rules that you have been practising – remember that the skill of making links is so useful to your learning and understanding.

Please write  the date and I can identify different types of adverbs. Read the information given to you and look at the examples given.  Follow  the instructions and remember that a verb is an action word ( can you do it or can it be done by something? ).

Draw a chart neatly into your jotter and write the headings. Then identify which type of adverb the words are and write them under the correct heading.

Have you checked your punctuation? Do the sentences make sense? You will need to use capital letters, full stops, commas and an apostrophe, for the meaning to be clear.

There’s a grammar assessment on Sumdog which covers skills that you have been practising recently, so give it a go!

Number

Here’s your numeracy brain work – out to wake up those strategies!

Thinking about the double and near double strategy that we used for addition yesterday, this task helps you to think about the strategy but this time for subtraction.

Please write  the date, I can subtract using doubles, near doubles and adjusting.

Self assess by traffic lighting and commenting on your learning.

As a finishing task, these games will help you to practise using doubles and/or take part in the Sumdog addition and subtraction competition.

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/activities/neardoubles.swf

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Take a look at the Meaningful May Action Calendar that Mr Green posted on the school blog. Today it says ” Take a step towards one of your life goals, however small.”

I am so proud of you and I hope that you are proud of yourselves for all the steps you are taking to make progress and achieve success while you are learning at home.

Here are the links to Mrs McMillan’s “Take a Moment” relaxation techniques, if you haven’t already seen them. A new one will be on the school blog tomorrow.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=take+a+moment+Mrs+McMillan&&view=detail&mid=63DF12390461CA3602A863DF12390461CA3602A8&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dtake%2520a%2520moment%2520Mrs%2520McMillan%26qs%3Dn%26form%3DQBVR%26sp%3D-1%26pq%3Dtake%2520a%2520moment%2520mrs%2520mcmillan%26sc%3D0-26%26sk%3D%26cvid%3DCAC43BEE1A43462CA5D1B3A08333D1AF

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=take+a+moment+mrs+mcmillan&&view=detail&mid=8A007A77FFA817532EE88A007A77FFA817532EE8&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dtake%2520a%2520moment%2520mrs%2520mcmillan%26qs%3DHS%26form%3DQBVR%26sp%3D1%26pq%3Dtake%2520a%2520moment%2520mrs%2520mcmillan%26sc%3D1-26%26cvid%3DE87D49208D40498CA23463BCA17F0482

Welcome to Tuesday, everyone – let’s make it sparkle!!

Here’s the latest on the Sumdog competition, PM and LF are in the top 6 – well done 👍🏻

Literacy

For your spelling today, I have put up a challenge on Sumdog. The words are all common and familiar words, which we have been practising over the year, so good luck!

Your literacy focus is handwriting and today we will be practising how to join double consonants. It is so important that the formation and sizing of your letters is correct so that you can join accurately and this is a skill that I have been advising as a next step all year!!

Look at what the letters look like depending on which letter they are joined to – look at offer. Also check the break letters!

Please write the date and I can join consonants together correctly in your jotter. Take your time and copy all the punctuation where necessary.

Here, you need to look carefully at the break letters and whether you are using a baseline or horizontal join.

So, are you proud of your handwriting, has it improved? Traffic light 🚦 your work, and comment on your learning.

Numeracy

Let’s keep our maths minds alert and expand them with your daily stretch! It’s like Joe Wicks for the mind!

Remember last week, the poster for maths strategies – did you add in this strategy  Doubles and Near Doubles ? Well done if you did!

Today we will focus on using doubles and near doubles as a strategy for helping us to calculate. Please watch the following link:

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=doubles+and+near+doubles+ks2&&view=detail&mid=C52D26FE07E9DE45E684C52D26FE07E9DE45E684&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Ddoubles%2Band%2Bnear%2Bdoubles%2Bks2%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

As you can see, you use what you know about doubles and near doubles, so that you can adjust to make the calculating easier!

Please write the date and I can use doubles, near doubles and adjusting to calculate mentally.

1.     12   +    13 =
2.     25   +    26 =
3.    38    +    42 =
4.    59    +    61 =
5.  102   +   99 =
6.  251  +  248 =
7.  299  +  301 =
8.  402  + 398  =
9.  503  + 499  =
10.  599 +  602 =

Please traffic light and comment on your learning.

As a finisher today, please develop these mental maths skills as you play at least 10 minutes of Sumdog – the addition/subtraction competition is hotting up!

Have you been keeping up with your exercise?  I try to do some stretches and walk about in the house if I can’t get outside.

  I know  – just look at me!! 

so I hope this visual made you smile too!!

 The WWF Learn to love Nature is focusing on forests this week and there are some really cool activities which are worth a look.

https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/love-nature/forests

Until tomorrow mes enfants,

 

Bonjour mes amis,

We’re all refreshed and energised, ready for another week of amazing opportunities to learn and develop new skills – not just academic lessons, but knitting, sewing, crafting, technology – like Lego and Knex, jigsaws, making your bed, sorting your laundry – all sorts of skills! 

Keep looking at the school blog – there are lots of links to learning in different ways.

I just want to congratulate  our friends for their success over the past few weeks.  It’s great to see how you are progressing and the amount of effort that you are demonstrating.

Sumdog Champions

RC – week 1, Co B – weeks 2 and 3, and last week, Ca B, ML and RP.

Spelling success – Ca B, Co B, AD,  RK, PM, NM, TM  and SR

Grammar challenge  – LF

Thanks to Ca B for the photos which were put onto the school blog. It was lovely and made me very happy to see you working and developing different skills – keep up the good work!!

Literacy

You all know the routine by now, so here comes your spelling for this week. Copy out the key words 3 times using one of the spelling strategies in your homework polypocket, or make up your own way of practising them.

Follow the instructions for Spelling Focus A, B and C.

The next sections link to words which some of you have in your own word walls . As you can see, we are learning about how to use a suffix to make an adjective.  Notice that the suffix ful only has one l.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=suffix+ful&&view=detail&mid=6D2396988B99723DC6846D2396988B99723DC684&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dsuffix%2Bful%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

Finally, in the extension, you are replacing the y with an i (which links to your learning from  last week).

Write the date and I can use the suffix “ful” correctly.

Please traffic light and write a comment about your learning.

Numeracy

The new inter- class Sumdog competition is open and this time the focus is addition and subtraction, so let’s get calculating!

Here’s our new look mental maths starter. Please let me know what you would like to practise and I’ll put in any requests. 😄

 Now for your learning focus – I can compare numbers using signs

Remember that the sharp corner points to the smaller number and the open side is closer to the larger number.

Here’s a good video to revise using symbols and it builds up from units to hundreds.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=using+signs+to+compare+numbers&&view=detail&mid=7684CA0504C81596C3037684CA0504C81596C303&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dusing%2Bsigns%2Bto%2Bcompare%2Bnumbers%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

I know it’s Christmassy (look, I’ve made an adjective out of a noun) , but it’s a good exercise to get you thinking about number ordering!

This video demonstrates how to compare 4 digit numbers

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=using+signs+to+compare+numbers&ru=%2fvideos%2fsearch%3fq%3dusing%2bsigns%2bto%2bcompare%2bnumbers%26FORM%3dHDRSC3&view=detail&mid=6547269C7D7E427E4CD16547269C7D7E427E4CD1&rvsmid=7684CA0504C81596C3037684CA0504C81596C303&FORM=VDQVAP

This task is an extension to take you up to 4 digits.

Here’s a fun game for you to practise comparing numbers using signs.

http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/greater_less_than/eng/Introduction/MainSessionPart2.htm

Check out these online learning opportunities, they might have a subject that really captures your imagination!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zgckjxs

https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/schedule

……. and I’ll be back with you all tomorrow – same time, same place !

