I has been good to hear all the things you have been going when I have contacted your families. Please do not worry if you miss my call, I will try and make contact again.
English
Today I would like you to, once again, think about your magical door but this time we are going to think about each of our senses. Remember our extended sentences from yesterday and try and put the extra information in these sentences as you write them.
I opened the magical door and saw…
I opened the magical door and heard…
I opened the magical door and felt …
I opened the magical door and smelt …
I opened the magical door and tasted …
Maths
Continue taking your temperatures at the 3 chosen times of the day. If you are not already plotting them on your graph you might want to draw your axis today so that you are ready to plot them all tomorrow.
You will need your completed graph to answer some questions tomorrow.
Doors – Sculpture/Art
Let’s get outside and enjoy the weather today. Have a go at making your door outside. This could be the same door that you have designed or a different one if you wish. It could be; a fairy door, a disguised door, a door made from recycled rubbish.
You can be as inventive as you like. I’m looking forward to seeing your creations.
I have been so excited for you to write you stories in English, after hearing about and reading some of your plans. I love how you have put your own twist on the plot! Enough of the planning now though, we are ready to write. Today I would like you to write your first paragraph. The opening paragraph to your story includes lots of description about the setting: it’s where you want to draw the reader in, and capture their attention. I have included an example of my opening paragraph, but also a copy of the complete story. I would usually share the WAGOLL at the beginning of our new topic, so I wanted to do this today to give you an idea of what your story could look like.
In maths today, I would like you to analyse the data from your completed table. Can you answer the following questions: Who in your family, has the best memory? Who has the worst memory? Are there any patterns linked with age and memory? Are there any patterns linked with gender and memory? My results showed that the older the person, the better their memory. In order to analyse your data, it may be useful to create a graph. I would like you to create a bar graph, to represent each person’s results at 10 seconds, 20 seconds and 30 seconds, like I have shown you below:
Today will be the last day that you will create another drawing for your animal. I am so impressed with the perseverance you have shown in art this week. You have proved that you are able to take constructive advice, and use it to help you make progress, and that is exactly what I have seen so far. So for the last time, I would like you to once again, speak with a family member and ask them to give you some clear, and specific advice about how you can improve your animal drawing. Then, create you final drawing, making it the best yet. Afterwards, take a look at all four pictures, and be proud of the improvements you have made 😀
Have a wonderful day and play,play,play. Here are some suggestions for things to do today:
Ooops! Mrs Hann Got It Wrong
Take a look at the photographs. Each one has an error,a mistake. Maybe I counted without checking. Take a close look. Can you spot what is wrong?
Make up some sums with a grown up. Get them to check them. Can they spot any errors?
Get a grown up to make some for you too. Send some to your granny.Can she spot mistakes?
Send me your pictures and I will see if I can spot the mistakes.
Happy Counting
Remember to check
Handwriting
I have done a little video to support you with capitals and lower case letter formation. Today I have done s,e,and t.
All writing is good writing.
Story Time
I had a special request from Miley to read Supertato so the video is there for you all. If you have any requests for story time please,please,please let me know. I love reading stories for you all.
Here is the next exciting part of our story Jack and the Beanstalk. I love drawing story maps and telling stories.
Here is an idea…tell me what you think…Don’t do any writing….Tell the story
Get a grown up to watch while you use my storymap to tell the story.
How does that sound?
Or just watch our silliiness and enjoy the drama
Happy Stories Y’all
Today is French Thursday. I will set you a little French activity each Thursday based on what we have been learning previously at school. This week is all about the colours of the rainbow. Below is a link to the colours of the rainbow song that we use in school. I would then like you to draw a rainbow and label the colours in French. I have put a template on Tapestry to help with the spellings.
Maths activity:
Today for your maths activity, I would like you to have a go at creating an interactive version of your pictogram. You can use a phone, a tablet or a laptop to do this as long as they are connected to the internet.
If you go to the following link, and click on blank template (this will either be at the side or down below depending on what type of device you are using), you can then alter the title and headings by clicking on them and typing your own. You can then click on the pictograph to change the values.
I have posted the one I have made from my results earlier in the week on tapestry. Have a go yourselves and post your results on tapestry if you can – I am looking forward to seeing them!
https://primaryschoolict.com/pictograph#
English activity
It’s story writing time!
Today Adventurers, I would like you to use the story plans that you created yesterday to begin to write your stories. Don’t forget to use the descriptions of the beautiful flowers with vibrant colours that you wrote the other day and try to include the different stages that the flower goes through during its life cycle.
Can you use paragraphs to show the beginning, middle and end of the story and vary your sentence openers? Don’t worry about finishing the story today – we will finish and edit them tomorrow.
Mr Grason also sent some information over about reading. I would love to hear about anything you have been reading. We are currently working our way through the Julia Donaldson collection – a firm favourite in our house!
We are being so lucky with the weather right now. Long may it last!
Todays suggested learning (more details on Tapestry) is as follows;-
In maths, we are going to create a pictogram from the information we collected yesterday. This is quite a skill so be really proud of yourself if you manage it! I have provided lots of examples to help you!
In English, there is a delightful audio clip of some beach sounds. Close your eyes and imagine you are there. What can you hear? How does it make you feel?
Geography today, this will help us with our story. Where will our magic bubble take us? to a different country perhaps? Can you name 4 countries in the World and find out a little bit about each one? What is the weather like there? What foods to they eat? Are there any famous landmarks (ie the Eiffel Tower is in France)
Please remember these are only suggestions to be enjoyed if you would like to use them.
Don’t forget to send you video ‘hello’ messages in by the end of Thursday. I will put them together and send them out to you on Friday! I think this will be lovely!
Good morning Adventurers, happy World Earth Day! I hope you are all well today – it looks like it is going to be another sunny day!
I have posted some links on tapestry so you can find out more information on World Earth Day and do some activities relating to it if you would like. It is the 50th anniversary this year and they are celebrating climate change.
Today I have set an English, Maths and a short PE activity.
Maths activity:
To play some of the interactive pictogram games on Topmarks. Use the information gained from playing these games to write your own questions based on the pictogram you produced yesterday.
Give these questions to a family member with your graph and see if they can answer them.
Today we are going to write a story based on the video we have been watching over the previous days. The plan is to include a clear beginning, middle and end with bullet points to show what will happen in each section.
If you are struggling for ideas, your story could be about a strong, beautiful flower that is battling the elements and pollution to survive. Or you could use the information you collected about the life cycle of a flower and tell the story of a seed growing into a beautiful flower going through each stage of the cycles.
There is more information on this on tapestry.
PE activity:
Roll a dice (if you don’t have a dice, you could make one or use an interactive one on the internet).
Roll it and if you land on…
1 – run on the spot for 1 minute
2 – Jump twice
3 – 3 star jumps
4 – do 4 rolls
5 – 5 mountain climbers
6 – touch your toes 6 times.
Keep rolling! Can you make up your own exercises to challenge members of your family?
I’ve seen lots of interesting door designs and I am looking forward to finding our where these doors will lead us next week.
English
Using your 6 sentences from yesterday, I’d like you see if you can now edit your sentences to make them even better. Think about using; descriptive adjectives, powerful verbs, relative clauses, similes and metaphors.
E.g. I opened the magical door and saw … a shoal of hungry shadows, tangoing through busy streets like a swarm
Maths
Continue taking your temperatures at the 3 chosen times of the day and either add them to your data collection or plot them on your graph if you are doing this as you go along.
You should have 3 pieces of data for each of your times by the end of today.
DIY Lava Lamp -Science
In science, you have been thinking about separating materials. Have a go at making this fun Lava Lamp and watch how the materials separate. How does this work scientifically?
These are my suggestions for learning today,if you need them and some useful links that the Pioneers will recognise from school. They may help to fill a few moments in your day. Videos are available on Tapestry too.
Don’t forget to play . Play is the highest form of learning as someone very wise said.
Play. Play. Play. Play . Play.
Here is your new reading book and some ideas to use when you are reading.
Have your sound mat out to help you.
Watch Geraldine Giraffe to recap sh,ch and th. You might want to do this over a couple of days.
