Thursday 4^th March

Butterflies and Dragonflies

Timings

Activity

9:00 – 9:15

Could

Daily Teams Meeting

9:15 – 10:00

Must

Reading

Please take part in the relevant speed sound lesson:

Set 2 lessons (pink and orange groups)

Set 3 lessons (yellow, blue and grey groups)

Please email your teacher to find out which group your child is in if you are not sure.

Then, read a book to practise your reading. Use the Oxford Owl e-books or the books on the website under: classes, key stage 1 reading.

Read each book 3 times over 3 days as follows:

1^st day – read to decode the words and make sure you can read every word in the book.

2^nd day – read the book again and try to read with fluency and expression.

3^rd day – read the book again and answer the comprehension questions at the end.

If you are in guided reading, please read chapter 9 of the ‘The Worst Witch’ by Jill Murphy and answer the questions in full sentences.  We look forward to reading your answers.

10:00-10:15

Should

Mental maths

Halves

Practise your halves by playing ‘hit the button’

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practice for 5-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

Start with halves to 10, when you are confident progress to halves from 5-15 and then halves from 10-20 etc.

10:15-10:30

Must

World book day surprise!

Then watch:

10:30-10:45

Breaktime - have a healthy snack and play.

10:45-11:45

Must

Maths

L.O. To solve two step problems (applying)

SC1: I can identify the first and second step.

SC2: I can calculate the first step.

SC3: I can calculate the second step.

Please watch today’s video tutorial:

Task 1 at 1:13 – identify the first and second step by drawing out the

problem or representing it in a bar model.

Drew has 58 pieces of candy. He gives 17 pieces to Charlie. He gives

14 pieces of candy to James. How much candy does Drew have left?

Task 2 at 3:45 – now solve the problem.

Task 3 at 7:09 – identify the steps and then solve this problem:

Pam baked 26 cupcakes in the morning and 28 cupcakes in the

afternoon. 13 cupcakes were left over at the end of the party.

How many cupcakes were eaten?

Task 4 at the end of the video – choose a challenge:

Challenge 1 – solve the word problems on the class page

Challenge 2 – solve the word problems on the class page

Challenge 3 – have a go at the investigation on the class page.

(please click on the blue tab which says 'challenge 3' on the left

hand side.)

If you would like more support with this, watch this video which

breaks it down, step by step:

Optional extension:

11:45 – 12:45

Must

English

LO: To be able to critique my letter to be able to improve my work

(anaysing)

SC1: To examine my letter to make sure I have included the features

of an informal letter

SC2: To examine my letter to make sure I have included the

additional features of a letter

SC3: To examine my letter and appraise whether the

geographical facts are correct

Watch the video tutorial and complete the task set:

Task 1 at 1:13: Learn about our new thinking tool – The Critique Stem.

Task 2 at 4:49: Recap the features of a informal letter.

Task 3 at 6:33: Recap the additional features of a letter.

Task 4 at 9:43: Go through the worked example with Miss Robinson

Task 5 at 11:02: Complete your own critique stem based on your letter

Task 6 at 11:49: Complete your reflection

For additional support watch:

For an optional extension please watch:

12:45-1:45

Lunchtime and playtime

1:45 – 3:00

Could

Optional afternoon activities

Please see this video to view the different challenges you

could take part in this week:

It is up to you how many of these challenges you do, if any.

You could do all 5 challenges (1 each day) or you could select

something that really interests you and do that every afternoon

for the week. It’s totally up to you!

Resource: challenges week 2

3:00-3:15

Should

Story time

Watch story time with Mrs Clarke: