Good Morning P3.  This is the last day for this week’s Sumdog competition – I have been so impressed with all the hard work.

Maths

Symmetry

Warm Up

• I have assigned some symmetry books on Epic for you to look at and revise your knowledge of symmetry.
• Use the Epic Reading website or app to go to Epic use our class login which is dwt5812.  Choose your name and find the symmetry books  I have assigned.

 

• Watch this video to revise your knowledge and understanding of symmetry.

Challenge

Can you find any symmetrical objects around the house?

Main Task

Copy and complete the following symmetry task.

 

Fun Finisher

Play this game to practise symmetry matching for pictures, shapes and patterns.

 

Literacy

Writing

Warm Up

• Watch this Literacy Shed video and make notes about what happens at the beginning, middle and end of the story.

• Re-watch the video or pause it to give you time to write notes.

Main Task

Write a recount of the story (retell the story in your own words).

Use your plan to help you order your story.

Remember to check your story as you are writing and carefully check when you finish.

Fun Finisher

Draw a picture to illustrate what happens in the story.

Read your story to someone at home or record yourself reading your story and listen back.

Good Morning P3 – I hope you have all had a good week so far.  Super work to all those using Sumdog – lots of fantastic effort.  Remember the competition is still ongoing so keep working hard!

Here are your tasks for today.

Number

Time

Warm Up

Watch this video to revise time durations.

 

Main Task

Copy and complete the following time task.

Part one

Part two

Looking at a calendar may help you with some of the questions.

 

Fun Finisher

Literacy

Reading

Warm Up

• Read Dogs at Work

 

Main Task

Use the text above to help you answer these questions.

• Comprehension
• All About Words

 

Fun Finisher

• Go onto Epic Reading site and choose a book to read for enjoyment.

• Use the Epic Reading website or app to go to Epic and use our class login which is dwt5812 choose your name and explore the books.  Look at the cover, picture, blurb and choose a book you think you will enjoy. Talk to someone at home about the book you read and whether you liked it or not explaining the reasons why.

Good Morning P3.  Here are your number and literacy tasks for today.

Maths

3 Times Tables

Warm Up

Watch this video to practise counting in threes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzbxYYFqiJ4

• Count on and back in threes – clap, jump, throw a ball etc as you count.
• Use the 100 square to splat as you count in threes.

 

Main Task

Copy and complete the following 3 times table pages.

Part One

If you have something to help you count in threes eg lego, marbles and baskets, tubs etc to sort them into then you can build up the three times table using these if not draw three trays and draw paint blocks on to show three times table.

Part Two

For question two write the sums and answers that match.

Challenge – Questions 4,  5 and 6

 

Fun Finisher

Sumdog

The Sumdog competition is still ongoing you can go on and complete questions for the NLC competition. This morning our class was 55th place in North Lanarkshire – which is fantastic! Well done to you if you have been playing as you are doing really well

or

I have put up a Sumdog times table challenge that you can complete between now and Friday.

 

Literacy

Revision phonemes – soft g

Warm Up

If you are able watch these sound videos.

 

 

Main Task

Copy and complete these soft g practise pages.

Part one

Part two

 

Fun Finisher

Make a poster showing words that contain the soft g sound add pictures to show what your words say.

Good Morning and Happy Birthday to JL – I hope you have a fantastic day.

Remember the Sumdog maths competition is still ongoing.  Keep working on your accuracy as you answer questions.

Maths

Greater than and Less than

Warm Up

Watch these greater than and less than videos outlining the symbols for equal, greater than and less than.

 

Click on watch this video on you tube to watch

 

Main Task

Copy and complete the greater than and less than task.

Fun Finisher

Explore number sentences by watching the video and completing the tasks below.

 

Literacy

Warm Up

• Watch this video to practise high frequency words
• Watch first with sound on to listen to words and watch again with sound off and say the words as they appear on the screen.

 

Main Task

Revision Spelling Words

must  how  would  also  more

Roll and Spell

Use a dice (if you don’t have one at home you can get dice online).  Roll the dice for each word and complete the task that the number on your dice shows.

Fun Finisher

Play Sumdog Spelling for 15 minutes.

Good Morning P3

Another NLC Sumdog competition began this morning and runs for a week till Thursday 11th June at 8pm.  All you need to do is answer Sumdog Maths questions.  When you open Sumdog you should see the competition and how many questions you have to answer.  Remember accuracy is important.

Maths

Information Handling

Warm Up

Explore using tally marks using this game.

 

Main Task

Copy and complete the following information handling task.

Part one

Part two

 

Fun Finisher

• Create your own question and table and record tally marks and totals.

Eg

• Vehicles passing the house (colours, types etc)
• Birds in the garden or that you can see from your window.
• Toys in your bedroom.

Literacy

Syllables

Warm Up

• Watch this video to revise syllables.

• Clap out the syllable(s) in your name
• Try clapping out the syllable(s) for your families names.

Main Task

Copy and complete this syllable task.

Part one

Part two

Fun Finisher

Try and think of as many of your own words as you can that have 1, 2, 3, and 4 syllables.

 

Good Morning P3.

Well done for all your hard work so far this week.  I am very impressed with all the books being read on Epic-as a class we have read 100 books so far. Remember you can choose books to read for enjoyment as well as the books I assign.

Here are your tasks for today.

Maths

Money

Warm Up

• Watch these videos by clicking on the images below,  to revise your knowledge and understanding of money .
• Complete the tasks under each of the videos to practise your skills.

Main Task

Copy and complete the following money task.

Work out the totals of the coins by adding the coins shown in this task.

Challenge

Draw different sets of coins to make the same totals as above.

 

Work out the change needed from £2 using this worksheet.

Challenge

Draw the least coins needed to give the change from the task above.

Fun Finisher

• Play this game to revise making totals and calculating amounts of money.

 

Literacy

Writing

Fairy Tales

Warm Up

Watch this video explaining what is meant by a fairy story.

and complete the task below the video.

 

Main Task

Use the fairy tale storyboard and a dice (you can get virtual dice online or through apps if you don’t have one) to decide setting, good characters, bad characters and a prop for  your story.

Plan your fairy tale story by writing down some details about each part of your story.

Write your fairy tale.

Fun Finisher

Illustrate your story by drawing pictures that help to tell your story.

Good Morning P3. I hope you have all had a good week so far.

Here are your tasks for today.

Maths

Subtraction

Warm Up

Complete these mental maths take away sums.

1. 25 – 12 =
2. 32 – 10 =
3. 46 – 22 =
4. 72 – 51 =
5. 66 – 13 =
6. 88 – 17 =
7. 93 – 12 =
8. 34 – 13 =
9. 47 – 26 =
10. 65 – 24 =

Use the 100 square to help you if you want.

 

Main Task

There are lots of different ways take away sums can be displayed – here are some of the words that might be used.

Copy and complete the following  worded questions task.  You will have to use your problem solving skills to work out the sums you need to do.  Remember for take away always start with the largest number.

 

Fun Finisher

Play Sumdog maths for 15 mins.

 

Literacy

Reading

Warm Up

Use the Epic Reading website or app to go to Epic use our class login which is dwt5812.  Choose your name and look at the four new stories that I have assigned.

Look at the cover, title, blurb and skim and scan each book

Choose one of the books to read carefully.

 

Main Task

Use your book to complete this book review.

Fun Finisher

Explore the Epic site – choose some books that you would like to read for enjoyment.

Think about why you chose the book and whether you enjoyed it.

• Tell someone at home about the book you chose.

or

• Try to redesign the front cover.

 

Good Morning P3. It is fantastic to see how many of you have been busy on Sumdog and reading on Epic well done.

Here are your tasks for today.

Number

4 X table

Warm Up

• Watch this video to practise the 4 X tables.

• Try writing or drawing some of the facts from the four times table using repeated addition.

Main Task

• Copy and complete this 4 X table page.

Challenge Page

For the colour to match part just write the matching sum and answer.

 

Fun Finisher

• Coconut Multiples – practise your 4 X table using this game – click the image below.

Challenge

• Choose some of the other times tables in the game to practise.

 

Literacy

Sounds Revision soft c

Warm Up

Watch Geraldine soft c video to revise the sounds.

 

Main Task

The soft c sound is said like a s and is usually followed by e, i or y

The hard c makes the K sound and is usually followed a, o or u

Like all spelling rules this is just to help you and there are words that don’t follow the rules.

Sort the hard and soft c sounds by copying and completing the table.

Challenge

Can you think of any words that contain both hard and soft c?

 

Fun Finisher

• Get someone at home to ask you words containing soft c or hard c– spell them out loud or write them down and check.

Good Morning P3 – We are starting a new week and a new month today. It always takes me a while to get used to writing a new month in the date – so please let me know if I make a mistake 😊.

Number

Addition

Warm Up

Target Number

• Choose a target number.
• How many adding sums can you create that give your target number as the answer.
• You can set yourself a time limit if you like.
• Repeat for different target numbers.

Challenge

• Can you think of any subtraction, multiplication or division sums that  give you your target number as your answer?

 

Main Task

Some of the addition sums  in this task require carrying over of digits.

Remember – start by adding the units, if the units added together give you a two digit number the ten needs to be carried over.

Copy and complete following addition sums.

 

Challenge

• Explain the strategy you used to complete your addition sums to someone at home or make a poster explaining how to carry over numbers.

 

Fun Finisher

Hit the Button- Use the number bonds section at your level to practise your addition and subtraction.

 

Literacy

Revision Spelling Words

called asked  could  should  because

 

Warm Up

Rainbow Spelling- draw a rainbow with five arcs.  in each arc write each of your spelling words as many times as you can fit in. You can use a different colour if you like.

 

Main Task

Try to create a Mnemonic to help you remember the spelling for each of your spelling words.

called asked  could  should  because

This is one we use in class for because – but maybe you can think of an even better one?

Fun Finisher

Use a timer set at sixty seconds.

How many times can you write your words in one minute?

 

Challenge

Look in books, magazines, online – how many of each of your words can you find.

Good Morning P3 .  I can’t believe it is Friday again. I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Here are your tasks for today.

Maths

Place Value

Warm Up

• Watch this video to revise your knowledge and understanding of place value.

Main Task

Copy and complete the following workbook page.

 

Fun Finisher

• With someone at home play guess my number. Take turns to choose a number between 0-99. Your partner asks whether your number is higher or lower than … your answer can only be yes or no.  How many guesses does it take- are you asking good questions or wasting your turn?

Challenge

Try playing with three digit numbers HTU and four digit numbers ThHTU

 

Literacy

Homophones

Warm Up

• Watch this video by clicking the image below to revise homophones.

Complete the tasks underneath the video.

Main Task

Copy and complete the Focus and Extra homophone tasks.

Part One

Part Two

Challenge – Complete the Extension in part two

 

Fun Finisher

Create a poster explaining what a homophone is.  Give some examples of homophones in your poster.

 

Health and Wellbeing

Just a reminder that Mrs McMillan has been posting videos on the main blog. This week she shows a fun way to control your breathing as you play.