Class P4M Date – Monday 27th April 2020 Teacher – Mrs Mackinnon

Alloway Primary School Home Learning

`Area Of Learning Today’s Learning Tasks

Literacy

Monday is spelling day. We continue to work on spelling patterns that we should recognise but with trickier applications.

Italy Germany France Spain and Switzerland

Rule: magic ‘e’ altering the ‘o’ sound

‘ment’ suffix (word ending)

‘ent’ suffix Vocabulary to support our new topic

ropehopeslopejokepokesmokehomedometonestone

arrangementachievementamazementadvertisementdisappointmentexcitemententertainmentenlargementenvironmentgovernment

competentdifferentevidentexcellent frequent intelligentinnocentobedientsilenttransparent

amenityresourcescartographycontextbudgetingavailableadvantagesdisadvantagesoptionssources

Your spelling task is write out your words using a bright colour for the o letter and a different bright colour for the e letter. Say the words out loud as you write them.Please choose four of the words and write a sentence using that word.

Your spelling task is to write out your words with any DOUBLE letters in red, any SILENT letters in blue and with the suffix ‘ment’ in green.Then choose five words and write a sentence using them showing you understand the meaning.

Your spelling task is to write out your words with any DOUBLE letters in red, and all vowels in blue.Then write me five sentences. Each sentence should include TWO of your spelling words, so all spelling words are used. Can you use some wow words too?

Your spelling task is to write out each word in a different colour. Then look up any words you are unsure of in a dictionary so you can use them accurately. Finally write me five sentences where each sentence includes TWO of your spelling words, so all spelling words are used.

Once you’ve finished, please spend 15 minutes reading a book of your choice.

Maths

Mental mathsC - Count forwards and backwards to 100 in 5’s Learn-Its – Ask someone to test you on your 8 X table facts but turn them around! For example, 24 ÷ 8 = ?It’s nothing new! - If 8 x 2 = 16 what is 80 x 2 = ?, 80 x 5 = ?, 80 x 8 = ?Calculation – Mrs Mackinnon went to bed at 10:30pm and woke at 7am. How much sleep did Mrs Mackinnon get?