Friday 22nd January 2021

Reading - what I want you to do today is choose your favourite book or film, I want to know

What is your favourite part of the book/film?

Who is your favourite character? Can you draw a picture of them? 

What is your favourite character like? What is their personality like? 

Would you recommend this book/film to other people? Why? 

Maths - today we are having a challenge on picograms we will be working through this during the live lesson (which will be uploaded).  

Spelling - please test yourself on this week's spellings and let me know how you get on. 

information 

adoration 

sensation 

preparation 

education 

location 

exaggeration 

concentration 

imagination 

organisation

English - we are looking at superlatives (saying that something is the best) using the suffixes -er and -est here is a video if you can't get on the zoom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orLwiZBVoyA 

Science - in science this week we are looking at the different types of seed dispersal! Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC3pQ9RU9YA and complete the sorting activity about the different types of seed dispersal. You can go on a walk and see if you can find different types of seeds. 

Thursday 21st January 2021

 Reading - today we are reading the peach and the end of book from The Day the Crayons Quit and answering the VIPER style questions. 

Maths - we are continuing our work on reading and interpreting pictograms. 

Spelling - this week's spelling rule is tion. 

information 

adoration 

sensation 

preparation 

education 

location 

exaggeration 

concentration 

imagination 

organisation

English - we are looking at the features of an adverts can you spot:

• the name of the product
• a statement about the product 
• any exaggeration (e.g. where does it say its the best thing ever!)
  
• questions for the reader (e.g. have you ever tasted something this good?)
• reasons why they need to buy the product. 

Art - this week we are sketching a chocolate bar! Choose the brand you want (Dairy Milk, Galaxy, Mars Bar, Freddo, Aero) and sketch it out, we need the outline and the most eye catching features that they have. Here is a link to a video if you are really struggling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nsvcSYIhng 

Wednesday 20th January 2021

 Reading - today we are reading the the blue and pink crayon from The Day the Crayon Quit and answering the VIPER style questions. 

Maths - we are continuing our work on reading and interpreting pictograms. BE CAREFUL and read the key!

Spelling - this week's spelling rule is tion. 

information 

adoration 

sensation 

preparation 

education 

location 

exaggeration 

concentration 

imagination 

organisation

English - today we are writing a setting description of our own factory floor. Remember to look back your word bank you created yesterday for inspiration. Make sure you include an expanded noun phrase and preposition. 

PHSE - we are looking at why it is important to keep a healthy diet! Below is a document that shows all the effects that unhealthy food can have on our body. Read this website about why a healthy lifestyle is important:   https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrffr82/articles/ztsqfcw  Create a poster that displays all of the information we have learnt to keep ourselves healthy! 

Tuesday 19th January 2021

 Reading - today we are reading the the Yellow and Orange from The Day the Crayons Quit and answering the VIPER style questions.

Maths - we are continuing the work on pictograms today and looking at how to read and interrupt them. 

Spellings - this week spelling rule is tion. 

information 

adoration 

sensation 

preparation 

education 

location 

exaggeration 

concentration 

imagination 

organisation

English - today we are going to use the picture we drew yesterday of the factory floor and generate a word bank for when we write our own setting description. 

Geography - watch this video on the different layers of the rainforest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gHXoDPHTLw label the different layers and note down the features of each one (so what is special to each layer). 

Then have a look at this website where you'll learn about climate: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/z7dkhbk how would you describe the climate of the UK? Watch this video from Chester Zoo about what the climate is like in a rainforest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnQ8E6nzG4o 

What's the same about the UK's climate and a Rainforests climate? What is different about the UK's climate and a Rainforests climate?

Monday 18th January 2021

 Reading - today we are reading the Black and Green Crayon from The Day the Crayons Quit and answering the VIPER style questions. 

Maths - This we we are learning about pictograms. Today we are learning what one is, how to fill one in and how to read one. 

Spellings - this week the spelling rule is tion.

information 

adoration 

sensation 

preparation 

education 

location 

exaggeration 

concentration 

imagination 

organisation

English - today's task is to design your own chocolate factory floor and generate vocabulary to go with it. 

