P5 Towerbank Learning@Home - Week beginning Monday 18th January, 2021
P5 Towerbank Learning@Home Week beginning Monday 18th January, 2021
Have you seen the Primary 5 Stream Channel?
It’s where you can find videos and lessons recorded
by your teachers each week to support your
learning. You can access it by signing into Teams
then clicking the link in the General channel-look
for the post titled ‘Troubleshooting’ (see the image
below) and you will find the link there. If you are
having difficulty accessing it, please ask the P5
teachers and we will do our best to help.
Make a Plan
Lots of people find it really helpful to plan out the activities that they are going to do
each week. Making a weekly timetable is a great way of planning your learning and
ensuring you are achieving. Create a timetable for the week ahead and write down the
activiities you are going to have a go at. You can design your own or fill out the blank
timetable included in your packs (see the sheet titled ‘Create your own timetable’).
Don’t forget to include things like excercise, time outdoors, reading and relaxing too!
Literacy and English
• Punctuation and Grammar: Time to work on our proofreading and editing skills! Read through the paragraph
‘Snow Ice Cream’ and see if you can find and correct the 10 mistakes within the
paragraph. The mistakes could be punctuation, grammar or spelling.
• I’m a Celebrity… Spelling challenge!
Take a look at the ‘I’m a Celeb’ spelling challenge PowerPoint that has been
uploaded to teams (the slides are also included in your pack). Choose some
spelling words from your own list or the lists included in this pack to complete the
challenge.
How many stars will you win?!
• Reading: Continue reading for enjoyment. You might be reading a book from
home, choosing one of the books available on Epic https://www.getepic.com
(Class Code: ghs0944) or listening to Night Bus Hero on our P5 Stream channel.
• Writing: Assignment Task
Old Edinburgh (see ‘Additional Curricular Areas’ section for details)
https://www.getepic.com/
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• Writing: The Hole in the Fence
Describe what the boy can see on the other
side of the fence.
Write at least 5 sentences and try to include
ambitious adjectives.
Extra: Could you expand your paragraph to
create a short story? Remember ‘Story
Mountain’-every good story should have a
beginning/introduction, build up, a
problem/climax, a resolution (how the
problem is solved) and an ending.
Numeracy and Maths
Fabulous Fractions!
This week we will begin our New maths topic. Watch Fractions lesson 1, which has
been uploaded to our P5 Stream. We will continue to work on multiplication and
division in numeracy and the activities below will support you with this.
Lesson 1 helps to explain how to do the fraction questions that are in this booklet.
• Audio Maths: Test your mental maths skills by having a go at the Rainbow Quiz. Cloud Rating 1 is aimed at Primary 5. Each colour level has 10 questions.
You will need paper and a pencil to write down your answers-good luck! https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/rainbow-maths-2nd-Level/z7hyhcw
• Learn the Grid Method for Multiplication: Watch the ‘Grid Method’ lesson which has been uploaded to our P5 Stream channel.
If you are unable to watch it, the slides from the Powerpoint are in the Maths and
Numeracy Resources section of this pack.
Now see if you can have a go at using it to solve the multiplication problems below: Mild: 15 x 6, 16 x 7, 23 x 4, 27 x 5, 32 x 3
Medium: 26 x 8, 37 x 7, 48 x 8, 52 x 9, 68 x 4
Spicy: 98 x 5, 126 x 3, 113 x 7, 149 x 8, 184 x 6
Now try one of the worksheets in the Maths and Numeracy Resources section to help build
your confidence using the grid method.
Just like the questions above, you can choose from Mild, Medium or Spicy.
• Skyscraper Arrays: Using coloured paper, have a go at creating your own skyscraper array art using times
tables facts of your choice. Choose a times table fact then cut coloured paper into
rectangles (or other shapes if you’re feeling creative!) to create the array for it. The array
will be the windows of your skyscraper. Here are some examples below:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/rainbow-maths-2nd-Level/z7hyhcw
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• Maths Worksheets (see Maths and Numeracy Resources section attached below grid) –
‘Monkeys Multiply by 7’, ‘Practise the 8 Times Table’ .
• Strategy: Learn how to play the game Pico, Fermi, Bagel (similar to the board game
Mastermind) and teach it to someone. All you need is paper and a pencil. The game
begins with one person secretly choosing a 3 or 4-digit number with no repeated digits.
Other players attempt to guess the number, and the one who chose the number responds to
each guess as follows:
➢ If the guess has no numbers correct, they respond: "Bagel." B
➢ For each digit the guess has correct, but in the wrong place, they respond: "Pico." P
➢ For each digit the guess has correct and in the correct place, they respond: "Fermi." F
➢ Here is an example on the whiteboard below:
Additional Curricular Areas
Assignment Task
➢ This will be submitted to an ‘Assignment Folder’ that can only be seen by the
Primary 5 teachers and will not be visible to other children on Teams.
➢ Your response from your teacher will also be private and will only be able to be
viewed by you.
➢ Check the General Channel for instructions on how to submit an assignment or ask
the P5 teachers if you are unsure.
• Old Edinburgh: Watch the accompanying video on the P5 Stream Channel or read
the transcript in your pack.
The streets around Edinburgh in the 1500s were usually named after a business or
trade that went on there, or were named after a person who lived there.
When you walk around the Old Town today, look out for some of these names which
have stuck ever since.
Once you have got the hang of it, see if you
can have a go at this problem:
What is the minimum number of guesses needed
that will allow you to always determine a secret
number:
Where the secret number has one digit?
Where the secret number has two digits?
Where the secret number has three digits?
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Here are some of the streets that you can still see in Edinburgh today.
What do you think originally went on in these streets (you might have to do a wee bit
of research for one or two of them)?
1. Old Fishmarket Close
2. Fleshmarket Close
3. Advocates Close
4. Candlemaker Row
5. Skinner’s Close
Imagine that you were a tradesman living in the Old Town of Edinburgh at this time.
- What job might you have done?
- What might your street have been called?
- What would life have been like for you?
Think carefully about the sights, the sounds and the smells that would be all around
you. See if you can create a piece of writing that describes what your life might
have been like. You can find a planning page in your pack.
You could choose to write it in one of the following ways:
• A diary entry for a particular day.
• A letter to a friend who is thinking of visiting
• A short story about an event that happened
Alternatively, you could draw a picture of a street scene from Old Edinburgh that
sums up what it might have been like.
• Social Studies – Celebrate MLK Day on Monday 18th January
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15th, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. made it his
life’s mission to bring compassion, fairness and racial equality to all throughout the
1950s and 1960s.
‘Let's Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day’ ~ Kids Books Read Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPdKODOncIE
• Virtual Field Trip:
You may not be able to visit in person at the moment but choose from one of the
places listed on https://www.teachpal.co.uk/virtual-trips-for-children/ to go on a virtual
field trip. Once you have finished your visit, create a poster sharing at least 5 interesting
facts you have learned about the place you chose.
• STEM - Instant Ice Cream :
This week we are creating ice cream......without a freezer!
Follow the instructions provided to create your own delicious ice cream.
You will need the following items to make your ice cream: (see the next page)…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPdKODOncIEhttps://www.teachpal.co.uk/virtual-trips-for-children/
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Any kind of milk (cow’s milk, soya milk, nut milk etc) will work for this experiment.
Here are some questions to consider during and after the experiment:
Watch out for ‘STEM with Miss Gow’ on the P5 Stream channel for some bonus STEM activities!
• Virtual Field Trip:
You may not be able to visit in person at the moment but choose from one of the
places listed on https://www.teachpal.co.uk/virtual-trips-for-children/ to go on a virtual
field trip. Once you have finished your visit, create a poster sharing at least 5 interesting
facts you have learned about the place you chose.
• Music Task – look at the last page of the book to see Miss Findlay’s music activity!
Supporting Learning Ideas - Signposts of the Week:
➢ Crystal Explorers: LITERACY - Use your grammar, punctuation and spelling knowledge
to unlock challenges and explore new worlds in this cool new game from BBC Bitesize.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkbkf4j/articles/zbm8scw
➢ Guardians: Defenders of Mathematica: NUMERACY - Choose a character, then add,
subtract, divide and multiply your way to victory in this fun maths game!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd2f7nb/articles/zn2y7nb
➢ Typing Club: Typing Club is a free resource that gives children the chance to develop
their typing skills through a range of games, videos and challenges.
https://www.typingclub.com/
➢ I See Maths provides daily maths lessons, activity videos and games that children can
join in with (the Year 3 and 4 and some of the Year 5 videos would be most
appropriate) http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/
https://www.teachpal.co.uk/virtual-trips-for-children/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkbkf4j/articles/zbm8scwhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd2f7nb/articles/zn2y7nbhttps://www.typingclub.com/http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/
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Maths and Numeracy
Resources
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Grid Method Powerpoint (if unable to access video on P5 Stream Channel)
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Grid Method - Mild
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Grid Method - Medium
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Grid Method - Spicy
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Literacy Resources
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Proofreading and Editing Skills
Snow Ice Cream
This paragraph explains how to make ice cream from snow.
Can you find and correct all 10 mistakes in the paragraph?
They could be spelling, grammar or punctuation mistakes.
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Life in Old Edinburgh
Imagine that you were a tradesman living in the Old Town of Edinburgh in
the 1500s. Create a piece of writing that describes what your life might have
been like.
Use these questions to write down your ideas and help you plan your writing.
Draw a picture of what you might have looked like in the middle.
What can you see around you?
What do the streets look like?
What is your house like?
What is your name?
What age are you?
What is your job?
How do you feel?
What are your hopes for the future? What can you hear and smell around you?
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If you are feeling confident with the words listed above, you may want to try
some of these.
Additional High Frequency Words
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Other Curricular Areas
Resources
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STEM- Instant Ice Cream
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Create Your Own Timetable
Primary 5, 6 and 7
Miss Findlay’s Music Activity 2
January 2021
Watch the video and join in the warm up activity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4PrLsEYrY8 ‘My love is Like a Red, Red Rose’ body percussion warm up.
The main activity is to learn a pattern played on ‘Cups’ to the song ’Hullamackadoo.’ You can access the activity sway and video by typing in the code in the address bar of your web browser. https://sway.office.com/BUEegGkT5CMT3DR4?ref=Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4PrLsEYrY8https://sway.office.com/BUEegGkT5CMT3DR4?ref=LinkTop Related