Congratulations to our friends in P4 who are again the winners of the inter-class challenge.

However our score was excellent and it was very close, I’m delighted to see your skill levels improving.

Well done to RP – 2nd place, ML – 4th place, CB – 5th place, PM – 7th place and all the people who were just outside the top 10 places – great accuracy! ANOTHER competition is set up for Monday until Thursday, this time addition/subtraction, so there’s plenty of time for us to catch up. 

A big shout out also to CB for excellent spelling on Sumdog this week – well done!

Happy May Day to you all.

I have been having some problems getting into Sumdog this morning, buy hopefully things will be okay for you later. Our positions are now- 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20. If the people in the teens could answer double what you already have ( below 100) then we have a good chance of winning. Come on, team, we can do this! Anyone who hasn’t already started the competition, we need you too!

It’s time to check those spelling words, so who will be helping you today and reading them out for you? Make sure that you thank them for helping you with your learning!

Literacy

Today I want you to use your research skills to find out about May Day.  Look at any information from research sites, or even get in touch with some older family members to find out whether they celebrated May Day.

Use your note-taking skills to find out facts about how May Day is celebrated. Think of ideas such as the history, where it is celebrated, any particular flowers (France) , how it is celebrated? The fact that it is a Public holiday in many countries, how do workers celebrate their Rights on this day?

https://kids.kiddle.co/May_Day

https://www.ducksters.com/holidays/may_day.php

https://kidskonnect.com/holidays-seasons/may-day/

https://frenchmoments.eu/may-day-in-france-la-fete-du-travail/

Now that you have some notes, you will need to organise them to create a new text and today you are using your skills for……..

I can write an information leaflet about May Day

I have said, write – but you could type out or create a PowerPoint if you want to.  This is a great reminder of the important points to remember as you organise your facts into sections.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=leaflet+features&&view=detail&mid=6EC2EE457DA342ACA62C6EC2EE457DA342ACA62C&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dleaflet%2520features%26qs%3Dn%26form%3DQBVR%26sp%3D-1%26pq%3Dleaflet%2520features%26sc%3D6-16%26sk%3D%26cvid%3D8E126B3B7CA44BA79961FF011B500306

So, you will need:

• An interesting front cover, with a large title and suitable illustrations
•  Headings (carefully underlined) for each paragraph of information. You might want to include a question as a heading e.g. Did you know that ……?
•  Keep the paragraphs short and to the point.
• Use your own words and use a dictionary if you are not sure of the meaning of any words. PLEASE DO NOT JUST COPY AND PASTE!!
• Illustrate your points, with captions if needed.
•  Plan the information/facts carefully before the final draft, so that the leaflet reads well and the information follows through without being mixed up.
•  Apply all of your punctuation, spelling and presentation skills to produce a leaflet/presentation to be proud of.

Ask someone to look at your work leaflet and assess it against the criteria in the list above. Would you be a Star Writer this week?

Number

Okay, everyone, let’s get onto that Sumdog competition and have one last huge effort to see whether we can be the champions this time!!  You are a great team, so let’s all pull together!!

The focus for today’s maths lesson is telling the time. We revised o’clock and half past, so today we are going to have a look at quarter past and quarter to. Please watch this video, as it shows the skill of reading these times very clearly.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=telling+the+time+quarter+to+and+past&&view=detail&mid=C41B6305D632E67959D2C41B6305D632E67959D2&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dtelling%2Bthe%2Btime%2Bquarter%2Bto%2Band%2Bpast%26FORM%3DVDVVXX

Please date, I can read and write times using fractions  1/4, 1/2 ,3/4 to help

Write out the times in the 2 ways as I have shown you on the sheet.

For some extra practice, try  telling the time using this game.

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling_the_time#

Take care, stay safe,  remember that I’m thinking about you and miss you loads. x