Tiger Class Blog

Sentences created together

Answers - PARENTS ONLY

Literacy

LIVE LESSON - Shared writing focusing on the build up.

You will need your text map of images, the model text and some paper and a pen.

Model text

Tick list

Spelling

Spellings week 4

Pyramid spellings today
p
pr
pra
pray

Science

Continuing from yesterday...

Science - Static electricity

Check out what we have been up to in school this afternoon carrying out the balloon experiments!

Balloon ping pong

Have a go at putting salt on a piece of paper as well and watch what happens when you put a charged balloon near it.

Monday, January 25, 2021

Home Learning - Tuesday 26/01

Maths

Reasoning and problem solving

Answers - PARENTS ONLY

Literacy

I have set you a comprehension to do today as I want us to pick up with our shared writing during our live lesson tomorrow.
Work through the Powerpoint and then answer the questions.
Remember:
V = Vocabulary
I = Inference
P = Prediction
E = Explanation (3 marks)
R = Retrieval (find and copy)

S = Summarise or sequence

PPT

Reading

Text to read yourself

Questions

Science

Here is another text based on electricity. Read through the text and have a go at answering the questions. This lesson will be for today's and tomorrow's afternoon sessions as I know last time it took awhile for you all to work your way through them so do not worry if you don't get them all done today.

Text and questions

Answers - PARENTS ONLY

Balloon experiment -

If you have some balloons at home or even just a plastic comb have a go at these experiments:

Static electricity

Balloon and hair – Rub a balloon on woollen clothes and then hold it against your hair to observe what happens.

Two balloons – Rub them against woollen clothing and then hang them from the ceiling close together and watch them repel each other.

Cotton clothing – Rub balloons on cotton clothing and observe what happens when you hold it against your hair.

Magic wand – Rub a plastic comb on woollen clothing and then hold it close to running water and watch what happens.

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Home learning - Monday 24/01/21

LIVE LESSON 9AM - WELLBEING CHECK IN.

Please see Parentmail and Marvellous Me for info.

Maths

Reasoning and problem solving

Answers - PARENTS ONLY

Literacy

Opening - Have a look at my opening and try and write your own. Use the model text and your text maps to mirror the structure of the model text and just change the events to write your own opening.
Model text

I have only asked you to do this today as I want you to take your time thinking about the language features and punctuation you're going to use.
Remember all of the language features we have looked at up to now.

Spelling

Spellings week 4

PSHE

Life is all about balance!

PE Lessons to have a go at, at home

Friday, January 22, 2021

Special Mentions Assembly

Assembly

Watch this weeks special mentions assembly to see who has particularly impressed us this week!

Miss Craven x

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Friday Home Learning - 22/01/21

Maths

Dividing Decimals (mathsisfun.com)

Answers

Reasoning and problem solving - This is not an expectation, just some extra questions for anyone who is finishing quickly and would like some extra problems.

Literacy

Starter - Teaching video

Shortburst paragraph - Have a go at adding punctuation to the paragraph so that it makes sense.
Answers - PARENTS ONLY

Main - Just as you did yesterday. Have a look at the settings toolkit and add your examples of the sentences I have highlighted in red.
Settings toolkit

Spelling

Have a go at practising your spellings by drawing images around the word based on its definition.
e.g.

The word monarchy is all about the Royal family and a government being led by someone.

Therefore the pictures added to the word are images based on Kings and Queens and a government.

Forest school

Stone stacking

Have a go at some stone stacking. Collect some stones or pebbles from your daily exercise or in your garden and try to balance them to create an interesting stone stack.

Don't forget to send me a picture when you are finished.

misscraven2020@carlton-in-snaith.n-yorks.sch.uk

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Thursday Home Learning - 21/01/21

Maths

We're going to have another lesson on the short division written method today as I know we find this method particularly tricky.
Have a look on BBC Bitesize at the division lessons.

Have a go at short division using whole numbers as opposed to decimal numbers if needed.

Remember the decimal point never moves so whether it is a whole number or a decimal number, the written method for dividing it will be exactly the same.

BBC Bitesize

Have a look at this website as well, there are decimal number questions at the bottom for you to have a go at.

Literacy

Shortburst sheet - Have a look at the sentences on the sheet. I have started with a really simple sentence 'The cat ran along the wall,' I have then adapted the sentence into different sentence types. Have a look at my example and see if you can have a go at your own. Make sure you completely change my sentence and don't just change the cat for another animal.

Main - Have a look at the 'openings and endings' toolkit. We have done lots of these in class before, it gives you ideas of language to use to create a good suspense story. The parts in red are the sentences I want you to write your own example of.
Openings and endings toolkit

Reading

Chapter 3 - Varkaj Paw

Music

1. Listen to the song
2. Answer these questions:

What instruments can you hear?

What story do you think is being told in the song?

What is the mood of the song?

How does the music make the story more interesting?

3. Have a read of the lyrics and try to sing a long

Lyrics

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Wednesday home learning - 20/01/21

Maths

Match the appliances to the wattage they use

Answers - PARENTS ONLY

Reasoning and problem solving - This is not an expectation, just some extra questions for anyone who is finishing quickly and would like some extra problems.

Literacy

Starter video - Watch the video and then highlight the modal verbs in the sentences below. Can you re-write the sentences using different modal verbs to change the possibility?

I can understand this now.
I may be able to understand this if I talk about it.

I will understand this.

I would have understood this if I had talked about it.

Shortburst - Organise the sentences with modal verbs into 2 groups.

Main sheet - Write about what the effect each language feature has on the reader.

Spelling

Practise your spelling using the pyramid method of practising.
For example: System

sys

syst

syste

system

Science

Using the text you read the other day on electricity can you name the different units of measurement used in relation to electricity. What are their names and what do they measure?

All of the electrical appliances in our homes have a wattage, and the wattage of an appliance tells us how much power is needed to operate it – the higher the wattage, the more power is needed to operate the appliance. Make a list of appliances from around your home and put them under the headings of high wattage or low wattage depending on how much electricity you think they use.

Appliances that are louder / hotter / brighter / move more, usually require more energy.

Answers - PARENTS ONLY

Monday, January 18, 2021

Tuesday home learning - 19/01/21

LIVE LESSON AT 9AM! PLEASE REFER TO MARVELLOUS ME OR PARENT MAIL FOR INFO!

Maths

LIVE LESSON.

Answers - PARENTS ONLY.

Literacy

Starter - Have a look at todays sentence type (personification of weather) and create your own card on that sentence type just as you did yesterday. A small example card that you can keep and use.
Personification of weather

Shortburst - Use the rainstorm pictures as stimuli for writing your own personification of weather sentences around them.
Rainstorm pictures

Main - Boxing up. Watch the teaching video on how to box up our model text. We have done lots of boxing up in class with other texts so we should be getting really good at this now.
Model Text
Boxing up help

Boxing up

Reading

Reading of chapter 2

Text - I have attached the pages if you want to read them to yourself.

Teaching video

Questions

Science

BBC Bitesize

Have a look at the BBC Bitesize lessons on KS2 Electricity. Watch the videos, have a go at some of the quizzes and activities.

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Monday home learning - 18/01/21

Here we go again Red Kites, lets smash through another week of home learning together!

Tomorrow morning will be our first Live Maths lesson! A message was sent out on Marvellous Me on Friday with the link in for you to join. You will also receive a parent mail with it all on, as well as some guidance for parents and children to read beforehand. Hoping you can all join!

Maths

Banksy - Vandalism or Art?

Answers - PARENTS ONLY

Literacy

Starter - video

Shortburst - This is explained in the starter video

Main -

For the rest of the lesson today we are thinking about hot seating. Hot seating is when you interview a character to try and find out more about what is going on with them in the story.

I want you to write down some questions that you would want to ask Zelda.

E.g. Why is Zelda out in the rain in the first place? Why is she so scared of whatever the creature is?

Once you have written your questions I want you to use your imagination to answer them. This is using our prediction skills. Your answers can be as imaginative as you like.

Model text

Spellings

Spellings week 3

YOGA

PSHE

Special mentions assembly

Selby High's Race Across the World!

