Dear P4/5 Tuesday 26th May

Good morning everyone. I was so pleased yesterday to see how many of you are managing to use Google Classroom and have handed in

work. Its brilliant. I am certainly learning lots of new skills myself and can see how hard you guys are working. Next week I plan to

move away from adjectives, nouns and verbs and look at instructions.

As usual, any questions, comments or suggestions, please email susan.josey@highland.gov.uk

Literacy

This week we will revise verbs. They can be tricky, so looking at

some youtube clips will hopefully help.

An adjective is a describing word – think of your 5 senses

(taste, touch, sight, hear, smell).

A noun is a name place or thing.

Verbs are doing words – they can be moving/actions, speaking, feeling and thinking.

Starter Activity

You have watched two of these clips

before, but please watch them again

Main Activity

1) Look at the picture above and read

the story starter to set the scene in

Challenge Activity

Setting the Scene

Moments earlier, she had been standing in her

classroom holding the tiny port-key up in her hand,

waiting for the magic to happen. With a flash and a

puff of smoke they had vanished into thin air.

The port-key had taken them to some strange places

before, but never to a jungle. The problem with port-

keys is that you never quite know where you’re going

to end up!

They gazed around them and took in their

surroundings; the heat and jungle noises put the

children on edge - they would have to be very brave

on this wild adventure.

as it will help you remember what

verbs are.

A verb is a doing word. It describes

what someone is doing. They are

really important, as every sentence we

write needs a verb.

1) This clip will help you understand

the difference between

adjectives, nouns and verbs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxrxUyxMnxA

2) This clip gives some simple

sentences and identifies which

words are nouns and which are

verbs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvMFQoOk4To

3) There are some verbs which we use

so often that we don’t even realise

their importance! These are words

like is, am, are, was, were, will be.

They help us put things into the

past, present and future. There

are more, but these are enough for

now. Watch this clip to help you

understand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVzPO1XPCgo

your imagination. Write down as many

words as you can think of to describe

it.

Here are some of my words:

Green, overgrown, hot, scared, jungle,

adventure, amazing.

2) The following sentences are very

boring. Can you use some of the

words you thought of to make them

more interesting? Add adjectives and

nouns.

If you can, add a verb. Here are some

verbs which I think go with the

picture to help.

walk, walks, walked, walking

run, runs, ran, running

slip, slips, slipped, slipping

push, pushes, pushed, pushing

creep, creeps, crept, creeping

swing, swings, swung, swinging

whisper, whispers, whispered,

whispering

Squawk, squawks, squawked,

squawking

Scream, screams, screamed,

screaming

We have done a fair bit of work today,

so I would say, no challenge activity in

literacy for today.

If you really want a bit of an extra

challenge, then take the story starter

at the top of the page and think about

these questions. Write your own story,

or put an ending on the story above.

This should only be done by those who

have a flare to do this today.

What do you think a port-

key is?

What does the port-key look

like?

Where might they have

been on previous

adventures?

How do you think they will

return home after an

adventure?

Where did they get the

port-key from?

If you could go on an

adventure somewhere,

where would you like to go?

Where would you least like

to go on an adventure?

4) There are two worksheets at the

end of the blog for you to

complete. I would say both are

medium

One is revision of adding ‘ing’

One is sorting verbs into similar

meanings.

Sentences to change are:

The girl held the port-key.

There was a bang and some smoke.

The children landed in the jungle

It was hot

They were scared.

My first sentence would be

The shocked, little girl held on

tightly to the port-key as she

wondered what had happened!

Adjectives – shocked, little,

Nouns – girl, port-key

Verbs – tightly, had, wondered, held

Does their teacher know

where they have gone?

Do their classmates know?

.

Numeracy

Today we will continue with weight. You will need to remember;

One hundred milligrams (mg) = 1 gram (g)

1000g = 1 kilogram

1000kg = 1 metric ton

Starter Activity

At the end of today’s blog post,

there is a chart showing Fred’s

Main Activity

There are different types of scales which are

used to weigh different things. What you use

Challenge Activity

I would like you all to have a go at this

challenge activity. When you add

Fresh Fruit sold on Friday. A copy

has been put onto Google

Classroom. Can you work out the

answers to the questions Fred

needs to know? This is different,

so you may find it a bit tricky.

Only do questions you are happy

with and remember to show your

thumb to your adult helper.

Questions 1-3 are mild

Questions 4-6 are medium

Questions 8-10 are Spicy.

Question 7 needs you to know

what 10% of 90 is. At first this

might seem hard, but you can do it

using the knowledge you have of

your 10 times table.

We haven’t done percentages (so

if you please leave this question if

you want to).

You will need your adult helper to

help you read the bar chart, but

hopefully with a bit of guidance,

you will find it ok.

will depend on the size and weight of the object

you want to measure.

At the bottom of the blog there is a worksheet

which gives you pictures of different types of

scales.

For each of the items in the list, can you figure

out…

What is the best unit of measure

(milligrams, grams, kilograms, tonnes)?

What type of scales would you use to

weigh it? Choose one of the pictures on

the sheet.

I have been able to put this one as a Google

document. If you open up the document on the

post, you should be able to write your answers

onto it. When you have finished just hand it

in.

You can always email your answers to Miss

Josey.

weights together it is the same as when

you add up numbers. You just have to

make sure you are adding up the same

type of measurement

mg + mg, 10mg + 12mg = 22mg

g + g, 10g + 12g = 22g

kg + kg, 10kg + 12kg = 22kg

If you want to add mg to g, g to kg, then

you have to change them into the same

measurement unit so…

100mg + 10g = STOP! mg + g NO!

Both need to be either mg OR g.

So change the 100mg into grams.

100mg is the same as 1g (check the

chart above.

And then try the sum again.

1g + 10g = 11g

I hope that makes sense!

Try these

1) 5g + 3g =

2) 17mg + 100mg =

3) 2kg + 1000g = (careful)

4) 50kg + 5000g = (careful)

5) 60kg + 6000g = (careful)

Additional Activity – Baking. This requires Adult supervision

This links in with both our maths topic of measurement and our literacy topic next week which will be ‘instructions’. I know Miss

Warburton has already done some work with you on instructions, so that is great. Careful with the weighing and measuring. If

you don’t like, or don’t have the ingredients, ask your adult helper for a

simple recipe you can follow.

You must only do this activity if you are supervised by an adult.

Cheese Straws

Ingredients

55 g butter (diced)

110g plain flour

85g Cheddar (grated)

1 egg (beaten in cup)

Method

First preheat the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6.

Sieve the flour into the bowl.

Add the butter to the flour and mix until it looks like bread crumbs. Ask an adult how to do this.

Stir in the grated cheese and the beaten egg until you form a soft dough.

Take a chunk of dough and roll it out on a floured board into 1cm thick, finger length straws.

Place on a greased baking tray (or use grease proof paper) and bake for 10 minutes.

Cool on a wire rack.

Equipment

A bowl

Grease proof paper

Baking tray

mixture)

Spatula/spoon

Sieve