Good morning all and Happy Thursday!! Remember to ask a grown up to collect your learning packs from school this week, there is also a Deans Den Summer activity booklet for you to complete.
As the weather is not going to be that good over over the next couple of days, why not try some baking. In this week’s episode of Big Cook, Little Cook, the chefs prepare a Princess Pie after reading the story of The Princess and the Pea. Enjoy!!
#Lesson Presentation Reflecting Light
Reflection Explanations- please use this when it asks you to do so in the PowerPoint
Break
solve money word problems_calculate discount_calaculate commission
read to self- any novel or open this link to read thde news https://theday.co.uk/stories/thousands-join-march-as-protests-spread-to-uk
Lunch
Personal Project work
Good morning everyone! I hope you all enjoyed Wellbeing Wednesday yesterday! You should now have your new packs of learning to work through. If you haven’t already collected yours, they are available from school now. Here are some learning activities to go with your packs this week.
Writing
Today, I thought it would be great if we could do some writing about the weather. I would like you to write an imaginative story all about a person who lives on the sun! This is not possible in real life but it is great to use your imagination! You can make up the characters for the story, and it can be about anything you like, as long as the setting of your story is the sun. Happy imagining!
Numeracy
I would like us to recap counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. knowing these number facts will help us when learning our times tables! Watch each of the songs and try to sing along!
Tricky Words
This week’s tricky words are: because, week, keep, when. Look at the words below and fill in the missing letters to complete each trick word.
Can you make up your own word challenge for someone at home?
Reading
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/?selLanguage=en&mode=hub.
username – deansprimary2 password – missborsbey
Can you identify the beginning, middle and end of the story?
Green group – The ice rink
Purple group – Silver foil rocket
Pink group – The ox and the yak
Yellow group – The dragon balloon
Blue group – The big carrot
Have a great day everyone!
Good Morning Everyone! I hope you enjoyed Wellness Wednesday and managed to complete some of the activities.
Some tasks for you to try today.
Activity 1 – 
L.I. to understand that a letter shape is a “picture” of a sound I hear
S.C. I can say the sound to match the letter shape
S.C. I can blend j with other sounds to read words
S.C. I can write this letter to spell words beginning with the sound j
New sound today. J is a loud green sound that you make at the back of your throat. Practice saying the sound.
As you can see from the slide above, Jack slides down the beanstalk just like you will do with your pencil, all the way under the line, then lift your pencil and put a dot at the top of the cloud. Practice writing the j sound in your jotter. Can you blend the sounds below to make and say words?
j – a – m j – a – r j – ee – p j – e- t j – u – m – p j – u – g
j – e ll- y
Now choose 2 j words and write a sentence for each.
In our Home Learning Pack you will find a sheet Draw something that begins with the letter j. Complete the sheet and answer the question at the bottom.
Activity 2 – 
Reading
L.I. to read words and sentences
S.C. I can use pictures in the text as a clue to help me recognise unfamiliar words
S.C. I can use words I know in a sentence to help me predict what an unfamiliar word could be.
New book today. Go to Oxford owl and login the usual way using my class login ( deansprimary1 and reading) then e-books, my bookshelf, age 5-6 lastly scroll down to Bushcraft. Enjoy reading and sharing the story with someone at home. Bushcraft is the skill of living in the woods. Its a really interesting book and at the back are questions to read and answer as well as questions to chat about, Enjoy!
Activity 3 – 
Number Talks
L.I. to find a total without having to count each object
L.I. to make a collection of 10
S.C. I can recognise a pattern in numbers
S.C. I can show the steps I took to solve a problem
S.C. I can explain why I did it the way I did
S.C. I can check my answers and make sure they are correct
Remember Number Talks are all about how you solve a task mentally. For this activity don’t use anything to help you, just your brain!
How many dots do you see and how do you see them?
How many dots do you see and how many more to make 10?
Activity 4 –
L.I. to subtract one digit numbers within 10
L.I. to explore mathematical language
S.C. I can solve a one step subtraction problem using concrete objects or pictorial representations
S.C. I can identify 2 different words that mean subtraction
For this activity I would like you to go to your Home Learning Pack and turn to – Subtraction language Home Activity 14 and Subtracting from 6 Home Activity 16. Please complete these activities and enjoy playing Houses game (it will give you a little extra subtraction practice)
If you would like some extra number practice why not visit this website.
https://www.themathsfactor.com/ Carol Vorderman is the host and she has some good strategies that you may find helpful.
Activity 5 – Topic 
Forest and Woodland
L.I. identify different habitats
S.C. I can match an animal to its home
For this activity I would like you to go to your home learning pack and turn to Minibeasts and Their Habitats. Try to match the minibeasts to their preferred home. The Youtube clip below will be interesting and hopefully helpful. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuHg5oWF_mo
Thank you so much Sophie for sending me pictures of your super work, it made my day! I hope you all have a fantastic day. I will be back tomorrow with more activities!
Good Morning Everyone!
Happy Thursday girls and boys, I hope everyone enjoyed yesterday’s Wellbeing Wednesday! We’re coming to the end of another busy week of home learning with the summer holidays fast approaching!
Let’s start off our day with a little yoga to calm our minds, stretch our bodies and get ready to learn.
Reading
Today I thought we could have a focus on a non -fiction text. Can you remember what the difference between fiction and non-fiction is? Have a look through the suggested book on oxford owls e-books and see if you can share the differences you notice with an adult. Visit – https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ username deans12 password mrsstevenson
The non-fiction text we will be looking at today is called ‘Fun at Night’
Before reading have a think about what this book is going to help us learn about, can you make a prediction? Can you think of anything you can do which is fun at night? Discuss this with an adult.
With the help of an adult read through the book, it is especially important to use and talk about the pictures before reading the sentence, searching for any tricky words or words you don’t know the meaning of? Can you use your word attack strategies to read the word? Once you and your adult have read through the book together, there are some questions for you below. Can you remember the answers or do you have to scan through the book to find the right page with the answer?
Finally, a fun book to have a listen to is Night Monkey, Day Monkey by my favourite author, Julia Donaldson – Grab your milk or water and get comfy!
What differences between the day and night do you notice from the story?
Why don’t you have a go at drawing your own nighttime/daytime picture? Or you could use the picture below to draw and label some pictures, sorting into daytime or nighttime.
Writing
Today we are going to have a go at using our imaginations to write a story. Think about all the things that a good writer does and share these with an adult.
I have chosen a picture for you to look at, this is from one of my favourite cartoons when I was little, it is called ‘Trap Door’. A trap door is a mysterious door fitted onto the ground. I wonder what is under there? Can you use your five senses to help you imagine what could be beneath the door?
There was a strange sound coming from under the trap door. Slowly the door creaked open and .…………
Make sure you are writing in full sentences –
Good luck… be as imaginative as you can be! I’d really love to read some of your stories, so if an adult can send any pictures of work into the school email address that would be amazing! wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk
Numeracy and Maths
Daily Ten
Here are your daily ten questions for today.
Today I would like you to practise your number bonds for ten using a pack of cards and an adult to play with you. Here is the game….
-number-bonds-outdoor-activity-sheet-
I have attached a number bonds worksheet for you to use outside to help you practise making ten in different ways. How many different natural materials can you find to make the addition calculation?
Good luck with all of your home learning tasks for today. Mrs Lockhart will be posting on the blog tomorrow and I will see you all back here on Monday. Have a fabulous weekend.
Mrs Stevenson
Hello boys and girls, I hope everyone has had a good week and you are ready for Thursday’s home learning tasks.
Let’s start with some classical music to put us in a good mood.
R.E.
Let’s look at the powerpoint attached and focus on the artifacts (slide 7,8 & 9) Complete the worksheet using the powerpoint to help.
t-t-252557-ks1-christian-churches-powerpoint_ver_1
Literacy
More about adjectives! If you want, have another look at the following powerpoint which shows how useful adjectives are in descriptions. Then complete the worksheet.
t-l-4876-adjectives-powerpoint-_ver_1
Maths
We are continuing our work on fractions. Follow the link to find out about numerators and denominators (Numerator -The top number in a fraction. Shows how many parts we have. The bottom number is the Denominator and shows how many equal parts the item is divided into).
https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/numerator.html
Now complete the worksheet. Remember to colour the parts (numerator).
Colour and Label Fractions Worksheet
After you have finished have a look at the answer sheet and complete any corrections.
Health & Well Being
Today we are going to revisit our topic of friends. This time we are going to try and think about what our friends think of us. We need to put ourselves in their shoes. Complete the attached worksheet.
Let’s finish with a story. This is an unusual story about Arnie the Doughnut. Enjoy.
Good Morning! Let’s get energized. Here is the link to the Joe Wicks workout : https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1 or if you prefer another work-out do that instead.
Smart Start-Number of the Day
Spicy http://mathsstarters.net/numoftheday/2digit
Spicier http://mathsstarters.net/numoftheday/ 3 digit
Spiciest http://mathsstarters.net/numoftheday/4digit
HOT HOT HOT http://mathsstarters.net/numoftheday/6digit-h
Don’t forget to mark your answers when you have finished.Chat will go on at about 9:55.
Numeracy – Money
Play the following games to reinforce your learning. Choose which category you would like. If you need to do jottings in your book to help you work out the answers that is fine.
Spicy:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=PriceListsv5
http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/4020
https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/timeandmoney/tillwemeet/Choose the options yourself in order to challenge yourself appropriately.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=howmuchleftv2Try the green sharpener,the pencil, thescissors and the packet of crayons.
Spicier:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/44/solve-2-step-money-problems-Scroll down, click on the game and choose levels which you think are appropriate.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=Multibuy Choose appropriate levels.
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy-money-and-mean.htmlScroll down and play ‘White Elephant.’
Spiciest:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=PizzaFractionsv2 Choose appropriate levels
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=DartboardRoundingv2Go to the nearest pound – Click on the green -work out the answer to the nearest pound and then cliuck on the purple to check your answer
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy-money-and-mean.html Scroll down and play money match – choose an appropriate level.
http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/2009-10/maths/financial-literacy/all-the-way-to-the-bank.html
After Break – Writing
This week we are going to use – https://www.pobble365.com/
You have a choice of mild, spicy, hot activities:
Spicy – look at the picture, scroll down and read the story starter then continue the the story starter (you don’t have to copy it out !! )
Spicier – answer the Questions and look at the picture and continue the the story starter (you don’t have to copy it out !! )
Spiciest – complete all the activities for The Port key.(You do not need to copy the story starter out-just read it!)
Have fun being creative and using your imagination!
After Lunch
1:20pm Online class chat! Get ready to share any news you have! This will last about half an hour.
Health
Resilience Alphabet-(this will take about 15 minutes):H is for hope
Personal Project
Please remember to let me know what you have decided to do when you have decided on your topic. Continue with your research. (about half an hour.)
Before you go:From the Glasgow Science Centre-If you are enjoying the suggestions for practical science here are some you might like to try from the Glasgow Science Centre:
As always, only complete this when your class teacher asks you to!
This week we are going to use –
https://www.pobble365.com/thank-you/
Look at the picture .
Have a think about who you may want to say thank you to?
(Just ignore all the other questions on the webpage please!)
Can you draw what the person in the picture has said ‘thank you’ for?
Story starter-
Thank you so much for ………
Continue the story in any ways you wish, based on your answers to WHO and WHAT above. It could be based on real life or something from your imagination!
Have fun being creative ! Miss Taylor.
As always, only complete this when your class teacher asks you to!
This week we are going to use –
https://www.pobble365.com/it-must-be-magic/
You have a choice of mild, spicy, hot activities:
Mild – look at the picture and continue the story starter (you don’t have to copy it out!!)
Spicy – answer the Questions and look at the picture and continue the story starter (you don’t have to copy it out !! )
Hot – complete all the activities for “It must be magic”
Have fun being creative and using your imagination! Miss Taylor.
