Celebrating Burns Day with Scottish Themed Tasks
Today marks a special Burns Day with tasks focusing on Scottish and Burns-themed activities. From researching a Burns Supper to learning about Robert Burns and delving into Scottish culture, students will have an enriching experience. Completing literacy tasks, exploring mathematics, and embracing Scottish traditions like a Burns Supper menu challenge will make this day memorable for everyone involved.
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Happy Burns Day! Monday Today our tasks have a Scottish or Burns Theme. Spelling Literacy Other Maths Plan your own Burn Supper *Research and find out what you would need to host a Burn s Supper. What would people eat? What would they drink? What would you wear? Would there be entertainment? https://www.scotland.org/events/burn s-night/the-ultimate-guide-to-burns- night *Watch this animation of Robert Burns life. https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=qMxIBqpryG0 *Make notes as you watch, then use your notes to create an interesting paragraph about the life of Robert Burns. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16 722720 - Another clip to help you. Commas: performance, surprise, bizarre, dilemma, permanent, boisterous, disappear, improvise, persuade, persuasion, technique. Burns Comprehension. Click this link to read an article about Robert Burns. Complete the questions in your jotter or on a word document. Burns P7 Comprehension Whole Class Chilli Challenge 213+57= 135+226= All of the words this week are common words. 36153+389= Full Stops: weight, ache, column, enthusiastic, lovely, receive, weird, acquire, concentration, environment. scots5-WestCentral Look at this list, 100 Key Scots Words, can you use the list to write some sentences in Scots? Challenge a grown up to read and understand your sentences. Plan your own Burn Supper Look at this Burns Supper menu t-c-254206-burns-supper- menu_ver_1 Make a list of the ingredients you will need for this meal. You have a budget of 30 to buy all the ingredients. Using supermarket websites can you find all the ingredients within your budget? Remember your guests need a drink too, what Scottish drink can you give people? All of the spelling words this week are common words. Task: Which of the spelling strategies will help you to spell each word? Write each word with the spelling strategy. Find out the meaning of each word. Enjoy some Burns. Click this link to hear Paulo Nutini singing A Man s A Man Paolo Nutini - A Man's a man for a' that YouTube
You can use your homework jotter to complete these tasks. You will find the required worksheets / games / videos within each weeks file on our P7 Team. When clicking on a link, ensure you are in slideshow mode. Tuesday Spelling Literacy Other Maths Dragonfire Summary Click on the link to complete a summary of chapters 8-14. Dragonfire - summary 8- 14 Table of the Week 8 x table. Focus on the 8 times table this week, remember accuracy then speed. Try to write it out as many times as you can. Can you find a song on you tube to help you remember it? Test yourself on hit the button or ask someone in your house to test you. Are you improving? https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths- games/hit-the-button Commas: performance, surprise, bizarre, dilemma, permanent, boisterous, disappear, improvise, persuade, persuasion, technique. HWB: Create an exercise plan for your class to follow. Your exercise should last for 30 minutes and include a gentle warm up and a relaxing cool down. Topic: Let s think about keeping animals in captivity. Are zoos a good idea? Should animals be able to live free in their natural habitat? What about endangered species, is it safe for them to roam free? Look at this Power Point Zoos Are Cruel and the Animals Should Be Released Into the Wild pp Remember a summary isn t detailed information, it is only the most important points. Full Stops: weight, ache, column, enthusiastic, lovely, receive, weird, acquire, concentration, environment. Other Books: What s been happening in your book so far? Introduce me to what you are reading, where is it set, who are the main characters. How much of the book have you read? What do you think will happen next? Would you recommend this book to me? Why? This task is only for people who have spoken to me or Miss Gallacher and are reading something other than Dragonfire. Hexagons & Pentagons: Complete the Best Buy Comparisons. TJ 2a Best Buys Circles: Money, word problems. Task: Write each word three times and a sentence for each. Complete the research task from slide 5. You will find information from the website of zoos. Remember you can research any zoo in the world! Horizon explores the existence of Zoos - Horizon: Should We Close Our Zoos? - BBC Two YouTube This clip is helpful. https://vimeo.com/503451125 First watch this clip to help you. SHM 5 - Textbook page 61
You can use your homework jotter to complete these tasks. You will find the required worksheets / games / videos within each weeks file on our P7 Team. Remember to have this PowerPoint on slideshow for the links to work. Wednesday Spelling Reading Other Maths Commas: performance, surprise, bizarre, dilemma, permanent, boisterous, disappear, improvise, persuade, persuasion, technique. Whole Class Chilli Challenge Dragonfire Visualisation Ann Forbes gives us a fantastic detailed description of both Arthur (page 86) and Nessie (page 88.) Topic: Zoos are you for or against? 154+49= 233+129= Complete some more research to help you decide. Type KS2 Zoos into You Tube and you will find lots of information. These sheets will help you too. Use this information to create your own visualiser. This template may help you. Character Visualiser 6153+389= Full Stops: weight, ache, column, enthusiastic, lovely, receive, weird, acquire, concentration, environment. Hexagons and Pentagons: Mixed Money Problems. Watch these 3 teaching videos: https://vimeo.com/503422851 https://vimeo.com/503425403 https://vimeo.com/503428040 Then complete exercise 5 questions 1-6. TJ2a Mixed Money Problems Information-about-zoos Other books: Select one of the main characters. Skim through the book and note down any information the author gives about the character that helps you to visualise them and imagine them as you read. You can use the template above. Use the visualiser above to draw the character. Technical-vocabulary zoos Task: Select one of the fun spelling activities (such as rainbow spelling, pyramid spelling, bubble writing) and practise your spelling words. Make notes to explain your reasons for your view WHY do you think zoos are good or bad. Tomorrow we will be writing PERSUASIVE LETTERS USING THIS INFORMATION. Circles: Money Word Problems 1
You can use your homework jotter to complete these tasks. You will find the required resources within each weeks file in Teams. Remember to have this PowerPoint on slideshow for the links to work. Thursday Spelling Reading Other Maths Dragonfire Comprehension Topic: Using your notes from yesterday write a persuasive letter to our class. You are trying to either persuade them to support zoos or to stop visiting zoos. Commas: performance, surprise, bizarre, dilemma, permanent, boisterous, disappear, improvise, persuade, persuasion, technique. Hexagons & Pentagons: More Mixed Money Problems. Complete Questions 7-12 TJ2a Mixed Money Problems From your reading of chapters 8- 14 answer these questions, Dragonfire Comprehension (8-14) Begin your letter Dear Primary 7 Full Stops: weight, ache, column, enthusiastic, lovely, receive, weird, acquire, concentration, environment. Other Books: Select your favourite part of the book so far. Create a comic strip to summarise the main ideas from this part of the story. Don t forget to include speech and thought bubbles. Remember everything we know about Persuasive writing, these posters and checklist will help you. au-l-53230-writing-a-persuasive- text-display-poster T-L-2407-Persuasive-Writing-Word- Mat_ver_1 Circles: Money-Word-Problems 2 Task: Use diacritical marking to help spell your words. All Groups: Don t forget the table of the week! Keep practising the 8x table. Try the Coconut Multiples game. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ti mes-tables/coconut-multiples Practise for tomorrow s spelling check. As a grown up to test you. t2-e-310-persuasive-texts- checklist_ver_3 You can copy this template onto paper or print it out if you prefer. comic-strip-blank I am looking forward to reading these!
You can use your homework jotter to complete these tasks. You will find the required worksheets / games / videos within each weeks file. Remember for the links to work, you must be in slideshow mode. Friday Reading Other Spelling Maths RE: Judaism Passover The story of the Passover - 2nd level Religious and moral education - BBC Bitesize Write a paragraph about the Jewish festival of Passover. There is a link between Passover and The Last Supper, do you know what it is? Sustained Read Read chapters 15 22 of Dragonfire. Hexagons & Pentagons: More Mixed Money Problems. Complete Questions 7-12 TJ2a Mixed Money Problems Today is spelling test day! Circles: BBC iPlayer - Bitesize: 7-9 Year Olds - Week 6: 4. Maths plus Working Out Change Use Sumdog to help with your numeracy skills. I ll be in touch with details, until then, keep practising! Dragonfire 1-14 summary for pupils Click on this link for my summary of chapters 1-14. This will help you if you are finding the plot a little bit confusing. Other books: Friday is sustained read day! Enjoy a long sustained read for around 30 minutes. Remember you can use Epic to download a book. www.getepic.com/students Class Code: lbc7699 Topic: Climate Change What is climate change? Why does it happen? What impact is it having on the world? Create a poster to show what you have learned. Climate Change: Crash Course Kids #41.2 YouTube All groups: BBC iPlayer - Bitesize: 9-11 Year Olds - Week 6: 4. Maths plus Value for Money Watch this clip What is climate change? - CBBC Newsround Quiz: How much do you really know about climate change? - BBC Bitesize
