Hi Everyone,
Here is this weeks check in station.
We hope everyone is enjoying engaging with the tasks we have set. We have had a few chatterpix sent over on email and they have been fab. We will try and upload a few to share next week.
Remember if you don’t want to comment on here you can send us an email to let us know how you are getting on.
Hello Everyone,
We hope you all enjoyed engaging with last weeks tasks.
Please keep in regular contact with us sharing your learning and messaging to let us know you are accessing your learning online. Check in each week on the blog or by email.
This weeks suggested tasks are below, remember your tasks will be allocated to your working groups and some for everyone to complete. Please check you complete the tasks only for your groups. There is also the activity grid which will run for 4 weeks (we are now on week 2 of this). In it there are additional suggested activities which you can choose to do.
You can also go online to Sumdog and Study ladder to complete activities too.
Spelling
Bananas: ou and ow
Extension words: tower, amount, flour, flower, trousers, around, shower, house, allowed, surround
Task 1. Dictation- Have an adult read the following text to you and write it out carefully.
A tower stood in an empty field. It looked like an old part of a castle. Flowers grew around the base of it and it looked pretty as the sun set. I wonder who used to live in a house like that. I wasn’t allowed to go into the tower as it was unsafe. A fence surrounds the walls to stop people going in.
Task 2: Write out your words in blue making the rule red
Task 3. Choose 3 words and find the dictionary definition for each
Oranges: Revision of i_e and mb
smile, drive, twice, fire, side, mile, wide, time, prize, comb, lamb, climb, crumb, dumb
Task 1. Say, Make, Break, Write, Read (If you don’t have magnetic letters skip the make/ break stage)
Task 2. Rainbow write each of your words, remember to change colour for every letter
Task 3: Choose 3 words and write a sentence for each.
Literacy
Writing task- All Groups
The following tasks are planning activities which will help us in preparation for next weeks task.
Reading- Every group should read for at least 15 minutes each day.
Dragons and Centaurs
Unicorns 1
Unicorns 2
How the Kangaroos Got Their Tails Activity Card
Dragons, Centaurs and Unicorns 1 –
Unicorns 2
Maths
Triangles: Practise Learn Its: 8 times table
Circles: Practise Learn Its: 2, 5 and 10 Times tables
Circles: 2d-1d colour to answer
Countdown Challenge
Try this weeks challenge. See how quickly you can solve it.
Health and Well being
A nice relaxation style activity to do:
We know you are all keeping active, here are a few challenges to try this week.
Inter Disciplinary Learning: Topic Rainforests
Task 1: Choose an animal that lives in a Rainforest. Research it and write down 5 pieces of information about it.
Task 2: Download the ‘Chatterpix’ app (free) to a phone or device. Choose an image and draw it’s mouth. Record your own fun factfile and save it and send it to us. We will share some on the blog next week.
Play my example- click on the link below.
Task 3: Visit the site https://readon.myon.co.uk/library/browse.html
Read the following book. It’s found in animals, then other animals, then scroll down. We will use it for many of our tasks in the next few weeks.
4 Weekly Activity grid:
Additional activities can be found on the following grid. These can be chosen as and when you like. Have fun with them.
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Remember to check in with us each week and let us see some of your work. You can either comment on this blog post or if you wish you can email both Mrs Rhicard and Mrs Steele,
gw07rhicardjoanne@glow.sch.uk
gw11steeleemily@glow.sch.uk
or photos can be sent to gw18burnsidephotos@glow.sch.uk where photos might be chosen for twitter, include a subject line Room 7 Mrs Rhicard/ Mrs Steele to ensure we see your pictures as this is used by all the classes.
Remember if you send a comment or image to this blog it should not contain information about pupils or images of children as this is a public Blog.
Let us know if there are any questions or you need help with anything.
Take care and stay safe.
Mrs Rhicard and Mrs Steele
A great website to access free books without having to sign in or register. Books can be accessed by category.
