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Numeracy - Y3&4
Humped Back
What am I learning?
Continue, understand and illustrate a basic pattern
How can I make sure I am successful?
Use the clues in the pattern
Draw your patterns
Explain what is happening in the pattern
Activity description/steps:
1.Using the illustration above, follow the instructions below
2.Copy the pattern above into your work book and write the questions out beginning at question 3
3.This is a rare picture of a Hunchback pede. Can you see his eye?
5.Draw what the Hunchback 3-pede will look like. You don’t need to include the labels
6.How many green squares did you need to add on to draw the Hunchback 3-pede?
7.How many green squares will you need to draw the Hunchback 4-pede?
8.What do you notice? Can you explain the rule for the pattern?
9.Can you tell me how many green squares a Hunchback 7-pede will have?
10.Can you tell me how many green squares a Hunchback 10-pede will have?
11.How are you working this out?
12.How many feet has a Hunchback pede with 20 squares?
13.How many feet has a Hunchback pede with 20 squares?
14.Ask me a Hunchback pede question to solve?
Extras for early finishers
Numeracy - Y5&6
Mystery Number
What am I learning?.
*To find the mystery number by reading the number sentences
*To create our own number sentences and mystery numbers for friends to discover!
How can I make sure I am successful?
*Read the maths activity worksheet carefully
* Use my maths strategies to work out the number sentence answers
Activity description/steps:
In maths we need to be able to write sentences too..but obviously they include numbers! It is important that you know the mathematics LANGUAGE required when giving someone a problem to solve..
Can you find the mystery numbers by reading the number sentences on this activity worksheet?
Your next challenge is to : Write 10 number sentences that your CLASSMATE/FRIEND/FAMILY MEMBER can read, and use to find the mystery number!
For example, what would the mystery number be if this was my number sentence?
Add me (mystery number) to 100 to make 150...
The mystery number would be???? : 50!
Resources:
Reading - Y3&4
Inferencing
Nobody Laughed-SJ L2 Sept 2014 (1).pdfWhat am I learning?
To read a text, use our own knowledge and the hints and clues in the text to answer inference questions
*Watch the video again if you are not sure what inferences are
How can I make sure I am successful?
Read a text
Read the questions for each page
Infer by using the hints and clues in the text
Activity description/steps:
1.Read the text quietly for understanding then aloud for fluency.
2.Check the page numbers below and answer the inferencing questions.
3.Use your knowledge and keywords to find the hints and clues to answer the questions.
Questions
Page 18 - Was Aiden happy to go back to school? How do you know this?
Page 19 - Were Aiden and Kane excited? How do you know this?
Page 20 - Do you think it was a good idea for the school caretaker to put all the bags in a pile? Why? Why not?
Page 21 - How do we know that Aiden was nervous?
Page 22 - Were the things in the children's bags strange? Why? Why not?
Page 23 - What do you think was in Aidens bag? Why do you think this?
Extras for early finishers:
Draw a picture of some strange things you might have in your school bag one day. Label the things that are in there.
Resources:
What does it mean to make inferences?
Reading - Y5&6
New for you
NewsforYou.pdfWhat am I learning?
*to read for understanding
How can I make sure I am successful?
*read the story really carefully
Activity description/steps:
This story has a mission: to shed light on the concept of algorithms, in particular the ways in which they influence our access to news…
If you don’t know what an algorithm is it is important you look that up before reading this story! Here is my understanding of the word..algorithms are systems that are learned by your online behaviours.
The system watches what you do, so that it can advertise what best suits your needs/interests you! You might be able to describe them better than I have here!
Read the story, and do your best to answer the comprehension questions
Resources:
Writing - Y3&4
6 Sentence Story!
What am I learning?
To follow the structure for a narrative and write a 6 sentence story.
How can I make sure I am successful?
Follow the instructions and prompts for each sentence
Write full sentences
Activity description/steps:
1.We will be focussing on writing 6 sentence stories with a different focus each day. Today you will learn how to write a six sentence story.
2.Watch the video on how to write a six sentence story.
3.Open up and copy the template so that you know what to write for each sentence.
4.Go outside and find something that captures your attention and would be cool to write about (an insect, animal, person, bird).
5.Follow the prompts for the six sentence story and write your narrative.
6.Read your story to a family member and ask them what they think about it.
Extras for early finishers
Create a word find using 10 WOW words from the text you read today and get a family member to complete it.
Resources:
How to write a six sentence story link
Pencil and paper
Writing - Y5&6
A house on the Moon
What am I learning?
*To describe the first house on the moon
How can I make sure I am successful?
*think about what life is like on the moon
*write using creative adjectives
Activity description/steps:
Imagine you discover the first ever house on the moon.
Your writing has to be at least three paragraphs. You need to include interesting adjectives, poetic language features and adverbs. Example of an adverb..
He sings loudly
The house sways slowly
-what does the house look like?
-how will it smell/feel to touch?
-what is it made of?
-what does it contain?? Where do you relax? Does it have a shower?
-does it have fake gravity?
-how big is it?
-does it have carpet?
Extras for early finishers:
Can you draw this house?
We would love to see illustrations of what this house looks like..