Category: Primary 4

It has been lovely for us all to be back together after the Easter holidays. Everyone (including Mrs Morrison) is feeling refreshed after the break and looking forward to the term ahead.

This week we have been revising spelling sounds from last term and practising the more tricky words. Next week, we will introduce new sounds for the children to work on.

In numeracy, we have been assessing our learning as a way of demonstrating our knowledge, but also as a way of identifying areas we still need to improve. Next week we will explore multiplication and I know some of the children are excited about this!

During home learning our Egyptian topic was put on hold and we focused on exploring our country, Scotland. Mrs Morrison was delighted the efforts the children put into researching facts about Scotland. Now we must use these research skills to find out more about Ancient Egypt. Look out for some facts on the blog in the coming weeks!

Finally, we made the most of the sunshine and took our learning outdoors. It was so nice to be together, have fun and learn as well! Let’s hope the sunshine is here to stay!!

Have a lovely weekend and I will check in next Friday.

Mrs Morrison

We have had a busy first week back in Primary 4 and everyone has been working really hard.

In Literacy we have been looking at the skill of summarising. Mrs Hillan read a chapter of the class novel and we summarised what we had heard. We are now starting to get the hang of picking out the key points from what we have heard or read. Here are some of our summaries:

In Numeracy we have continued with multiplication. We have been looking at the 8x table or the 5 and 3x tables. We also enjoyed playing a times table challenge where two of us were asked a question to see who could answer first! We definitely need to keep practising these at home.

 

In our topic this week, we have finally been able to get back on track with our Egyptians topic! We created a timeline of events from Ancient Egyptian times:

We also looked at information about the River Nile and picked out the key facts which told us why it was so important to the Egyptians. We recorded this on a mind map:

We look forward to more learning next week!!

We have enjoyed another week of learning in Primary 4 this week as we lead up to the Easter holidays.

In Numeracy, we have continued working on our times tables and have assessed our knowledge and understanding at present to see what we need to work on. We have been able to see that we definitely all need to be practising at home.

In Reading we have continued our new class novel of Roald Dahl’s “The Witches”. This has brought about some good discussion so far and we look forward to doing some predicting, clarifying, questioning and summarising around this. Here are some of our thoughts and things we have learned about so far from the story:

“Witches hate children!” – Erin R

“Witches look like normal ladies and that’s how they catch children.” – Ciaran

“Witches can smell kids” – Rihanna

“Witches have no toes” – Daniel

“I feel like it’s a nice novel, but a little scary” – Alyssa

“They wear gloves to not show their claws and they wear wigs because they are bald!” – Summer

“Witches make children vanish.” – Olivia

“The scent of children is stronger to a witch if they have just had a bath.” – Sophie G

“Children smell disgusting to witches” – Chloe

 

For our Writing this week we chose to either write a letter to the Easter Bunny or a chocolate company telling them about a new design for an Easter egg. We discussed the layout of a letter beforehand and we told Mrs Hillan what we needed to include. Here are some of our letters:

We hope everyone has a good Easter and stays safe!

We are all delighted to be back in school and back together again. We have been working hard since we returned.
In Numeracy we have been showing off our knowledge of subtraction and we have been working on our Times Tables.
In Reading we have been enjoying reading together again. We have been introduced to the final skill in Reciprocal Reading which is Summarising. We have been discussing how we can give a brief version of what has happened in a story and then we used this to give a summary of our group reading books so far.
In Writing we have continued our information report genre and enjoyed writing about a toy of our choice. This week we also completed an assessment on Information Report writing. We have all shown that we have a good knowledge of how to lay out this sort of text.
We are looking forward to next week to see what learning is in store for us!

9.00 – 10.15

ERIC (everybody reading in class  – or at home).

Author’s Live – Find out how Francesca Simon got her ideas for the Horrid Henry books.

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live-on-demand/francesca-simon

 

 

 

 

Free Writing Friday

10.15 Start Health  & Wellbeing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vot7V7_2UoI The Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKhZgBDQCjk The Lungs

Complete the healthy heart worksheet. Choose the mild, medium or spicy version. Remember to challenge yourself!

A-Healthy-Heart-Cloze-Passage-Differentiated-Activity-Sheet

10.30 – break

11.00 Check In

Complete H & WB task

11.50 Live Assembly

‘Altogether Time’ – Choose an activity you like to do e.g. drawing, craft  reading, jigsaw puzzles………..

Have a lovely week- end and take care. Really looking forward to seeing you back in class on Thursday!

 

 

Hello everyone, Mrs Lockhart here again. Hope you are all well.

Today you can find your work for Mrs Dobbie in her folder in class materials. This is independent work as Mrs Dobbie is in school today. I will meet with you in a check in at 11.00 with a live lesson on time and again after lunch at 1.30 for a catch up and dictation. We are covering RME /French with Mrs Dobbie, a digital time, dictation and reading.

Don’t forget it is good to have regular brain breaks and to get some fresh air.

As usual I have written down times to try and help with organisation but feel free to move things around or do them later if that’s easier.

8.55 Mrs Dobbie’s work

BREAK 10.30 – 10.45

Check in at 11.00 –

Maths Time topic

Lesson on time LIVE digital times

Follow up – Digital Time sheets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.15 Emoji check in. Let me know, by using the emoji at the side, how you are getting on.

LUNCH 12.30-1.15

1.30 LIVE CHECK IN and Dictation

2.00 Next task is to read a non-fiction book. New book choice – Along the Silk Road and Animal Rescue Centre. The worksheet (Questions before, during, after) is in Class Materials, Mrs Lockhart, Thursday 11.3.21. Remember Along the Silk Road is a little trickier so choose that one if you’re a confident reader.

The follow up task is the same for each book. Watch the powerpoint

Questioning before during after reading Child Version before you read the book.

Then complete the first part of the worksheet below (the before bit) when you have just looked at the front cover. Fill in the during bit of worksheet as you go along. Finally fill in the questions you have after the book is completed.

Questions before during after

As usual you will find the books online by following this link https://online.raintree.co.uk/login/index.html

Now follow these steps…………..

1. Username:DEAEH5
2. Password: pupil
3. Type …………………………………………………………. into the search bar at the top of the page
4. Then press the big green button READ BOOK

Story time

https://youtu.be/op9Bc7GWCuw

Enjoy The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen read by Oprah Winfrey

That’s all for today. I’m looking forward to being in touch with you

again tomorrow. Take care everyone.

 

 

 

 

 

Good morning everyone! Our daily plan is here: Daily Plan – Wed 10th March 2021. Start your day with Joe Wicks, you will need to select one from before that you haven’t done as there are no new ones!  – follow this link – https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pe+with+joe

Then move onto your writing lesson:

Writing

L/I

To present information.

S/C

I  can use a title to interest/inform my reader about the subject.

I can use topic vocabulary

I can use correct layout (PM Writing)

I can use genre targets

I can use my core targets

 

In the Class Materials – Mrs Hillan Folder in files is a writing lesson from myself, continuing our new writing genre – Information Report Writing. Here is the youtube link also: https://youtu.be/m3gV1stNXzs If you are struggling to access these, I am asking you to write an information report about a Scottish animal or an interesting animal of your choice.

Remember to write your stories in your jotters or paper. I will have a live check in with you all about 10:15 am to hear some examples of your writing!

 

11:00 – 

Numeracy – Live Lesson – Number Talk

Numeracy – follow up task

L/I To multiply numbers

S&C-

T – I can multiply numbers by 5

S&C- I can multiply numbers by 8

Task: In the Class Materials – Mrs Hillan folder in files section you will find your task for today – Triangles Group (5x table tasks) and Squares & Circles Group (8x table tasks) will both be there – pick the task set for your group. Please put your complete task via photo or whatever works best for you into your folder in the files section. All tasks are in Class Materials – Mrs Hillan Folder in files. I will check back in with you all later around 12:15pm.

TRIANGLES – Task 1 – SHM3 Activity Book pg 29 – Wed 10th March final

TRIANGLES – Task 2 – SHM3 Textbook pg 39 – Wed 10th March final

SQUARES & CIRCLES – Task 1 – 8x table – Wed 10th March final

SQUARES & CIRCLES – Task 2 – SHM4 Activity Book pg 13 – Wed 10th March final

SQUARES & CIRCLES – Task 3 8xtable – Wed 10th March final

 

13:30

Below are your tasks for the afternoon – Reading, Spelling and Health & Wellbeing. I will check in at 2:15 and 3:00pm

Reading

In Class Materials – Mrs Hillan Folder in files, is a link to the next chapter of our story, Mr Stink, here is the youtube link also: https://youtu.be/4NxCdDjz_kE . Once you have listened to this you can try the Reading Comprehension task that is detailed below. There is a Mild, Spicy and Hot activity – you can choose which one you want to do. Remember to challenge yourself where you can!! After this you can use the Blooms Superhero cards to create some questions connected to one of your group readers from Raintree Online. Try to pick a question for most/all sections if you can. I will check back in with you all around 2:15

TASK:

L/I To show my understanding of a text.