History - today you are going to have an introduction about the Maya. You are going to write instructions about how to make Maya hot chocolate. watch the video below. Do you think it will taste nice? 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/north-america/guatemala/anitgua-maya-chocolate-making/

Friday 15th January 2021

Reading - read the next 2 pages of The Day the Crayons Quit and answer the VIPERS style questions. 

Maths - we are finishing our work on Tally Charts today! 

Spellings - homophones and near homophones please test yourself and let me know how you get on.

cereal
serial
check
cheque
through
threw
draft
draught
stares
stairs

English - slow write (don't worry follow the guidance in the video uploaded by Miss Quinlan!)

Science - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgssgk7/articles/zyv3jty draw plant lifecycle. Look at the different pollinators there are create a mini spider diagram on how each of them pollinate a plant.

Thursday 14th January 2021

 Reading - read the next 2 pages of The Day the Crayons Quit and answer the VIPERS style questions. Focus on Retrieval and Inference, but you can challenge yourself to the rest! 

Maths - continuing with reading and answering the questions on Tally Charts! Today there are some more challenges!

Spellings - homophones and near homophones

cereal
serial
check
cheque
through
threw
draft
draught
stares
stairs

English - today's session is about is about choosing verbs and adverbs to use in our setting description. Looking at how things move on the factory floor (e.g. the waterfall, the river, the apples, the trees etc.)

Art - today you are going to practise some pointilism techniques. You start by using the base colour, the closer the dots are the more of a shadow it creates, you could also use black to create a shadow. The further the dots are the more of  shine you're drawing. 

Wednesday 13th January 2021

 Reading - read the introduction and red crayon from the book and answer the VIPERS style questions. Focus on Retrieval and Inference, but you can challenge yourself to the rest!

Maths - continuing with reading and answering questions on on Tally Charts! Today there are some questions to answer plus a challenge question. 

Spellings - homophones and near homophones 

cereal
serial
check
cheque
through
threw
draft
draught
stares
stairs

English - today we are going back to the picture of Mr Wonka's factory floor, looking at the nouns it's now our job to create sentences that use expanded noun phrases (adjective, adjective noun) Here's a song about expanded noun phrases (parents you might recognise this one) Sing with Grammarsaurus - Expanded noun phrases - YouTube

PSHE - look at the heathy plate, how much of each food group should be on your plate. Design a heathy meal meal day! Research and design a healthy breakfast, lunch, tea and snacks! Use the Smart Recipes apps or website: Home | Change4Life (www.nhs.uk)

Tuesday 12th January 2021

 Reading - our book this week is The Day the Crayons Quit! Today's reading session is using the front cover to predict what the story could be about, then read the blurb and see if their prediction is correct. 

Spellings - homophones and near homophones. 

 cereal
serial
check
cheque
through
threw
draft
draught
stares
stairs

English - using a senses table to generate some descriptive vocabulary, you can even use your own chocolate and sweets to help you generate the vocabulary for describing Mr Wonka's factory floor. 

Geography - your task today is to label the equator, the hemispheres, the tropics, the poles and biomes (the tropical zone, the temperate zone and artic zone). After that, use the rainforest sheet and label the countries that the rainforests are found in. 

Monday 11th January 2021

Reading - Read the last few pages on Egyptian Cinderella and answer the final 5 questions! Complete a review of the story, did you enjoy it? What did you like about it? 

Maths - this weeks maths is all about tally charts! Please complete Monday Maths 1 then Monday Maths 2 but I will explain more on Zoom.

Spellings - homophones and near homophones.

 cereal
serial
check
cheque
through
threw
draft
draught
stares
stairs

English - we are using prepositions (see word mat to help with this) to help describe using full sentences where things are on Mr Wonka's chocolate factory floor. 

History - we are creating a timeline on the history of chocolate! Research/discuss what a timeline is, then use the cards below to put them in order. When that is finished, find out the starting date of some of the chocolate brands and put them on a timeline (e.g. Cadbury, Nestle, Frys, Mars)