Week Beginning: 6 th July 2020 * Hello Canada and Russia classes! I hope that you are all staying safe and that you are keeping busy. Here is your home learning for this week – don’t worry, if you don’t get it all done. I would love to keep hearing from you – so keep sharing your learning with us on the OneDrive. Mrs Smith Miss Pelling Mrs Farrell [email protected][email protected]
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Week Beginning: 6th July 2020
*Hello Canada and Russia classes!
I hope that you are all staying safe and that you are keeping busy.Here is your home learning for this week – don’t worry, if you don’t get it all
done.
I would love to keep hearing from you – so keep sharing your learning with us on the OneDrive.
At Lainesmead, we don’t want those words to disappear from our language. That’s where you come in. Help us keep these words alive by learning them, loving them and sharing them.
*Can you find the 10 Lost Words
hidden in the word search?
BrambleWillowBluebellStarlingRavenLark
DandelionHeatherMagpieConker
*What do you notice about the way the poem is written?
Are there any words you are not sure about?
Have a look at these words:
DazzleThistleNettleDockPerfectionist
*
Investigate any words in the
poems that you do not
understand using the
‘Vocabulary Investigation’
document.
Words to investigate:
Can you find out what these words mean?:
Scale SpireViaSky- wire
Can you write a simple riddle?Choose your own clues to describe the ivy (or another plant)
What am I?
I am evergreen. I like to scale fences, trees and houses. I attract wasps, bees and hover flies.
Can you make a fact leaflet?
Find out more about ivy and use it to make an information leaflet (this could be made on the computer and include pictures and facts):https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/plants/wild-flowers/ivy/
Ivy leaves are symmetrical (the same on both sides). Can you find any leaves that are symmetrical? Can you draw them?
Go on a leaf hunt. How many different types can you find? Can you sort them into groups?
Can measure leaves using a ruler? What is the longest leaf you can find?
Leaf ArtGo on a hunt for leaves, twigs and flowers. Can you make leaf animals, people or trees?
Ivy leaves come in different colours and sizes. How many types can you find? (this could be on a walk, in your garden or researching on the internet). Take some pictures to share.
Ivy Quiz
1. Which insects pollinate the ivy flowers?
2. Which creatures feed on the black ivy berries?
3. What is ivy used for?4. Where might you find ivy?
*What do you notice about the way the poem is written?
Are there any words you are not sure about?
Have a look at these words:GleamSlickSampledClaspShoalingSwarmingSurging
Investigate any words in the poems that you do not
understand using the ‘Vocabulary Investigation’
document.
*You will need:Peanut ButterLoly Pop SticksBird seedToilet paper rollsString
Directions:1. Using a loly pop stick, cover the outside of toilet paper roll with peanut butter.2. Roll the peanut butter covered toilet paper roll in the bird seed until covered.
3. Thread a piece of string through the toilet paper roll and knot.4. Hang where birds can enjoy.
*Once you have made your bird feeder and hung it in the garden, use the ‘Bird Watch Tally Chart’ to record the number of birds you see in your
garden over a period of time (2 or 3 days).Once you have collected this information, complete the ‘Bird Watch
Graph’ to show your results and complete the questions.
*Buttercup, Mistletoe, Leopard, Pelican, Cygnet,
Panther. Create your own Lost Word Acrostic Poem.
*Here are some other ways you can retrieve the lost words.
• Fact File – Choose one the lost words and create a fact file all about them. You could present this as a PowerPoint, poster, leaflet…
• Habitats – Create a suitable habitat to try and encourage the lost words to live in your garden.
• Paper Plate Nature – Using a paper plate (or just paper/card), make some of the different lost words.
• Story Telling – Write a story that includes one of the lost words or is written from their point of view.
• Still Life Art – Go out into the natural world with paper and a pencil. Find a quiet spot to sit in and draw what you can see.
Create a nature bingo sheet for your family and explore the environment.
A few fun ideas to do with the different plants that you might have in your garden or find on a walk.
Using clay or salt dough, roll it out flat and press the different natural objects to make an impression.https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/how-make-salt-dough-recipe
When it’s dry, you could paint the different flowers, leaves and twigs or you could paint the surrounding area and leave the impressions without colour.