Week 7 Live Workshops.pdf.
Numeracy - Y3&4
Shopping Algebra
What am I learning?
To practise my basic facts using a calculator
How can I make sure I am successful?
Complete the basic facts worksheet
Use the online calculator
Activity description/steps:
1.Complete the worksheet below use the online calculator to check your answers if you don’t have one at home to help you
3.Write your time down
Numeracy - Y5&6
IKAN TEST
What am I learning?
To answer knowledge questions as fast as I can
How can I make sure I am successful?
-Read and listen to the questions
-Use our math knowledge skills to answer the questions as quick as we can
-Write our answers down as quick as we can
-Improve each time we do the test
Activity description/steps:
Watch the video above.
Play the test and listen to and or read the questions
Use our maths knowledge to answer the questions as fast as we can
Have a look at where we went right and wrong.
Complete the test again. Did you get any more correct than the last time?
Extras for early finishers
Play the test again and see how many more you can get right
Resources:
Reading - Y3&4
Queen of the Board!
Queen of the Board-SJ L2 Aug2016.pdfhat am I learning?
To read with fluency and to respond to questions about a text
How can I make sure I am successful?
-Read the text quietly to ourselves
-Read the text aloud with fluency
-Read and answer questions about the text
Activity description/steps:
1.Read the text quietly to ourselves.
2.Read the text aloud to a family member and use fluency (this means using expression, watch for punctuation and use voice modulation).
3.Ask a family member to ask you these questions AFTER you read each page and answer them verbally.
Questions
Page 10 - What does the girl telling the story think about her sister Tiana and why does she think like this?
Page 11 - What do you think the meaning of a tuakana is and why?
Page 12 - What are the proper chess names for a castle and a horse?
Page 13 - How did Miri imagine Tiana's queen to be like?
Page 14 - Who was Miri and Tiana playing against in the chess competition?
Page 15 - Why was Miri pleased when Huis said she played like her sister?
Page 15 - Did Tiana win her game of chess and how did she win it?
Reflection - What did Tiana learn from Miri and do you think Tiana will be a bit more humble when it comes to helping her sister?
Extras for early finishers
Draw and label all the pieces on a chessboard.
Reading - Y5&6
Invisible Dragon!
What am I learning?
*to read with rhythm
*to read with fluency and expression.
*complete answers with detail
How can I make sure I am successful?
*I change the tone of my voice to make it more interesting .
*I read with confidence
*I answer questions using full sentences.
Activity description/steps:
Read the poem once to yourself. Your aim is to use fluency and expression!
You’re now going to read it a second time! BUT, we would like you to video record yourself reading this piece of poetry.
Begin working through the follow up tasks on the worksheet.
When you have completed, share your work with your teacher.
Resources:
Writing - Y3&4
Paragraphs
What am I learning?
How to write extra paragraphs building on a topic
How can I make sure I am successful?
-Read through your 3 paragraphs you have already written and note how they are grouped
-Build on your topic by writing one final paragraph about your hopes and dreams and feelings about your future
Activity description/steps:
1.Read through your 3 paragraphs you have already written and note how they are grouped.
2.Miss 2 lines and create an indent (2 finger space) THEN write 3 (or more) sentences (miss lines) about your hopes and dreams for your future, and your feelings about the future, like what jobs you want, where you might like to travel, what you wish for as a family and feelings you have about growing older and your future etc, JUST describing your hopes and dreams, and feelings
3.Reread your paragraph about your hopes, dreams and feelings and EDIT it, checking for sense, spelling and punctuation.
4. Re-read your entire piece of writing to yourself then read it to a family member. What feedback have they got for you about your writing and what do they think about your dreams and goals for your future. How can they help you achieve these goals?
Extras for early finishers
Publish your writing and add your pictures supporting each paragraph
Resources:
Pen/Pencil and paper
Red pen for editing
Good paper or google docs on device if you wish to publish
Writing - Y5&6
Story Starter! - Journey of Survival
There was only one thing on her mind. Survival.
With one of her cubs clinging on to the soft, comfortable fur on her back and the other two not far behind, she set off across the snow. She was their protector, their teacher, their guide and their provider of food. The weight of the task ahead weighed heavily on her powerful shoulders.
This was not the first time she had made this journey. She could remember walking this very same path with her mother, many years ago. Now, the circle of life had turned, and it was her time to be the responsible one.
What am I learning?
*come up with creative ideas to continue the story
*add detail by using figurative language.
How can I make sure I am successful?
*using my imagination.
*I read the story starter
*I continue to brainstorm using my own ideas.
*I write the middle and end of the story starter.