Tuesday 24th March 2020

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Maths
Using formal methods for subtraction, can you complete these sums? 

English 

 Read the story aloud, using good expression to read what is said.
What five words could describe the shepherds? 
What five words could describe the woman? 
Which of the characters do you admire the most?


Ouch! By Kevin Crossley-Holland 


Five shepherds fell asleep under a tree. And in their sleep they sighed and stretched and tossed and turned and tied their legs into a knot. When they woke up, they didn't know which leg belonged to who.
“I'm hungry,” said one shepherd. 
“And I'm thirsty,” said another.  All five of them were thirsty and hungry, but they were unable to stand up.  
“What's wrong with you, men?” shouted a woman on her way to the well:The sun's up and you're still on your backs.'  
“We can't stand up,” said the shepherds.“We don't know which leg belongs to who.”  
“What's it worth?” asked the woman.  
“Worth?” said one shepherd. “Worth? I don't know. How about ten toes of tobacco?”  
“Fifty,” said the woman. “Fifty toes and I'll show you which leg belongs to who.” 
“All right,” said the shepherds. 
Then the woman unfastened her sun-and-moon brooch, and stuck the pin into the nearest foot. 
“Ouch!” yelled one shepherd. 
“That's one of yours,” said the woman. “Pull, man! Pull!”  
Then the woman stuck another foot.
“Ouch!”  “That's yours.”  
“Ouch!” 
“Pull, man! Pull!”  
One by one the shepherds stood up on their stiff feet. And each poor man fished in his pocket for ten toes of tobacco. 


Can you find all the verbs in the story?


What do you think will happen next?  What trouble might the shepherds get into this time? 


Are you looking for something extra to do? 
• Create a design for the woman’s sun-and-moon brooch. 
• Can you make a tangled leg illustration of the shepherds? 
• Can you pretend to be one of the shepherds telling the story of what happened?




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