More sound poems

Here are the sound poems from the rest of the class:

My Sound Collector Poem

A stranger called this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried them away.

The creaking of the door
The purring of the cats
The slurping of the drink
The splashing of the fish

The barking of the dog
The bubbling of the bath
The clashing of the plates
The buzzing of the bees

A stranger called this morning
He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same.

By Emma and Maria


My Sound Collector Poem

A stranger called this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried them away.

The fluttering of the bird
The chatting of the t.v.
The purring of the cat.
The barking of the dog

The bubbling of the path
The sizzling of the frying pan.
The patting of the rain
The croaking of the frog

A stranger called this morning
He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same.

By Holly M & Taylor


My Sound Collector Poem

A stranger called this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried them away.


The zooming of the super hero.
The purring of the cats.
The whispering of the parents.
The clapping of the children.

The burping of the baby
The buzzing of the bees.
The bubbling of the bath.
The flapping of the birds.

A stranger called this morning
He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same.

By leah molly.


My Sound Collector Poem

A stranger called this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried them away.

The moaning of the ghost
The popping of the bubbles
The crunching of the popcorn
The squeaking of the floorboards


The gurgling of the teenager
The pattering of the water
The barking of the dog
The whining of the baby

A stranger called this morning
He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same.

By Pippa and Kieran


My Sound Collector Poem

A stranger called this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried them away.

The crying of the child.
The zooming of the car.
The barking of the dog.
The burping of the baby.

The kissing of parents.
The splashing of the pool.
The bashing of the drums.
The singing of the t.v.

A stranger called this morning
He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same.

By Will C Will A

times by 10 and 100

We have been learning to times numbers by 10 and 100.

Here are some websites to practice:

here and here

Our sound poems

Some of the class enjoyed using the new computer suite and we wrote these poems based on 'The Sound Collector' poem by Roger McGough. We tried to use onamatopoeic words.


My Sound Collector Poem

A stranger called this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried them away.

The burping of the baby
The popping of the popcorn
The crashing of the jackpot
The flapping of the bird.

The snoring of the old man
The slurping of the drinks
The flushing of the toilet
The cracking of the plates.

A stranger called this morning
He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same.

By Chloe W and Richie



My Sound Collector Poem

A stranger called this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried them away.

The purring of the cat
The burping of the baby
The hissing of the snake
The barking of the dog.

The crying of the children
The knocking of the door
The giggling of my dad
The banging on the floor.

A stranger called this morning
He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same.

By Evei and Holly H



My Sound Collector Poem

A stranger called this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried them away.

The popping of the popcorn
The sizzling of the pan
The swishing of the bath
The purring of the cat.

The pattering of the rain
The roaring of the kettle
The ticking of the clock
The crying of the baby.

A stranger called this morning
He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same.

By Georgina and Melissa



My Sound Collector Poem

A stranger called this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried them away.

The squeaking of the hamster
The purring of the cat
The creaking of the floor boards
The clashing of the plates.

The slurping of the drinks
The giggling of the children
The swishing of the tree
The whinging of the baby.

A stranger called this morning
He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same.

By Harvey and Alex


My Sound Collector Poem

A stranger called this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried them away.

The hooting of the owl
The slurping of the drinks
The fluttering of the bat
The crying of the baby.

The creaking of the stairs
The clicking of the clock
The whispering of the phone
The pattering of the rain.

A stranger called this morning
He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same.

By George and Jack



My Sound Collector Poem

A stranger called this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried them away.

The zooming of the plane
The slamming of the door
The crying of the baby
The clashing of the pots.

A stranger called this morning
He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same.

By Rhiannon and Chloe G

Problem solving

Click here for a good site for practising maths problem solving.

(The site is American so grade 2 is year 3, also there are some dollar and cents questions)

Capacity

We are learning to measure capacity and read the scales on measuring jugs. It would be great if the children could practise measuring at home using millilitres and litres - perhaps a bathtime activity!

