Week 1

Maths

The support activities this week are concentrating on finding areas and perimeters by counting squares. Also try and practise with a ruler to measure some lengths and work out perimeters of shapes.

English

Have a go at this reading comprehension, handwriting practise and writing a poem.

Acrostic poems

Watch the clip explaining the features of an acrostic poem and have a go at making up your own... It can be about  animals -          D

                                                                           O

                                                                           G

                                                                           S

It can be about a place-              S

                                                       C

                                                       H

                                                       O

                                                       O

                                                       L   

It can be about a person-           A

                                                       U

                                                       N

                                                       T

                                                        I

                                                       E

It can be about anything you like really, as long as each line begins with a letter of the word it is about and it describes the person, the animal or the place.

Happy writing!