We will use this resource for some of our Topic related research or reading tasks so it might be a good idea to become familiar with it.
Hi everyone,
Following on from Mrs McGarvey’s message on the school app, this is your weekly ‘Check-in Station’ !
We want to keep in touch with everyone so we are asking each pupil (with parental help!) to post a message on their class blog. You can leave your comment below. Many of you have already been in touch but I’d love to hear from all of you. You can just say hello or you can tell me how you are and any activities you have been doing. Remember you can also email Mrs Rhicard or Mrs Steele any of your work if you would like us to look at it.
You can check-in today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday) before 3pm.
I look forward to hearing from you all.
Hello Everyone,
Welcome back!
We hope you have all had a fab Easter break and enjoyed spending time with your family.
Each week we will put up suggested activities for you to complete on the blog. There will be tasks allocated to your working groups and some for everyone to complete. Please check you complete the tasks only for your groups. There will also be an activity grid which will run for 4 weeks. In it there will be additional suggested activities which you can choose to do.
You can also go online to Sumdog and Study ladder to complete activities too.
Spelling
Bananas: ou and ow
Core words: ground, crowd, outside, brown, mouse, allow, found, drown, shout, growl
Task 1. Make lists of ou and ow words
Task 2: Rainbow write each of the core words
Task 3. Choose 3 words from core word list and write each in a detailed sentence.
Oranges: Revision of o_e and e_e
home, rope, stole, awoke, hope, smoke, these, here, eve, complete. Steve
Task 1. Say, Make, Break, Write, Read (If you don;t have magnetic letters skip the make/ break stage)
Task 2. With a ball play Spelling tennis with someone in your family
Task 3: Speed Spelling 30 seconds for each word, try to write it neatly as many times as you can.
Literacy
All groups: Writing task.
Write an ‘Easter’ Acrostic Poem focusing on the 5 senses- what could you see, hear, smell, taste and touch? Each line of the poem should start with each of the letters of Easter. Remember to use your VCOP strategies to uplevel your writing.
Dragons, Centaurs and Unicorns 1 – Unit 13 pages 1 and 2
Unicorns 2 Unit 9 Pages 1 and 2
Maths
Triangles: Practise Learn Its: 8 times table
Circles: Practise Learn Its: 2, 5 and 10 Times tables
Try a Chilli Challenge if you feel up to it! Choose which level you would like to complete.
Health and Well-being/ Art
Create a paper chain and on each link write something you are thankful for. This is ever more important during this tricky time we are all facing. Hang the chain somewhere to remind you of all the good things you have and are truly thankful for.
Inter Disciplinary Learning: Topic Rainforests
Our topic this term will be ‘Rainforests’.
Task 1: Online, can you research 5 interesting facts about rainforests around the world?Discuss your findings with your family. Make a mindmap if you are up for a challenge!
Task 2: On a world map locate the main rainforests around the world and colour the areas of the map they cover. Make a note of what each Rainforest is called. Map link below
4 Weekly Activity grid:
Additional activities can be found on the following grid. These can be chosen as and when you like. Have fun with them.
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We would love to see what you all have been up to. If you wish you can email both Mrs Rhicard and Mrs Steele,
gw07rhicardjoanne@glow.sch.uk
gw11steeleemily@glow.sch.uk
or photos can be sent to gw18burnsidephotos@glow.sch.uk where photos might be chosen for twitter, include a subject line Room 7 Mrs Rhicard/ Mrs Steele to ensure we see your pictures as this is used by all the classes.
Remember if you send a comment or image to this blog it should not contain information about pupils or images of children as this is a public Blog.
Let us know if there are any questions or you need help with anything.
Take care and stay safe.
Mrs Rhicard and Mrs Steele
Happy holidays Room 7!
Thank you for all your hard work this term.
We hope the Easter bunny is good to you all and we look forward to hearing all about what you have been up to in a couple weeks.
Remember to stay safe, take care of yourselves and of have lots of fun!
Love
Mrs Steele & Mrs Rhicard
