Mahi Kainga Week 3

KAHIKATEA MAHI KAINGA WEEK 3 click here to go to google doc

Reading: Reading lots will help you get ahead!

• Read each day -  Parents, ask questions about what might happen next or to recount what they have read
• Read to your child each day as many times as possible. These could be story books/ poems/songs.
• After reading, summarise in your own words what happened.
• Use the animal strategy cards to help say new words. 

Writing: When writing, think about your writing goals- spelling, capitals and full stops, descriptive language, etc.

• Write a story every day. 
• Write a book review.
• Find out about an animal and write a report about it.
• Keep a diary or journal. You can write about what really happened, or add a twist for drama.
• Look for interesting words when you’re reading to use in your writing.
• Practise 5 tricky spelling words. 
• Here are 300 writing prompts. Have you used the Scholastic Story Starters yet?

Maths: Remember to practise your basic facts often!

• Practise basic facts, or use the Mathletics site each day .
• Encourage addition and subtraction using money. How much change?
• Baking is a perfect way to measure mass and capacity and practise fractions.
• Tell and write the time from digital and analogue clocks. Ask your children to help create a daily or weekly timetable.

Art:

• Portrait. Draw a picture of someone at home, but DON’T look at the paper while you’re drawing!
• Perspective art. This means ‘vanishing point’.
• Leaf rubbings. Can you use leaf rubbings to add texture to a picture? What if an animal or monster had leaf rubbing skin?
• Draw a scene from a book you are reading.
• I’m sure you’ve got lots of cool ideas.

MATHS CHALLENGE

You need to prove you’re right. Use this as a way to improve multiplication or adding skills.

A farm has chickens and sheep.

How many feet do 5 chickens have?

How many feet do 5 sheep have?

How many feet do 12 chickens have?

How many feet do 12 sheep have?

How many feet do 5 chickens and 5 sheep have?

How many feet do 6 chickens and 7 sheep have?

Experts….

I went to the farm and counted 24 feet. How many chickens and sheep might there have been? There is more than 1 answer.

If you solved these and you’re happy, try writing your own maths questions.