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Primary Five Poetry

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Before the holidays Primary Five went to the Scottish Poetry Library to find out more about different poems and meet real life poets!

After this in class we started looking at poems by Grace Nichols, learning about different structures of poems, metaphors and similes.

We looked at the poem Morning then created our own about bedtime.

Bedtime comes with bampots screaming

Bedtime comes with buzzers buzzing

Bedtime comes with sinks gurgling

Bedtime comes with car radios playing

Bedtime comes with Mum’s Netflix playing

Bedtime comes with my phone mumbling

Bedtime comes with the upstairs furniture moving

Bedtime comes with car alarms ringing

Bedtime comes to put on the diffuser and tuck me in

By Eliska

Bedtime comes with the moon glowing

Bedtime comes with the door creaking

Bedtime comes with the bed wobbling

Bedtime comes with the light flickering

Bedtime comes with the wind blowing

By Diton

Bedtime comes with TVs speaking

Bedtime comes with buzzers beeping

Bedtime comes with my Mum talking

Bedtime comes with my Dad snoring

Bedtime comes with fridges gurgling

Bedtime comes with car radios singing

Bedtime comes with light switches clicking

Bedtime comes with bampots screaming

Bedtime comes with books rustling

Bedtime comes to drag me to bed- spoil sport bedtime.

By Jack

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Primary Five Home Learning Week Commencing 9th October 2023

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Spelling- qu

This week’s spelling pattern is the ‘qu’ sound. The words are listed below. To practice the words children should write read the word out loud, break it down to its sounds, cover it over and then try to write the word. Tick it if it is correct, try again if not.

Core Words

quit, quiz, queen, quick, quote, squeal

Mild Words

quench, quality, quiet, squeak

Hot words

squeeze, question, quarter, quiver

You can also try to split the words into its sounds. You can show a single letter making a sound with a dot and a double letter making a sound with a line under both letters.

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Maths and Numeracy

Look at the maths trails primary five made last week in class. Create your own maths trail in your home, garden or local environment.

Learning Across the Curriculum

In class this week we have been looking at the poetry of Grace Nichols. The focus has been on onomatopoeia and metaphors. Come up with some metaphors to describe things in your home or local area.

i.e. Arthur’s Seat is a sleeping giant in the middle of the city.

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Primary Five Maths Trails

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As part of our learning this week, primary five went out on to the Royal Mile to create maths trails. We used our local environment to create questions using a range of maths skills. Look at the question trails we made below. You could even challenge yourself to complete one of the class trails over the weekend!

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Primary Five Home Learning Week Commencing 2/10/23

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Spelling Words

This week’s spelling words will focus on the ‘gn’ sound, or silent ‘g’ sound.

You can use the sound chart to spot different sounds. You could even try to read them out of order to check for understanding.

Core words

Gnat

Gnash

Gnaw

Gnarly

Gnome

Gnarled

Mild

Gnomes

Sign

Design

Reign

Hot

Sovereign

Campaign

Resign

Foreign

Maths and Numeracy

Please complete some of the activities from the mental agility grid linked below.

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Learning Across the Curriculum

Create a quiz to test your classmates on their knowledge of the Ancient Greeks. We will go over them in class on Friday.

Have a great week!

Mr McPheely