Maple Class home learning for Tuesday 28th April 2020.
Spellings plural rule 6 – when words end in ‘o’ and come after a consonant, add ‘es’ (like in potato=potatoes, hero=heroes). Make these words plural and write in a sentence:
Volcano, domino, tomato, echo, torpedo
English – explore words ending in the suffixes -est and -ing. Can you think of any examples? Can you find any words in your reading book?
Add a suffix to these words and put into a sentence:
Proud, walk, long, write, dry, carry
Maths – investigate adding different coins together and writing the answers in pounds and pence. Using some coins you have at home, make different amounts and find the totals. Or complete the “Counting Mixed Coins” activity (see attached download sheet below).
Theme – “Festivals” – continuing our theme of learning about Japan, below is a list of activities for this week to help you find out more about festivals in Japan. Pick those you would like to do, maybe one a day.
- can you research festivals in Japan? What are the names of the festivals? When in the year are they celebrated?
- What special food do Japanese people have during these festivals? Can you draw and label a plate of festival food?
- What special clothes do people in Japan wear during times of festival? Can you draw them? Can you design your own festival clothing?
- Hina Matsuri – Doll Festival – March 3rd – people pray for their daughters’ future happiness, health and growth. Can you write a prayer for your future? Can you write a prayer for the future of your family?
- Here’s an old traditional song that’s sung for the Festival in Japanese, and with a loose English translation.
- Hina Matsuri Song
Japanese
Akari o tsukema sho bon bori ni
O hana o agemasyo momo no hana
Gonin – bayashi no fue daiko
Kyoo wa tanoshii Hina Matsuri
Loose English Translation
Let’s light the lanterns on the tiered stand Let’s put peach blossoms on the tiered stand
Five court musicians are playing flutes and drums
Today is a happy Dolls’ Festival.
- can you write your own song? Can you include parts of your prayer?
- Can you perform your song for your family?
- Can you add music to your song, with instruments you have at home (or you could make your own).
Tango no Sekku – Boys’ Festival – officially called Children’s Day or Kodomo no hi – May 5th
- Large carp windsocks, called koinobori, are displayed outside houses of families with boys. There’s one windsock for each boy in the house. The largest windsock is for the oldest son of the house. The carp is a symbol of Tango no Sekku, because carp are considered strong and determined.
- Can you make your own windsock?
Tanabata – The Star Festival – July 7th
One fun tradition on this day: “Children write their wishes on strips of fancy paper and put them on displays made of the branches of bamboo trees.”
- can you write your own wish and hand it on a tree or branch in your garden?
Thank you, Mrs Keeler