Hi Primary 1!

 It is Friday of week 10 away from school – Yes TEN!! I even had to double check!  Can you believe it? 10 weeks away from school?

Anyway, I remember that we used to enjoy this funny dance at the end of the day sometimes, and I thought it might be fun for you to dance to this Friday.

  Remember that you have to copy just what the dog does.  Get everyone in your house to join in too – it’s fun.  Those who have older siblings I have taught will remember this too! 😉

Morning Primary 1.   I hope you’ve had a good week and you are looking forward to the weekend!

Friday Sentence Jumbles

Today we are going to be unscrambling some jumbled sentences.  That means that the words are not in the right order

Do you think you can put the sentences in the right order?

Warm Up:

• Watch this video clip to help you remember how to make a sentence.  Can you join in with the singing and dance moves?

Main Activity:

Read these jumbled sentences and put them in the correct order.  You can just read the sentence or have a go at writing them in your jotter.  There are a couple of sets to try.  The second sheet is a little trickier.

Extra Challenge

Make your own jumbled up sentences for someone else to solve.  You could write a sentence and then cut it up to rearrange in the correct order.  Don’t forget the punctuation mark.

Game to Support Learning

Click on the link to play this fun Sentence Unscramble game.

Friday’s Mixture of Maths

Warm Up:

• Count along with this video – count in 2’s, 5’s or 10’s

• This is a challenging one so just do and dance what you can!

Main Activity:

• Copy and complete these coin sums into your jotter.

Extra Challenge:

Last Thursday we were learning about gathering and recording information.  Today, or over the weekend you can go on a bug hunt in your garden or when you are out for your daily walk.

Record how many of each bug you can spot and record this using a tally system.  You can lay it out like this, or print this image from the blog.

Watch this song about how to record tally marks and why they are useful:

Games to Support Learning:

• Click on this link Maths Games and choose your own game or games from the selection available.

Reading Thursday – Non-Fiction

Hi Primary 1.  Hope you are good today! I am still missing you all.

Today we are going to read a non-fiction book.  Remember in Tuesday’s online learning we learned about the difference between fiction and non-fiction.

Fiction books are made up stories that are not real and non-fiction book have facts, they teach us something and have information that is true.  

Have a look back to Tuesday’s lesson if you need a reminder!

Warm Up

Visit the DK Find Out Website and explore all the different non-fiction categories you can find out about .  There are videos, quizzes and fun facts too!

  Why not take a quiz about dinosaurs…

or watch a short video about your amazing body!

https://youtu.be/DrgkrhBQA9w

Main Task

• I have assigned you a selection of non-fiction reading books on the Epic reading site.

• Log on to the Epic Reading website and choose a non-fiction book from the range  I have assigned to you all…

Remember the Login class code: jvy5210

• You can read as many as you like to read – you might need an adult to help you with some of the books.

• Choose one book to complete the task below.  You can write in your jotter or just talk about it with an adult…

Extra Challenge

Game to Support Learning

Fiction V Non-Fiction books

Money Thursday

Today we are going to learn about money and about adding coins to make an amount!

• We need money so we can pay for things. Can you think of any things you have bought using money?

• There are lots of different ways we can pay for items. We can use coins, notes or a credit/debit card. Look at these coins…

Warm Up

• Go on a coin hunt!  Look around the house to see if you can find any coins.  Ask a grown up to help you.  When you have finished talk about the coins you have found.

• Watch this short sing along video that tells us about the coins 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p.

Play this Game to practise giving the correct amount.   There are different levels of difficulty to choose from:

Cashing In

Main Task

Have a look at the money jars below.  Can you work out how much money is in each jar?  If you have any coins at home you can use these to lay out the amounts shown on the sheet.

Extra Challenge

Can you make these amounts with coins up to 10p?  You could draw round any coins you have at home to show the amount in your jotter!

Games to support Learning:

Toy Shop Money Game

Coins Game

• If you have time, watch this Numbertime episode all about money – I remember how much you all loved watching Numbertime in class!

https://youtu.be/p-sOpKUcRE0

Blending Wednesday 

Today we are going to do some more work on letter blends – sometimes letter blends are called ‘consonant blends’.  

Each letter is said individually, but quickly, so they ‘blend‘ together. 

Warm Up:

• Can you read all the letter blends below? Remember to say each sound quickly so they ‘blend’ together! 

• Try and say the letter blends in this video along with Jack Hartman

Main Activity:

• Write down the words from the sheet by adding the correct letter blend to the beginning of the word

• If you would like to, you can draw a picture next to your word

Extra Challenge:

• Can you use some of the words above to write a sentence? How many words can you get in your sentence?

• Try writing out the words from the sheet above in capital letters as well as lowercase letters e.g. trunk TRUNK

Game to Support Learning:

• Play this game and fill in the missing blend at the start of the word…. click here to play

Number Problem Wednesday

Today we are going to do some work on number problems.

Solving number problems means you’ve got to use your brain and think about what you have been asked – is it an adding sum or a taking away sum?

Lot of words give you a clue and help you work out if you have to add or subtract. Look at these posters to help you:

Warm Up:

• Watch this video about solving word problems

Main Activity:

Can you solve these tricky addition and subtraction problems?  You need to to really think about what the question is asking you to do – is it an adding sum or a take away sum? Remember to look for clues in the words that are used!

Extra Challenge:

• Can you remember all the words that mean ‘subtract‘ and all the words you remember that mean ‘add‘? Look back up to the top of this post at the ‘word clue’ posters if you need some help!

• Maybe you could make a poster, like the ones above, with all the words that mean ‘subtract’ and all the words that mean ‘add’

Game to Support Learning:

• Click on the picture below to play ‘Robot Addition‘

Morning primary 1

I hope you’ve enjoyed your weekend.  I have enjoyed hearing from some of you about what you have been up to while you’ve been away from school.  Fabulous plant growing BM! Remember you can contact me at:

PDonald@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk

Well done to NG, CT and LM  for all their super reading on Epic Books. 

Here are today’s online activities….

Tuesday’s Literacy 

Today in literacy I thought we could do some learning on fiction and non-fiction books.

Warm Up:

• Have you heard of ‘fiction books‘ and ‘non-fiction books‘? Try and have a guess at what you think the words might mean then watch the videos below to see if you’re right!

https://youtu.be/7RRPqkPnRl8

Were you right? So, fiction books are made up stories that are not real and non-fiction book have facts, they teach us something and have information that is true.  

Main Activity:

• Read the title of each book from this worksheet and decide if it is fiction (made up – not real) or non-fiction (real information, teaches us something)

• You can write the titles of the books (or draw pictures of the titles) in your jotter under the headings Non-Fiction and Fiction or just discuss them with someone at home

Extra Challenge:

• When I did a hunt around my house I found some nonfiction books; I found a dictionary, a recipe book and a book all about birds.

• Go on a book hunt around your house and try and find some fiction books and non fiction books – how many of each can you find? Can you beat me?

Game/reading to Support Learning:

• Click on the link below and compare the fiction and nonfiction books. You can read along with the books or press on the button and listen to them be read to you

• Non-fiction books vs Fiction books

Fraction Tuesday

Today we are going to learn about fractions. Fractions are when something is split into equal parts – all the pieces need to be the same size.  

‘Half‘ is a fraction. Sometimes it is written like this ‘1/2‘. Half means 1 whole split into 2 equal sized pieces. 

Warm Up:

• Watch this video all about half

Main Activity:

• Look at the worksheet below. You can draw the shapes in your jotter or just talk about them with someone at home. Which pictures show half 1/2?

• Draw your own pizza or cookie like the ones below. Afterwards, cut your cookie or pizza in half and share it with someone

Extra Challenge:

• Maybe you could ask an adult to help you divide things into 2 equal halves e.g. fruit, your toast or a tasty sandwich

• Try and share out some sweets or toys between 2 people so each person has an equal half

Game to Support Learning:

• Click on the link and play the game about half. How much of the shape is shaded? Remember if it is a half then equal sized parts must be coloured in…. click here to play!

• Here is a NUMBERJACKS all about half 

Hi Primary 1

As Part of mental health awareness week, the focus for the long weekend is going to be kindness.

Being kind is one of the most important things you can do for yourself and others.  It makes other people feel good but it makes you feel good too.

See how many acts of kindness you can complete over the weekend.   Use this kindness Bingo board.  Tick each square as you do them.