The Picalilli monster

Can you learn this poem?

Maths support

This maths page has lots of links to interactive resources, to support your child to learn some areas of maths that they need to practice. They can pick and choose, according to what they think they need to do. Of course it's a good idea for them to practice things they are confident with too, but challenge is good for growing our brains!

Poetry

Some poetry links and resources for you! 

Watch Zig and Zog and their zogcast to learn about poetry.

Write a creepy crawly poem with Paul Cookson's workshop.


Why not write one about your teacher? Be funny - but be kind!! :-) 

Listen to some of Michael Rosen's Poetry Playtime here 

Learn to rap

Write your own rap

Maybe football is your thing? Write a poem with Paul Cookson's help!

Watch Michael Rosen perform one of his wonderful poems.

Sunshine challenge!

Try this STEM challenge!

Music challenge

This challenge is for all you creative little musicians and tech wizards out there. Beaker and Gabriela Bee have both created incredible music, using their voices and computer wizardry. I wonder if they will inspire you? I'm pretty sure that they will have had many attempts at these, to get them so perfect, so it could be a challenge that takes a while to do. I love them. What do you think? Which one do you prefer? (there are two videos) 

You can use the free resource audacity to layer audio. You could also use an app called 4xcamera to split a screen into 4.

Measuring

Measuring around your house!

1. Pick 5 small objects that you could easily measure the length of.
2. Put them in order from smallest to largest.
3. Look carefully at your measuring tool and find 10 cm. Decide which of your objects are bigger or smaller than 10cm. (Try to remember the size of 10cm, using your fingers).
4. Estimate the size of each object, in cm, then write down your estimates.
5. Now measure them accurately. Think about some golden rules for measuring beforehand ( look at the end of this post and see how many you thought of). You could measure them to the nearest cm, half cm or nearest millimetre. Check your estimates. How good were they? (It doesn't matter if they were a long way off, you will get better at this!)
6. Convert your measurement from cm to mm. You could do it by using your knowledge of x10, or by doing it this way:

If your object measures 10 cm and 3 mm, convert the 10 cm first. 1cm = 10mm (look at the mm in your measuring tool to prove it), so 2cm must = 20mm and so on. Carry on with this pattern until you find how many mm there are in 10cm. Does this remind you of anything? (Yes, it’s the 10x tables!) When you have found the answer, add on yout 3mm. Remember that if an object is 13cm, you will have to do 13 lots of 10mm, before adding the rest on.

7. Now pick some bigger objects and do exactly the same thing with them. Make sure you estimate first - it is a great skill to keep practising and it doesn’t matter if you are not right, because you will get better with practice! You might not be able to put these in order in your house, but you could say which ones you think are smaller / bigger.

When you have done that, think of some things that you might have to measure around the house. This week I have measured my kitchen, for new worktops. I have also measured BeauBeans for a new running harness. He has a big neck!

Extra challenge

Add some of the measurements together (your choice which ones or how many you add). Look around the house and find something that you think will be the same length as those combined lengths. How close were you? Reflect on your estimating skills. Repeat! 



Miss BB’s Golden rules for measuring

1. Select the right measuring tool for the job! You can’t measure a finger nail with a trundle wheel accurately!
2. Make sure you start at 0. Some rulers don’t have 0 on the end.
3. Make sure you use the right unit of measurement. Don’t accidentally use inches if you are measuring in cms. Don’t use km for small objects.
4. Estimate what you think the measurement would be. That way, if your estimate and actual measurement are very different, you might realise you made a mistake with your measuring.
5. Measure twice, or get someone to check your measurement. It’s easy to make mistakes! 
6. Write down your measurement, so you don't forget it if you are measuring lots of things.
7. Look at the measurement you have written down. Does it seem right? 

Three houses

Some days you might be feeling a bit wobbly. This is absolutely normal and we all have wobbly days, because we miss our friends and miss being at school. When you have a wobbly day, have a go at doing the house of worries, good things and dreams. It might help you to write, draw or talk about your feelings. You don't need to share them here, but share them with your family.

Learning at home 11th May

Head to the class page of the school website for this week's learning at home grid. 

Here is the image for writing this week.

Monday: Question time

Where did her journey begin?

Why was it ‘unexpected’?

Where will she go on her adventure?

What different things will she encounter?

How will she get back home?

How might she be feeling about the adventure?

What will her parents be thinking?

Tuesday: Sentence challenge

Verbs are actions/doing words. Can you think of a verb that would match with the following nouns to describe what they are doing?

E.g. water – trickled

Bath

turtle

water

sun

the girl

fish

plug

shower curtain

Can you put them into sentences?

Wednesday: Sick sentences!

These sentences are ‘sick’ and need your help to get better. Can you help?

The bath went through the water. It was a sunny day. The girl watched a turtle. She was happy. The waves were gentle.

King of the Fishes - English for Thursday

Read, or listen to the story again, then answer the questions (you do not have to write them!)

Now have a go at the grammar activity (sorry for fuzziness!)

Say the sentences before you write them. This will help you make your sentences even better! Write them in your neatest writing, for handwriting practice.

Have a brain break!

So today is a beautiful day for going out on a colour walk. This is my friend Ruby May's green walk. Her mummy is going to send me a tutorial to share with you, if you would like to make the collage. I will share it asap!

Another little brain break activity for you. Create a quick cartoon self-portrait! (Or one of someone in your family?)

Maths for Wednesday

Tuesday maths

Watch the tutorial to remind yourself how to do 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication.

Then have a look at 3-digit x 1-digit if you are confident with this.

To make your multiplications harder, follow the rules for picking numbers below. Write 6 multiplications to try, then get someone to check them. Try to estimate where you think your answers will be, before you start, then check your answers are sensible once you have done them. 

Chilli 1 - 2-digit numbers multiplied by 2,3,4 or 5

E.g. 23 x 4

56 x 3

Chilli 2 - 2-digit numbers x 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9

E.g. 23 x 7

56 x 4

Chilli 3 - 3-digit numbers x 2, 3, 4 or 5

E.g. 223 x 4

156 x 3

Chilli 3+ - 3-digit numbers x 4, 6, 7, 8 or 9

E.g. 523 x 7

156 x 6

King of the Fishes

Read the King of the Fishes story here, and listen to it here.

You can also find the story in the folders section of Edmodo.

If you like writing, you could make up a story about this fish if you want! 

Monday maths challenges!

Activity 1

Work out the answer from the clues below.

 Investigation 2



Use some dice, or the dice online here https://www.random.org/dice/?num=3 . Roll 3 dice and multiply the numbers together. Now swap the numbers around. Do you always get the same answer? Test it out at least 5 times to prove it! Were some calculations trickier than others? If so, why? Were some easier? Why? (That will help your metacognitive thinking, which will help your learning!)

After that, have a go at rolling the dice 3 times again, then multiplying your answer by 10. Remember your place value and how x10 relates to it.

If you find it tricky, use this resource to help https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=MovingDigitCards (if you can't get flash to work, click on the padlock in the address bar, which should give you the option to enable flash).

Investigation 3 (optional!) 

Write the numbers from 3  - 12 on scraps of paper and turn them upside down. Pick 3 and multiply them together. Can you do them all mentally, or do you need to do it another way, like repeated addition or drawing a multiplication grid? Which ones were easy / hard? Why?

Remember that you are allowed to jot things down on paper, even when working mentally! Writing things down helps you learn to do them in your head.

Learning at home week 3

Hello lovelies! You can find the learning at home grid for this week on the class page of the website  or in the folders section of Edmodo.

Mrs Pilmer and I will be phoning some of you again this week, so if you see a withheld number during school hours, it could be us calling to say hello! 

Have a lovely week learning at home. Fingers crossed that the weather stays fine, so we can enjoy lots of learning outdoors. Don't forget there are lots of other suggestions of activities on the class learning at home pages and we will add some fun / wet play activities to the blog in case you need some inspiration. 

Don't forget that the week starts with May 4th be with you, so you might want to have a Star Wars brain break https://www.starwars.com/star-wars-day



Then end the week with some VE celebrations, which you might want to prepare for.

If any of you would like to participate in a challenge to raise money for our wonderful N&N hospital, whilst keeping fit at the same time, you can find out more here https://www.focus4fitness.co.uk/the-empire-strides-back-marathon

Subtraction support

Watch this tutorial to help you subtract from a multiple of 10

Now have a go at this, for subtracting from multiples of 100 or 1000. Pause the video to make sure you really understand the first part, about the difference between two numbers. Get out some beads, coins, pasta or something so that you can prove it, by physically moving things. If it makes your brain too fuzzy, don’t worry! We will do it again when we are back at school.

Learn to draw ... Fingers McGraw!

If you share your drawing through Edmodo, I will post it on twitter for Ed to see!

Thursday maths

Subtraction problems


For your maths today, select the right chilli challenge for you. You can either pick one of the sheets, or problems from the group of sheets.

 You do not need to do all the questions, but you need to do at least 6. If you want to keep going, that's fine! Make sure you read carefully and look for the clues (the important words) in the problems. Draw the story if you need to. Use columns to subtract, then write your answer in words. The answers are on the second page of the first files. For the word document (the mixed problems), you will have to get an adult to check with you.

Chilli 1 problems
Chilli 2 problems
Chilli 3 problems
Chilli 3+ problems

Alternative Chilli 1, 2 and 3 problems

(If you have difficulty accessing these files, they are also in the folders section of Edmodo)


Look back at the class grid for your English work and other activities.

Subtraction, Wednesday 29th April

Watch the tutorial if you need a reminder about subtraction. Remember that we call it exchange, not borrowing (we are exchanging 1 ten for 10 ones, or 100 for 10 tens etc)

Pick the challenge that is right for you! If it is too easy, have a go at the next challenge. Make sure you look for the exchanges before you start calculating (make sure most of your calculations have exchanges!). Remember to write your calculations as columns.

Chilli 1: 2-digit numbers take away 2-digit numbers e.g. 76 - 38 =

Chilli 2: 3-digit numbers take away 2 or 3-digit numbers e.g. 457 - 88 =          534 - 286 =

Chilli 3: 4 - digit numbers take away 3-digit or 4-digit numbers e.g. 7236 - 1879=         7236 - 768=



English

As well as the activity on the grid, make sure that you read to someone today and think carefully about what you have read (make sure you understand!)

Charlotte's Web pictures

What is similar and different about your illustrations: did you draw Fern, the box by the stove, the small yard outside, Fern feeding Wilbur, Wilbur hiding in the straw? Remember, everyone has their own ideas and imagines things their own way. This is a good thing!

For those of you who would like another science . art activity!