Science Fun with Eggs
Choose 1, 2 or all of the science experiments in the link to complete. The 3 experiments are as follows:
- How to make an egg float
- How to make an egg bounce
- Fun with rolling eggs
Tuesday 19th May (Science)
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Tuesday 19th May (Literacy)
Having read chapter 7 & 8, I now want you to read chapter 9 and answer the following questions. You will be using INFERENCE as your reading strategy.
- Why is it so hard to dig?
- Why did Stanley find it hard to sleep?
- How has Stanley’s weight helped him?
- Why does Stanley nearly faint?
- Why do you think Elya just told Myra to marry Igor?
- Magnet says ‘make sure nothing’s living in it’. What might he be referring to?
- Why was it surprising that Zero finished his hole first?
- Why did Stanley enjoy the shower so much?
Extension Task –
Finish writing Stanley’s letter. Think about the character, emotions, thoughts and how the setting/environment is impacting him.
Tuesday 19th May (Maths)
Maths Starter
Pizza Hut Challenge
Today our maths is going to focus on applying numeracy and money handling skills into a real life context. There are 3 Chilli Challenge cards in the files below. Mild, Hot and Spicy. Choose one and work through the questions reading them carefully to see which number operations should be applied➕➖➗✖️. Click to see the menu below as well.
Pizza Hut Chilli Challenge cards
Extension – Sumdog Challenge
Monday 18th May (P7-S1 Transition HWB Friendship)
Question time!
What animals can you see in the picture?
In what ways are these two animals different?
In what ways might they be similar?
How do you think the two animals discovered each other?
How have they become friends?
What do you think makes a good friend?
How can you show other people that you are a friendly person?
What kind of people do you like being friends with?
What kind of people would you not want to be friends with?
Complete P1-3 of P7-S1 Friendship Workbook below
Team Meeting :-)
Im really looking forward to hearing from you all at 2pm TODAY!!! #excited
Mrs Tarburn x
Friday 15th May (Maths)
Maths Starter – Problem Solving
Sumdog Challenge
Today marks the beginning of the Renfrewshire Sumdog Maths Challenge. Each class has been entered into the competition. However to make this extra competitive, we are making this a class competition between ALL classes at Glencoats. The contest will run from 15th – 21st May. The class with the most participants answering the most questions correctly wins! Good Luck 👍
MAKE SURE P7 WIN!
Friday 15th May (Literacy)
Task 1 – Complete the missing syllables in these three-syllable words. Write the whole word too.
Reading
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Literacy Starter activity on Seesaw
2. If you haven’t already done so ‘skim’ and ‘scan’ through Chapters 4-6 of ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar taking notes on the setting.
3. You are going to write a descriptive paragraph about Camp Green Lake. Take this starter sentence.
“Camp Green Lake is a dry, flat wasteland”
Expand on this to write a full descriptive paragraph about the setting.
Rowling – Must have a variety of sentence openers, prepositional phrases and expanded noun phrases which have been selected carefully for effect.
Dahl – Use a variety of preposition in writing and also use ambitious vocabulary to make writing more interesting
Walliams – Write 3-4 sentences. Try to include an adjective (descriptive word) in each sentence.
4. Read over your work and check for missing punctuation. Try to up-level your descriptive paragraph.
Extension Task – Drama (Hot Seating)
You are going to take on the role of Stanley. Prepare questions for an adult to ask you based around;
- What Stanley felt when he first saw Camp Green Lake?
- How did it compare to his childhood idea of Camp Fun and Games?
Once you have prepared the questions and answers for Stanley, why not have a go recording a live interview. You are now in the hot seat in the role of Stanley answering questions for 1 minute. Try to impersonate how you imagine the character to be.
Friday 15th May – Microsoft Teams Chat (2:00pm)
We thought a nice way to end the week would be to have a Microsoft Teams chat. Some of the things we will be looking to discuss with you are:
- sharing your stories and experiences of home learning so far.
- Things you have enjoyed and what you would like to do and ideas for learning in final term.
- Latest news regarding transition to Castlehead.
- Anything you want to ask or share.
If you can’t get on contact me through Glow.
Tuesday 12th May (P.E)
Tuesday 12th May (Literacy)
Task 1 – Use skimming and scanning to retrieve details from Chapters 1, 2 & 3 about the setting. Write down notes to help build the setting in your head.
*Walliams Group – Chapter 1 only
Task 2 – Summarising
- What impressions do you get of Stanley? Summarise them in 3 words.
- Summarise your impressions of Camp Green Lake in one sentence.
Task 3 – Independent Reading – Chapters 4,5 and 6. Keep adding notes to your work about the setting in these chapters.
