Welcome to wonderful, wacky Wednesday!
News from the Sumdog competition –ML and PM have been doing a fantastic job, and yesterday So Mc joined in, so we are now on the leaderboard – yippee!!
Literacy
- As it’s wacky Wednesday, practice your spellings in a wacky way e.g. Be a cheerleader – Give me a ____, give me a _____ etc. Spell in ninja or Spiderman or another character pose.
2. You have been using some features of non-fiction texts, but today I want you to focus on the non-fiction texts themselves. What are the differences in their purpose, format and information?
I want you to go on a scavenger hunt in your house and online to find as many examples as you can of the following types of text.
Date and I can find examples of different types of non-fiction texts
Make a note under the different headings of texts that you have found for each group- try to get an example to match all those suggested and if you can find more of your own, then that’s brilliant! Happy hunting and remember that Epic and Oxford Owl will be a great place to start your search.
3. Traffic light 🚦 and comment on your scavenger hunt. I hope it made you think about the purpose and features of the texts.
Numeracy
- Today’s starter is at least 10 minutes on Sumdog maths to take part in the NLC competition.
- Last week, we revised formal subtraction and today, we are extending our revision to exchange across 0. I have written out the steps for this sort of calculation so just look at this example very carefully.
Write the date and I can use formal multiplication to subtract from numbers including several 0 placeholders
For the last question see if you can work out the answer mentally first and then check using a calculator.
3. Traffic light and comment on your skills especially in the problem solving section.
4. This is a great game for practising your skills in addition, subtraction, finding a difference and logical skills.
https://www.mathplayground.com/number_conundrum_whole.html
Extra
The theme for WWF this week is oceans. I love the activities that WWF have been uploading – they’re so interesting.
https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/love-nature/oceans
It feels so calm under the water, so …….
Link this to Mrs McMillan’s Rainbow Relaxation and you’ll feel so relaxed you’ll probably fall asleep!
