Elworth CE Primary'Love God, Love Learning, Love one another.' Matt 22:34-36

Week beginning: 23rd November

Monday 23rd November

English

Reading - Read for 30 minutes and write in your reading diary what you have read. 

Spelling - Play on this week's spellings on Spelling Shed for 20 minutes.

Learning Activity - Complete pages 78 and 79 of your SPAG CGP book. The activity is based on this week's spellings on Spelling Shed.

Extension Activity -  Create a dictionary using today's words. Write a definition for each one and use it in a sentence. Make sure your sentences make sense and have perfect punctuation!

Maths: 

Play on TTRS for 15 minutes.

Today's activity is on My Maths and is looking at mental methods for multiplication.

Topic

World War 2 research topics:

Choose from one of the following topics and create a report about it:

  • The Blitz
  • WW2 aircraft
  • School life during WW2
  • WW2 fashions and clothing
  • Rationing and food during the war
  • Anne Frank
  • Winston Churchill
  • The role of women in the war
  • Propaganda posters – what were they? Design your own.
  • Entertainment – music and film

You may include pictures, diagrams, timelines and present your information in any way you wish.

 

Tuesday 24th November

English

Reading - Read for 30 minutes and write in your reading diary what you have read. 

Spelling - Play on this week's spellings on Spelling Shed for 20 minutes.

Learning Activity - Complete  the reading comprehension on pages 4 and 5: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth. Read the text carefully and use the text to help you answer the questions. Always refer back to the text to find your answers.

Extension Activity -  

1. Look at lines 21 - 25. Can you find some examples of vocabulary used by Chris Hadfield to create drama and help the text "take off"? Can you suggest any other words or phrases that could give the same effect?
2. Watch this video of the Space Shuttle Atlantis taking off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey63eDx6aqA. Write a description of the take off thinking carefully about your use of vocabulary to engage your reader. 
3. Research how the position and movement of the Earth in space creates day and night, as well as the seasons.

Maths: Multiplying by 10 and 100

Video link 1: https://vimeo.com/474984652

Worksheet link 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SpMZre1eD9iNRGtxOcXNM29p_yU3uocn/view?usp=sharing

Answer link 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mTrKMaLP6ZpyVZHm4QKEsjFqvCgeGubY/view?usp=sharing

Video link 2: https://vimeo.com/474984809

Worksheet link 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SKLjQtwT5GNavthRcte8s7oItDG5CGOK/view?usp=sharing

Answer link 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IvB8S_GPNDXC9HMn_fGTjd9eXF1tqo26/view?usp=sharing

Topic

World War 2 research topics:

Choose from one of the following topics and create a report about it:

  • The Blitz
  • WW2 aircraft
  • School life during WW2
  • WW2 fashions and clothing
  • Rationing and food during the war
  • Anne Frank
  • Winston Churchill
  • The role of women in the war
  • Propaganda posters – what were they? Design your own.
  • Entertainment – music and film

You may include pictures, diagrams, timelines and present your information in any way you wish.

 

Wednesday 25th November

English

Reading - Read for 30 minutes and write in your reading diary what you have read. 

Spelling - Play on this week's spellings on Spelling Shed for 20 minutes.

Learning Activity - Complete pages 56 and 57 of your SPAG CGP book. The activity focuses on our skills in using apostrophes for contractions and to show when a single object or person possesses something. 

Extension Activity -  Create a poster to teach Year 4 about the correct and incorrect ways to use apostrophes.

Maths: Multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000

Video link: https://vimeo.com/474985075

Worksheet link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V5GBKsX1UyB02yZBquswXiJmmT--mfLk/view?usp=sharing

Answer link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YxYqGECGU0MFbG7YaTu5QdquOHsVBin2/view?usp=sharing

Topic

World War 2 research topics:

Choose from one of the following topics and create a report about it:

  • The Blitz
  • WW2 aircraft
  • School life during WW2
  • WW2 fashions and clothing
  • Rationing and food during the war
  • Anne Frank
  • Winston Churchill
  • The role of women in the war
  • Propaganda posters – what were they? Design your own.
  • Entertainment – music and film

You may include pictures, diagrams, timelines and present your information in any way you wish.

 

Thursday 26th November

English

Reading - Read for 30 minutes and write in your reading diary what you have read. 

Spelling - Play on this week's spellings on Spelling Shed for 20 minutes.

Learning Activity - Complete  the reading comprehension on pages 6 and 7: Why Recycle? Read the text carefully and use the text to help you answer the questions. Always refer back to the text to find your answers.

Extension Activity - 

1. Has this text changed your view or understanding about recycling? Write a short paragraph to explain how it has impacted your own thinking.
2. Research the ecological impact of waste plastic, including how it builds up in oceans and affects animals and plants that live there. Use your research to create a poster about this damage and to persuade people to reduce the amount of plastics they throw away.
3. Keep a record of your household plastic waste this week. How much plastic do you throw away? Could you change anything to make this better?

Maths: Dividing by 10 and 100

Video link 1: https://vimeo.com/475398155

Worksheet link 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/136UHIOKbb9Mk60yPLfkmSvgSmlgLbkj4/view?usp=sharing

Answer link 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mABgIOrIv8GU8o4dd6TX_NtkQ8r_26t3/view?usp=sharing

Video link 2: https://vimeo.com/475823716

Worksheet link 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F2iuQgBLnDi7ISpHoryR3Vf4ZCiJm7IS/view?usp=sharing

Answer link 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vDhJXyHlb8m2w1Y8ZkM-J2WdUzXH1e4e/view?usp=sharing

Topic

World War 2 research topics:

Choose from one of the following topics and create a report about it:

  • The Blitz
  • WW2 aircraft
  • School life during WW2
  • WW2 fashions and clothing
  • Rationing and food during the war
  • Anne Frank
  • Winston Churchill
  • The role of women in the war
  • Propaganda posters – what were they? Design your own.
  • Entertainment – music and film

You may include pictures, diagrams, timelines and present your information in any way you wish.

 

Friday 27th November

English

Reading - Read for 30 minutes and write in your reading diary what you have read. 

Spelling - Play on this week's spellings on Spelling Shed for 20 minutes.

Learning Activity - Complete pages 8 and 9 of your SPAG CGP book. The activity focuses on adjectives and adverbs.

Extension Activity -  Write your own sentences using a range of adjectives and adverbs. If you have colours, colour code your work to show which words are adjectives and which are adverbs.

​​​​​​​Maths: Dividing by 10, 100 and 1000

Video link:https://vimeo.com/475824080

Worksheet link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s3mbaJBWGmpmocd8c0Ffv4xYzBO7dPvS/view?usp=sharing

Answer link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fJShrYtNKYozxDxO4rEqH80DXQF8vKAW/view?usp=sharing

Test your times tables! Play on TTRS to refresh your knowledge. Then, have a go at the Ultimate Times Tables Challenge. Give yourself 5 minutes to answer as many qustions as you can! Then, check how you did using the answer sheet attached. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GKOh00mBVS5lJmLwizt4VPhJX8FHt7Km/view?usp=sharing

Topic

World War 2 research topics:

Choose from one of the following topics and create a report about it:

  • The Blitz
  • WW2 aircraft
  • School life during WW2
  • WW2 fashions and clothing
  • Rationing and food during the war
  • Anne Frank
  • Winston Churchill
  • The role of women in the war
  • Propaganda posters – what were they? Design your own.
  • Entertainment – music and film

You may include pictures, diagrams, timelines and present your information in any way you wish.

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