Spelling Test and English 01.05.2020

Learning Objective: To read and spell words with alternative pronunciations and form letters correctly

Good luck with your spelling test this week! Let me know how many you got so I can do the Super Star Speller certificates.

English

Learning Objective: To use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence and combine words to make a sentence.

What is the Shift key?

To make a capital letter on a computer, press and hold down the ‘shift’ key (the ones in blue on the picture) at the same time as you press the letter you want to be a capital. This works on a phone or ipad keyboard too. If you are using a phone or an ipad, it usually starts typing with a capital letter anyway!

If you are writing down your sentences, this is how you form your capital letters:

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Choose one of the pictures below and describe what you can see. Make sure you use full sentences and try to write at least four. There is an example under the first photo for you.

These pictures are all of Kerala in India, the place where our new story is from.

File:Aerial view of kottayam town kerala.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Example.

Rain splatters on the bridge over the river and the people walk in and out of the shops. The noisy cars beep their horns as they drive past the bushy green trees. Spices fill the air from the kitchens in the restaurants. Hopefully sunshine is about to break through the clouds and reflect on to the river.

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Choose a picture and write your description. Focus onย capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.

If you can, email me your work or comment on the blog so I can post your work this afternoon :).

 

Art 30.04.2020

The Irula people are mainly Hindus. We learnt about Hinduism last half term and even went to the temple.

For your art lesson today,ย  I would like you to plan, draw and colour in a rangoli pattern on paper.

Remember to make your patterns the same all of the way around. Start by drawing your shape and then put it in to sections. Colour each section the same as the others. Just use 3 or 4 colours so it is not too tricky.

I would love to see some of your artwork. Email them to me and I will put them on the blog tomorrow ๐Ÿ™‚

Can you remember why Hindus draw rangoli patterns on the pavements?

Here are some examples:

Maths 30.04.2020

Learning Objective: To solve problems using knowledge of fractions and mass

Click on the image to take you to today’s lesson, Lesson 4.

Remember to watch the video before you try the questions! The video is teaching you how to answer the types of questions you will be trying, just like we do at school.

Here are some games to carry on practising your fractions!

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Handwriting, Spelling and English 30.04.2020

Handwriting and Spelling

Learning Objective: To read and spell words with alternative pronunciations and form letters correctly

English

L.O. To understand stories and predict what will happen next.

Here are some pictures of places where our new book is from. (The book with pictures of pumpkins that I showed you yesterday). There are some pictures of a tribe. This tribe is where the story came from. They have been telling this story for many years.

Questions to talk about with your parents:

What can you see in the pictures?

What part of the world do you think this is? Why?

How do you think the Irula people live their life?

Have you seen beautiful mountains and lakes like these before?

Can you describe the buildings or the people’s clothes?

How do these pictures make you feel?

 

If you hadn’t already guessed, these pictures are taken in India and the Irula Tribe live in Tamil Nadu and Kerela. Look at the map of the world below to see where India is.

Task:

Write down (on paper, email or in the comment box) everything you know about India. If you don’t know a lot, write down any questions that you have or things you want to find out about India or the Irula tribe.

 

 

English 29.04.2020

I am going to start a new book with you, just like we do in English at school. We read this book very slowly together, sometimes not even reading words! I am not showing the front cover yet but just some of the pictures inside. This is a picture of the pages before the story starts.

We can see lots of pumpkins.

What do you know about pumpkins?

What time of year do we use pumpkins to celebrate?

What would you like to know about pumpkins?

Have you read a story about pumpkins before?

Why do you think there is a pumpkin in this story?

Music 29.04.2020

This is your first online Music lesson and I am very excited. Click on the picture of the unicorn below and it will take you to the Charanga website that we use in school.

I have emailed you with your log in details. Check your emails to find out your username and password for the website.

If you are struggling, ask your Mommy or Daddy to email me and I can send your log in details to them.

Work your way through each section, like we do at school. You just click on the different parts at the side. You do not need to complete them all today. Have a go at the first 1 or 2 sections today. There are some questions to think about whilst listening to the music ๐Ÿ™‚