Month: March 2020

Monday 23rd March – Life Skill: Healthy Eating

Maintaining a healthy diet is important for maintaining good physical and mental health.

Children should aim to eat five fruit and vegetables every day. 

  1. What are the benefits of eating fruit and vegetables?
  2. Can you name a fruit or vegetable for every letter of the alphabet?

Task 1

Chose some items from the kitchen. Aim for ten items which are a mix of grains, fruit/veg, carbohydrates, fats and dairy. Can you put the items in order from most-least healthy?

Share a picture of your order on SeeSaw. Is it similar to your classmates orders?

TASK 2

Use a computer to research the following questions.

  1. What are the food portion recommendations for children?
  2. What food group should make up the most of your diet?
  3. Can you give examples of foods from the different groups?

Task 3

Keep a food diary to record all food and drink you consume in a day. Do you think you have a healthy diet? What food type to you need to increase or reduce in your diet?

Monday 23rd March – Numeracy

Number talk

How many different ways can you solve the caluculation : 17 + 8 = 

Try using

  • partitioning
  • compensating
  • making tens

Today we are going to be looking at addition! Head to MathsBot.com for today’s activity.  https://mathsbot.com/manipulatives/blocks

Use the Dienes materials to answer the following addition calculations.

  1. 43 + 19 =
  2. 26 + 15 =
  3. 21 + 11 =
  4. 78 + 34 =
  5. 83 + 23 =
  6. 145 + 27 =
  7. 183 + 201 =
  8. 230 + 111 =
  9. 249 + 250 =
  10. 493 + 121 =

When you are finished :

  • Make 10 new calculations to challenge yourself
  • Use Sumdog for 10 minutes to work on your addition skills
  • Play Jack, Queen & King. Use playing cards to try more complex addition.

Send a photo of your work on Seesaw!

Monday 23rd March – Literacy

Today we will be doing some free writing!

Lets start with thinking about three strong memories we have. These could be big or small but must be something that you remember in lots of detail.
Summarize these three memories and write them in your jotter with the starter “I know what it feels like…”

Next, pick one memory to write about in detail. Use the following website at set a 20 minute timer. You should spend this time writing non-stop! Try not to worry too much about spelling and punctuation at this point – just try your best. https://www.online-stopwatch.com/classroom-timers/

Lastly, read over your story and check it makes sense. Try and correct spelling using a dictionary to help you. Remember, the purpose of this piece of writing is to be read so make it as interesting for your reader as you can!

Can you type up your story and send it to your teacher on GLOW ?

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