To create questions.

S/C I can use my knowledge of what I have read as well as my skimming and scanning skills to locate key information to answer the questions about the text.

I can create questions to find out more information on my text.

 

Task: Read the Comprehension Task on The History of Winnie The Pooh and then answer the questions that follow. Remember you can go back to the text as often as you like and some questions may require to give your own answers and your opinion. Try to answer in full sentences where required. There is a Mild, Spicy and Hot task to choose from. Add your completed comprehension into your folder, these can just be written on a piece of paper and don’t need to be printed off. You can choose which one to do, and also feel free to do both if you wish! Please remember, all tasks with me are in ‘Class Materials – Mrs Hillan’. If you finish, use the BLOOMS superhero cards to see if you can answer some questions on your own Group Reader (Raintree) – pick at least one question from each section to try. The Blooms Superhero card is in our folder.

MILD – Reading Comprehension – Wed 10th March

SPICY – Reading Comprehension – Wed 10th March

HOT – Reading Comprehension – Wed 10th March

Blooms Superhero Cards

Spelling

Using your spelling words again, Choose 5 of your spelling words and write down the dictionary definition for your word.  Try to use an online dictionary to help you or a dictionary you have at home. There is a sheet to help you in files or you can do this in your jotter/paper. Add these/photo of these into your folder once finished.

Spelling Pictures – Wed 10th March

Spelling words list

 

HWB

There is a mindfulness video link below, please try this and enjoy!!!

 

Or you can try any of the Wellbeing activities from last week:

Wellbeing activities – EXPRESS YOURSELF 22nd Feb 2021

Tomorrow it will be Mrs Lockhart back with you. I shall hopefully see you all back in school next week, looking forward to seeing you all!!! Have a lovely weekend when it comes!

Good morning everyone! Hope you all had a good day yesterday. Our daily plan is here: Daily Plan- Tues 9th March 2021. I’ll post some Go Noodle activities below to get you started today and waken you up ready for the day ahead.

 

After you have completed this, there are some activities in Mrs Dobbie’s folder for you to complete or continue to work on. Mrs Dobbie is also in school, so there will be no check in with her. Her activities are in the folder for you to work through after your Go Noodle activities.

 

11:00 – LIVE LESSON

Youtube link to lesson for pupils not on live session: https://youtu.be/JbvxtusCUTQ

Reading _

Task:

L/I To create questions.

S/C I can use my knowledge of what I have read and my knowledge of questioning to ask at least 5 closed questions and 5 open questions.

Task: You can use the Questioning sheet in ‘Class Materials – Mrs Hillan’ folder or just write it on a piece of paper/jotter. You can create more than 5 of each question if you wish – just remember to check if they are open or closed questions. Please put a copy of these into your folder in the Files Section.

We will catch up at 12:15 to see how we are all getting on and see some of your questions.

Questioning task- Tues 2nd March

 

13:30:

Good afternoon everyone, hope you all enjoyed your lunch! I will post this afternoon’s activities below – Spelling, Numeracy,  Music, IDL and outdoor activities. I will check in with you all around 2:15.

 

Spelling

Using your spelling words from yesterday, complete one or two of the tasks from the spelling task cards in the ‘Class Materials – Mrs Hillan’ folder ­ in the Files section. Add your completed tasks/photos into your folder in Files.

Spelling Strategy Flashcards

Spelling words list

 

 Numeracy

L/I To multiply numbers

T – I can multiply numbers by 10

S&C- I can multiply numbers by 10 and 100

 

Task: In Class Materials- Mrs Hillan in the files section you will find your Multiplication activities. There are textbook/activity book pages for each group – Triangles –Activity Book pg 28 and Textbook pg 38, Squares/Circles – Textbook pg 39. Please put your completed sheets or the sums on paper into your folder in the files section once you have finished.

