DISTANCE LEARNING – WEEK BEGINNING 31.5.20Sunday : To explain which material would be suitable to make an object.IntroductionToday children will be using their knowledge of materials to think about what the best material would be to make the following items : boat, wellington boot and bridge.

Key questions

Will this material float?Is it strong?Is it flexible?Is it waterproof?

TaskChildren will be thinking about different materials and their properties. They will then decide which of those materials would make a good boat, boot and bridge and why. They need to explain the properties of the materials and the reasons why they chose them.

IChallengeChildren to think about which materials would not be suitable to make a boat/bridge/boot out of and why?

MondayTo use the word ‘but’ correctly in a sentence.

Introduction:

Sunday: Telling the starting timeIntroductionToday children will be focusing on starting times. Children will be given a time and asked what time it was 30 minutes and 1 hour previously. They will be shown the minute hand and hour hand moving accordingly.

Key QuestionsHow do you count back in time?How do you know whether to move the minute or hour hand?How many minutes do we need to count back?

TaskPupils will be counting back in time and drawing hands on the clocks to show the time. For example, 30 minutes before 4.00 is 3.30.Workbook page 145-146

Monday - Telling the starting timeIntroductionToday children will be focusing on starting times. The children

Today children will be finding out how to extend a sentence using the word ’but’.

Key questions.How do I use the word ‘but’ in a sentence?Can you extend a sentence using the word ’but’?

Task

Children will be extending sentences about thesnail from the book ‘The Snail and the Whale’ using the word ‘but’

will be able to find the start time given the end time and the duration. The pupils are reviewing placing hands on the clock from a known end time and duration. They are also solving a word problem.

Key QuestionsHow do you count back in time?How do you know whether to move the minute or hour hand?How many minutes do we need to count back?

TaskPupils will be counting back in time and drawing hands on the clocks to show the time. For example, 50 minutes before 4.00 is 3.10Workbook page 147

Tuesday: To write a postcard from the Snail. Introduction :

Today, the children are going to be writing a postcard as the

Tuesday: C omparing time in hours and minutes

IntroductionToday in maths the children will compare the time of different activities. They will discuss the duration of each activity and

snail. We will be learning about the features of a postcard and what exciting content we need to write about.

Key questions

What tense will you be writing in?Will you be using ‘I’ or the snail?What descriptive writing can you use in your sentences?

Ta sk Children are to design and write a postcard to their friends, as the snail, describing all your adventures with the whale.

discuss which activity took the slowest/fastest time. They will arrange the activities in order from slowest to fastest/fastest to slowest.

Key QuestionsWhat does the word duration mean?What time did ___ start at?What was the duration of Holly’s reading time?How do you know that ___ was the slowest/fastest?

TaskMaths no problem book pages 149

Wednesday: Design an adventure map. IntroductionToday, the children will be looking at the feature and purpose of adventure maps. We will be looking at how you read them and what they were used for.

Wednesday: Chapter consolidationIntroductionThe children will be reviewing what they have learnt in chapter 14: Time. The children will review how to read the time on an analogue clock. They will also review how to find minutes/hours later of a given time and they will review how to compare the duration of times in hours and minutes.

Key questionsWhat is the purpose of a map?How would we read this map?Why would the snail and the whale use a map on their adventure?

TaskChildren are to create map that shows the adventures of the snail and the whale. They are to draw the different places visited clearly and label their work.

Key QuestionsWhat hand is the minute/hour hand?How do you count forward in time?How do you count backward in time?What was the duration of ____ race?How do you know that ___ was the fastest/slowest?

TaskMaths no problem book pages 152, 153 and 154

Thursday: Spelling Practice

Today you are going to be practice your spelling words. When you practice your spellings you should use the method: Look and say the word, cover the word, write the word and then correct it if you need to. Remember to use your phonics sounds to help you if it is a green word.

Thursday: Mental MathsToday you are going to be finding 2 more and 2 less than a number.