P7 - Week Beginning 08 Feb 2010

Literacy

Reading
Ongoing reading throughout the week, following the plan agreed by each Literature Circle Group.

Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Thursday.

Words this week are based on 'Technology' words (which support the work being undertaken with the robots). These may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=2487790

(or you can use the link -

http://www.spellingcity.com/buckstonep7/ and select the Technology Vocabulary - 8 Feb list).


Scotland Project Work
Continue to create a pamphlet which sells our great nation (Scotland) to the rest of the world. The criteria for the content and layout of the pamphlet are given on last weeks blog entry.

NOTE - This is the second week of this 2 week activity.

Numeracy & Mathematics
P7 A
Square Group - E6.2 - Match up fractions, % and decimals and create equivalent fractions.

http://www.mathplayground.com/Decention/Decention.html - try to complete to level 3

http://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg3/equivrun/frun.swf - identify equivalent fractions


Circle PLUS - D8.2 - Build various cuboids and determine how to calculate the volume. Start from a small cuboid, then make it larger.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=6

Check converting litres into millilitres - activity set up in http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/

Circle D7.5 - 2D shape - to continue using - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/ collecting points which can be converted into rewards.

Triangle - D3.2 - Fix the calculation

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SumSense/summulti.html - multiplication

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SumSense/sumdiv.html - division

Rectangle - C6.1 - Add on or subtract 1,10, 100 or 1000

Use http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/squaremaker.html
Create your own square (set your own starting number, increment set to 1, 10, 100 or 1000), then select 'make a test' and complete the square.

P7 B

HEXAGON GROUP

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/852/2ring-centrev4.swf

Use the website to work on calclating 10%, 50% and 25% of quantities.

Work on your rounding skills -rounding to the nearest whole number, 100 and 1000.

TRAPEZIUM GROUP

http://www.echalk.co.uk/tasters/taster2/taster.html

Working on the Moonlander game, use your knowledge of equations to help you land on the pads in numerical order.

PARALLELOGRAM GROUP

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/852/measuresv2.swf

Use the website to work on your skills in converting - kg to g, m to cm, l to ml