P7 - Week Beginning 22 Mar 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 our Comparative Country Investigation - India/Kenya. These words may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=2796045

(or you can use the link -

http://www.spellingcity.com/buckstonep7/ and select the Comparative Country Study vocabulary - 20 Mar list).



Topic Work - Comparative Study - Kenya / India

Undertake research into your country of study and find some statistical information (facts and figures). You should find the same information for Scotland to allow a comparison.

You should find 3 sets of information.
For example:
Coastline length -
Kenya 536Km, (ref http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_length_of_coastline)
Scotland 13,115 Km (includes islands) (ref: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/stat-ses/sest2-1.htm)


P7 A
Square Group - Prime, composite and factor numbers
Prime number is one which can only be divided evenly by itself or 1, eg 3,5,7,11
Factor number, is a number which divides exactly into another for example, 1,2,3,4,6,12 are factors of 12.
Composite number is one which can be divided evenly by other numbers. (The oppposite of a prime number).

Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/ .


Circle PLUS
To consolidate understanding of converting grams & kg.
Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/ .

Circle
To consolidate understanding of long multiplication.
Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/ .

Triangle
To consolidate understanding of perimeter.
Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/ .

Rectangle
To review numbers in sequence.
Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/ .

P7 B

HEXAGON GROUP

Following our work on equations, find the input, output and functions on this website- http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/algebra/5-6/activities/functionmachine/functionmachine5_6.html

PARALLELOGRAM GROUP

Work on these challenging number patterns and sequences-

http://e-learningforkids.org/Courses/EN/M1107/index.html

TRAPEZIUM GROUP

Calculate ratio using the activities on the website-http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/ratioandproportion/ratio/activity.shtml

Energy Project

Energy Investigation

To support the pupils visit to Boroughmuir - Science Energy Project, they require some background understanding of Energy.

• Types of Energy
• Where it comes from
• How it is converted
• Advantages/Disadvantages
• Renewable/Non-renewable

To support this a series of experiments/investigations are undertaken in class.

Experiments/Investigations

The following are useful websites to support the investigations.

Details on all energy resources http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/

Details on renewable energy http://www.scienceonline.co.uk/energy/renewable-energy.html

How things work http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Investigation Stations are:

1. Water Power
2. Solar Power
3. Wind Power
4. Renewable/Non-renewable resources
5. Pollution
6. Fossil Fuel Power
7. Nuclear Power

4. Renewable/Non-renewable resources - uses http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/Activate/Home_page/our_products/Games/Energy%20Hungry%20Mice.aspx

P7 - Week Beginning 15 Mar 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 Energy. The pupils are investigating energy this week, which will include working with other P7 pupils in the cluster at Boroughmuir High School on Wednesday. These words may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=2754428

(or you can use the link -

http://www.spellingcity.com/buckstonep7/ and select the Energy vocabulary - 15 Mar list).



Topic Work - Comparative Study - Kenya / India

Undertake research into your the area you have been allocated to investigate. You should collate this information into a usable format to support your agreed presentation method as agreed with the class / partner. (Remember to gather equivalent information on Scotland, if applicable, to allow comparison).


P7 A
Square Group - Estimating
Work through the short quiz at:
http://www.edontheweb.com/the_ed_files_flash.asp?ModuleID=126&MovieName=EdMaths1.swf
Then have a go at Stage 6 on http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Estimate/estimate.html

Circle PLUS
To consolidate understanding of division by 10, 100, 1000
Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/ .

Circle
Calculations for perimeter in metres - use a calculator to support this work
Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/ .


Triangle
Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/ .
Two lines of Symmetry - http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/reflection.swf - select the 'Next' button, then 'Random', so that one quarter of the pattern is filled in.

Rectangle
To consolidate understanding of equivalent fractions.
Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/ .

P7 B

PARALLELOGRAM GROUP

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/time/index.htm

Work on the activities to consolidate your knowledge of reading and understanding different methods of recording time.

HEXAGON GROUP

http://http//www.wmnet.org.uk/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/846/Triangularcards.swf

Work on the examples which consolidate your addition and subtraction skills within 100. Transfer these skills to decimals.

TRAPEZIUM GROUP

http://http//nrich.maths.org/4821

This week we will be working on problem solving tasks in the classroom. Try these examples as part of this week's homework-Ratio Pairs 3

Match the Matches

The Factors and Multiples Game

P7 - Week Beginning 8 Mar 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 those ending with 'ant' and 'ent'. These may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=2689517

(or you can use the link -

http://www.spellingcity.com/buckstonep7/ and select the Words with - ant, ent endings - 8 Mar list).

Literacy / Maths / Social Studies

Continuing on from the survey work undertaken last week.

Results from 15 of the houses surveyed have been collated onto a spreadsheet found at:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t4kVbxFmM28kiNWyQ0bm17A&output=html


You should analyse this information using your knowledge of Maths to determine:

1. The average (mean) number of book types in each house. (The average children's books has been calculated for you as an example).

2. The average number of books in total in a house.

3. The range of the book types found in each house. (This has been identified for the children's books).

It is important in Social Studies work that you can critically look at some data and form an opinion on what the data is "telling" you. For example, is the data what you expected, if not then what might be the reasons for the difference.

Critically look at the data and answer the following.

Maps
4. Some houses have zero or very few maps - why do you think they have a small number?
5. One house has a very large number of maps compared to the others - why do you think they have a lot of maps?

Fiction - Children vs Senior/Adult
6. Which is most popular in a house, children or senior/adult?
7. Why do you think this is the case?

8. Children's books appear to have the greatest range, why do you think this is the case ?
9. What might affect the number of children's books in a house?

Based on the number of books identified in the survey, you might conclude that books are important to these houses.

10. Why do you think they are important?
11. What advantages/benefits can you think of for having books ?
12. Today, so much information is available electronically (digitally), for example on the Internet. Can you think of any advantages/benefits of using electronic books, rather than paper ones?

13. Find one other fact, or provide one more opinion based on the data.