If they are finding the part part whole difficult try using counting objects instead or carry on reinforcing the tens frame method from yesterday. Watch the story Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish being read here– only watch the first part, pause after ‘Somehow I must fly’. The book begins with the lines: “A man stood on a hill and looked at a star. All he thought about, dreamed about, was the star.” It follows a businessman who will do anything to travel to space, even if he has to destroy his own planet to get there. When he finally reaches the faraway star – a barren planet with “no trees, no flowers, and not a blade of grass” – he starts to think that maybe Earth wasn’t that bad in the first place. Dinsaurs And All That Rubbish is a fantastic colourful and imaginative take on how to teach young children how important it is to look after the Earth.

Watch the whole story now from beginning to end, ready for some more work about this book next week. Video– This is a lesson on related facts and fact families. In this lesson, they will work practically to find links between the addition and subtraction sentences. They will represent this on ten frames using small objects. They should recognise that addition and subtraction are inverse operations. (if you would like to view the powerpoint used in the video it is here). Activity: Complete the materials scavenger hunt (inside, outside or both) to find as many objects for each material as they can. They are devastated by what they see and set out to remove all the man made roads, pilons, factories to help clean up all the rubbish. For the following session you can use an atlas if you have one or use this online tool: https://kids.britannica.com/kids/browse/atlas

Coverage:

There is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root. Coverage: Common Exception Words Video– shows the children how to add and subtract using a numberline (if you would like to view the powerpoint used in the video it is here). There are also some question prompts in the corner of the slides for further discussion. Discuss that the dinosaurs might want to clean up the world to make it beautiful again and that we are going to need to give them some instructions to do it. Children to create these sentences orally using the words from their thought tapping. (No written recording). This is a book that fearlessly exposes the hitherto unexposed connections between rubbish, the endless tons of domestic and commercial waste that we produce, and dinosaurs.

Upon arriving, it is not the lush (grass is greener scenario) planet that he fantisised about; rather, it is barren and life less. He sees another distant star; his planet that he doesn't recognise as his own. The irony of his blindness is apparent as he sets off and sets to discover IT, still with his take all, share nothing attitude. Powerpoint: The Qur’an– talk this through emphasising the respect shown for the Qur’an, (it must not touch the ground, must be closed after reading etc) and who Muhammad is for Muslims. Imagine a world that is full of rubbish and pollution. Can you think of words / phrases to describe it?

Beowulf

Let Me Learn Discuss how you learned to make a jam sandwich. Was it listening to instructions, watching someone else, doing it yourself or a mix? Do they know how they like to learn? The dinosaur explains that the earth belongs to everyone. Could you use this message on a poster / banner? Watch ‘ The Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish’ up to ‘Dancing dinosaurs broke up the roads.’ What do you think the dinosaurs would think of how the world looks now? What do you think they will want to do about it?