Primary 4O Tasks for Friday 12 March 2021

Hello boys and girls. I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend. Theses are your tasks for today. On your weekly timetable it shows us doing World Around Us this afternoon. I am going to set this aside for today and give you some extra time to try out any of this week’s science experiments you did not manage to have a go at. You could try out any of those mentioned on the link (https://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments/) that we have not done. So have a good weekend, stay safe and have fun. 😃

Literacy

In your New Wave English in practice booklet complete Day 15 of the booklet. Read the questions carefully making sure if you are asked to write an answer you write it in the box provided, if you’re asked to circle an answer you circle it, or if you are asked to tick a question, you tick it. Only do Day 15 today.  

Today we will be watching our BBC Look and Learn literacy programme called Spywatch. So far, the mystery woman introduces herself as Vivienne Belling, and she claims to be a government photographer. However, the kids are suspicious of her. Meanwhile, Mary overhears an interesting conversation between Grainger and Miss Millington. Mike gives the children chocolate which is rationed. Also, Polly and Dennis spot a German plane.  

I have attached the next episode below so click on Episode 7: Surprise. Watch the programme carefully as it sets the scene for future episodes in the story. Your literacy tasks 7a and 7b can be found in your learning pack.

You can complete your tasks on your task sheets.

Task 7a: Character Grid

On your task sheet you will find a grid of the characters in our story. The names of the characters are written on the left hand side. Along the top of the grid are adjectives which describe the characters. Choosing a character,  tick which adjective best describes that character. Work your way through each of the characters from Norman all the way down to Luigi, each time ticking which adjective you think best describes the character. You can use more than one adjective when describing your characters. You may find that a character has more than one adjective which suits them. Think carefully about the meaning of the adjectives, some of which you may be familiar with and some of which you may not. Words like impatient means they can’t wait for something to happen; arrogant means they think they are better than other people; suspicious means they don’t trust people and curious means they want to find out about things. Think carefully about what you have seen in the previous episodes involving these characters and how best you would describe them. Put your ticks on the grid

Task 7b: Sorting Synonyms

A synonym is a word which has a similar meaning to another such as big and large. On your page you will find a word box containing a number of adjectives. On your grid you will find four headings; big, nice, strong and good. Your task is to sort out the words in the word box and write each one under the heading which has a similar meaning. Think carefully as some of the words are familiar to you and some may not be. Use your dictionary to look up the meaning and make sure you pay attention to the spelling of the words. Write them neatly in the columns and as you can see there are quite a few of them, so put a neat tick beside the words you have done so you know which ones you haven’t done.

Once you have completed your Spywatch task you have an opportunity to continue learning and testing yourself on your weekly spellings which you received on Monday. How have you got on?

Remember to upload your finished work so I can view it and give you some feedback.

Numeracy

Complete Friday’s mental maths tasks for this week.   For this part of the term we are going to look at length. Length is a way of measuring things. By measuring things we can find out about the size of something. We can find out how big or small, how tall or short how long or short, how deep or shallow, how long or wide, how high or low, how thick or thin, and how far or near something is. Length is a way of measuring that we can use everyday in so many different ways. When do you think you would use length to measure something? When we measure something we can often see straightaway the difference in length, height and distance between two or more things or places. For example, I am taller than each member of the class. The cloakroom is shorter than the classroom. The Spar is nearer to our school than Sainsbury’s.   Today we are using a standard measure, a ruler, to complete our task. Look at your ruler and see how it is divided up into equal sections of centimetres. Compare it to another ruler the centimetre sections will be exactly the same.📏   In your Learning Pack you will find your Topic Maths Length booklet. I would like you to complete the two pages titled, Measuring in Centimetres and Line Plot. You will need your ruler to help you with the task. Follow the instructions carefully. First you need to measure 📏the crayons 🖍 and record their length. Using this information you complete the second page, answering the questions. Read the questions carefully and double check your measurements.   Remember to upload your finished work so I can view it and give you some feedback.

Science Week Experiment   

This has been British Science Week and each day I have been posting a fun experiment for you to try at home. These are fun activities for all the family to try with the chance to learn some interesting and amazing scientific facts. Today we are going to look at creating a storm in a glass and how in real life a storm occurs. So watch the video and wait for the storm to start. Luckily you won’t need an umbrella ☔️ Have fun.😲    Remember there are plenty of other experiments to do. Just follow the link below and have a go. You will be surprised how much fun you have with science.   Send me some pictures of you doing the experiment and your results.  

Diary

I would like you to complete a diary entry for today. Remember to date your entry and answer the following questions:

How do I feel today? What did I like doing? What’s the weather like? What is happening in the world today?

For the last question you will have to listen to the news or ask an adult. I have had some interesting replies to this question this week, so keep them coming.

Remember to upload your work so I can view it and give you feedback