Week Three – 20/04/2020

Mental Maths

• Topmarks – Daily 10: 10 minutes per day – level 3:  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
• Tables Grids – 1 per day: grids 39-43
• BBC Bitesize KS2 Maths Games – Guardians: Defenders of  Mathematica: Recommended game – Times Table Trials  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd2f7nb/articles/zn2y7nb

Spellings

• Gr 1-2 – Hardest words to learn (final list) / Gr 3-4 – Next most common words (final list) / Individuals – find list attached
• Complete spelling challenges to practise spelling rules
• Next week we will move into revision of spellings from the beginning of the year

Reading:

• It is imperative that children read for enjoyment at home for at least 15 minutes per day.
• Please make use of our free access to NI Libraries online, 3000 eBooks J
• https://readon.myon.co.uk/library/browse.html Please make use of these ebooks also, they are free and AMAZING!

Literacy (Under Daily Literacy activities)

Writing Tasks:

Group 1/2: Advertising Your Town (persuasive writing)

See Slideshow attached: Persuasive Writing in Advertisements and refer to “Persuasive Hotel Advertisement” idea as a guide

WILF (What I am looking for)

• Provide factual information about Lurgan, educate your audience!
• Look for positives, not negatives e.g. Attractions, facilities, history, best known for!
• Use of powerful adjectives to hold readers attention
• Use of rhetorical questions
• Linking ideas with use of connectives (furthermore, however, in addition to etc)
• Exaggerate everything!
• Bright colours and pictures to attract and engage your audience
• Catchy Slogans/ sayings that will stick in the mind of your audience

Group 3/4: Complete one page of your creative writing book (setting/ scenario description) – See slideshow with explanation

Weekly Comprehension:

Group 1 (Finches): “The way through the woods”; Group 2 (Sparrows): “You are old, Father William”; Group 3 (Wrens): “Why?”;

Group 4 (Robins): “ The baby of the family”

Grammar:

Junior English Book 4/3/2: Using Direct Speech: pages attached on webpage (Under Junior English)

Novel work:

WAR HORSE - LISTENING TO EPISODE 3: The Western Front: Complete the following activity (word document attached on webpage to print)

Part (a) – Short comprehension

Part (b) – Dictionary Work

Part (c) - Write a short paragraph explaining what you think it would be like to be a soldier serving at the front line in France during World War 1

Numeracy  (Under Week 3 – Maths)

P7 Maths revision booklet:

Group 1-3: Work through next 5 pages (to page with question 13 at bottom finishing 65%) Group 4: Work through next 5 pages (to 2D Shape) Pages have been scanned and converted into PDF for ease of printing at home!

Capacity:

All Groups: Complete practical & formal capacity work under “Maths week 3 work” differentiated pages attached under separate folders (Gr1-2/3-4)

Volume:

Group 1/2: Watch video link under “Volume Gr1-2” & complete activity on finding the volume of a prism.

Group 3/4: Watch video link under “Volume Gr3-4 & complete activity on counting squares in shapes to find volume.

World Around Us

Mapwork

• Design your own country – refer to webpage
• Complete reading maps – first activity – pay close attention to the legend and map layout feature to answer relevant questions

STEM (Science)

• Using jelly babies and spaghetti build the tallest and strongest tower you can! (See webpage under STEM links and challenges)

R.E.

      - Module 5 – Jesus is Arrested x 2 pages