Castleview Primary SchoolHome Learning – PRIMARY 7

Daily Tasks – 04.02.21Each day you will receive Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing Home

Learning Tasks. Join your Teacher on TEAMS at 9:30am for a morning welcome and 2:30pm for a daily

round up. The highlighted task below should be submitted on TEAMS

Remember to tweet your work and share on TEAMS@MissWhiteCV @CV_Doyle @MissChapmanCV

Miss White Literacy1. Grammar – Homophones and

HomonymsComplete the tasks under this heading from Mr Doyle’s Literacy.

Before you do, remind yourself of the definitions of homophones and homonyms. You can use an online dictionary, or this webpage could help:English Language KS3: Homophones and Homonyms - BBC Teach

2. SpellingEither test yourself or get somebody at home to test you on all this week’s words. Write out your answers and use the spelling words document posted by me on Monday to check if you got them right. If you got any wrong, don’t worry, highlight them and keep practicing today! This website could help, copy and paste your spelling words and it will read them aloud for you: Free Text to Speech Online with Natural Voices (naturalreaders.com)

3. Bug Cluba) Read chapters 5 and 6 of “The Highwayman’s Revenge”. Answer all the comprehension questions as you go.b) Answer the following questions in your jotter:

1. Where had the glove initially been found, weeks ago?

2. What do you think the author means when they say, “skewering myself on a holly bush”?

3. On page 42, Shona pays Zac lots of compliments, do you think she means them? Why does she compliment Zac at this moment?

4. What did Shona throw the glove into? Why was this a clever choice?

Mr Doyle Literacy1.Grammar- Homophones and homonymsBefore having a go at the tasks below, have a look at this video for more information about homophones and homonyms English Language KS3: Homophones and Homonyms - BBC Teach

a) Write a matching homophone for each word below

1.Which 2.Blue 3. Their 4. Meat 5.Add

b) Based on the clues in the following pairs of images, can you write down the homonym? Question one is already completed as an example

1. Train

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3.

4.

5. Why do you think the book was called “The Highwayman’s Revenge”?

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c) Can you write down 2 sets of different homophones.

d) Can you write down 2 sets of different homonyms.

2. Spelling testEither test yourself or get somebody at home to test you on all this week’s words. Write out your answers and use the spelling words document posted by me on Monday to check if you got them right. If you got any wrong, don’t worry, highlight them and keep practicing today! This website could help, copy and paste your spelling words and it will read them aloud for you: Free Text to Speech Online with Natural Voices (naturalreaders.com)

3.Bug club Read pages 28-41 of the book “Flash the Dog bounces in.” Answer any of the comprehension questions that appear.

Answer these questions in your jotter

a) Would you want a dog like flash? Explain why.

b) Do you think Flash the dog is real or imaginary? Make sure to explain your answer.

Miss White Numeracy1. Number of the day 21

a) How many tens does it have? b) How many units does it have? c) Is it odd or even? D) What is 10 more?E) What is 10 less?f) What is 100 more? g) Can you think of an addition calculation which makes 21? h) Can you think of a subtraction calculation which makes 21? i) Can you think of a multiplication calculation which makes 21?

2. FractionsIgnoring question 1, complete the following questions in your jotter. Remember to use an

Mr Doyle Numeracy1.Number of the day- 1667a) Write this number in words b) what is 145 more than this number?c) What is 96 less than this number?d) Round this number to the nearest 100e) Fill in the missing gaps in this pattern; 0, 1667, ?, 5001, 6668, ?, ?.

2.Multiplication problemsCan you answer questions 2-6 of the following column method multiplication questions? Question 1 is already completed for you. Write the questions and answers in your jotter.A)

online fraction wall to help you, if necessary.

3. Sumdog – Complete today’s fractions challenge, it will be available from 9:30 – 2:55.

B)

3. Sumdog- Have a go at today’s sumdog challenge which goes live from 10:00am until 2:30pm

Health and Wellbeing

1. Complete this workout:8 Minute Kids Workout With Spiderman | The Body Coach TV - YouTube

2.Coping with Change

Write down your answers to these questions.

3. What advice would you give a friend who is struggling with a change in their life?

Example – talk to friends about it.Languages Week

1. If you speak another language at home or someone else in your family does, see if you can bring along something to our afternoon call which represents that language. It might be a book written in the language or a photo taken in a country where the language is spoken, it can be anything at all related to the language.

2. Use this webpage to practise “mi familia” vocabulary again: Talking About Family - KS2 Spanish - BBC Bitesize - BBC Bitesize

3. Watch this video and answer the following questions: Spanish KS2: Meeting a Spanish family - BBC Teach

Where does Cristina live? What festival is she currently celebrating? Who is in her family? Please answer this one in Spanish. What is her dad called? What is her mum called?