Click here for a great website to practise reading the measuring jugs.

Telling the time

We are learning to tell the time using an analogue clock.

Click here to download a card game to help learn the positions of o'clock, half past, 5 past etc.

There are lots of other time games here

Magic 'e'

We are still learning to spell words that have a magic 'e', where the 'e' changes the short vowel sound to a long vowel sound.

Click here to play hangman.

2D and 3D shapes

We are learning about 2D and 3D shapes.

Click here to play lots of different activities.

Concrete poems

We have also been looking at concrete poems. These have the poem written around a picture of the poem's subject. Here are our concrete poems:

Calligrams

We have been looking at calligrams and making our own. Calligrams are poems that use either the letters from the word to make a picture of the word or a font that looks like the word. Although calligrams are a type of poetry most of our class think they are more art than poetry!

We particularly liked these calligrams

Here are our calligrams:

Doubling

Next week in maths we will be doubling.

This website has a doubling function machine where you can put in any number and have to work it the double before the machine does:
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/maths/num%20machine/double.html

Another website that uses doubling and halving strategies to reach a given target number:
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=crazyc

An easier doubling game:
http://www.ictgames.com/rhoodbeyond10.html

A great website for doubling numbers up to 100. The number is presented using place value cards showing the number made up of 10s and 1s. There are also abacuses at the top of the screen showing two lots of 10s and 1s. These can be counted to help calculate the double:
http://www.ictgames.com/woodcards.html

Magic 'e' wordsearch

How many words can you find in the magic 'e' wordsearch?

http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/phonics/vowels/interactive/wordsearches/amage.htm

Punch and Judy

We have been learning about Punch and Judy shows and enjoyed looking at a video clip of one.

Here is the link to the website:

http://www.icons.org.uk/learn-play/gallery/audio-visual-gallery/watch-a-show

Egyptian Gods

We are learning about the gods of Ancient Egypt.

http://www.nemo.nu/ibisportal/0egyptintro/1egypt/index.htm

Memory games

We are trying to improve our memories by doing brain training exercises. This is one of them we are doing in class:

4 (or more) single digit numbers are read out by the teacher eg. 2 4 6 1, then after they have been read out the pupil writes them down to see if they can remember them in the correct order.

Here are some websites with other memory activites (note year 3 is the same as grade 2, also
K -12 means it is suitable for all ages):

http://www.thekidzpage.com/freekidsgames/memorygames.htm (great fun site)

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/facemem2.html (remember faces!)

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmemory.html (links to lots of activities and tests)

http://www.zefrank.com/memory/ (pairs game - difficult)

http://www.funbrain.com/match/index.html (pairs games - several levels and themes)

http://www.kidsmemory.com/

Pavement artwork

I hav found this amazing artwork done by Julian Beever on street pavements. They look so life like when viewed from the correct angle (shown in most of the photos). However in order to create the 3D effect they are actually drawn very differently on the pavement (see the photos of the globe to really understand the effect).

http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

Multiplication and division problems

We have been solving real life problems that use multiplication and division.

Multiplication:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/problemsolving/game.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/problemsolving/quiz.shtml

Division:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/division/problemsolving/game.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/division/problemsolving/quiz.shtml

Adding

This is a great website to practise mental addition:

http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/games/game_addition_attack.html

This is a robot adding game:

http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/number-fun/games/game_dr_brains_robot.html

Another fun adding game:

http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/number-fun/games/game_cannon_math.html

Angles

We are learning about right angles and other angles. This site lets you measure angles using a protractor:

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.html

Fun game to play:

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/anglemeasurement/anglemeasurement.html

Spelling contractions

We are learning about how to spell contractions. The apostophe knocks out some letters then makes all the letters 'budge up'.

