Date: Monday 1st June 2020 (01.06.20)

Good morning P4A, P4B and P4/3!

We hope you had a nice weekend and are ready to have a go at your tasks for today.

Remember to look at the homework section today for this week’s reading homework.

We are really enjoying connecting with you all on Microsoft Teams.

Today, please try to log on to Teams and share your learning about:

Maths - time

Parents, if you wish to contact us privately, please e-mail: admin@blackhall.edin.sch.uk

P3 pupils of P4/3, please complete all tasks within the Primary 4 page except from your

spelling. This can be found in Primary 3’s home learning area.

Miss Baxter, Mr Galloway, Mrs Mavor and Mrs Wren. 😊

Literacy Activity Learning Intention (What we are learning today) Success Criteria (How can I show that I have

learned and understood)

• To spell words correctly. • I can spell the words accurately.

• I can test myself to make sure I

have learned the words.

• I can explain to someone what the

word means.

Explanation of activity Suggested Resources

• Choose mild, spicy or hot spelling words

below.

• Mild word meanings and sentences:

https://vimeo.com/423123162

• Spicy word meanings and sentences:

https://vimeo.com/423127227

• Hot word meanings and sentences:

https://vimeo.com/423131060

• Tell someone at home what each of your

words mean

• Choose two activities from the spelling

homework grid below.

• Extra challenge: Ask someone at home to

give you a game of spelling hangman using

your words. You could also try writing your

spelling words on someone’s back with your

finger and see if they can guess the word.

• Spelling word list below.

• Spelling homework activity grid.

• Pencil, rubber, ruler and jotter.

• You may also want to improve your

spelling using this game:

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/lcwc/i

ndex.html

Numeracy/Maths Activity Learning Intention (What we are learning today) Success Criteria (How can I show that I have

learned and understood)

• To tell the time. • I can read digital time.

• I can convert digital time into

analogue time.

• I can convert analogue time into

digital time. Explanation of activity Suggested Resources

• Watch both digital time videos.

• Play the warm-up time game. Match the

digital time to the time shown on the analogue

clock.

Mild – Play level 2

Spicy – Play level 3

Hot – Play level 4

• Have a go at the mild, spicy or hot tasks

below.

• Remember to login to Sumdog to complete

your time challenges for the week as well.

• Digital clock video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E

NOYemdWU08

• Miss Baxter’s Digital Time video:

https://vimeo.com/423935670

• Maths game:

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resour

ces/resource/116/telling_the_time#

Other Curricular Activity -

Learning Intention (What we are learning today) Success Criteria (How can I show that I

have learned and understood)

• To know how the respiratory system works • I can describe what the respiratory

system is.

• I can explain the purpose of the

respiratory system.

• I can show my learning of the

respiratory system creatively.

Explanation of activity Suggested Resources

• Watch this video clip

• https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/rsmovie.html?

ref=search

• Underneath the video you can click on article,

quiz, activity or word find if you would like

extension activities.

• There are some suggestions below on how to

present your learning.

• Make a PowerPoint presentation, create a

diagram, make up a rap or song, make a

paperchain and write a different fact for

each link, make a word search using important

vocabulary about the respiratory system.

• Video clip link and suggested ideas.

Other Suggested Activities for Today: Global citizenship

A global citizen is aware of and understands the wider world - and their place in it.

Children all over the world are in lockdown. Write an acrostic poem using each letter of

LOCKDOWN, sharing things you can do both inside and outside. Stick the poem on your window for

people walking past to see and they may be inspired by your ideas.

What is an Acrostic Poem?

An acrostic poem is a poem which the first letter of each line spells out a word, name, or phrase

when read vertically. Acrostic poems don’t need to rhyme.

Watch this video clip to remind you of acrostic poems.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4mmn39/articles/ztdvw6f

For Art on Tuesday children will need card and glue (cereal boxes etc could be used

for card).

Literacy – Spelling words

Mild (Mrs

Pearce’s group)

Spicy Hot

Twin letter ff

words

double consonants double consonants

cuff admission constellation

stuff successful crestfallen

cliff fossil disallowed

sniff possibly accessorise

puff possible discussion

staff raffle excessive

bluff effort progressive

stiff scaffold classification

fluffy shuffle successful

suffer graffiti

Maths activities

Mild

Spicy

Hot

If you would like a further challenge, there are some optional extra tasks for the week

on the website.