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.

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: