Good Morning and Happy Friday. I hope you all had a good week and are looking forward to a relaxing weekend.  Happy Birthday for Sunday to LH – I hope you have a super day.

Number

Position and Movement

Warm Up

• Play Stop The Clock to practise matching your digital and analogue times (these games need flash and may not work on some devices).

Level one

Level two

or

• Use active learn – I have uploaded some time games

You have to login to this site

your login details are;

• Username – first four letters of your first and second name (no capitals or spaces and if your name has less than four letters just use these)
• Password – woodlands
• School code – 6kwa

Again if anyone has any problems leave a message and I can try to sort.

Main Task

Complete the following task by writing the digital times to match the analogue clock faces.

Tell the Time Task

Fun Finisher

Use the times from the activity above

• Think about what you might be doing on a typical day or during home learning at this time.
• Draw or write in you jotter.

Eg 6.00pm – Eating my dinner

 

Literacy

Verbs

Warm Up

Watch this video to revise what a verb is and complete the activity online.

Main Task

Copy and complete the following sentences choosing suitable verbs.

Verb Task

Fun Finisher

• Play charades with someone at home- choose a verb and act it out without saying any words. Take turns to act it out and guess the verb.

Good Morning everyone.

Well done to MK who had the fantastic idea to do the ‘Pogo Times Tables’ keeping fit and doing her number work – it really made me smile 😊.

Good work to  all of you who have been able to get some of the home learning done, I know it can be tricky. Remember if you have a good idea to adapt the learning with the space and resources you have at home – go for it!

Number

Position and Movement

Warm Up

• With someone at home play the robot game.
• One person is the controller and one person the robot – find a large space that is safe to move around in.
• The controller uses forward, back, left, right and numbers to give instructions for the robot to follow.

eg Left one, forward three, right two, back one

• If you don’t have anyone to play with – write down your own instructions and then follow them.
• Try giving instructions to get from one place in a room or the garden to another.
• Be careful!

 

Main Task

Watch this video about grid reference

 

Copy and complete the following task.

Fun Finisher

Make your own grid reference map by drawing lines in opposite directions and labelling the X and Y axis with letters and numbers (as above).  You could do this on paper, on the computer, outside using chalk or sticks and stones etc.

Draw or put your own items in the boxes and get someone at home to see if they can tell you what position your items are in.

 

Literacy

Writing – Story settings

Warm Up

Think about different settings for stories.  Write or draw as many different settings as you can think of eg space, school, the park, a farm etc.

 

Main Task

Watch this video about story settings and complete the task online.

•   Choose one of the settings from your warm up or another one you have thought of.
•  Draw the setting using as much detail as you can – add labels to your drawing to help.
• Write about the setting using wow words to describe in as much detail as you can.

Challenge

You can use your setting as a starting point and continue the story by adding characters and plot.

 

Fun Finisher

• With someone at home give clues about a setting and let them guess what setting you are thinking of. Take turns to guess.
• If you don’t have anyone to work with – write clues to use later.

 

Good Morning P3. I hope everyone has had a good week so far.

Today is the 50th Earth Day.  Can you think of any small changes you can do around the house or during your daily exercise that can help the planet.  Maybe you can reduce, reuse, recycle?

 

Maths

Subtraction

Warm Up

Target Number

• Choose a target number.
• How many take away sums can you create that the answer is your target number.
• Set yourself a time limit if you like.
• Repeat for different target numbers.

 

Main Task

Copy and complete the following subtraction page.

Fun Finisher

Create a poster showing all the different ways subtraction can be presented

eg

Literacy

Reading

Warm Up

Read this text

Main Task

Complete the following questions

All about Words

Comprehension

 

Fun Finisher

If you can complete 15 minutes on Sumdog Reading.

 

 

 

Good Morning P3.

Hope you are all well.

Number

Times Tables

Warm Up

• If you are able to watch these times table songs.  If not you could try writing the facts for each of these tables.

2 X table song

4 X table song

5 X table song  

10 X table song  

 

Main Task

Copy and complete the following times table page.

 

Fun Finisher

I have added some times table games to active learn.

You have to login to this site

– your login details are;

• Username – first four letters of your first and second name (no capitals or spaces and if your name has less than four letters just use these)
• Password – woodlands
• School code – 6kwa

If you have any problems leave a message and I can try to sort.

 

If you can’t get online practise your times table facts with someone at home.

 

Literacy

Revision phonemes – ways to make the O sound – oe, ow, oa, o_e.

Warm Up

If you are able watch this  sound video.

Write down as many words that contain the O sound- take care to use the correct spelling.

Main Task

Use this website to explore word spellings and meanings

oe word list

ow word list

oa word list

o_e word list

Copy and complete

Challenge

• Can you think of other words you could add to each list.

 

Fun Finisher

Ask someone at home to test you on the spelling of the words you used above.

or

Practise your spellings using look, say, cover, write, check.

 

Good Morning Primary 3  and welcome back. I hope you all managed to have an enjoyable Easter break and got outside to enjoy some of the lovely spring sunshine.

Numeracy and literacy work will continue to be uploaded here each day for you to access- complete what you are able to do. It can be recorded in the jotters that you were provided with from your learning pack or if you are able some parts can be done using ICT, art/ craft materials, outdoor objects etc – try to have fun and be creative and I can’t wait to hear what you have been up to when I see you next 😊 .

Remember Mr Green has posted lots of links to other curricular areas on the main blog for you to explore.

 

Number

Addition

Warm Up

Time yourself – how long does it take you to complete these addition sums?

or

How many can you complete in a given time e.g 2 minutes?

Challenge – Talk about some of the strategies you used to complete your sums.

 

Main Task

Copy and complete the following addition sums.

 

Fun Finisher

• If you are able to login to Sumdog and practise your maths skills.

Literacy

Revision Spelling Words

house    about    your    day    made

Warm Up

• Speed writing
• Set a timer for 30 seconds
• How many times can you write each of your words in 30 seconds

Main Task

Use your words to create an acrostic poem.

 

Fun Finisher

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

Challenge

Try to use all your words in one sentence.

Happy Friday everyone.

Well done for all your hard work this week.

Maths

Symmetry

Warm Up

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

Main Task

Copy and complete the following Easter Egg designs using symmetrical patterns.

• Add colour to the designs, but keep checking they are symmetrical.
• Use a mirror if you have one to check.

 

Fun Finisher

• Create your own symmetrical Easter Egg – make sure the shapes, colours and patterns are symmetrical.

Challenge

• Complete the Sumdog symmetry task.

Be careful to remember the difference between vertical and horizontal symmetry.

Literacy

Punctuation

Warm Up

• Use a book, magazine etc you have at home. Identify all the different types of punctuation used.

 

Main Task

Punctuate these sentences using capitals, full stops, commas, exclamation marks and question marks.

1 – the sun is shining today

2 – what time are we going to the cinema at

3 – i went to the park with my friends sarah david and jessica

4 – help i’ve lost my purse

5 – where is my jacket

6 – how many people want pudding

7- can you get me some milk bread and bananas

8- who wants an ice cream

 

Fun Finisher

• Play this punctuation game

That is our home learning complete until Monday 20th April.

Stay safe and enjoy your holiday.

 

Good Morning P3.

Hope you are all well.  Here are your number and literacy tasks for today.

Number

Times Tables

Warm Up

• Practise counting on and back in 2’s, 10’s, 5’s 4’s and 3’s.
• You can say your numbers aloud or write them down.

 

Main Task

Watch ‘In a World Without Maths’ video that help explains array patterns.

Draw the array patterns to find the answers to these times table questions.

1. 2 X 3 =
2. 4 X 5 =
3. 10 X 2 =
4. 6 X 5 =
5. 4 X 4 =
6. 9 X 2 =
7. 4 X 3 =
8. 5 X 5 =
9. 2 X 8 =
10. 4 X 10 =

Fun Finisher

• Use objects you have around the house e.g lego, marbles, coins.
• Create your own array patterns using the objects you have and count to check answers.

 

Literacy

Warm Up

• Think of as many characters from stories as you can.
• Draw, write or find images online.

Main Task

Create your own character

• Watch this video to help you think about how to create your own character.
• Draw your character and use adjectives to describe your character.
• Think about their name, setting, appearance, job, clothing, likes and dislikes.
• Use your character plan to write a story about your character.Fun Finisher
  • With someone at home play ‘Who am I’.

   

• Use the characters you thought of in the warm up or any new ideas.
• Think of a character – either put it on a post it and stick it on the person who is guessing’s forehead or just think of the character.
• The person with the post it asks questions but the answer can only be yes or no.

Good morning P3.

Happy April Fools Day and Happy Birthday CP.  I hope you are all having fun playing pranks at home. I can’t wait to hear what you have all been up to.

Number

Subtraction

Warm Up

• Topmarks Daily ten
• Choose level and time to complete subtraction questions.

Main Task

Copy and complete the following take away sums

 

Fun Finisher

• Create your own sums for someone at home. Then be the teacher and check the answers.

Challenge

• Think about the strategies you used to take away and record them in your jotter.

Literacy

Non Fiction Reading

Warm Up

• Use the topmarks website to read ‘All About Spring’.
• Use the sidebar to explore the different sections.

Main Task

• Take notes by choosing the Very Important Points.
• Use bullet points to organise your notes.
• Create a fact file using your VIPs.

This is an idea for a fact file but you can choose your own headings or use ICT to record your VIPs.

 

Fun Finisher

• Create a quiz about Spring.
• Try it out on someone at home.

Good morning P3.

Hope you are all doing well.  Here are your tasks for today.

Number

Time

Warm Up

• Watch this video to revise your time learning. It is quite a long video so if you are unable to watch it talk to someone at home about what you know about telling the time and look around the house and find as many clocks as you can e.g phone, microwave, tv.

Main Task

• Record each activity you did yesterday or choose a typical day since learning from home.

• Draw a picture of the main events, write a short description and include a picture of the clock showing the time.

Challenge

• Can you include both the analogue and digital clock next to each event.

Fun Finisher

• Use a timer set it  for one minute.
• Estimate and record your results.

Challenge – Create your own activities.

Literacy

Sounds Revision ey  and ea

Warm Up

Watch Geraldine ey video and ea video to revise the sounds.

Main Task

Create a poster write and draw as many ey and ea words as you can.  Take care to use the correct letter pattern – use a dictionary to check (remember there are lots of online dictionaries).

These sites will help you find more words

• ey word list
• ea word list

Fun Finisher

• Get someone at home to give you words containing ey or ea – spell them out loud or write them down and check.

Challenge

• Can you think of any other letter patterns that make the same sound as ey and ea. Make a list of words that have the same sound but are spelt differently.

 

Remember it can be challenging learning at home.  Do your best but don’t worry if you don’t complete all your tasks.

Luckily I’ve got a helper to keep me on track!

Happy Monday everyone.  Hope you are all keeping well.

Well done to everyone who did so well in the Sumdog challenge – I was really impressed with all your hard work. 👍

Here are the number and literacy tasks for today.

Number

Adding

Warm Up

Target Number

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

 

Main Task

This is one strategy for working out missing number adding sums.

Copy and complete following.

1. __ + 24 = 68
2. __ + 33 = 56
3. __ + 12 = 48
4. __ + 26 = 69
5. __ + 32 = 45
6. 26 + __ = 57
7. 15 + __ = 45
8. 31 + __ = 63
9. 28 + __ = 59
10. 43 + __ = 87

 

Challenge

• Explain the strategy you used to complete the missing number sums to someone at home.
• Create your own missing answer sums- make sure you know the answers too.

 

Fun Finisher

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

Literacy

Revision Spelling Words

don’t    old    I’m    by    time

Warm Up

Re-write your words using pyramid writing

 

Main Task

Use your words to make silly sentences.

e.g I don’t know why my dog keeps talking backwards.

 

Fun Finisher

Use Sumdog spelling to practise your skills.

 

Challenge

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