Morning everyone! I hope you are all feeling cheery this morning – it is sunny outside AND it’s Friday so there is lots to be happy about! ☀️
👏🏼 Well done to MM, ZM, RA, NM and HM for all making use of the Epic app this week to do some reading! Also, a big well done to yesterday’s Sumdog winners! 💰
Literacy:
For the previous few weeks we have been looking at non-fiction writing, in the form of country fact files, in our comprehension lessons on a Wednesday. Today we will be writing a fact file on a country of your choice. 🇨🇦🇨🇮🇩🇰🇯🇵🇮🇹🇵🇱🇸🇪🇺🇸🇱🇻
Friday 29th May
Fact File
I can research, then organise my research, in order to create an information text.
Warm Up:
For your warm up today I would love it if you could all hop on over to Sumdog and practise your spelling or grammar.
Main Task:
Here are the country fact files that we have been using for our comprehension, plus a couple of extra examples that I found online:
However, you can choose what sub-headings you want to have in your fact file. Here are some ideas from you to choose from:
- Location (What continent is it on, what countries border your country, what seas/oceans border your country, what is the capital city)
- Terrain (Does it have any mountain ranges, rivers, lakes etc.)
- Climate (Is it very hot all year round or does it get hot in the summer and cold in the winter, what is the average temperature, it is prone to any particular type of natural disaster? For example, Japan lies on a fault line between several tectonic plates and so experiences many earthquakes)
- People (Population, current leader, main languages spoken, major religions, currency used)
- Food
- Famous Landmarks
- Famous people
- Popular sports
- Fun Facts
A successful fact file today will have:
✓ Title (including your country’s name)
✓ Subheadings
✓ Included a range of facts
✓ Punctuated sentences accurately.
✓ Capital letters – you will need to use a capital letter for your country’s name, the continent it is on, bordering countries and seas, mountain ranges, rivers, any names of people you mention and some landmarks. When doing your research, pay attention to which words are capitalised to help you.
✓ Write in the third person and present tense
✓ Read my writing to check that it makes sense
Have fun researching!
Extension:
Draw a picture of your country’s flag to illustrate your fact file!
📖 Additionally, today is your last chance to catch up with David Walliams ‘Bad Dad’ chapters 17 – 27 as tomorrow the site will be updated with the chapters that he has been reading this week (28-41). https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses-catch-up/
Maths
Warm Up: Mental Maths
- Which number comes halfway between -3 and 3?
- _____ + 14 = 63
- 32,783 – 100
- Add 10,000 to 11,492
- 57 + 29
- 30,000 + 1,000 + 600 + 30 + 6
- 6 x 12 = ?
- 54 x 100
- Which is the largest even number? 3,435 6,678 44,677 9,352 12,431
- Which is greater 65,725 or 64,756?
- What is 3 more than 2,788?
- Write down a multiple of 11 that is greater than 30 but smaller than 40
- Write down a number than can be equally divided by both 4 and 6
- If the time is 3 o’clock, what time will it be in 3 hours and 30 minutes?
- 22,640 ÷ 10 = ?
- Add together 13, 6 and 27
Main Task: Dividing by 8
29.05.20 Dividing by 8
I can build up my knowledge of table facts.
Activity 1: Supermovers
Let’s start again with a reminder of the eight times table from Filbert Fox! https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-8-times-table-with-filbert-fox/z4mrhbk
Activity 2: Missing Number
- 56 ÷ 8 = _____
- 88 ÷ 8 = _____
- _____ ÷ 8 = 2
- 80 ÷ 8 = _____
- _____ ÷ 8 = 4
- 72 ÷ 8 = _____
- _____ ÷ 8 = 12
- 8 ÷ 8 = _____
- 72 ÷ 8 = _____
- _____ ÷ 8 = 7
- 24 ÷ 8 = _____
- 40 ÷ 8 = _____
- _____ ÷ 8 = 6
- 56 ÷ 8 = _____
- 32 ÷ 8 = _____
- _____ ÷ 8 = 8
- _____ ÷ 8 = 11
- 64 ÷ 8 = _____
- 48 ÷ 8 = _____
- _____ ÷ 8 = 5
Activity 3:
Use your knowledge of the 8 times table to answer the following questions.
Traffic Light today’s work and leave a comment to say how you found dividing by 8 today. 🚦
Extension:
🚨 Hit the Button Division facts will give you a little extra practise in dividing by 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqU8zu14u5I
🎳 Multiplication Bowling for some extra 8 times table practise: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/504/Super-Maths-Bowling-Multiplication
A few extra bits and bobs I wanted to share with you:
Shona from Balir Drummond Safari Park was live on Facebook yesterday to teach us all about rhinos – it’s so amazing to see the rhinos up close so check it out! 🦏
🧘♀️ Last week, Mrs McMillan created a video which teaches you how to relax your muscles and body. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5URMolO8O_4
🚀 Also, don’t forget that the SpaceX is going to attempt launch again tomorrow night, the launch is now scheduled for 20 past 8 which means it should pass us at about half past! https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive
Miss Donaldson ❤️
