Mrs Keegan

P3 Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan Thursday 30.4.20

Good Morning Primary 3,

It was so lovely to speak to some of you and your families yesterday. You have all been working very hard. I am so proud at how well you managing with your home learning.

I hope you are all enjoying your tasks this week. How are you getting on with finding some examples of tiling? Maybe you could share some of them with us on the blog post or on your online profile.

Here are some additional tasks for you to try this week. Remember these are optional and you do not have to complete these. Make sure you are taking plenty of breaks and not having too much screen time.

Maths

You have been learning about tiling this week. You can make some beautiful tiling patterns. Can you create a card for someone to make them smile with a tiling pattern on the front? You could colour in the pattern using all the colours of the rainbow. This could be for someone at home, a neighbour or someone in your close family or friends. Here are some examples of a tiling pattern.

The trouble with five | plus.maths.org

Literacy

There is a Sumdog Spelling Challenge for you to complete. It will help you to learn your weekly spelling pattern.

I have written some sentences about my weekend however I was very sleepy when doing them and I think I have made a few mistakes. Can you rewrite my sentences and correct my mistakes?

at the weakend i playd in the garden wif my familee

wee eat ice-cream in the sun?

my favourite fing wos spashing in the pool

i luv wen it is sunny

Have a great day P3. Remember to take breaks and spend some time outside if you can.

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P3 Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan Wednesday 29.4.20

Good morning P3! Happy Wednesday. I hope that you’re having a great week and enjoying our learning activities.

Core Learning Grid

Are you all managing to access the grid? Let us know if there are any problems.

Core Grid Week 4 P3 PDF

How are you getting on with our Global Goals task – investigating Goal No.15 (Life on Land)? I went on a woodland walk for my daily exercise yesterday and saw flowers, birds, leaves and even a family of ducklings! Perhaps you could make a list of what you see.

Here are some additional activities for you if you wish to try them . Remember, only do what you can, and remember to take plenty of breaks and get outside if you can. You’re doing a great job!

Maths

This week we have set up a new shape challenge on Sumdog. You might like to listen to this song to remind you of our learning on shapes.

Literacy

Today’s extra literacy task is a reading task. Choose a book to read – it may be a book that you have in your house, perhaps from your Read, Write, Count book bag, or you may want to choose a book online (Oxford Owl or World Book Day websites have lots of great choices). Once you have read your book, choose a character to draw and give them a speech bubble. What would your character say?

Have a great day and remember to let us know how you are getting on. We love to hear from you and to see all of your fantastic work!

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P3 Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan Friday 24.4.20

Good morning Primary 3! We hope that you have had a great week and enjoyed your learning. We have loved seeing all of your work on your OneNote profiles this week – we’re so proud of all the fantastic learning that you’re doing.

It is Free Writing Friday today so you may wish to spend 5 minutes writing about a topic of your choice. I think I’m going to write about endangered sea creatures as I’ve learnt so much from reading your fact files!

Reviewing our Learning

Today we are going to review our learning for the week and do some self-assessment tasks. How have you got on with your learning this week? Record your two stars and a wish for this week’s learning in your jotter or on your OneNote profile.

Literacy

Our writing task this week was to make up your own potion after reading the story of The Personality Potion. Today we would like you to review your writing using the success criteria below:

include a title
use capital letters and full stops
use an adjective
include a drawing of your potion

Read over your recount and self assess your work using the success criteria above. If you can find a pink pen or pencil you can underline in pink where you have achieved your success criteria. If you have a green pen or pencil you can underline in green an area that you would like to improve. Share your self assessment with a family member.

Maths

In Maths this week we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. How confident do you feel in your learning? Draw a traffic light in your jotter or use your OneNote profile to review your learning. Use the picture below to help you.

Setting Targets

When we’re in school, we always set personal targets at the beginning of the term help us to reach our potential. We always think about targets for maths, literacy and health and well-being. Have a think about what you would like to achieve this term and make a note of your goals in your jotter or on your OneNote profile. We’d love it if you could share your goals with us!

