History Thursday 23rd April

Leisure and Entertainment in the 20th Century

What would you have done after school 100 years ago?

Now that is quite a question!  How much have things changed in the way people live over the last century?  A lot!

 

To narrow it down a bit, let’s look at how leisure activities have changed for children living a hundred years ago, so around 1920, just after World War 1 had ended in 1918.  

(Leisure means what you’d do during your spare time.)  

LC1:  How would you have coped without television or your iPad?

We will need to think beyond our use of iPads etc for school work, especially right now.  Consider what you use iPads, televisions, or any other electronics, for during your own spare time.  What would you do without them? 

What activities did children do back then?  What games did they play?  

What was hoop trundling?

What toys did they have?   Here are some examples of some board games children played.  Do you recognise them?  What else can you find out?  What games and toys were completely different to today’s?  Are any the same, or similar?

I’m looking forward to reading what you’ve found out!

English Thursday 23rd April

 Reporting Clauses

Who said that?

We have learned to include speech marks (inverted commas: “  “) around the words being spoken by someone, for example, within a story.  We also need to be clear as to which person is speaking. 

This will be our reporting clause.  It usually has a reporting verb.  Often, the reporting verb is said (though we do try and use different verbs when we can, such as stammered, cried, whispered etc.).  Remember a comma (,) goes with a reported clause, either before or after it.

"You have awfully hairy legs, Charlotte," said Wilbur, as the spider busily worked at her task.

(Spot the adverb included in this one:)

“I think,” he said quietly, “I think I’ll have just one more of those chocolate bars.” 

"I feel most peculiar," gasped Violet.

Remember you can put the reported clause at the beginning or the middle of the sentence, not just at the end:

Violet gasped, "I feel most peculiar."   

"I feel," Violet gasped, "most peculiar."

Have a go!

1)  "What does that mean?" _______ed Sam.

2)  "My legs are hairy for a good reason, _________ed Charlotte.

Try using reported clauses in your own sentences, with:

3)  whispered

4)  stammered

5)  suggested

6)  cried

7)  muttered

8)  insisted

Maths Thursday 23rd April

Hello there Willow Class 👫👫👫👫👭👬👬👭

Today I would like to continue with our work on decimals.
First, here is a quick recap on finding number bonds to 100.
Here is a video to watch before you complete the questions below.

Now you are ready to apply this learning to our work on decimals.

Think about the one whole  as 10/10 or  100/100 to help you  complete this activity.

English Thursday 23rd April

One bright sunny morning, a solitary teacher sat at her computer to begin her daily blog to the children in her class. Although she loved teaching the children in person, she was really enjoying receiving and reading their work via emails which they sent to her every day. For a while, she sat sipping her morning cup of tea, starring out of the window and wondering what activity she could set.

As she looked out of her window, she could see a beautiful, clear blue sky, she could hear the birds tweeting and the trees that were bursting with blossom swaying gently in the breeze; a perfect day for a scary story......

Today children, I would like you to continue the story from yesterday's reading comprehension.

Before you begin to write, you might like to think about the answer to these questions.

Why was Catherine going to the basement?
What kind of dragon was at the end of the corridor? What did it look like?
Why was the dragon there?
What did the dragon do to Catherine?
What did Catherine do to the dragon?
How did the story end?
Is there a cliff hanger?

To make your story scary you need to build the tension by including descriptions of how the character feels/ behaves. Remember a good writer shows how someone is feeling by describing their actions/behaviour and by what they say or think.

Instead of   She was scared    write  her hand was trembling as she reached out to touch...
Instead of   She whispered," I don't know what to do" write She wondered, "Should I go in? Should I wait here?"

Finally here are some adjectives and verbs you might want to use.

I will be giving 5 merit points to the writers of the best stories and putting them on the blog.
Have fun and watch out for dragons!