Today I have another Art challenge. On Tuesday, I asked you to come up with a character who lived in the picture I posted here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/simpsonps/2020/06/02/miss-blyths-daily-challenge-6/. Today, I would like you to try and illustrate your character – it can be just their face, their whole body or even a scene that they are in! 😀
Primary 1- Time
Good morning everyone I hope you are all well and keeping busy. The weather is not so nice today so why not try learning a little more about Time.
Days of the week
Sing along to the days of the week song-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXMofxtDPUQ
Ask an adult to ask you what days come before or after a day for example what day comes after Sunday? What day comes before Wednesday?
Create a diary and write down or draw what you have been doing each day.
Online game- ordering days of the week into the correct order
https://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/high-frequency-words-days.html
Months of the year
Help Tom get ready for bed by clicking and dragging the months into the correct order.
https://www.roythezebra.com/images/games/high-frequency-words-months-intro.png
Sing along as loud as you can to-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPeAo1hz8GA
Talk about your favourite month and explain why.
Calendars
If you can look online to find a variety of calendars. Can you spot any similarities or differences? What do the calendars tell us? For example- how many Mondays are in May? How many weeks are in June? How many days are in December?
What’s the time Mr Wolf?
In the garden or an indoor space play a game of What’s the time Mr Wolf.
Please upload your pictures to our Twitter page. We love to see how you are all getting on.
Nursery and Primary 1
Good morning.
Allow us to introduce Mrs Lurinsky, our third Primary 1 teacher at Simpson Primary. She has chosen to read one of her favourite stories to you today. Click the link below to access it on our YouTube channel.
We hope you enjoy.
Mr Weir
Miss Blyth’s Daily Challenge
For today’s daily challenge, we’ll be revising your sequencing/ordering skills. Answer the following questions:
1) Put the numbers in order from biggest to smallest.
13 29 7 101 12 43
2) Put the numbers in order from smallest to biggest.
100 99 89 76 12 102
3) Figure out the next numbers in the sequence. What is the pattern?
22 32 42 52 ? ?
4) Figure out the next numbers in the sequence. What is the pattern this time?
37 42 47 52 57 62 ? ?
5) Figure out the missing number – look carefully at the pattern to figure it out!
189 169 ? 129 109
Nursery and Primary 1
Good morning.
It’s time to meet another of our Primary 1 teachers at Simpson Primary. Today, we’d like to introduce you to Mrs MacCallum. Like all of our teachers she is looking forward to meeting the new boys and girls starting with us in August but is also missing her current class. We hope you enjoy the story today. Please follow the link below to the video.
Mr Weir
Primary 1 – Writing
Good Morning Primary 1!
I have attached a short video clip for you to watch this morning.
Can you guess the story we are acting out?
To help children to write stories they need to hear stories, tell stories and read stories. So today’s writing task has three options which you can pick from.
Option 1: Choose a story and act it out using puppets or props. Someone could record you and you could send to your Primary 1 teacher to see if they can guess the story.
If you feel this is a suitable task for your child then your child should be encouraged to draw or write what they can and perhaps write/draw a list of props/puppets they require to retell the story.
Option 2: Choose a story and make adaptions to the story. You could adapt the characters in the story or what happens in the story by changing either the start the middle or the end.
If you feel this is a suitable task for your child then your child should draw and write one sentence or more to change the story they have picked.
Option 3: You can create and write your own story and then act it out using puppets or props.
If you feel this is a suitable task for your child then they should be encouraged to draw a detailed drawing and write at least one sentence to create a story with a start, middle and end.
I have also attached an updated Writing Planner including worksheets to match each suggested activity and these can be found by clicking the link below.
Writing Blog Materials 03_06_20
Primary 1 Numeracy
Hello everyone, we hope you are enjoying the nice weather and you are working hard with your home learning.
We are continuing to investigate and practise our number recognition, counting (forwards and backwards), addition and subtraction.
Some pupils are still reversing their numbers when writing them out. It is important to get the numbers 0-9 facing the correct direction.
