GIRAFFE CLASS LEARNING POWERPOINT WEDNESDAY 6TH JANUARY 2021

Giraffe Class Learning PowerPoint
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  Wednesday 6 January 2021

Welcome to today’s learning!
• Here is what we’re going to do today:
    1. Maths – Introduction to Fractions
    2. English – Reading Comprehension
    3. Art – Pencil Drawings of Leaping Salmon Fish
• Yesterday, I also set you a Home Learning activity
  on Professor Assessor and a lesson on Reading
  Eggs, so please do log in and complete them.
• Please ask your parents/carers to photograph your
  work and send it to us via the Giraffe Class email
  account – we’d love to see it!
• giraffes@bratton.wilts.sch.uk

Maths - Fractions
• What are fractions?
• A fraction is a part of a whole.
• E.g. If I had a cake, and I wanted to share it with
  Mrs Gray, I would cut it into two equal pieces, and
  we could each have one.
   • ½ (one half) + ½ (one half) = 1 whole cake.
• But if Mrs Bunce noticed we had cake, and so did
  Mrs Rich, then we would have to cut each half in
  half again, so we would have four pieces of cake.
   • ¼ (one quarter) + ¼ + ¼ + ¼ = 1 whole cake.

Maths - Fractions
• We use fractions all the time.
• We use fractions to tell the time (quarter past, half
  past, quarter to).
• If you get 7 out of 10 in a test, you can write your score
  as 7/10. This is a fraction.
• The number on the top of a fraction is the numerator.
   • This shows how many pieces you have, out of the total
     number of pieces.
• The number on the bottom of a fraction is
  the denominator.
   • This shows the total number of pieces.

Watch this short video, which helps to
visualise what fractions are:
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsxhfg8/arti
  cles/zq7mb82

Watch this short video, which
helps to explain fractions:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLLGuloswGY

Year 3 Worksheet –
Recognising Fractions
• Your work for today is about recognising fractions.
• Remember, the top number is how many parts of
  the whole, and the bottom number is how many
  parts in total.

Year 3 Worksheet –
Recognising Fractions
• The worksheet is in a separate pdf document on
  the class page of the website.
• Pick your level of challenge (you could start at 1
  and work your way up to 3, moving on when you
  are confident):
• Challenge 1: Section A
• Challenge 2: Section B
• (Do not worry about Section C.)
• Challenge 3: have a go at Section A of the Year 4
  worksheet.

Year 4 Worksheet –
Fraction Pairs Making One
• The worksheet is in a separate pdf document on the
  class page of the website.
• The Year 4 Worksheet for today is about recognising
  that fractions of a whole add up to one whole.
• E.g. ¼ + ¾ = 4/4 or 1 whole.
• Pick your level of challenge (you could start at 1 and
  work your way up to 3, moving on when you are
  confident):
• Challenge 1: Section A
• Challenge 2: Section B
• Challenge 3: Section C

Year 3 Worksheet Answers:
A                                          B
1.    1/4                                  1.    1/8
2.    1/3                                  2.    1/12
3.    3/4                                  3.    1/5
4.    1/2                                  4.    1/9
5.    2/3                                  5.    3/10
6.    3/4                                  6.    2/6
7.    1/2                                  7.    5/7
8.    1/4                                  8.    4/11
9.    1/3                                  9.    A = 1/9, B = 7/9
10.   2/3                                  10.   C = 1/7, D = 3/7
11.   A=½                                  11.   E = 1/6, F = 5/6
12.   B = 1/3, C = 2/3                     12.   Adult to check
13.   D = 1/4, E = 1/2, F = ¾
14.   G = 1/5, H = 2/5, I = 3/5, J = 4/5

Year 4 Worksheet Answers:
A                       B                       C
1.    1, 1              1.    3, 5              1.    6/10
2.    1, 3              2.    2, 3              2.    3/5
3.    2, 2              3.    1 = 5/7 + 2/7     3.    7/12
4.    2, 1              4.    1 = 8/10 + 2/10   4.    2/8
5.    3                 5.    1 = 4/6 + 2/6     5.    4/7
6.    2                 6.    1 = 5/9 + 4/9     6.    2/11
7.    4                 7.    1 = 1/5 + 4/5     7.    2/6
8.    10                8.    1 = 7/8 + 1/8     8.    7/9
9.    Half or ½         9.    1/8               9.    10/11
10.   Three quarters or 10.   9/12              10.   3/10
      ¾                 11.   8/9               11.   5/8
                                                12.   1/5

English – Reading Comprehension
• In English, we are going to focus on Advice Writing
  this week and next.
• Today, we are going to read an advice text and
  answer some comprehension questions on it.
• First, read the text, the St John’s Ambulance
  emergency first aid advice poster, which is a
  separate pdf document on the class page. (There is
  a picture on the next page of what it looks like).
• Then, answer the questions on paper. The answers
  will be later in this PowerPoint, so you can check
  and correct them when you have finished.

Comprehension Questions: Y3 and Y4
(Challenge 1 – reading the text,
Challenge 2 – Qs 1-6):
1.   What is the name of the charity which has written this advice
     leaflet?
2.   There are two three digit numbers you can call for help. What
     are they?
3.   What does the acronym DR ABC stand for? Fill in the missing
     words:
     D________ R________ A________ B________ C________
4.   The leaflet uses lots of words to give instructions, such as
     ‘Open’, ‘Check’, ‘Call’, and ‘Press’. These words are all
     imperative verbs or command words. Can you find three more
     in the text?
     1._________ 2._________ 3._________
5.   What is the first instruction you need to follow if someone is in
     shock?
6.   The leaflet advises you to ‘try to stay calm’. Which of these
     words has a similar meaning to ‘calm’?
     Friendly      Alert      Gentle        Relaxed

Comprehension Questions:
(Y4 / Challenge 3)
7.   The leaflet asks the question ‘Is it safe to approach the
     casualty?’ This is what type of question?
     Theoretical        Rhetorical      Experimental       Philosophical
8.   The leaflet has this phrase at the bottom: ‘Make sure you have
     life saving knowledge at your fingertips.’ This is an example of:
     Simile        Alliteration      Metaphor        Personification
9.   The last instruction in the ‘What to do if someone is in shock’
     section begins with the word ‘monitor’. Which of these words
     does not mean the same thing?
     Ignore        Watch          Observe    Check
10. As well as reading the poster, what else does the writer of the
    leaflet suggest that you can do to gain life saving knowledge?
11. What is the web address of the St John’s Ambulance website?
12. Which instruction is repeated in every section of the advice
    leaflet?

Answers: Comprehension Questions: Y3 and Y4
(Challenge 1 – reading the text,
Challenge 2 – Qs 1-6):
1.   What is the name of the charity which has written this advice leaflet?
     St John’s Ambulance
2.   There are two three digit numbers you can call for help. What are
     they? 999/112
3.   What does the acronym DR ABC stand for? Fill in the missing words:
     Danger       Response      Airway       Breathing      Circulation
4.   The leaflet uses lots of words to give instructions, such as ‘Open’,
     ‘Check’, ‘Call’, and ‘Press’. These words are all imperative verbs or
     command words. Can you find three more in the text?
     Any of the imperative verbs in the text (mostly at the starts of sentences!)
5.   What is the first instruction you need to follow if someone is in
     shock? ‘Lie them down’
6.   The leaflet advises you to ‘try to stay calm’. Which of these words has
     a similar meaning to ‘calm’?
     Friendly        Alert         Gentle         Relaxed

Answers: Comprehension Questions:
(Y4 / Challenge 3)
7.   The leaflet asks the question ‘Is it safe to approach the casualty?’ This
     is what type of question?
     Theoretical        Rhetorical      Experimental       Philosophical
8.   The leaflet has this phrase at the bottom: ‘Make sure you have life
     saving knowledge at your fingertips.’ This is an example of:
     Simile        Alliteration      Metaphor        Personification
9.   The last instruction in the ‘What to do if someone is in shock’ section
     begins with the word ‘monitor’. Which of these words does not mean
     the same thing?
     Ignore        Watch          Observe    Check
10. As well as reading the poster, what else does the writer of the leaflet
    suggest that you can do to gain life saving knowledge?
     ‘Download our free first aid app today.’
11. What is the web address of the St John’s Ambulance website?
     sja.org.uk
12. Which instruction is repeated in every section of the advice leaflet?
     ‘Call 999/112 for emergency help’ or ‘Call 999/112’

Art – Pencil Drawings
• Today, you are going to draw a leaping salmon fish.
• This is linked to our new Geography topic of Rivers,
  Coasts and Mountains.
• You are going to use your sketching and shading
  skills, drawing very lightly so it can easily be rubbed
  out, building up the picture slowly by drawing the
  outline, then tilting the pencil and shading gently.
• If you rub out a pencil line drawn in this way, there
  will be no trace on the paper – can you be light as a
  feather with your pencil today?

Salmon leaping – watch this video to
see these amazing fish in action!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPf4qtCDRtE
The Salmon's Life Mission | Destination WILD
(National Geographic Wild)

Examples of what you are aiming for. The first picture is
good, but the second picture is really good – can you
explain why the second picture is better than the first?

Examples of what you are aiming for. The first picture is
good, but the second picture is really good – can you
explain why the second picture is better than the first?

Art – Pencil Drawings
• On the next few slides are pictures of salmon
  jumping out of the river as they swim back
  upstream.
• Salmon are very resilient, just like you!
• Pick a fish to draw!
• Remember, light as a feather, and lots of detail!
• Look at the example drawings for ideas and try to
  draw in the same kind of way.
• Try to draw the fish to fill the paper, a big fish!
  There will be more room to add detail.

We hope that you have enjoyed
today’s learning!

Miss Pickup & Mrs Gray