Monthly Archives: March 2020

Friday 27th March – Literacy

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Reading – The Wolf Wilder Chapter 8

Listen to and read the following chapter and answer the questions below.

The Wolf Wilder Chapter 8

Wolf Wilder Novel Chapter 8 – Comprehension Questions (answer on through Seesaw or in Jotter)

  1. Which type of cold smells sharp and knowing?
  2. What does blind cold smell of?
  3. What might Feo be thinking and feeling when the cold weather arrives?
  4. What might the stranger dressed in squirrel fur be thinking and feeling when he sees Feo and Ilya?
  5. What are your first impressions of Alexei?
  6. Why do you think Sasha flinches when Feo holds her baby?

– Word Wizard Task

  • Write down 5-10 unfamiliar words from the chapter (use text above)
  • Predict and write what you think they mean
  • Use a dictionary and write down their actual meaning. (online dictionary)

You can watch three interviews with Katherine Rundell (author of book), talking about ‘The Wolf Wilder’ here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is4x3KpGn24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TWB5eO_vNg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ky9xiWzTZE

Wednesday 25th March (Lesson 3 – Personal Research / Pupil Choice)

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This afternoon you should be working on your ‘Life Below Water’ research project. Remember this is due on Friday. Here is the original lesson from Monday. Remember to cover as many of the bullet points as possible in your presentation.

Monday 23rd March (Global Goals Topic)

 

In order to break up your afternoon I want you to do 1 or 2 of the following tasks:

  • Leave nice note somewhere for someone else to find it
  • FaceTime a relative or someone you miss. Tell them everything you miss about them

  • Do something helpful for someone in your household

 

 

 

  • Hide sweets around the house and start a treasure hunt with your family

 

  • Have a go at some of our Lego Challenges

Wednesday 25th March (Maths)

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Maths Starter

Miss Todd’s latest Maths Challenge has been updated on Seesaw.

Also, Complete Q11-20 on your Maths a Day Challenge sheet on See Saw 

  • Pyramids + Cubes to attempt 2nd level
  • Spheres to attempt 1st level

 

Main Lesson

L.I – Calculate the area of different shapes.

  1. Watch the following video on finding the area of shapes

 

2. Seesaw Calculating Area Perimeter Work

  • Complete the task set on Seesaw titled ‘Missing Facts’

3. Seesaw Area of Triangle work (Remember for a triangle A = 1/2 (B X H)

  • Complete Seesaw task titled ‘Area of Triangles’.

EXTENSION

Sumdog Challenge

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Home Learning Booklet – Maths Activity 2 p30-31

  • Measure the length and breadth of a large rectangular space (room, back garden, door etc) and calculate the area of it.

 

Wednesday 25th March (Literacy)

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Spelling

For literacy this morning we are going to work on some spelling words called homophones. These are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.

  1. there
  2. they’re
  3. their
  4. where
  5. wear
  6. were
  7. pair
  8. pear
  9. here
  10. hear

Tasks

  1. Write each word 3 times. (Look, Cover, Write, Check)

  2. Write a sentence for each word.

  3. From the grid below select two Spelling activities from the Spelling Menu

P7-Spelling-Menu

4. Sumdog – Spelling Challenge focusing on homophones.

  • Click on the above link to log into Sumdog.
  • Change your Subject from ‘maths’ to ‘spelling’
  • There you will find a 50 correct answers ‘Homophones Challenge’

 

Reading – The Wolf Wilder Chapter 7

 

  • Wolf Wilder Novel Ch7 – Take notes on Chapter 7 in your jotter or on Seesaw and send them to me

 

Tuesday 24th March (Social Studies)

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World Oceans

L.I – locate the major oceans on a map

  1. Watch this video

Please take notes when watching this video for your Project

 

2. Continents, Countries and Oceans

You will require a world map to help you with this task. Use an Atlas or Google Maps

Geography Activity 2 P68-69

Complete Questions on P68-69

3. Write an Acrostic Poem about one of the World’s Oceans

See activity on SEESAW.

 

Extension

Use what you have learned to add to your research project. Remember your “Life Below Water” project has to be completed by Friday 27th March.

Tuesday 24th March (Literacy)

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The Wolf Wilder – Chapter 6

I have attached an audio version of me reading chapter 6 on Seesaw as well.

TASK 1 – Note Taking

Whilst following the story make notes about what is happening.

Task 2 – Comprehension Questions

Rowling and Dahl groups to attempt both Challenge Questions. (Answer in Jotter)

Challenge Questions 1

  1. How do the wolves try to comfort Feo at the beginning of the chapter?
  2. Why is Rakov embarrassed?
  3. Where have the soldiers taken Marina?

