Good Morning Primary 7, we hope you took advantage of the nice weather yesterday but remembered to use sunscreen!
Today’s Literacy Work:
Last week we had a grammar focus on the use of metaphors to add colour to our writing. Another literary technique we use for this is similes. They compare things using as or like and there are some very famous ones that you will know and probably even use in conversation; as fast as lightning, like a bear with a sore head etc.
Here’s a pdf that explains the differences between similes and metaphors.
Try this online game and see how many you recognise.
https://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/vocabulary/matching-similes-15.htm
If you click next game (bottom right of the page) you will find more to test yourself on.
Now you have the Similes PowerPoint which has a range of activities for you to complete in your jotter or a Word document.
Today’s Mathematics Work:
Here is this week’s BMBT CLIC test. These are useful as they challenge you to remember on a range of basic numeracy work like fact families, place value and the 4 number operations. 3 levels of challenge to choose from.
We continue with revision but not number work today – Perimeter and Area. Here is a pdf reminder of how to calculate perimeter and area.
How to find area and perimeter
There are a few games on this site which will help warm up your brains, ready for the main task.
https://www.splashlearn.com/area-and-perimeter-games
Now it is time to get started. Today’s task is a challenge, you need to read the pages carefully and follow the instructions. Everything you need to know is id the pdf but you do have to read it. This is a task where we are looking to see that you can be an independent learner. It should be fun but it will take a bit of time – we don’t want a rush job.
Design Your Own Zoo – read the checklist on Page 1 and follow all of the instructions which are laid out for you. Page 6 shows an example of what is expected.
Remember to share your work via your Personal Learning Blogs.
