Hi everyone, I hope that you enjoyed the home learning, thank you for everyone who sent in your own stories in the style Aaron Becker. I will be looking forward to see your newspaper articles about George and his dragon.
I have added the next chapter of our story to your 2DO list along with some follow up activities.
Over the course of the week remember to:
Have a lovely week.
Mr S
Maths (Week 9 – WC 13th July) Watch the video clip on the White Rose home learning website and then complete the activity for each day. The activities are available on our page in PDF format. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Remember, as part of each lesson make sure you include time to go on ttrockstars
Ttrockstars – 15 mins times table practise.
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Year 5 |
Lesson 1 – Lines of symmetry
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Lesson 1 – Metric unis
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Lesson 2 – Complete a symmetric figure
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Lesson 2 – Imperial units |
Lesson 3 – Describe position |
Lesson 3 – Converting units of time |
Lesson 4 – Drawing on a grid |
Lesson 4 – Timetables
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Friday Have a go at the family challenge 8
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Reading
Make sure you read for at least 10-15mins a day, reading a range of texts (fiction and non-fiction) #readondaysyoueat If you have forgotten your log in details for purple mash, email admin@weston.herts.sch.uk and ask for it.
Chapter Four – The Time-Lock Adventure
Activity 1 – multiple choice quiz about chapter 7 Activity 2 – answer some open ended questions about chapter 7 Activity 3 – complete the sequencing activity putting events in order about chapter 7 Activity 4 – using purple mash 2do activity, write a book review. Did you enjoy it? Why/why not? What was your favourite part? Would you recommend this story to a friend?
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Spelling practice
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Monday WALT: Identify descriptive language and imagery in a text
Watch again Now watch: Tell me a dragon – Jackie Morris
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Tuesday WALT: Create a fact file about a dragon
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Wednesday WALT: Create our own dragon
Design a detailed dragon of your own – colour/paint in vivid details. Put descriptive language around your picture – adjective strings, similes, metaphors, powerful verbs and other descriptive phrases. Use a thesaurus (online if you do not have one) to find other more powerful words that mean the same thing. EG – A better word for red might be…scarlet/crimson etc.
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Thursday WALT: Create our own dragon (continued)
Now tell me about your dragon using the Jackie Morris format. Create a descriptive paragraph all about your dragon. Include all your wonderful vocabulary you placed around your picture.
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Friday WALT: Create our own dragon Using Jackie Morris ideas and your own ideas create Top Trump cards for dragons – use Top Trump Resource |
Hi everyone, I hope you enjoyed designing and illustrating your own stories based on the two picture books studies over the last two weeks (The Quest and Journey). I would love to see your finished creations so please, if you have not already, send them into to admin@weston.herts.sch.uk and the work will be forwarded on to me.
I have added the next chapter of our story to your 2DO list along with some follow up activities.
Over the course of the week remember to:
Have a lovely week.
Mr S
Maths (Week 9 – WC 6th July) Watch the video clip on the White Rose home learning website and then complete the activity for each day. The activities are available on our page in PDF format. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Remember, as part of each lesson make sure you include time to go on ttrockstars Ttrockstars – 15 mins times table practise.
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Lesson 1 – Identify angles
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Lesson 1 – Regular and irregular polygons
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Lesson 2 – Compare and order angles
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Lesson 2 – Reasoning about 3D shapes |
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Lesson 3 – Triangles |
Lesson 3 – Reflection |
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Lesson 4 – Quadrilaterals |
Lesson 4 – Translation |
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Friday Have a go at the family challenge 8 |
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Reading
Make sure you read for at least 10-15mins a day, reading a range of texts (fiction and non-fiction) #readondaysyoueat If you have forgotten your log in details for purple mash, email admin@weston.herts.sch.uk and ask for it.
Chapter Four – The Time-Lock Adventure
Activity 1 – multiple choice quiz about chapter 6 Activity 2 – answer some open ended questions about chapter 6 Activity 3 – complete the sequencing activity putting events in order about chapter 6 Activity 4 – using purple mash 2do activity, what are the similarities and differences between Seth and Dan? |
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Monday WALT: Predict and sequence events Look at the front cover picture of the book THE EGG by: MP Robertson. …And before reading:
Now watch/read the story; (Text without pictures in resources below- you may wish to cut these up and stick next to the correct picture in the sequence!)
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Tuesday WALT: Find evidence in a text of descriptions of settings and feelings
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Wednesday
WALT: understand the features of newspaper reports Watch: BBC Bitesize
And read through the PowerPoint – tips for writing newspaper reports. What does a newspaper report need to have? – Write your own list of tips to be successful.
