Maths

This week, we are going to use the lessons on the Oak national academy for Maths.  The lessons are suitable for following on your phone, table or computer and you just need a pencil and paper.  When the teacher  asks you to write something down or work something out, try to set it out neatly and keep your digits lined up just like we do with the squares in our maths books.   The lesson will usually include:

• An introductory quiz
• A video, listen carefully for the points to pause and work something out using your pencil and paper
• An independent task, this is on the video and can also be found on the next button at the bottom of the lesson
• A final quiz

When you have done the lesson, you could take a photo of your work and upload it onto purple mash.

Y4 - today’s lesson is on choosing appropriate subtraction strategies by Mrs Crane.  You can find it here. 

Y3 – today’s lesson is on adding two 3 digit numbers with Miss Brinkworth. You can find it here.  If you can’t see the independent task, you can see it if you pause the video just after the blue screen where it says pause for the independent task.

English

Your first job today is to finish off your report.

Then you need to edit your work.

Remember our checklist for what to include in an explanation:

Use this to help you decide what needs improving with your work.  You can also check what your teacher has said if you have uploaded your work to purple mash.

Get a different colour pencil or pen to make your edits.

1. Check for capital letters and full stops.
2. Check your spellings.  Ask an adult, check the Was Tutankhamen killed? text and use your phonics skills.
3. Check you have included different star sentences like a fronted adverbial, drop in and –ing openers.
4. Have you used connectives to link your sentences?
5. Have you written in the past tense?
6. Do you need to add some extra words or sentences to help it sound better?

Take a photo showing your edits and upload to purple mash.

Phonics / Handwriting / Spelling

Phonics group – use the phase three spelling activity  page 4, oa spelling activity.  Use a sheet with lines on to help practise writing the letters –oa correctly and then put  the letter pattern into some words.  Can you tell your adult all the sounds on the sound mat?

No nonsense spelling group – use the word list.  All these words sound very similar.  Can you ask an adult to test you on spelling these words?

Topic

Find out about Egyptian hieroglyphs.  Look at step 5 on our topic work.  Read through the information.  Have a play with the Egyptian hieroglyphs and then try designing your name with a border around it.  Use paint or felt tips or coloured pencils.  Or if you have some play dough or clay, you could try scratching it on there.  Or why not soak some paper in cold tea and then let it dry out before you write on it to give it the authentic papyrus look?