Creative Writing – Animal Town

Story starter!

Most visitors are a little shocked (to put it mildly) when they arrive at Animal Town. Despite the fact that the name of the town gives a slight indication to passers-by that the inhabitants of the town are ‘not normal’, it’s as if people don’t believe things until the see them with their own eyes!

Once you get used to being in Animal Town – or so they say – seeing an orangutan behind a desk in a sheriff’s office and upholding the law to an impeccably high standard becomes relatively ‘normal’…

Main Activities (All uploaded for use on SEESAW)

1. Question Time

2. Sentence challenge!

3. Sick sentences

4. Writing – Choice of writing activity

• Imagine you are a visitor in Animal Town. Try to describe your experience.
• Imagine you are one of the residents of Animal Town

The Mystery of the Cinema Suspects

The challenge is to eliminate all suspects until there is only one remaining.

The activity should be done through Seesaw.

The Wolf Wilder – Chapter 10

Happy April Fools Day Primary 7.

Goodness only knows what tricks you would have played on me today if we were in school! (Is it weird that im sort of disappointed we aren’t in school to find out?!) ….Missing you all!

Not long until Spring Break now- Last big push to complete your tasks please 🙂

I have posted your Numeracy, Literacy, Science and PE tasks to Seesaw- Please log on and give them a go- I will be around alday to help anyone who is having difficulties, or anyone who just wants a wee chat!

Stay safe.

Mrs Tarburn

All activities for Tuesday and Wednesday will be posted directly to Seesaw.

Remember these activities should be attempted by everyone if possible 🙂

I will be online to help anyone who is having trouble.

Mrs Tarburn

The Wolf Wilder Chapter 9

Read and listen to Chapter 9.

Prediction (answer in jotters or through Seesaw)

This afternoon I have set out two Science activities. Hopefully everyone will be able to do one activity however you are more than welcome to do both. Both Science activities are on Seesaw as well.

Fun With Density

Lava Lamp

Literacy –

Literacy Starter (Can be done on Seesaw or in jotter)

Use the letters to make as many words as possible in the space of 10 mins. You may only use the letters once for each word.

Main Lesson

L.I – familiarise with proper nouns.

For literacy this morning we are going to familiarise ourselves with Proper Nouns.

Proper Nouns begin with capital letters. These include names of:

• people (Lady Gaga, Mr Craig, Dr Who, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sir Andy Murray)
• places (Paisley, Glencoats, Lagoon, The Hydro, Scotland)
• organisations (Nike, Facebook, Samsung, Oxfam, Manchester United)
• unique things (Addresses, book titles, T.V Programmes)
• days of the week (Monday, Tuesday…)
• months of the year (January, February)

Tasks

1. Put the words in the correct box (Task on Seesaw)

2. Punctuation Practice –

Add the correct punctuation including capital letters for proper nouns in each sentence.

3. The Proper Noun Poem – 

On Monday in December, Sally swam seriously to Swindon.

On Tuesday in January, Terry trotted timidly through Texas.

On Wednesday in February, Carol crouched cautiously in Carlisle.

You will notice that the poem follows a simple pattern (a day of the week, a month, a name and a place).

You will also notice the poem has correct use of capital letters and of course full stops. You may wish to add alliteration (Carol crouched cautiously in Carlisle).

CREATE YOUR OWN POEM (in jotters or Seesaw notes)

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

4. Sumdog

Change subject to spelling and practice ‘Homophones 3’

Maths – Rounding whole numbers (revision)

Maths Starter

See maths starter on SEESAW.

• Countdown Challenge
• Pyramid Brick Challenge

Main Lesson

1. Watch video explaining key points of rounding:

This video link explains and revises the concept of rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000. 

• Remember the rule regarding 5. 5 or more round ⬆️, Less than 5 round ⬇️
• It is easier to add multiples of 10 therefore we often round numbers to help us solve mental maths addition/subtraction questions.

2. Complete the rounding tables and mental maths questions using rounding as a strategy to help you (SEESAW). On slide 3 part (b) Click the microphone to record your explanation. Use the pens/Text boxes to help explain your working.

3. Sumdog Easter Maths Competition

This competition will run all week and is open to all pupils at Glencoats. Use this time to get a head start on the rest. Log in and get started.

P7 will be using this as a home learning sharing platform. All activities will be posted, shared and saved here and will be updated daily.

Happy home learning!