Wednesday 1st April 2020
Don't forget to check SAM Learning for tasks to complete. Tasks will be set on there throughout the week.
Maths
Practise your 4 times tables to get you started today.
Set up a daily 10 challenge using the link below. Practice the 4 times tables and give yourself 5 or less seconds to complete them.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Today we will be continuing to practise the grid method for multiplication.
It involves partitioning numbers into tens and ones before they are multiplied.
https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-is-the-grid-method
Watch this video to remind you how to do it.
Now choose your challenge for today:
Choose a challenge based on how you found the questions yesterday.
If you want more practice of yesterday’s task choose Challenge 1, if you want to try questions a little more difficult than yesterday choose Challenge 2.
You only need to complete one of the challenges.
Challenge 1: TOxO – Use sheet C to complete calculations.
Challenge 2: TOxO – Use sheet D to complete calculations.
Writing
Take a look at the acrostic poem below.
An acrostic poem is a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a specific word. This can be one word per line or a sentence per line.
Choose one of the challenges below to have a go at today.
Challenge 1) Write your own acrostic poem with a word of your choice using one word per line.
Challenge 2) Write your own acrostic poem with a word of your choice using a sentence on each line.
You can choose any word but the words and sentences in your poem should link back to this word.
If you are stuck for a word to write about try EASTER.
Reading
Read the text and answer the questions.
Here are the answers to check your answers after.