Since the weather forecast is not so great this week, I have attached some ideas for STEM practical activities to keep your minds and hands busy.

STEM-Ideas

Here are some reading comprehensions about the Stoneage.

I have put them in guided reading groups to give you some guidance on the level of difficulty. Please feel free to use them in the way which best suits your family.

Welford and Pankhurst

Skara-Brae-Differentiated-Comprehension W and P

Step-into-the-Stone-Age-Whole-Class-Guided-Reading

Donaldson and Blyton

Skara-Brae-Differentiated-Comprehension-D and B

Nearly-Missing-Maths-Skara Brae Guided-Reading-Pack

This week I have selected some traditional stories which orignally come from the Caribbean and West Africa. Ananse (or Anansi in some versions) is a spider who is….well I will let you decide what sort of character he is. I love these stories and wish I could be sharing them in the classroom with you.

Monday

Ananse Week 4 Day 1 

Conjunctions Powerpoint with Audio – Day 1

Tuesday

Ananse Week 4 Day 2

Conjunctions Powerpoint with Audio – Day 2

Don’t forget the to look at the spelling page too.

The Friday Challenge on the WhiteRose materials is available on the link we have been using all week. This is the same for year 3 and year 4.

Friday Maths Challenge

However, some of you may prefer to use a worksheet (or two or three) to practise the learning you have begun on fractions and decimals this week. Pick which part of fractions you want to practise.

The links for these are given in your year group below. There are three sheets per topic (so 9 for each year group) – don’t try to do all of them! If you have found the maths learning this week tricky, I suggest you try the “developing sheets” . There are also secure sheets and ones for greater depth. (I’d only use the last one if you have been super confident all week.)

Year 3

Year-3-EXT-Equivalent-Fractions 2

Year-3-EXT-Compare-Fractions

Year-3-Order-Fractions

Year 4

Year-4-EXT-Make-a-Whole

Year-4-EXT-Compare-Decimals

Year-4-EXT-Order-Decimals

What do plants need to grow?

Whilst the weather remains so lovely, I thought I’d put some more plant based science on here. Lots of you have been telling me about your planting, gardening and even your chickens and ducks, so I know you are getting hands on science experiences.

Lesson Presentation What Do Plants Need to Grow Well

Lesson Video What do plants need to grow?

Animation

Activity Sheet Investigation Planner

Activity Sheet Recording Results

Do plants need light to grow – pupil sheet

Do plants need soil to grow – pupil sheet

How fast does a root grow – pupil sheet

You might prefer these Espresso investigation sheets:

Espresso plant investigation

You don’t need to investigate all of these things, but it would be good if you have the plants or seeds available to investigate one or two for yourself.

If you don’t have these, don’t worry – the videos and animations will let you see what happens and how to investigate.

Roald Dahl brings his characters to life with vivid descriptions using lots interesting adjectives and expanded noun phrases.

Now it is your turn to write. Choose a character from Fantastic Mr Fox. Write a really good quality description.

Remember we need to know what they look like, how they behave, maybe even how they smell or sound. Your reader needs to have a really clear picture of them their head when they have read your description.

These sheets have some useful adjectives that you might like to use:Description-writing-frames-for characters-from-Fantastic-Mr-Fox-

Think about how you write your sentences. You should aim to use:

• adjectives
• expanded noun phrases  Espresso video and quizz      ks2-spag-knowledge-organiser-expanded-noun-phrases
• subordinating conjunctions (I SAW A WABUB)  BBC Bitesize video
• relative pronouns (who, which etc)  relative-pronouns-display-poster

If we were doing this together in class, we would spend time gathering our ideas.

So, plan some adjectives, phrases, sentences. How could you use all the things in the list above to make your writing wonderful? Rehearse them aloud. Writers draft their ideas. If you have time you can always choose another character to practise your descriptive writing about.

We are continuing with our WhiteRose Maths today

Year 3

Summer Term Week 1 Lesson 4 – order fractions

Video     Order fractions

Lesson-4-Y3-Summer-Block-1-WO5-Order-fractions-2020

Answers: Lesson-4-Y3-Summer-Block-1-ANS5-Order-fractions-2020

Year 4

Summer Term Week 1 Lesson 4

Video and resources  Order Decimals

Lesson-4-Y3-Summer-Block-1-WO5-Order-fractions-2020

Answers: Lesson-4-Y3-Summer-Block-1-ANS5-Order-fractions-2020