Monday 18th January

Good morning everyone, I hope you all have had a lovely weekend.

This week in maths we are going to be learning about 3D shapes.  3D is short for 3 dimensional, it means you can pick it up.  If something is 2D or 2 dimensional it is like a drawing, you can’t hold it in your hands.

Here is a shape mat to help you.  It shows you the 3D shape and gives you its name.  You might want to have it nearby to help you with the PowerPoint.

3D shape mat

Have a look at this PowerPoint.

Name the 3D shape

Remember, that vocabulary of face, vertices and edge are really important.

If we were in school,  we would have the big box of 3D shapes out so you would be able to see them and hold them. You would be able to point out the vertices, edges and faces and count them.  Today I would like you to make a 3D shape collection.  You could do a search around your house,  can you find and cylinders, spheres, cuboids, cubes or square based pyramids?  If you can’t find all of the shapes, here is a selection you can print and make so that we all have the shapes with us for our work this week.

3D shape nets

Once you have your shape collection, have a look at each shape and find the faces, vertices and edges.  You don’t need to write anything down but I would like you to be familiar with the vocabulary.

Today, in English, we are going on a visit. You won’t need a packed lunch and you definitely won’t need a warm coat although, you may wish to bring an umbrella!!

See if you can guess from this video.  You only need to watch the first 1 minute and 10 seconds.

Yep, you’ve guessed it, we are going to finding out all about rainforests and their amazing creatures for our English.  This week we are going to be writing information texts all about what we find out.

Have a look at this PowerPoint.

Monday PowerPoint

And here is your sheet.

Monday sheet

Today I would like you to create a glossary from the text in the PowerPoint.  Choose 5 words, order them alphabetically and then explain them.  You may wish to use a dictionary to find out what they mean or perhaps an internet search.  If you choose to do an internet search, make sure you put ‘for kids’ after you type in the word.

If you have a little time, have a look at this.

Please can you choose a reading comprehension suitable for you and have a read then answer the questions. Comprehension 3 is the most tricky.

Wildlife Comprehension 1

Wildlife Comprehension 2

Wildlife Comprehension 3

Please can you practise your spellings.

Have a little brain break and enjoy a story.

Supertato

Last week, in our topic work we found out how farming began. This afternoon, I would like you to think about where are food comes from.  We are very lucky, in Shropshire, we are never too far from a farm.  Have a look at this PowerPoint.

Where does our food come from PowerPoint

Now have a go at sorting these foods into those that come from animas and those that come from plants.

Where food comes from