June 2nd to 5th
Hi girls.
This week is another short week because Monday was a Bank Holiday. Hasn't the weather been fabulous? I hope you had plenty of fun in the glorious sunshine and had lots of sun cream on you! Click on this link of Sid the Seagull to see ways to keep yourself safe in the sun.
Stay safe girls
Mrs. Veale
I’m going to post this website every week as it’s a lovely resource to have to hand https://www.mywellread.com/
It is recommended for all parents by our NEPS psychologist (National Council for Special Education) as it supports emotional wellbeing and resilience in children, aged between 8 and 12. Read some of these stories with your daughter/children and use the questions asked throughout as prompts for conversation and discussion.
How are you doing with Read Theory? Send me an email to let me know what you think of it - do you like it? Would you recommend it? What do you like best about it/don't like about it? I'd love to hear from you - aveale@ursulineps.ie
If haven’t yet connected me to your account, just follow these steps:
Log in to www.readtheory.org as usual
Go to the "My Teachers" page by clicking the 5th icon on the top left hand corner of the screen (looks like 3 people together)
Enter my email address (aveale@ursulineps.ie) in the space provided
Click the "Send Invitation" button. Submit a written answer for question 7 and I will send you bonus points!
As always with these quizzes girls, make sure to read them out loud, 5 times, with someone, so that you can improve your fluency.
This week's story is called Outdoor Art. It's about lots of different types of pieces of art that are made outside. There are even ideas for you to make your own piece of outside art. Why not try one? Note, it won’t work on mobile phones so you'll have to use a computer, laptop or tablet.
Click My class login.
Class name - 4th Class 2020 (Make sure you use a capital letter for Class)
Class password - Mrs. Veale (Capital letter for Mrs. and Veale, have a space between them and don’t forget the full stop after Mrs.)
Copy and paste this link into the address bar https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/12952.html )
Again, it’s really important to read out loud, with someone. Use the blue buttons on the bottom right of the screen to turn the pages. You don’t have to read every page 5 times but maybe pick a page or two that you found a little difficult and read those several times. Ask your mum/dad to ask you a few questions about your book to make sure you’re understanding what you’re reading.
This week, we're going to look at wa and swa words. Learn 4 spellings each night, this week that'll just be Tuesday to Thursday. Use your dictionary to look up any word you don't understand. Put each one in a sentence, either by writing it into a copy or saying it out loud to someone. Don't forget, you need to have at least 7 words in every sentence. Try to make your sentences interesting by adding descriptive words. Ask someone to give you a test on Friday along with your dictation.
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
wand wander swap
want watch swallow
wasp wallet swan
wash whatever swamp
This game is called ‘Look, Cover, Write, Check’ and it allows you practise some of the spellings listed above https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/lcwc/index.html
This time, click ‘Year 2’, then click ‘Patterns’ and select ‘wa’. Ask someone to give you a spelling test on Friday.
Ask someone to call these sentences out to you when testing your spellings on Friday.
I want your wallet so will you swap it for my purse?
If I flick my wand I can do whatever I like.
Tom likes to wander around the swamp to watch the swans, swallows and wasps.
This week we are continuing with multiplying a decimal numbers by a whole number. The MOST IMPORTANT RULE when multiplying decimal numbers is:
In this video, Mrs. King is multiplying a HTU decimal number by a one digit number. Watch carefully how she does it.
So, in the example in the video, there are 2 digits after the decimal point in the sum: 245.46. So, when Mrs. King is finished, she'll make sure to have 2 digits after the decimal point in her answer.
Now, try some of these sums. Do 4 every day. Use a calculator to check your answers. Remember:
We're continuing with long multiplication of whole numbers this week also. Again, here is a video from Mrs. King where she talks us through how to do a long multiplication sum, multiplying a 3 digit number by a 2 digit number. Watch the video and then try some sums yourself. Click on the picture to open the full page. Do 4 every day. Scroll down the sums page to check your answers.
Don't forget our helpful hint to remind us of the sequence of multiply, add zero, multiply and add: Many Zoos Many Animals
Also don't forget - any number multiplied by zero is zero! 7x0=0, 56x0=0, 237x0=0, even 3,567,961x0=0!
Now, we're going to have some fun with fractions. Take a look at the following 2 google slides presentations. Try to answer the questions and then click the 'see answer' button to check if you were right.
Finally, I have a new game for you this week girls, to help you practise your multiplication tables - Mental Maths Train! Just pick whichever tables you need to practise and play this game for 5 minutes each day.
Parents/Guardians, if you want some tips to help your child learn their tables, you might find something useful here - https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/blog/times-tables-tips/
These activities would benefit us all as they will improve the flexibility of the small muscles in our hands and fingers.
If you're looking for some movement breaks - https://app.gonoodle.com/ is a great website with lots of dances and exercises to try out.
Below are some useful activities, exercises, hints and tips from the National Council for Special Education.
A selection of fine and gross motor skills activities that can be done at home
Activities for core strength, balance, bilateral integration and ball skills.
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