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Friday home learning - 14/01/21

Maths

Answers - PARENTS ONLY

Literacy

Starter - Work through the text and find examples of each language feature that is given on the sheet. The language features to find have all been covered in the starters of the other lessons.

Shortburst - Video

Sheet - Have a go at re-writing the sentences into your own examples.

The first set of questions have been written using subordinate conjunctions in the middle. Can you have a go at changing the sentence round so that the subordinate clause is at the start.

For example:

The Fox hid in the bushes while waiting to catch its prey.

While waiting to catch its prey, the Fox waited in the bushes.

The second set of sentences are the examples shown in the video. You need to write your own ones using ing/ed/ly openers.

Main - Using yesterdays and todays lessons on commas, have a go at turning the sentences you have written into a paragraph using commas in different ways. Highlight where you have used them once you are finished.

Spelling

Remember to keep practising your spellings. Have a go today at rainbow spellings.

This is practising your spellings in different coloured pencils going over the top of the spelling in a different colour each time, helping to embed the pattern of the word.

Spellings

Forest school

Have a go at making your own bird feeder!

Bird feeder

Bird watching

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVER!

We hope you all have a wonderful day!

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Thursday home learning - 14/01/21

Maths

Video - 3 decimal places

Answers - PARENTS ONLY

Literacy

Starter
Shortburst sheet

Main - We're onto learning the last paragraph of the text today and drawing our pictures to go with it.

Reading

Cats comprehension

French

Lets learn about Mardi Gras!

Watch the video to learn all about the Mardi Gras Carnaval.

Use the sheet to write down in French all the language linked to Mardi Gras.
Also have a go at saying the phrases out loud. Would be great to see a video of you having a go at speaking a little bit of French.

Sheet

Netflex

Have a look on the website for some great home workouts!

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Wednesday home learning - 13/01/21

Maths

Video - Understanding thousandths

Answers - PARENTS ONLY

Literacy
Starter - Use yesterdays
Shortburst
Main - Learn paragraph 4 from the text adding actions and adding images to your text map.

BBC Bitesize - Describing a position

Reading

We're going to start reading our class novel called Varjak Paw

It's linked to the text we're looking at in Literacy.

Today is chapter 1 so you just need to listen to me read it and answer the questions.

To look back at the text when answering the questions, listen to the video again and pause where you need to read anything again.

Title and blurb

Chapter 1 read

Questions to answer

Remember to answer them in full sentences!

Science
If you didn't quite get yesterday's lesson finished, have a go at that again today.
It was a long lesson so I don't want to overload you with another today.

If you got it all finished have a look at your homework menu for ideas of an afternoon activity.

Apologies!

Apologies for anyone who could not access the links for todays blog last night.

Not sure what the issue was but after fiddling around this morning they all seem to be working now.

Thankyou to those for letting me know so swiftly.

I am certainly learning lots about IT!

Hope you all have a great day of home learning,

Miss Craven x

Monday, January 11, 2021

Tuesday home learning - 12/01/21

Maths

Starting a new block today on decimal numbers

Literacy

Spellings

Science - Electricity

LO:
I can understand what electricity is, how it is generated and how different charges interact.
I can understand how circuits work and how we use them
I can identify the units of measurement related to electricity and what each of them measures.

I can understand why electricity is useful and the social issues around it

Discuss what you already know about electricity - covered in Year 4

Activity 1 - Match the electricity vocabulary to its definition

Activity 2 - If you have a balloon at home, blow it up and rub it on your hair to watch the effect it has. Don't worry if you don't have any balloons - watch the video to discover the type of electricity caused.

Balloon video

Watch the rest of these videos to learn more about electricity

Atomic structure

What is electricity?

Electrical circuit

Activity 3 - Read the information text and answer the questions

I have attached the answers for parents only!

Text and questions

Answers - PARENTS ONLY.

Extra fun - Watch this video on electric animals!

Sunday, January 10, 2021

Monday Home Learning - 11/01/21

Morning Red Kites,

We are trialling some videos this week for Literacy with teaching inputs on them for you to watch and listen to so it should make it easier for you to carry your work out a bit more independently.
Please let me know if there are any issues with these so I can get it resolved ASAP.

You should be able to just click on the link and it will take you straight to them.

Also any feedback about the videos would be really helpful.

Maths

I have discovered last week that lots of you were finding the coordinates block quite tricky.

For today there is no white rose, I have set you some extra coordinates challenges to have a go at looking at reflection and translations.

Please just email if you are finding it hard and need any help.

BBC Bitesize - Draw and move on a grid

BBC Bitesize - Reflection

BBC Bitesize - Translation

Watch the video and follow the activities on the links.

Literacy

LO: I can use dictionaries to warm up the text and internalise new vocabulary.
Please watch the videos for teaching input.

60 second physical activity challenges

Have a look at the different PE challenges, how many can you complete?

PSHE

COVID19 - A robot revolution?

Discussion points and some questions to answer around businesses moving more into a technological world with less employees.

Create an A4 poster/presentation answering some of the questions with your own thoughts and opinions.

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Friday Home learning - 08/01/20

Maths

Literacy

Focus - Suspense story

Today you are going to start internalising the text.

This is when we learn it off by heart and add actions.

Today I would just like you to focus on the first paragraph.

You need to add actions and create your text map by drawing the images to go with it.

I have attached the whole text but for today just have a go at the first paragraph.

I've also put a photo of the last text map you did on Instructions to remind you. You will not need any subheadings on this one as it is a story. If there are any words you are unsure of, you can use a dictionary/internet to find their definitions.

You can create your text map on a plain piece of paper or in the pink exercise books you took home a little while ago. Remember to keep the images simple!

Parents/carers probably will not have seen this before, so this is your chance to show off your Talk4Writing skills!

Afternoon Session

Have a look at the homework menu I have posted previously.

Choose something from there and remember to email it to me :)

Have a lovely weekend! Rest and enjoy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNIE!

We hope you're having a wonderful birthday Annie, we are all missing you at school today!

Miss Craven, Mrs Gay and all the Red Kites x

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Handing in home learning

Please remember that home learning is now mandatory.

I would love to see what you have been doing.

Please ensure you are sending me photos/email with evidence of what you have completed at least once a week.

My email: misscraven2020@carlton-in-snaith.n-yorks.sch.uk

I will be checking the email on a daily basis so please get in contact with any issues or questions you may have.

I have already seen some of your work and know you are all working really hard. Really proud of you.
Keep it up Red Kites!

Thanks, Miss Craven x

Thursday home learning 07/01/21

Maths

Literacy

To use a stimuli to focus on senses and create a setting.

Listen to video, close your eyes and think about all of your senses.

Draw what comes to mind while you listen. Use shading to create feeling.

Once you have drawn, use a black pen to write specific words that come to mind in capital letters.

Create a paragraph to describe a setting based on what you have drawn. (It can be anywhere)

Have a look back at the tension toolkit I gave you for the cold task for clues to help you.

French

This term our topic is Le Carnival

Draw a picture of a carnival and see if you can label the different things using French terminology.

This half term our topic is Athletics/Fitness

Use your living room/garden to carry out some fitness activities.

This could be running, skipping, jumping. Anything that increases your heart rate.

Can you challenge other family members?

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Homework Menu

Here is your homework menu for this half term.

Remember to choose one from it each week and send it to my email:

misscraven2020@carlton-in-snaith.n-yorks.sch.uk

Homework Menu

TT Rockstars & Hit the Button

Don't forget!

Keep using TT Rockstars and Hit the Button for practising your times tables and some other quick mental maths.

I have also set some MyMaths homework for you to do as well :)

Miss Craven x

Wednesday 06/01/21

Maths

Literacy

Cold Task!
Suspense story - about anything you like. Keep it imaginative!
Remember to leave it on a cliff-hanger to create great suspense!

Remember the tension toolkit-

Spellings

Reminder of the spellings you were given before Christmas

PPT

Home Learning 05/01/21

Morning Red Kites,

Hope you have all had a lovely Christmas and New Year.

Was really looking forward to welcoming you all back this morning but it was not meant to be so here is some work for you all to be getting on with for at least today and tomorrow.

Tuesday

Maths

Geometry: position and direction