Here is a short video link for right-handers to form numbers correctly. For left-handers, it suggests making a cut out of your left hand to draw round.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ujzrRg70s
The focus is to get the numbers facing the correct way so it becomes instinctive, then to work on size.
For double digits, it is all about putting the digits in the correct order. From twenty onwards, it is highlighting how they say the number to get the right order: twenty…one, thirty…four etc. This lets them hear the corresponding first and second digit.
Addition and subtraction is all about building confidence with number bonds. Use counters in two different colours to highlight the number bonds. Do not worry if you do not have counters, any household object can be used, as long as there is an easily recognisable difference (apples and oranges, different coloured pencils, action figures etc.)
Start with all objects the same and write the corresponding equation.
Then replace one with the alternative and write the new equation underneath.
Continue doing this until you have replaced all of the original items with the alternatives.
If all the equations have been written out, ask if they notice any pattern with the sums (first column reducing, second column increasing). It is also important to point out that the inverse equations are different, even though they use the same numbers and have the same answer (5+1, 1+5). This is also a good opportunity to have instant sight recognition of amounts. Start with a lower number and build up the number bonds.
You can also turn this into an active game. Make two areas at opposite ends of a room/garden and write adding sums onto strips of cards. When you shout out a sum, the other person has to run and put the right amount of items in the correct area one at a time. When they have made the sum, they shout out the answer!
When adding larger numbers, remember to count on from the larger number. To begin with, always use an equation with the larger number first (e.g. 12 + 4). Use fingers if necessary to count on from the original number.
Alternatively, you can draw a number line and use that to count on. If you have a tape measure or a ruler which can also be used. Start at the specified number and do the right number of steps to get to the answer. Build up confidence. Start by adding small amounts, then larger numbers up to 10. If they are managing, see how they cope with bigger amounts- remember to extend that number line!
For subtraction, we are still focussing on removing amounts to achieve an answer. Continue to write out sums, and then score out/remove the amount you are taking away. This emphasises the reduction in the number, that that answer is less than the original amount.
Again, as the numbers get larger to take away, you may find a number line is easier to use. Mark off the start point and make single steps backwards to the answer. It is important to highlight that you place your finger on the starting number before you begin subtracting.
Below are some worksheets if you need some inspiration!
Enjoy maths!
SCIENCE Primary 2/1
Good morning everyone. I hope you enjoyed your Fitness Fortnight. It certainly looked like you were having fun. It looks like a nice day today so try to get out and enjoy it! Have a lovely day!
Here is this week’s lesson.
02.06.20 PLANTS
These are the resources you will need.
This week we will be looking at the parts of a flower.
- Firstly, do you remember the parts of a plant? – roots, stem, leaves and flowers.
- Now we are going to look at the parts of the flower and the job they do.
- First, watch the PowerPoint “Fantastic Flowers.”
- Can you remember the parts of the flower?
- To remind you ;
Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AuVm1jpKEA
- Now complete the activity sheet “Parts of a Flower.”
- Did you manage to do that?
- Now see if you can use the sheet “Putting Together a Flower” or you could make up your own sheet.
Next week we will be looking at how you plant melon seeds so if you could get a melon for next week that would be great. If you can’t get a melon, any fruit would do. We will be planting next week!
Miss Blyth’s Daily Challenge
Happy Tuesday! I have a writing challenge for you today.
For today’s challenge, I would like you to look at the picture below. Decide the setting (place and time), come up with a character and write at least one thing that happens to them.
Here’s my idea:
Setting: Magic Valley, 1000 years ago
Character: a fairy named Sparkles
Event: She has to journey through the Magic Valley to find a special spell to save the Valley from evil wizards!
(Bonus points if you can figure out where this picture was taken! Hint: it’s somewhere in Scotland.)
Nursery and Primary 1
Please follow the link below to give our nursery pupils the chance to meet our first Primary 1 teacher and for our current Primary 1 pupils to hear Mr McPherson reading a story.
Enjoy.