Visit these websites to practise spelling contractions:

http://www.english-zone.com/spelling/cont-01.html

http://www.english-zone.com/spelling/cont-02.html

http://www.manythings.org/cts/sc989.htm

http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/30.asp

Symmetry

We are learning about symmetry this week.

If you want to try some activities at home, why not look at the alphabet and work out which letters have lines of symmetry. Are there more upper case or lower case letters? Why not fold a piece of paper, cut a shape then open it out. It will have one line of symmetry. If you fold it mroe than once it will have more lines of symmetry. Try and colour it so it remains symmetrical. Can you find things in nature that are symmetrical? Butterflies are, can you think of any others? If you have a drawing program on your computer try and make a symmetrical picture.

Go to this website to make a symmetrical picture online http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/symmetry/symm.htm

This website lets you design a snowflake http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/symmetry/snow.htm

This game will test how much you know about symmetry http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/activities/year3/symmetry/shape_game.asp

This site allows you to make fabulous repeating patterns http://www.scienceu.com/geometry/handson/kali/

Eric Joyner's Robot Art

As part of our robot topic this term we are looking at the work of Eric Joyner.



Visit: http://www.ericjoyner.com/ and click on 'Tin Robots' to see more examples of his work.

Mental addition

This week we are practising adding and subtracting mentally. There are several strategies that can be used.

Adding a one-digit number to a two-digit number:

Method 1. Counting on. Eg. 23 + 4 = ? Count up 4 from 23, say 24, 25, 26, 27 (don't say starting number as nothing has yet been added!)

Method 2. Adding on. Eg. 23 + 4 = ? Knowing that 3 + 4 = 7 therefore 23 + 4 = 27

Method 3. Adding on when answer goes beyond next 10. Eg. 23 + 8 = ? Add on 7 to make it up to 30 then add on 1 to make 31


Adding a two-digit number to a two-digit number:

Method 1. Adding 10s then 1s. Eg. 23 + 25 = ? First add 10s, 20 + 20 = 40, then add 1s, 3 + 5 = 8, then add together, 40 + 8 = 48

Method 2. Adding on 10s then 1s. Eg. 25 + 17 = ? Add 10 onto 25 = 35, then add on 7 using methed 3 from above.


This website lets you practise adding two-digit numbers (select level 3):
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=digitmenu


Practise adding one-digit and two-digit numbers at this website (select adding and medium level):
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/mayan-math/index.html

Tarsia homework

Here is some extra information to help with the Tarsia homework, as many people were a bit confused!

Tarsia is a computer program that enables puzzles to be created and printed. I have created several of these puzzles using the program. The children have enjoyed playing these in class. Each triangular puzzle consists of 16 smaller triangles that are put together to make a larger triangle. The edges of the triangles have either questions or answers. The correct pairs are put together to make the large triangle and complete the puzzle.

Here is an example of a nearly completed Tarsia:

For homework the children have been asked to come up with their own pairs to put on a Tarsia. We have been learning about place value and splitting up numbers. The easiest way to partition (split) a 3-digit number is into hundreds, tens and ones. Eg. 234 is 200 + 30 + 4. However it can also be partitioned in different ways, eg. 234 is 200 + 15 + 19 or 150 + 80 + 4 etc. They need to create 18 pairs for a Tarsia puzzle and can use 2-digit, 3-digit or 4-digit numbers.

Here is an example of the homework sheet:

It is very important to make sure that each number is different or the puzzle is very difficult to solve!

If you would like to download the free Tarsia software so you can make your own puzzles, visit http://www.mmlsoft.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=15&Itemid=58

This software allows you to create a variety of different puzzles, dominoes and loop cards.

Robots

This term our topic is Robots. We are looking forward to finding out all about them as well as learning about electricity, magnets and springs and making our own moving robot.

Here is a photo of me meeting a robot!

Rainforests

The class enjoyed learning about rainforests last term and creating artwork related to this topic. Here are some examples of their oil pastel artwork of rainforest trees and animals: