Good morning everyone! I hope that you have all had a great start to your day. Hasn’t the weather been lovely recently? Wouldn’t it be just our luck if weather turns miserable the minute this lockdown is over and we are free to spend as much time as we like outside! ☀️
Did you know that today is Earth Day? Click on the following link to learn more about climate change, the impact of plastic pollution on our oceans, or habitats such as the arctic and the rainforest and the animals that live there! 🌎 https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/kids-club/cool-kids/general-kids-club/earth-day/
Literacy:
Today we will be continuing to work on the skill of making inferences! 🔎
Wednesday 22nd April
Comprehension
I can demonstrate my understanding of a text by making inferences and justifying them with evidence.
Warm Up:
Reminder: Making an inference is all about using what you have read in the text to make an educated guess.
Warm-Up Questions
- The child stood on the pavement clenching her ice cream cone. Beads of sweat collected on her little nose as she furiously licked at the ice cream dripping down her hand.
What can we infer?
a. The child was getting full from eating ice cream.
b. The child didn’t like the ice cream.
c. The child was eating ice cream on a hot day.
d. The child was eating ice cream on a cold day.
- Bill and Jessica were almost finished taking turns choosing players for their teams. It was Jessica’s turn to choose, and only Kyle was left. Jessica said, “Kyle.”
We can infer that
a. Kyle is not a very good player.
b. Jessica was pleased to have Kyle on her team.
c. Kyle was the best player in the class.
d. Jessica and Kyle do not like one another.
Main Task:
Read the story starter below and answer the comprehension questions. Remember to include quotations from the text to support your answers.
Opening night
Tim took another deep breath. Inside his chest, he could feel his heart pounding like a bass drum. Again, he took slow, deep breaths and picked up his script. Flicking through the pages, he read through his lines quietly to himself, mumbling under his breath. All his hard work over the last few months had been for tonight. Crossing his fingers tightly, he wished for good luck.
“Tim, are you ready? You’re on in 2 minutes,” said Mr. Smith.
“I think so, Sir,” said Tim in a shaky voice.
“Don’t worry, you’ll be fine, Tim. Break a leg!”
Slowly, Tim stood up and made his way towards the heavy, red velvet curtain. He pulled it to the side and stepped through.
Questions
- How do you think Tim is feeling at the beginning of the text?
- Explain how you know how he is feeling. Provide evidence from the text to support your answer.
- What do you think Tim is waiting to do?
- What clues told you what Tim might be doing?
- Who do you think Mr. Smith is?
- Do you think “Opening Night” is a good title? Why?
- If you had to give this text a different title, what would you call it?
Extension:
On Monday I was watching a Pixar short film called ‘For the Birds’ (I have bought Disney+ to help me get through this isolation!) As I was watching it I was thinking about how, though the birds do not explicitly tell us how they feel about the big bird, we can infer a lot about their thoughts and feelings from their actions. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYTrIcn4rjg
The whole film is without words. If the birds could talk, what do you think they might be saying?
Maths
Warm Up: Mental Maths
- 7 x _____ = 56?
- Write down a multiple of 10 between 52 and 62.
- 33 ÷ 3 = ?
- 9,941 = 9,000 + 900 + ____ + 1
- Write down forty five thousand, seven hundred and seventy three
- What is the next number? 23,875 22,875 21,875 20,875 _______
- How many 5’s make 40?
- Round 77,677 to the nearest thousand.
- How much money is 4 twenty pound notes, 5 ten pound notes and 3 five pound notes?
- 6,122 – 19 = ?
- The time is 07:05. What time will it be in two and a half hours?
- How many 5 pences are in £1.95?
- A pen costs 35p. How much would 6 pens cost?
- Which of these numbers can you divide by 7 without getting any remainders? 21 76 45 49 32
- I set off at 8:15am. My journey takes 3 hours and 35 minutes. When do I arrive?
- 6 x 30 = ?
Main Task: Multiples of 10 and 100
22.04.20 Multiples of 10 and 100
I can add and subtract multiples of 10 and 100.
Activity 1: Adding Multiples of 10
- 9,645 + 50 =
- 8,864 + 70 =
- 8,328 + 90 =
- 7,892 + 60 =
- 6,797 + 20 =
- 3,137 + 70 =
- 3,491 + ______ = 3,581
- 3,582 + ______ = 3,642
- _____ + 30 = 6,675
- _____ + 70 = 3,625
Activity 2: Subtracting Multiples of 10
- 8,207 – 80 =
- 7,053 – 30 =
- 9,576 – 70 =
- 9,175 – 90 =
- 3,841 – 80 =
- 1,784 – 60 =
- ___________ – 50 = 8,968
- ____________ – 30 = 2,392
- 3,766 – _________ = 3,706
- 1,053 – _________ = 973
Activity 3: Adding and Subtracting Multiples of 100
- 1,300 + 500 =
- 1,400 – _________ = 1,300
- __________ + 400 = 1,700
- 2,100 – ___________ = 1,400
- _______ + 300 = 1,100
- 1,600 – __________ = 900
- ___________ + 900 = 1,600
- 1,300 – __________ = 800
Traffic Light today’s work and leave a comment to say how you found adding and subtracting multiples of 10 and 100 today. 🚦
Extension:
If you are up for a challenge try to solve these word problems! 🌶
- Two classes of children collected marbles. One class took out 3,600 marbles, the second class had 6,800.
a. How many marbles did both classes have?
b. How many more marbles did the second class have?
- There were 9,852 pieces of sports equipment. Sadly, 2,300 pieces were ruined in a flood. How many are left?
- There were 39,512 books in a library. 1,500 were leant out. How many books were left in the library?
- 18,300 West Ham fans and 32,400 Chelsea fans attended a match.
a. How many fans watched the match?
b. How many more Chelsea fans were there?
Create 3 of your own word problems for someone in your house to solve.
Lastly, I know we have some keen scientists in our class 🧪. Every morning at 10am Glasgow Science Centre post a science lesson on their YouTube channel to help us expand our science knowledge from home. Today they are going to be teaching us about the importance of bees and pollination, which ties in perfectly to Earth Day! 🐝 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lYYXHzlHpE&list=PL3HiMoKupdbLS_i3MMObIIpqNm7hswB2i&index=1
Have a great day,
Miss Donaldson 🌱