TRIANGLES – Task 1 – SHM3 Activity Book pg 28 – Tues 9th March final

TRIANGLES – Task 2- SHM3 TextBook pg 38. – Tues 9th March final

SQUARES & CIRCLES – SHM4 Textbook pg 39 – Tues 9th March final

 

Music

There is a music lesson to watch first and then a follow up video in our folder.

https://youtu.be/4yqZO-6hn88

Music – Video 1 – Toboggan activities – Tues 9th March

 

IDL

Please continue with your Scottish Personal Project. I have put the sheet again in ‘Class Materials – Mrs Hillan’ called Personal Project Pointers, giving the sorts of things you should and might want to include in your personal project – you can be working on this at any time you wish. It would be good to hear your views on the things you are doing your project on too. Next week we can hopefully all share these back in school.

Personal Project Pointers

 

Outdoor Activity – see grid in Class Materials>Class Materials- Mrs Hillan

Outdoor Activities P4-7

You can record this information in any way you wish.

 

Thank you all for your hard work again today. I will be with you again tomorrow! Enjoy your evening!

 

 

Good morning everybody and welcome to a new week! Here is the plan for the day: Daily Plan – Mon 8th March 2021. I am in school this week again.

Let’s start our day with the Joe Wicks session  – select the Friday episode (Friday 5^th March) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pe+with+joe

I have now put another 1 or 2 new books in your Reading Group Booklists: https://online.raintree.co.uk/login/index.html. Some books are longer so will take the groups longer to read.

There will be a live check in around 9:30 with me.

 

Numeracy

L/I To multiply numbers.

S/C T – I can multiply numbers by 2 and 10

S&C- I can multiply numbers by 2,3,4,5 and 10

 

Task: This week we are continuing our topic of multiplication.

In Class Materials- Mrs Hillan in the files section you will find your Multiplication activities. There are textbook/activity book pages for each group – Triangles – Textbook pg 37 and Activity Book pg 27, Squares/Circles – Textbook pg 38. Please put your completed sheets or the sums on paper into your folder in the files section once you have finished.

TRIANGLES – Task 1- SHM3 Textbook pg 37 – Mon 8th March Final

TRIANGLES – Task 2- SHM3 Activity book pg 27 – Mon 8th March Final

SQUARES & CIRCLES – SHM4 Textbook pg 38 – Mon 8th March Final

 

 

11:00 –  

Below is your Reading task to do after watching the next video of me reading the next chapter of Mr Stink. The video is in the Class Materials- Mrs Hillan folder, but here is the youtube link also in case you have problems accessing it: https://youtu.be/I8ws1tIo2sw

Task:

L/I To make a prediction

S/C I can use my knowledge of what I have heard to predict what will happen next in our class novel.

Task: Predict what will happen next in our story based on the last chapter – write about your prediction firstly and then show this in a detailed drawing. You can use the Predictor sheet in ‘Class Materials – Mrs Hillan’ folder or just draw and write about it on a piece of paper/jotter. Remember to make this detailed and connected to the part we have just read. Once you have completed this, please put it into your folder in the Files Section.

Your second task is to complete the Thought Bubble task – you will find this in our folder and it tells you what to do. You can use Mr Stink, our group reader from Raintree online or a book of your choice.

We will catch up at 12:15 to see how we are all getting on.

Predictor Role – Reading – Mon 8th March

Reading – Thought Bubble task – Mon 8th March

 

1:30:

Good afternoon everyone, hope you all enjoyed your lunch! I will post this afternoon’s activities below – Spelling, Wellbeing task and also an extra task from the Five Sister’s Zoo.

I will check in with you all around 2:15 and have a live meet up at 2:45 for another fun Quiz!

Spelling

Your new spelling words for the week are in the ‘Class Materials – Mrs Hillan’ folder – remember to look at your group’s words! Once you have looked over your words and practised these using ‘Look, Cover, Write, Check’, write out your words in interesting sentences – try to make these as interesting as you can! There is a sheet you can record on in ‘Class Materials – Mrs Hillan’ folder or you can record on paper/jotter. Remember to put in your folder afterwards.

Spelling – Interesting Sentences – Mon 8th March Spelling words list – 8th March

 

Well being task

The activities are in Class Materials>Class Materials- Mrs Hillan

 

Five Sister’s Zoo Task

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH-cnwNJGQ4

The task is in our folder for you to do after watching the video.

Five Sister’s Zoo Task – Mon 8th March

2:45 – QUIZ – LIVE

Thank you for your hard work today. I shall see you all tomorrow.