Spellings: I can spell HOMOPHONES

HOMOPHONES are words that sound the same but have different meanings and are spelled differently.

1. scene 2. seen
3. serial 4. cereal
5. where 6. wear
7. tear 8. tier
9. knight 10. night
11. great 12. grate
13. key 14. quay
15. pane 16. pain

as the spellings are HOMOPHONES this week, I expect you to look in a dictionary for their definitions and to write the definitions on a paper (or in the back of your literacy book).

New Zealand Earthquake

Here is a link to help you write your news story.

Go to CBBC Newsround.

This explains why you get earthquakes.

More dance moves!

Dance moves!!!

Some ideas for our dance!!!

The Jungle Book

We will be tigers! Please do not buy/make costumes yet: I need to check with Miss Lindsay.



We might only do one of these songs or I may mix both and have you in two or three dancing groups.

Watch this space!!!

Under the Sea Karaoke Version

If you find a sing-along version in Spanish, please let me know!!

Shiver My Timbers!

Shiver my timbers, shiver my soul
Yo Ho Heave Ho
There are men whose hearts are as black as coal
Yo Ho Heave Ho

And they sailed their ship across the ocean blue
A blood thirsty captain and a cut-throat crew.
It´s as dark a tale as was ever told
Of a lust for treasure and a love of gold...

Shiver My Timbers, Shiver my sides
Yo ho heave ho
There are hungers as strong as the winds and tides
Yo ho heave ho

And those bucaneers drowned their sins in rum,
The devil himself would have to call em scum!
Every man on board would have killed his mate
for a bag of guineas or a piece of eight, a piece of eight, a piece of eight
5 6 7 8

HULA WOKA HULA WOKA SOMETHING NOT RIGHT
MANY WICKY ICKY THINGS GONNA HAPPEN TONIGHT
HULA WOKA HULA WOKA SAILOR MAN BEWARE

When the money in the ground there´s murder in the air,
Murder in the air.

ONE MORE TIME NOW!



Shiver my timbers, Shiver my bones
Yo ho heave ho
There are secrets that sleep with old Davey Jones
Yo ho heave ho

When the main sails set and the anchor´s weighed
Theres no turning back from any course that´s laid

And when greed and felony sail the sea,
you can bet your boots there'll be treachery HA HA HA

YAAAAAA YA YA YA AAAAAAAA YAAAAAAA

Shiver my timbers, Shiver my sail,
Dead men tell no tales!

Please learn this for my teacher´s assembly on the 25th of February!
Let me know if you find a better version of this song as this one is not very clear!!

Pirate Day: Friday 25th February!

4C,

You have persuaded me to celebrate Pirate Day next Friday (25th February)!
I have been SO impressed with all the effort you have made so far and you have produced some FANTASTIC WRITING!!!

We will continue to follow the pirate theme for the next three weeks in class and you will write a newspaper article at the end of that time (about a pirate news story).

Bring ye pirate clothes to school me ship mates next Friday!

Remember: do not spend any money! Pirates do not like to spend their wonderful gold doubloons so you can use an old piece of material or a scarf to tie around your head. Alternatively, you could make your own hat out of newspaper or black card. Your sword could be made out of cardboard.
There will be a prize for the best costume made by YOU!!!

I will let you know any further details nearer the time!!

Maths this week: adding quickly and finding the inverse to check your answers.

This week we will be working on how quickly you can add up and we will look at some strategies to help you.
For example,
6+3+4+7
To work this out really quickly, one strategy you could use is to look for number bonds to 10 first. 6+4=10 and 7+3=10

9+5+2+4
a strategy here might be to use your knowledge of doubling. 5+4 is 9. Then you can add the other 9. Finally, add the 2.

If you know any other strategies then please let me know.


Inverse calculations will help you to check your answers in daily maths lessons and in tests. To use an easy example, 60+40=100
so we also know that:
40+60=100
100-40=60
100-60=40


If you have other quick strategies then please let me know.


Inverse calculations.

Grid References

Don´t worry if you didn´t understand the work we did on grid references today as it was very difficult!

If you wanted to practise a little, go to the "Homework Help" section of Mapzone, click on the English version and then click on "Maptivity". Alternatively, click here or here to read some information first.

Marvellous Mapzone!

Here is another brilliant website all about mapping.
Have a go at some of the activities and let me know what you think!

Marvellous Mapping Websites!

Go to the marvellous Mapping Our World website by Oxfam. It has lots of excellent activities to do to help you!

Selena Gomez and Fernando Torres Interviews

Interviews!

This is part of an interview from CBBC Newsround. As you know we are learning how to be journalists over the next four weeks so this is an example we will study together.

Tomorrow we will be interviewing a pirate in class so please think of some questions to ask him/her!

See you tomorrow!

Gases Around Us Animations

Go to this website to watch amazing animations to help you learn! Click where it says "CARTOON ANIMATIONS" in blue.

The other website is for older children but it is quite interesting to see how matter changes as you alter the temperature.

Science revision: Gases Around Us

Click here to revise for the test.

Click here to go to BBC Bitesize and play games, revise and do a quiz.

Go to Day 9 on this revision website to get ready for this test.

British Council Topics: Chinese New Year

The activities on the British Council website are brilliant for revising reading comprehension and you can practise your spelling skills, listening skils and learn a song.
Click here and then go to "Chinese New Year" in the TOPICS section.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Well done for all your fabulous work today - we will finish everything tomorrow and then I will add some photos to the blog. To those of you who are ill, you can do the activities one lunchtime when you are back at school (only if you want to).

I was very impressed with your attitudes when you were helping your 1st grade buddies. Make sure you thank Miss Mo when you next see her for lending us her lovely decorations. Also, remember that you can ask Miss Mo and Miss Gill about life in Hong Kong.

Week 5: Finding the area and perimeter of rectangles

Next week we will revise how to find the area and perimeter of rectangles.
We will also discover how to find the perimeter of regular polygons and revise area and perimeter mental maths questions.

For example:
The area of a square measures 100 cm squared. What is the length of each side of the square?

To revise area and perimeter, click here.

Making Fortune Cookies

How to Make Paper Fortune Cookies -- powered by eHow.com

We are going to make our own paper fortune cookies on Thursday and inside we will write really nice fortunes for each other. At the end of the day I will give them out randomly and you will read your fortune!!

For example: You will have a lot of happiness this year.

Chinese New Year

Click here to do a beautiful lantern display online.

Paint your own dragon online.

Go to Enchanted Learning´s Zoom School and read about China.

I thought we might end the day by doing a traditional lion dance.

Introduction to the Traditional Southern Chinese New Year Lion Dance -- powered by eHow.com

Tangrams

As you know we will be celebrating Chinese New Year on Thursday afternoon in our classroom.

Tangram is an ancient game from China. Why not have a go by clicking here.

I´m looking forward to my Chinese language and writing lesson already from our fantastic Chinese teachers!