Have a great day learning and try to get outside to enjoy the sunshine too.

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Primary 3 Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan 23.4.20

Good morning Primary 3! I’m really looking forward to sharing your learning today. As always, do what you can and what suits your family circumstances. Be kind, persevere and stay safe. Remember that we’re here if you need to ask any questions.

If you have time today, you might like to make a Sound Map. This is a lovely peaceful activity that you can do inside or outside. First you find a spot you like and stay still for 5 minutes. Mark on your paper all the sounds you hear. How many sounds did you hear? Tell an adult what you heard and how it made you feel.

Home Learning Grid

I’ve posted the Core Grid here for you to make it easy for you to access.

Core-Grid-Week-3-Primary 3

How are you getting on with your fact file about an endangered sea creature? Try to include a title, key facts and a picture.

Literacy – Spelling

I have set up a Sumdog Spelling challenge for you to try this week, linked to the words which you have been learning. Have fun playing the games.

Maths – 3D Shapes

Today you could go on a 3D Shape hunt in the house or when you are out for daily exercise. See if you can find these shapes:

cube
cuboid
sphere
cylinder
pyramid
cone

You could always take a picture of your objects and pop it on your OneNote profile or draw a picture in your jotter.

I hope you have a great day.

from Mrs Keegan and Mrs Caskie

P3 Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan 22.4.20

Good morning Primary 3. Welcome to Wednesday! Here are some additional tasks for today. You can complete these along with the tasks in your grid. Let us know if you have any problems accessing the grid. I have attached it here for you.

Core-Grid-Week-3-Primary 3

Remember to do the learning in a way that suits you and your family and also remember to take breaks and get some fresh air. Have a great day!

Home Learning Grid

How are you getting on with the 2D maths task? Remember that you can use pens, pencils, cutlery or anything else that you can find to make your shapes.

Maths – Solving Problems

Today you can use your understanding of fractions to help you solve problems. Visit the nrich website and try to solve the Fair Feast problem. You can draw a picture of your answers to share your learning.

https://nrich.maths.org/2361

Literacy

Today we’re going to have fun with our spelling words by playing Headbandz with a family member. Write your spelling word on a post it or make a headband. You can give each other clues to work out the word. Have fun!

You can also read a story and see if you can answer these questions:

Who was in the story?
Where was the story set?
What happened?
How did it end?

You’ll find lots of stories online at stories.audible.com oxfordowl.co.uk booktrust.org.uk

Have a great day and enjoy the sunshine!

from Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan

P3 Easter Holidays

Hello Primary 3,

We hope that you have enjoyed this week’s learning. It has been lovely to see all of your work on your profiles.

The next two weeks are the Easter holidays and we have attached some extra activities for you to do over the break if you wish. The Mini Vinnies Committee are also running a lockdown appeal to make people smile.

Easter Holiday Activities

Mini Vinnies Lockdown Appeal

A final thank you for all your hard work, adults and children, not only at school over this term but at home for the last couple of weeks. We really appreciate your support and are missing you all. We hope you have a fun, safe and relaxing Easter holiday at home.

From Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan

P3 Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan 3.4.20

Good morning P3! Would love to hear from lots of you this morning. Let me know what you are up to and how you’re getting on with your home learning!

Reviewing our Learning

Literacy

Our writing task this week was to write a recount about either a day out, going to the swimming pool or a visit to the park.

The success criteria for this task was:

to include a title
to use capital letters and full stops
to use past tense verbs
to use time sequence words
to include a personal comment at the end

Today, read over your recount and self assess your work using the success criteria above. If you can find a pink pen or pencil you can underline in pink where you have achieved your success criteria. If you have a green pen or pencil you can underline in green an area that you would like to improve. Share your self assessment with a family member.

Maths

In Maths this week we have been working with coins up to £1.00. How confident do you feel in your learning? Draw a traffic light in your jotter or use your OneNote profile to review your learning. Use the picture below to help you.

We hope that you all stay safe and well over the Easter holidays and we look forward to sharing more learning with you on Monday 20th April. We are so proud of all of the fantastic learning that you have all been doing.

from Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan

P3 Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan 2.4.20

Good morning P3! I hope you had a good day yesterday. We have loved seeing your work on your OneNote profiles and have left you feedback there – you (and your families) are all doing a fantastic job.

Home Learning Grid

Core Grid Week 2 P3

How are you getting on with our Health and Well-Being task? What did you put in your bag of worries? You can read the story of the Huge Bag of Worries here. Attached is a game which helps you to talk about emotions and an activity sheet on happiness. If you have a printer at home, you may wish to print them out or you could draw your own versions once you’ve seen them on screen.

Emotions board game

Things that make me happy activity sheet

If you are having any difficulty with any of the home learning activities please remember to ask your question in the comments section below or via email.

Literacy

In Literacy today we are going on a Book Scavenger Hunt. How many of these can you find? Let us know in the comments section below or on your OneNote profile, in the Home Learning section.

Maths

Today in Maths we are exploring subtraction on Sumdog. You are doing a fantastic job of logging into Sumdog and completing the challenges. Today’s challenge will help improve your subtraction skills. Have fun!

Have a lovely day!

From Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan

P3 Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan 1.4.20

Good morning P3, I hope you are enjoying completing some of the activities from the home learning grid. I’ve included the attachment of the grid again here to give you easy access.

Core Grid Week 2 P3

Home Learning Grid

How are you getting on building your own Viking Longboat from junk materials or construction toys such as building bricks? We are loving seeing the pictures of Longboats that you have uploaded to OneNote already – the creativity is wonderful!

Once you’ve built your boat, perhaps you could check if it will float. Think about:

does your Viking Longboat meet the design criteria with a a square sail, a figurehead and oars?
does your boat float or sink?
how could you improve your design?

If you are having any difficulty with any of the home learning activities please remember to ask your question in the comments section below. We will try to answer your question as soon as we are able to.

Literacy

Today’s challenge is to complete the P3 Spelling Challenge on Sumdog. The challenge will help you to learn the weekly spelling words for your group. Your Sumdog login details are in your home learning jotter. We love to see your progress on Sumdog!

Maths

Today’s maths task is to try this First Level number talk, from the FVWL RIC Numeracy Academy (they post a new number talk on Twitter every day). Remember – number talks are all about how you solve a task, mentally. For this task, you don’t need to use anything to help you, just use your brain.

Look at each number sentence and share the strategy you use to get each answer. Did you use the same strategy each time? You can share your strategies with someone at home. Did they work it out the same way as you? Share your learning on the blog in the comments box below.

4 + 8 + 2 + 6

1 + 9 + 2 + 8

5 + 3 + 7 + 5

I’m going to start my day with the Joe Wicks workout – what are you going to do first? Have a lovely day and let us know how you are getting on with your learning.

Take care,

from Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan

P3 HOME LEARNING ACTIVITIES FRIDAY 27th MARCH MRS CASKIE AND MRS KEEGAN

Good Morning P3.

Core Grid Week 1 P3

It is a bit grey and drizzly this morning but I’m looking forward to seeing all of your amazing work. Remember that you can record your learning on the home learning page in your OneNote profile or in your jotter. Each day we check the OneNote profiles and will leave feedback there for you.

How are you getting on with writing your description? Remember, you can write about a hedgehog, your favourite toy or a pencil case. Try to include a title, characteristics and an evaluation. Don’t forget capital letters and full stops.

Numeracy

Today we’re going to solve a challenge! Visit the nrich website for details – click here.

The problem is that all the numbers have fallen off our class number square and they’re lying in a pile on the floor! There’s only five minutes to go before school starts and we need the number square.

Can you find a quick way of putting the numbers back in their right places on the grid?

Where will you start?

Use the comments box below to share your strategy for putting the number square back together.

Literacy

To support your learning in spelling, we have set up a Sumdog Spelling Challenge which will help you to learn the spelling words for your group. The P3 Spelling Challenge is open today.

Have a lovely day P3.

from Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan