Teamwork!

Today we were playing with the parachute in PE and we were learning to work as a team.

What do you enjoy about working as a team?

What do you find difficult about working as a team?

Division Racing!

Play this fun racing game to practice your division facts.

Leave a comment to let me know what you think of it!

http://arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/drag_race/drag_race.html

An Autumn Riddle!

Walk on the living, they don't even mumble, step on the dead, they mutter and grumble.

What are they?

One House Point for the first correct post!

Favourite Jokes!

Do you have a favourite joke?

Post it here to make your friends laugh!

Some Weekend Riddles!

1. Everything Mr Red owns is red, he lives in a red bungalow and his chairs are red, his tables are red. His ceiling, walls and floor are all red. All of his clothes are red, his shoes are red, even his carpet, television and phone are red. What colour are his stairs?

2. I went on a trip last week. The traffic was moderate and the journey took two and a half hours. On the return journey, the traffic was similar, but I made it back in 150 minutes. How come?

3. Which of these is correct: Six and six IS eleven or six and six ARE eleven?

'ie' sound

Post your paragraphs containing your 'ie' words here!

Lurgan Park

Today we went to Lurgan Park and we were involved in an outside broadcast for Radio Ulster.

Did you enjoy it?

What did you like best?

What did you learn?

Tables Tips and Tricks

Today we learnt a trick for learning two of our tables:

12 = 3 x 4

56 = 7x8

Can you spot the pattern?

Do you know any other tips and tricks to help you learn your tables?

Share them here as a comment!

How many ducks?

There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks.

There are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks.

There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks.
How many ducks are there?

Five table points for the first correct answer!

Stop the Clock!

This week we are learning about time. This is a fun game to help you practise telling the time. Let me know what you think of it and what your highest score is!

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html

Space Riddles!

Check out the link below (found by Mr Magowan!) and work out the space riddles. Let me know what you think and how many you get right first time.

5 table points for the first post with the answers in the right order
http://www.tooter4kids.com/Space/space_riddles.htm

Space Games

Try playing these games while learning more about space. http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4620000/newsid_4627600/4627687.stm

Thanks to Mr Magowan for finding these games!

'oo' sound

In phonics this week we have been studying the 'oo' sound. Write a paragraph using as many 'oo' sound words as you can. Remember the 'oo' sound can be made in a number of ways and try to use as many different ways as you can. This week's word list and scaffold text will help you. Post your text as a comment.

5 table points for any paragraphs posted!

Our new words and phrases!

We learned some new words and phrases in class today. There will be five table points for anyone who can write a paragraph that includes them all. Post your paragraph here as a comment! The words and phrases are:

crisis

heading (another word for going)

vital (another word for important)

mounting (another word for increasing)

gave up the ghost

Direct and Reported Speech

This week we have been learning about the differences between direct and reported speech.

Direct speech is when we write the words that are actually spoken by someone. We show this by putting speech marks ( " ") around the spoken words.

e.g. "Your answer is correct," said the teacher.

Reported speech is when we write about what a person says without using the exact words that were spoken. You don't need to use speech marks for reported speech.

e.g. The teacher told me that my answer was correct.

Can you change these sentences from direct speech into reported speech? There will be five table points for anyone who tries them all!

1. Miss Spiers said, "You have to go outside now."

2. The boy said, "I am hungry and I would like something to eat."

3. "Stop!" said Mr Gray.

4. The lady said, "I am going outside for a walk."

5. Mr Magowan said, "You have to put your coat on if you are going outside."

'ay' phonics homework

This week we are going to do our texts a little differently. This week, as well as including your spellings in the paragraph, I would like you to use as many synonyms for 'said' as you can and I would like you to use speech marks at least once.

There is a house point for everyone who posts their paragraph here on the blog!

Punctuation Practice

Mr Magowan found this great game! Choose a punctuation mark and then use the hose to splat it into the correct
space in the sentence.It's good fun, enjoy.

Click on this link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/flash/punctuation.swf

Phonics Challenge

In class we have been learning about words that have the 'ay' sound. What is the longest 'ay' word that you can find? Remember that the 'ay' sound can be written in lots of different ways!

There will be a house point for the longest word.....but it has to be a real word! :)

Riddle Poem!

The first of you comes last of all

And the last of all is first.

The last of you is second too

And the third of second is third.

The first of key is second to last

And so is the last of unlock.



Solve this puzzle and you'll see

How fortunate a word can be!

One House Point for the first correct post. Clue: It's a word!! :)

Canaries!

This great riddle is from Mr Gray's class blog. It's a tricky one!

Fred owns a pet store.
He puts one canary per cage, but has one bird too many.
If he puts two canaries in each cage, he has one cage too many.
How many cages and canaries does he have?

World Cup Maths

Practise your mental maths skills with this football game!

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/soccer.htm

Jungle Jim!

Here's another fun game to help you practise those important table facts! Have fun!

http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/Monkeys.htm

Coordinates Fun!

We have been learning about coordinates over the past few weeks. This is one of the games we played in class. Have a go at home and let me know how you get on!

http://resources.oswego.org/games/BillyBug/bugcoord.html