Here are some link to Geraldine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U354eD-hgQ th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx2Tf9TE1bc sh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyrYDitif1o ch
Find all the sh words. Read. Copy . Write. Can you think of any others.
Repeat this with the other sounds..
Here is a very useful link to use everyday alongside your lists in the pack from school.
It is Mr Thorne doing all the High Frequency words that are useful.
Happy Reading
Jack and the Bean Stalk
Here is my story map for the start of Jack and the Beanstalk. I had a lot of fun drawing it. A man in a giant top hat helped by holding the paper and Nick composed a piece of music to help to tell the story. Video on Tapestry.
I hope you like the music and the stories.
Draw your own story map.
I will add more tomorrow.
What do you think will happen to the beans?
Do you think that Jack will meet the owner of the boots?
Happy Stories
Here is some number stuff:
I hope that the estimating is going well.
Here is a link to one of our favourite counting songs:
Counting on is a great way to get going with addition.
Have a numberline or a number square to look at.
You can count anything:shoes,pasta,teddies,stones or magic beans like me.
You can write down your number sentences if you fancy using + and =. You might even end up doing take away or subtraction.
If you are using playing cards the adding can get quite difficult so select your number to suit your needs. You could also try adding 3 numbers or even 4. once you’ve got the hang of it you can just count the symbols on the cards and miss out the magic beans.
Grown-ups – The Pioneers love to spot mistakes. It always good to make the odd error for them to identify and say why it is wrong.
Don’t forget to make your numbers nice and neat. I have added a little video to remind you.
Have a wonderful day and enjoy the sunshine with your families.
Thank you for showing me your wonderful work yesterday, it looks like you’re having fun creating it, which is great!
Today in English, I would like you to create a plan for your opening paragraphs. These early paragraphs in your story, capture the setting and the character mainly, so it helps to have thought about how you would describe the two. I would like you to write down everything that you can think of, that would describe the setting (where the story is based). And then do the same for your character. Here is an example of mine:
In maths, today I would like you to complete the challenge, that will allow you to gather the information you need to complete the table that you created yesterday. You will need to lay out the fifteen items that you gathered on Monday, and cover them with a cloth/ towel. Then, individually call your family members in to the room. They need to complete the challenge separately, so that they don’t have extra time looking at the objects. You will need a timer for the next part. Show the items to each member of your family for 10 seconds, and then cover them up again, then ask them to name the items that they can remember. Next, add up a total and record it in the 10 second box, next to their name. Then show them the items for another 10 seconds (20 seconds in total), and record how many they remembered after this time, and then complete the same for another 10 seconds (30 seconds in total). Complete this challenge for each person in your home. I have included my example below:
In art, today I would like you to have another go at drawing your animal, but after receiving even more feedback from an adult at home. Like you did yesterday, I would like you to ask them to compare your drawing with the original picture, and ask them if they can give you some very clear, specific advice or how you could improve this. Then draw your animal again, after taking on board their advice, and compare all three pictures. Is your drawing improving, like Austin’s?
Today, for you maths activity, I would like you to use the information you collected yesterday to make a pictogram to show the data. Use a different picture or colour for each category.
If you haven’t collected any data, you can use the following information:
What is your favourite colour?
red – 4
green – 3
blue – 6
pink – 7
purple – 2
other – 4
Have a look at the following link to get more information on pictograms.
It was lovely to see some of the information you collected yesterday on the life cycle of a flower. This information is going to come in well when we come to write our stories at the end of the week.
Today, I would like you to choose a flower from the video and describe it. Think carefully about the parts of the flower focusing on how they look (the shapes and colours) and how the flower moves and grows throughout the video.
If you would like, you can create a piece of art to show the flower you have chosen alongside your writing.
We are starting to work towards creating a map of our local area but first, I would like you to make some observations about things that are outside your house.
I would like you to look outside your windows or walk into your garden and draw what you can see. Label the human features (things made/put there by humans) and the physical features (things that occur naturally) that you can see. If you can, use a compass (many electronic devices have these) to draw arrows pointing to the North, South, East and West.
I am really looking forward to seeing your work!
Mrs Burton
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