That’s us at the end of the school week….I hope you all have a warm and sunny weekend 😎🌞.
I saw some of these pictures made from things you would find outside and thought you might like to try and make them over the weekend – just use your imagination…..and anything you can find outside:
On the main blog, Mrs McMillan has posted another one of her ‘Take a Moment’ videos. This week she is practising deep breathing – with help from her sock friend! Deep breathing is a great method to help younger children lower stress and regain control if they are feeling upset.Have a look at the video below….
Here are the last of the week’s online lessons for you to try….
Friday’s Jumbled Sentences
Today we are going to be unscrambling some jumbled sentences. That means that the words are not in the right order so the sentence doesn’t make sense!
Warm Up:
Watch this video clip to remind you how to make a sentence. Can you join in with the singing and dance moves?
Main Activity:
Primary 1 Jumbled Sentences
Read these jumbled sentences and put them in the correct order.
Read these jumbled sentences and put them in the correct order.
Look for the capital letter and the full stop to help you work out which word comes first and which word comes last in the sentence!
Extra Challenge:
Try and make up 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!
As an extra, extra challenge you could hide the words for the person to find before they put them in the correct order.
Count along with this video – count in2’s, 5’s or 10’s. Can you keep up with Jack?
Main Activity:
Copy and complete these sums into your jotter
Remember you need to put a ‘p’ for pence e.g. 1p + 1p = 2p
Primary 1
Primary 2
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What is 2 less than 7?
What is 10 more than 10?
What is 2 more than 19?
What is 10 less than 70?
· Order the numbers:
19 4 9 12 0 6
· Order the numbers:
29 49 39 19 9
· Copy and complete:
0 2 __ 6 8 __ __ 14 __ 18
· Copy and complete:
0 5 __ 15 20 __ __ 35 __ 45
Extra Challenge:
Last Thursday we were learning about gathering and recording information. Today, or over the weekend, you could go on a bug hunt in your garden or when you are out for a 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
When I was in my garden I saw 6 ants, 2 spiders, 5 butterflies, a ladybird and 4 flies – how many can you find?
This video is useful to teach you how to record tally marks and why they are useful
Games to Support Learning:
Click on this link Maths Games and choose a fun maths game to play
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 💰
Put your coins in order, starting with the smallest VALUE (not the smallest size). Can you add any of the coins together?
Watch this short sing along video that tells us about the coins 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p
Main Activity:
Play this money game to practise using coins – Coin Game
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 use coins to put the correct amount of money in each jar below – remember there might be more than one way to make the amount
You could draw around any coins you have at home to show the amount or just write down the value of the coins
Last night the launch of the rocket Falcon9 was postponed because of bad weather! They are going to try again on Saturday at 8:22pm – hopefully we will spot the rocket up in the sky on Saturday 🚀
Reading Thursday
Today we are going to read anon-fiction book. Remember in Tuesday’s online learning we learned about the difference betweenfiction and non-fiction (have a look back to Tuesday’s lesson if you need a wee reminder).
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.
Warm Up:
Visit the DK Find Out Websiteand explore all the different non-fiction categories you can find out about . There are videos, quizzes and fun facts too!
You could take a quiz about dinosaurs, find out about space or watch a video on the human body
Main Activity:
For this activity you can either use a non-fiction book at home or chose one from the Epic Reading site.
Click here and log on to the Epic Reading website and choose a non-fiction book to read. I have assigned you a selection of non-fiction reading books on the Epic reading site – they will be in your ‘mailbox’
Remember the login class code: uyu2215
You can read as many as you like – you might need an adult to help you with some of the books
Choose one book from the site, or from home, to complete the task below. You can write in your jotter or just talk about it with an adult…
Extra Challenge:
Have a look at a nonfiction book and a fiction book. What differences can you spot when you compare them?
Look at the pictures – are they drawings or photographs?
Morning everyone! I hope you are feeling good today 😎.
There are two American astronauts 👩🚀👨🚀 being sent up to space later today 🚀. The launch of Falcon9 is happening around 9:30pm – it is quite late but if you are allowed to stay up you can watch it live here: NASA LIVE
If all goes to plan you should be able to see the roc ket from your window. It will pass around the UK about 9:45pm and look like a bright light moving in the sky – can you spot it 🚀?!
Now, here are today’s lessons…
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
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!
Primary 1 Worksheet
Primary 2 Worksheet
Do as many of these as you can – there are ALOT of sums!
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’
It was such a nice day yesterday – it looks like today is going to be sunny too!
Well done to KP, BP, BL and MJ-S 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
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!
Tomorrow and Monday are May holidays so today will be the last online lessons until Tuesday 😎!
I saw these art activities online and thought I’d share them with you incase you wanted to do them over the holiday weekend. Reading Thursday
Warm Up:
How many of these common words can you read before the girl on the video says them? Good luck – you’ve got to be quick!!
Main Activity:
Primary 1
Read the short story below about Russ and then answer the questions. You can answer the questions by talking to someone at home or you can write your answers in your jotter.
Remember to try and answer in a full sentence with a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop. So for question number 1 your answer would start:-
Russ has a pet ______ .
Primary 2
Read the short story below about Scott and then answer the questions in your jotter.
Remember to write your answer in a full sentence with a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop. Not just with one word. So for question number 1 your answer would start:-
Scott gets to school ____ _____ ______ .
Choose a Book:
Click on these links and go ontoOxford Owl or Epic Reading!and choose a book to read for enjoyment.
There are Biff, Chip and Kipper stories and lots of other great books for your level.
Game to Support Learning:
Practice your reading by playing this game from class…click here to play! Who can get the highest score? Choose either Phase 2 or Phase 3.
Today we are going to do some work on information handling. We can find out lots of information from pictures, charts and graphs.
Warm Up:
Watch this clip all about finding , using and creating information in a graph – click here
Main Activity:
Look at the pictogram below and try to answer the questions at the side
Extra Challenge:
Can you gather information from your family and record it in your own chart e.g. you could find out their favourite flavour of crisps or favourite chocolate bar
Game to Support Learning:
Play these games to work on your data handling skills –
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