Task 

Guidance for adults 

Children should present their learning using just2easy on Hwb (in j2write, there are platforms to present learning as writing / animations / graphs etc.). Encourage the children to save their learning, naming it appropriately. The children have done this before but may need some guidance. If this proves difficult for any reason, use LearningLog / other paper.  

Suggested Time 

Free Reading 

Read their own choice of text, preferably with a hard copy in front of them.  

Variations of this: 

• Try to vary the types of texts that they read (e.g. stories, reports, magazines, timetables etc.) 

• Silent reading, reading out loud to a sibling / listening to someone else read, reading a novel together over the course of a couple of weeks etc.  

• This may bring up opportunities to write in role as a character (diary), write to/from a character (letter), rewrite a story in your own words, create a prequal / sequel to a story etc.  

30 mins

Activelearn Maths 

(personal logins given) 

These activities will help them consolidate their understanding of number and calculation. I will post on the school website which activities to complete and in which order.  

They should complete these activities with some paper and a pencil/pen (use Learning Logs if necessary). They should have a go at the activity on paper, then self-assess their answers.  

If all their answers are correct, they should choose one answer, and prove how they know it’s correct.  

If some of their answers are correct, choose one of their incorrect answers and explain the error that they made. How are they going to try and make sure that they don’t make this error again? This may or may not require a conversation with an adult.  

If most answers are incorrect, have a chat with them to see where their misconceptions are. Ensure that they are in a situation where they can think back to what they do know, and not focus on the elements of the question that they don’t know (we talk about this a lot in class).  

They will also get Problem Solving Investigations, which will be a document with numbered challenges. Children should work through these (preferably with an adult) as far as they can get.  

Each screen should take 10 mins 

(including analysing their answers using the questions given) 

Driving Tests should take 15 mins 

Problem Solving Investigations 50 mins 

Spelling list 

A spelling list will be posted every week. 

Daily activity using spelling list: 

• Dictionary Definitions Look up the word in a dictionary (preferably a hard copy rather than online). Write down the definition.  

• Sentences Write a sentence that contains the words in your list 

• Handwriting Practise writing the sentences that you wrote yesterday in your neatest handwriting. 

• Verbal test Test the children at remembering each spelling word as a conversation (no pen and paper) 

• Written test  Test the children at remembering each spelling word formally, on paper.  

25 mins for each activity 

Giglets 

Use the logins given to access the website.  

The children have been allocated books and two tasks relating to those books.  

I will post instructions of which books to read and tasks to complete. 

When reading a book for the first time, read it twice to ensure it is understood. Encourage the children to use their Guided Reading strategies.  

“How do we read?” Out loud, with expression.  

“What do we do if we’re not sure what the word says?” Look at the sounds, make the sounds, blend the sounds together.  

“What do we do if we don’t know what the word means?” Read the sentence and the sentences around it for clues. Think about what word class it is. Think about what words would make sense in its place. 

Reading Test Questions - 

These are comprehension questions to be answered after reading the book. When complete, have another go at the questions that you didn’t answer correctly. This may/may not require a conversation with an adult. 

Higher Order Thinking Skills questions -  

Each new type of question should be answered in more detail than the last.  

Re-write the story - 

Use their own words to re-write the story that they read. 

20 mins reading 

30 mins Reading Test Questions  

30 mins Higher Order Thinking Skills 

Re-write the story 60 mins 

Writing Task 

I will set activities that will build up throughout a week.  

30mins – 1 hour each