I hope this finds you well.
Topic-understanding the Tectonic jigsaw.
The next few days we are going to look at Earthquakes. Please feel free to look at this video for support. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ_17DgLHfo.
I have uploaded a tectonic map worksheet, which they can use to help them complete the activities, on Hwb classroom called tectonic plate worksheet.
· Bronze. Spotting the UK. Identify which country the UK is. Are we touching a plate boundry? What does that mean about how many earthquakes or active volcanoes we are likely to have? https://geology.com/world/world-map.shtml could help.
· Silver.. Find Iceland, Japan and Switzerland. What do you notice about the location of these counties to plate boundries? Are these countries likely to have earthquakes/volcanoes or mountains?
· Gold. Gold. Can you recreate the map and label the 7 plates plus the UK. You could make a tectonic cake, use paint, minecraft or create a replica outside using string, stones, toys ETc.
Maths-Skip counting in 5s
We shall look at counting in 5s and the pattern that appears when we do so, up to 100. It might be useful to use a counting song, many of which can be found on youtube.
· Bronze. Practice counting in 5s forwards and backwards and colour in the splat number square to show the pattern. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares (that when counting in 5s all numbers end in a 0 or a 5.)
· Silver. Use this link to play a counting in 5 game. They need to identify which 5 is next. https://www.splashlearn.com/math-skills/second-grade/number-sense/count-by-5-s. You can
· Gold. Can you explain the number pattern you discovered earlier? What would happen if you count in 5s starting from a different number, like 3. (They should notice that another pattern emerges, where all the numbers end in 3 or 8) This is because there are ten squares/we count in blocks of ten. There are only two ending numbers because five is half of ten or it takes two 5's to make a ten.
English-Alliteration names
This work looks at Fantastic Mr Fox. If you have the book yourself you could read it with your child, you could also watch the film. Finally, if you want to punish your child I have uploaded a video of me reading the story. I did not realise how long it would be so I would suggest you listen to it in segments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PssbPxVSs8c
Roald Dahl loves to give character names that fit the characters personality. He likes it even better if the name is alliterative. (Alliteration is where two words share the same starting letter). In Fantastic Mr Fox he has an alliteration name that fits his personality. He is fantastic for coming up with a way to rescue all the underground creatures and both of his names start with f. Fantastic Mr Fox
· Bronze. Come up with a new name for Mr Carbis, Mrs Peacock and yourself. These names should fit their personalities.
· Silver. Bonus points if these names use alliteration. I would like to be called Cool Mr Carbis but perhaps you might think Cruel Mr Carbis.
· Gold. Can you come up with names for some of the characters in the story? Like Badger, Rat and the four children of Fantastic Mr Fox.