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Thursday WALT: Plan a newspaper report -The Egg
Think about the: Headline - grab your readers’ attention! See Resources below for more information. Think about your opening statement – this needs to include:
*Challenge- See if you can include them BOLDLY in one powerful sentence! Your following paragraphs will then need to give more details.
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Friday WALT: Write a newspaper report – The Egg Now publish your news report on the frame (Resource 5) and send pictures of them into school. Good luck - Can’t wait to see them!
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Remember to place your rock on the ‘Weston Worm’ outside the school. You may paint as many as you like! It is really starting to grow. Can you guess which one is mine? |
Home Learning WC 29th June
Hi everyone, I hope that you enjoyed the home learning, I am looking forward to reading the conversations you have written for this week’s picture book ‘The Quest’.
I have added the next chapter of our story to your 2DO list along with some follow up activities. Thank you to everyone who has sent in some work so far. On our class page are some pictures of the work that we have been doing in school as well as some spontaneous rain shadows at break time which were inspired by Andy Goldsworthy.
Over the course of the week remember to:
Have a lovely week.
Mr S
Maths (Week 9 – WC 29th June) Watch the video clip on the White Rose home learning website and then complete the activity for each day. The activities are available on our page in PDF format. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Remember, as part of each lesson make sure you include time to go on ttrockstars
Ttrockstars – 15 mins times table practise.
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Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Lesson 1 – Interpret charts
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Lesson 1 – Measuring with a protractor
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Lesson 2 – Comparison sum and difference
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Lesson 2 – Drawing lines and angles accurately |
Lesson 3 – Introducing line graphs |
Lesson 3 – Calculating angles on a straight line |
Lesson 4 – Line graphs |
Lesson 4 – Calculating angles around a point |
Friday Have a go at the family challenge 7, this week is a football theme – see the links below. Year 4 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zsrgp4j Year 5 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbdwg7h
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Reading
Make sure you read for at least 10-15mins a day, reading a range of texts (fiction and non-fiction) #readondaysyoueat If you have forgotten your log in details for purple mash, email admin@weston.herts.sch.uk and ask for it.
Chapter Four – The Time-Lock Adventure
Activity 1 – multiple choice quiz about chapter 5 Activity 2 – answer some open ended questions about chapter 5 Activity 3 – complete the sequencing activity putting events in order about chapter 5 Activity 4 – using purple mash 2do activity, write the next part of the story – what will Seth do next?
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Spelling practice
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English
This week you will create your own amazing picture book in the style of Aaron Becker – you can choose your own settings and characters and complete the accompanying narrative.
Draw/paint the settings/illustrations for these parts of your story
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Monday/Tuesday WALT: Plan your own story including a detailed description of your own chosen settings
Think of all the criteria you have used over the last 2 weeks to complete your ‘Journey’ and ‘Quest’ stories. Think about a character/2 characters going on a journey/quest. Why are they wanting to escape? How will they get there? What settings will they see? How will they travel around these settings? What is the problem? How will it be solved? How do/does your character(s) get back to their real world?
Create a storyboard planner to jot down your ideas. Make descriptive notes to accompany each slide as your plan. Ask yourself: How can we paint a picture in our readers mind? What can we see? Why do you think...? What would be an effective vocabulary choice here? Why?
Include adjectives/powerful verbs/expanded noun phrases/prepositions/fronted adverbials. Include dialogue. Look at the writing prompt examples you have been given in your pack over these last 2 weeks and upskill your writing.
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Wednesday WALT: Write the beginning of your story including a detailed description of the opening settings and interesting introduction to hook in your reader! Remember to paragraph your work – TIP start a new paragraph for each picture! Include an interesting time adverbial to move each part of the story along (don’t forget the comma). Continue to describe each setting vividly using well-chosen vocabulary choices. What is the girl doing? What might the girl be thinking/feeling at each setting?
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Thursday WALT:Write the middle parts of your story including a detailed description of settings Continue through the settings telling the story looking very carefully at the details in the pictures – continue to remember to be very descriptive – experiment with different sentence starters/prepositions etc. Rehearse all the wonderful ways we have learnt that make our sentences more interesting to the reader.
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Friday WALT:Write the final parts of a story including a detailed description of settings How does your picture book end? Remember all good writers ‘purple polish’ their writing – your first choices may not always be the best choices!
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Topic – Crime and punishment
Lesson 8 Crime and Punishment through the ages
This lesson is about reflecting on all you have learnt so far during the crime and punishment unit.
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See WC 1st June for other topics and ideas for this half term!
Continue with your time capsule and Black History learning. Remember to place your rock on the ‘Weston Worm’ outside the school. You may paint as many as you like! |
Home Learning WC 22nd June
Hi everyone, I hope that you enjoyed last week’s learning. A picture book without words has endless possibilities for creative writing. Also, it is a great opportunity to practice the skill of show not tell. I have attached a link to a wonderful video from literacy shed that reinforces show not tell. You can understand the character’s feelings through the farmer’s actions:
https://www.literacyshed.com/windmillfarmer.html
I have added the next chapter of our story to your 2DO list along with some follow up activities. Thank you to everyone who has sent in some work so far, whether it was your comic strip, a picture of your superhero or Andy Goldsworthy creation. I am very proud of you all. Please keep up the good work and keep emailing in examples of you work.
Over the course of the week remember to:
Have a lovely week.
Mr S
Maths (Week 9 – WC 22nd June) Watch the video clip on the White Rose home learning website and then complete the activity for each day. The activities are available on our page in PDF format. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
White Rose has begun to repeat some of their activities for some year group. However, this week there were only two lessons that were repeats.
Remember, as part of each lesson make sure you include time to go on ttrockstars
Ttrockstars – 15 mins times table practise.
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Lesson 1 – Pounds and pence Lesson 1 – Alternative – Estimate answers |
Lesson 1 – subtracting decimals with the same number of decimal places Lesson 1 Alternative – two way tables |
Lesson 2 – ordering money Lesson 2 – Alternative – Checking Strategies |
Lesson 2 – subtracting decimals with a different number of decimal places Lesson 2 - Alternative – read and interpret tables |
Lesson 3 – Estimating money |
Lesson 3 – multiplying decimals by 10, 100 and 1000 |
Lesson 4 – Four operations |
Lesson 4 – dividing decimals by 10, 100 and 1000 |
Friday Have a go at the family challenge 6, which involves a range of questions from previous learning. How many will you get right? Let me know!
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Reading
Make sure you read for at least 10-15mins a day, reading a range of texts (fiction and non-fiction) #readondaysyoueat If you have forgotten your log in details for purple mash, email admin@weston.herts.sch.uk and ask for it.
Chapter Four – The Time-Lock Adventure
Activity 1 – multiple choice quiz about chapter 4 Activity 2 – answer some open ended questions about chapter 4 Activity 3 – complete the sequencing activity putting events in order about chapter 4 Activity 4 – using purple mash 2do activity, write part of the chapter as a play script. I have given you a clue in the instructions to help remind you of the key features.
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Spelling practice
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English
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Monday/Tuesday WALT: Plan a story including a detailed description of settings and dialogue to show a relationship
Outcome of these 2 weeks is to create the descriptive setting writing and storyline missing in the picture books by Aaron Becker. This week I have also introduced writing direct speech.
We are using another wonderful picture book by Aaron Becker and watch: ‘Quest’ by Aaron Becker (picture books are ageless!)
This week, alongside our descriptive writing, we will focus on creating dialogue between the girl and the boy. Their relationship is friendship so this will need to be expressed in the speech you write. I have included rules for writing direct speech in the resources below.
Have another look at last week’s Journey story you wrote to remind yourself of the descriptions you used – how did you paint these pictures in your readers’ minds? Remember to use these vivid descriptions in the narrative parts of your story.
Start the video link again and pause at each different setting to jot down description and possible dialogue between the two children at each scene. Use the story board planning sheet (1) to help organise and sequence the events. Ask yourself: How can we paint a picture in our readers mind? What can we see? Why do you think...? What would be an effective vocabulary choice here? Why? Include ideas to show the dialogue between the two children in speech bubbles. Include adjectives/powerful verbs/expanded noun phrases/prepositions/fronted adverbials. |
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Wednesday WALT: Write the beginning of the story including a detailed description of the opening settings and interesting introduction to hook in your reader! Remember to paragraph your work – TIP start a new paragraph for each picture/change of scene! Include an interesting time adverbial to move each part of the story along (don’t forget the comma). Continue to describe each setting vividly using well-chosen vocabulary choices. What is the girl doing? What might the girl be thinking/feeling at each setting? What will the two children be saying to one another – follow the rules for writing direct speech.
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Thursday WALT:Write the middle parts of a story including a detailed description of settings Continue through the settings telling the story looking very carefully at the details in the pictures and the speech you have chosen – continue to remember to be very descriptive – experiment with different sentence starters/prepositions etc. Rehearse all the wonderful ways we have learnt that make our sentences more interesting to the reader. Keep using the direct speech writing rules!
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Friday WALT: Write the final parts of a story including a detailed description of settings How does this picture book end? Again, make your reader want to go on an adventure just like this one!
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Topic – Crime and punishment
Lesson 7 Victorian prisons continued
Last week we explored a range of chores inmates had to undertake in a Victorian prison – some tasks had a purpose such as the treadmill whilst others were monotonous tasks to keep the inmates busy and under control such as the prison hand crank.
This week, I would like you to design your own prison cell and invent your own chore to keep an inmate busy.
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Black History As I am sure you are all aware, there is looks of talk in the news about the George Floyd, people protesting in the streets and black history. This week we have included some information about these events.
BCCB video links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/49883230 - What is black history month? https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/41453182 - Why is it important to me?
This website has a list of some activities you could do linked to ‘Black History Month’ https://kidactivities.net/black-history-month-activities-for-kids/
Task 1 – Read through the information powerpoint about Nelson Mandela. Task 2 – Using the information and your own research, create a biography about the life of Nelson Mandela.
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See WC 1st June for other topics and ideas for this half term! |
King-Smith Home Learning
Monday 15th June 2020
Hi everyone, I hope that you enjoyed the story of Traction Man and have enjoyed designing and creating your own comic books.
I hope that you are continuing to enjoy our class book on Purple Mash. I have added the next chapter to your 2DO list along with some follow up activities.
Over the course of the week remember to:
Have a lovely week.
Mr S
Maths (Week 8 – WC 15th June) Watch the video clip on the White Rose home learning website and then complete the activity for each day. The activities are available on our page in PDF format. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
White Rose has begun to repeat some of their activities for some year groups so I have attached the alternative resources below if you have already completed the main activities.
Remember, as part of each lesson make sure you include time to go on ttrockstars
Ttrockstars – 15 mins times table practise.
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Lesson 1 – Write decimals Lesson 1 – Alternative – subtract two 4 digit numbers no exchange |
Lesson 1 – understand percentages Lesson 1 Alternative – multi-step and subtraction problems |
Lesson 2 – Compare decimals Lesson 2 – Alternative – subtract two 4 digit numbers one exchange |
Lesson 2 – percentages a fraction and decimals Lesson 2 - Alternative – read and interpret line graphs
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Lesson 3 – Order decimals Lesson 3 – Alternative – subtract two 4 digit numbers more than one exchange |
Lesson 3 – adding decimals with the same number of decimal places Lesson 3 Alternative – draw line graphs
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Lesson 4 – round decimals Lesson 4 – Alternative – efficient subtraction |
Lesson 4 – adding decimals with a different number of decimal places Lesson 4 Alternative – use line graphs to solve problems
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Friday Have a go at the family challenge 5, which involves a range of questions from previous learning. How many will you get right? Let me know! |
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Reading
Make sure you read for at least 10-15mins a day, reading a range of texts (fiction and non-fiction) #readondaysyoueat If you have forgotten your log in details for purple mash, email admin@weston.herts.sch.uk and ask for it.
Chapter Three – The Time-Lock Adventure
Activity 1 – multiple choice quiz about chapter 3 Activity 2 – answer some open ended questions about chapter 3 Activity 3 – complete the sequencing activity putting events in order about chapter 3 Activity 4 – using purple mash 2do activity, write a poem about a busy Tudor kitchen.
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Monday/Tuesday WALT: Plan a story including a detailed description of settings
Introduce the book and watch: ‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker. Outcome of the next 2 weeks is to create the descriptive setting writing and storyline missing in the picture books by Aaron Becker. Look at the planning sheet (1) as a prompt to some of the settings that tell some of the story from the book. Make descriptive notes to accompany each slide as your plan. Ask yourself: How can we paint a picture in our readers mind? What can we see? Why do you think...? What would be an effective vocabulary choice here? Why?
Include adjectives/powerful verbs/expanded noun phrases/prepositions/fronted adverbials. Look at the writing prompt examples you have been given on your pack.
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Wednesday WALT: Write the beginning of the story including a detailed description of the opening settings and interesting introduction to hook in your reader! Remember to paragraph your work – TIP start a new paragraph for each picture! Include an interesting time adverbial to move each part of the story along (don’t forget the comma). Continue to describe each setting vividly using well-chosen vocabulary choices. What is the girl doing? What might the girl be thinking/feeling at each setting?
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Thursday WALT:Write the middle parts of a story including a detailed description of settings Continue through the settings telling the story looking very carefully at the details in the pictures – continue to remember to be very descriptive – experiment with different sentence starters/prepositions etc. Rehearse all the wonderful ways we have learnt that make our sentences more interesting to the reader.
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Friday WALT:Write the final parts of a story including a detailed description of settings How does this picture book end? Make your reader want to go on an adventure just like this one!
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Topic – Crime and punishment
Lesson 6 Victorian prisons
Task 1 – Read through the power point. Task 2 – Adults read through the hard labour activity (you might need to adapt to what you have at home) and tell the prisoner (sorry your child) what their punishment/chore is to do. Task3 – After completing the hard labour chores, write a diary entry in the life of a prisoner using the diary format attached. Warm – one star Hot – two star Boiling – three star |
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RE This week we have included some RE activity booklets suggested by Reverend Fiona
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See WC 1st June for other topics and ideas for this half term! |
Monday 8th June 2020
Hi everyone, I hope that you are working hard and had a break over the weekend ready for this week’s home learning.
I hope that you are enjoying our class book on Purple Mash. I love the rich language in the book so far – remember to magpie and experiment some of the words and phrases in your own writing! I have added the next chapter to your 2DO list along with some follow up activities.
My top tips for preparing for Year 5 and Year 6 are:
I wonder how many more children can overtake me on the leader board.
Several children have proven it is possible!
Have a lovely week.
Maths (Week 7 – WC 8th June) Watch the video clip on the White Rose home learning website and then complete the activity for each day. The activities are available on our page in PDF format. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
White Rose has begun to repeat some of their activities for some year groups so I have attached the alternative resources below if you have already completed the main activities.
Remember, as part of each lesson make sure you include time to go on ttrockstars
Ttrockstars – 15 mins times table practise.
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Lesson 1 – Tenths as decimals Lesson 1 – Alternative – 1s, 10s, 100s, 1000s |
Lesson 1 – Decimals as fractions (2) Lesson 1 Alternative – Add whole numbers with more than 4 digits.
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Lesson 2 – Dividing 2 digits by 10 Lesson 2 – Alternative – Add two digit numbers no exchange |
Lesson 2 – Understanding thousandths Lesson 2 - Alternative – Subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits.
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Lesson 3 – Hundredths as decimals Lesson 3 – Alternative – Add two 4 digit numbers one exchange |
Lesson 3 – Rounding Decimals Lesson 3 Alternative – Round to estimate and approximate
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Lesson 4 – Dividing 1 and 2 digit numbers by a hundred Lesson 4 – Alternative – Add two 4 digit numbers – more than one exchange. |
Lesson 4 – Order and compare decimals Lesson 4 Alternative – Inverse operations (addition and subtraction).
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Friday Have a go at the family challenge 4, which involves a range of questions from previous learning. How many will you get right? Let me know! |
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Reading
Make sure you read for at least 10-15mins a day, reading a range of texts (fiction and non-fiction) #readondaysyoueat If you have forgotten your log in details for purple mash, email admin@weston.herts.sch.uk and ask for it.
Chapter Two – The Time-Lock Adventure
Activity 1 – multiple choice quiz about chapter 2 Activity 2 – answer some open ended questions about chapter 2 Activity 3 – complete the sequencing activity putting events in order about chapter 2 Activity 4 – using purple mash 2do activity, write about an era you would to travel to.
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Monday - Use a model text as a basis for our own comic strip Over this week we will be creating our own comic strip versions of a super hero story based on the book: Traction man. As usual, Mr Suckling is very excited about drawing cartoons!
Watch: Traction man is here and Traction Man meets Turbo Dog
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Tuesday - Understanding comic strips/superheroes watch https://www.imagineforest.com/blog/how-to-create-a-comic-strip/
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Wednesday -Plan your comic strip
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Thursday and Friday - Create your comic strip
Resources and frames below
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Topic – Crime and punishment Lesson 5 Highwaymen
Last week you decided whether Dick Turpin was a hero or a villain. However, he was not the only highwayman. This week, your task is to research another famous highwayman. Create an information poster about your chosen highwaymen.
Choose one of the highwaymen below:
I have attached some information about each of these in the resources below to help get you started. |
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See WC 1st June for other topics and ideas for this half term! |