Morning all, I hope that you are all doing well! We have reached the end of another week of learning from home, doesn’t it feel like such a long time since we have been at school? A big thumbs up to everyone who has been remembering to use Sumdog as well as the learning tasks that I have been posting – the boys especially are absolutely smashing it! Keep up the great work! 👍🏼
Today’s tasks are going to all be Easter themed seeing as the Easter holidays start on Monday!
Have you been on any walks recently? Here are some photos from my walk yesterday.
If you do go on a walk see if you can spot any of these spring sights. I spotted my first lambs of the year yesterday:
Literacy:
Today for our literacy task we will be writing an acrostic poem about Easter!
Friday 3rd April
Easter Poem
I can write an acrostic poem.
Warm Up:
Brainstorm sights and sounds that you might see or hear in springtime or at Easter.
Main Task:
Using the letters of EASTER, write an acrostic poem (you could do HAPPY EASTER if you want a challenge 🌶).
✓ The first line should begin with a word starting with the letter ‘E’, the second line should begin with a word starting with the letter ‘A’ and so on…
✓ Include as much VCOP as you can – think of the vocabulary that you are using, try to make it as interesting and exciting as possible.
✓ Try to include literary techniques (such as alliteration, similes, metaphors and parentheses)
Here is an example of an Easter acrostic poem that I wrote:
Extension:
Remember to practise your reading and spelling on Sumdog too!
Did anyone tune into the writing podcast? If you would like to check it out follow this link; it has lots of interactive activities to complete whilst you listen! It is broadcast every day. https://radioblogging.net/index.php/2020/03/20/live-show-friday-20th-march/
Maths
Warm Up: Easter Word Problems
(You don’t have to do them all today, you could leave some of them to do next week if you wish).
- The Easter Bunny has 103 eggs in his basket. 47 fell out on the way to the ‘Great Egg Hunt’. How many does the Easter Bunny have now?
- The Easter Bunny has 243 eggs in his basket. It then puts 128 more in his basket. How many does the Easter Bunny have now?
- The Easter Bunny wants to put each of his eggs in a box, which cost 25p. It has 8 eggs. How much will it need to spend?
- The Easter Bunny has 5 boxes that it needs to fill equally with his 75 eggs. How many eggs will go in each box?
- The Easter Bunny buys a new basket for £1.45 and a pack of Easter card for £2.27. It pays with a £5 note. What change does it get?
- The Easter Bunny starts off with 50 eggs in his basket. At the first house it drops off 27 eggs, and at the second house it drops off 15. He then decides he doesn’t have enough so buys another 33. How many eggs are in his basket now?
- Claire buys a luxury Easter egg for £5.40, and a chocolate bunny for £3.05. How much does she spend?
- Rhys is making chocolate nest cakes using a packet of cake mix. For every 100g of mix he uses, he must add 1 egg and 40ml of water. He uses 400g of cake mix. How much water does he need to add?
- Sebastian saved money to give to the Easter charity fund at his local church. Six weeks before Easter, he had £22 in his money box. He saved his pocket money each week for the next six weeks. By Easter Sunday, he had £70 altogether. How much had he saved each week?
- The supermarket sells 1987 Easter eggs in one week. The following week, they sell 2368 eggs. How many have they sold altogether?
- Hamish is making Easter eggs. His melted chocolate needs to stay in moulds in the fridge for 105 minutes before he is allowed to check them. He puts them in the fridge at 13.25. At what time should he check on them?
- Floppy the Easter bunny is delivering 265 Easter eggs. 64 of them are wrapped. How many are unwrapped?
Main Task: Easter Co-ordinates
03.04.20 Easter Co-ordinates
I can use coordinates to place points on a grid.
Here is a video to watch as a reminder of co-ordinates: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgthvcw/articles/z96k9qt.
Remember you always go along ➡️ then up ⬆️
So, in the below worksheet, the first egg can be found at (0,3).
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Fancy a challenge?
Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O12C9EcdFo
In four quadrant coordinates you always go along ⬅️➡️ Then up or down ⬆️⬇️
In the example below the first egg can be found at (5,4) whereas the second egg is found at (2,-3).
Traffic Light today’s work and leave a comment to say how you found writing co-ordinates today. 🚦
Extension:
Complete the two quizzes at the bottom of the co-ordinates video: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgthvcw/articles/z96k9qt
Easter Algebra
I came across these sheets whilst I was deciding what Easter maths task I was going to set you today. If you are looking for something to do next week you could give them a go!
Feeling arty? Why don’t you visit the ‘Art For Kids Hub’ YouTube channel (remember the tutorial we followed to draw our haunted houses?). There are lots of Easter art tutorials such as Overlapping Easter Eggs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WFY7Afi8_w) or an Easter bunny folding surprise picture (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMa5gsmZwHs).
Fancy a sing-song? Why don’t you watch Fischy music’s assembly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BwMjjZvj6o. This week they are singing our Pancake Breakfast song – ‘Keep the Blues Away’. I forgot how catchy it is and now I can’t get it out of head!
Have a nice break! If you ever feel bored in the next two weeks have a look back through the previous blogs – I have posted lots of links that you could look into, from maths and literacy to science, art, history and music. Stay safe and keep washing your hands!
Miss Donaldson 💛