Challenge Questions 2

  1. What is a labour camp? Why does Feo get confused when she hears her mother will be sent to a camp?
  2. How is Feo really feeling when she hears that the house has been burned down?
  3. Why do you think Feo is reluctant to ask Ilya for help?
  4. Who are the men watching at the end of the chapter? How do you know?
  5. How can being embarrassed be more dangerous than being angry? What does this mean?
  6. What does Ilya mean when he says Rakov ‘bleeds snow’?

Task 3 – Summarise

Rowling/Dahl – Write a summary of how to make a compass.

Walliams – Order these events from this chapter:

  • The wolves gather round Feo and comfort her.
  • Feo wakes up and remembers the awful events of the nights before.
  • As they ride away on the back of the wolves, there are three soldiers watching them.

 

EXTENSION

  • How might the story have changed if Grey would not allow Ilya to ride her? EXPLAIN IN JOTTERS
  • Choose a book at home to read or on an e-book from an online source. See Useful Websites

Remember to record all your reading inside your Reading Log

 

Tuesday 24th March – Maths

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L.I – Explore the perimeter of compound shapes.

Maths Starter –

There are two maths starter activities attached on Seesaw which each pupil should attempt.

  1. Perimeter Calculation
  2. Miss Todd’s Maths Challenge

Main Lesson –

  1. If you didn’t get the chance to watch this yesterday please do so. The link is a video explaining how to calculate perimeter.

2. There are 3 differentiated tasks attached to Seesaw.

Spheres

Cubes

Pyramids

3. Jotter Work

 Spheres – Q6, 7

 Cubes – Q6-8

 Pyramids – Q6, 8, 9, 10

 

EXTENSION

Sumdog Challenge

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Home Learning Booklet – Maths Activity 1 p28-29

Monday 23rd March (Global Goals Topic)

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For the next part of our topic, you are being asked to carry out a research project on “LIFE BELOW WATER”. Your research can be presented as:

  • a report
  • a video
  • a powerpoint
  • sway presentation.

In your report I am looking for you to include the following:

  • locate the major oceans on a map and take account of where they are in relation to countries and places of interest
  • research key facts about the main oceans of the world
  • explore the effects of climate change on the world’s oceans
  • research the ‘bleaching’ of the Great Barrier Reef and how climate change is contributing to this
  • suggest ways humans could slow down the process of climate change
  • investigate which oceans have particular problems with pollution
  • suggest ways the governments of countries around polluted oceans can work to improve them
  • investigate some of the marine life which are threatened by human intervention.

SEE USEFUL WEBSITES 

EXTENSION – To up-level your project you could add some of the following:

  • research to find out about organisations who work to protect oceans
  • choose and research something which lives under the water
  • research the Great Barrier Reef and how organisations work to protect it
  • how sound vibrations travels through waves and water
  • investigate how dolphins communicate
  • research why sound travels faster through water than through the air
  • investigate why the temperature of the water effects the speed that the sound travels
  • give my opinion on why looking after the oceans are a priority

THIS WORK IS DUE FOR COMPLETION ON – Friday 27th March

You will be expected to research and add to your project every afternoon this week + any extra time you put in.

I look forward to seeing your final projects. Please send them to me on seesaw or glow.

Monday 23rd March (LITERACY)

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Crash!

We are going to do some imaginative writing. We will use this picture as our writing stimulus. Use your jotter for all tasks and remember to use your imagination.

1) Question time! (Remember to answer in sentences and be imaginative)

  1. How has the helicopter crashed?
  2. What do you think he should try to do next?
  3. Who might be able to help in this situation?
  4. What do you think you would do if you were in a similar situation?
  5. Why do you think he is afraid?
  6. What might he be afraid of?

2) Sentence challenge!

Using an adverb at the beginning of a sentence makes your writing more interesting.

Add an adverb at the beginning of these sentences:

Copy and Complete

_________, he wondered where he was.

________, the helicopter was whirring.

Now write your own sentence and remember to use an adverb at the beginning.

 

3) Story starter!

Lawrence was injured, afraid, lost and completely alone. He had been thrown viciously from the aircraft after the flock of birds had attacked the propellers. As he laid there, listening to his racing heart, he wondered what would happen to him. How would he make it out alive?

CONTINUE ON THIS STORY SHOWING

  • A beginning, middle and ending
  • Include examples of VCOP
  • Make sentences interesting

 


TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUR WORK AND SEND THEM TO ME VIA GLOW OR SEESAW.