Mon 27th April - Fri 1st May
MONDAY 27TH APRIL:
Maths Activity: 'Monday Madness':
Can you make a free standing model just using paper and scissors like the two examples in this link? You may want to try some of the other ideas on this site too!
https://www.transum.org/Software/Fun_Maths/Paper_Construction.asp
Literacy Activity: Skill 1: READING COMPREHENSION
This is the link you will need for this week and more detailed instructions are within.
https://www.talk4writing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Y5-Unit.pdf
- Today watch a trailer for Jumanji
- Read or listen to The Game
https://soundcloud.com/talkforwriting/game
- Carefully reread the text and have a go at answering the questions on pages 11-13.
Non Core Subject Activity: Science/Computing – research lifecycles of a mammal. Take notes ready for creating a PowerPoint presentation tomorrow. Please make sure you check with adults about which websites you go on first.
A useful website is: https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/mammals
Daily Reading: Please hear your child read for 10 minutes
Times Tables Rock Star: Please allow your child 10 minutes access to TTRS
TUESDAY 28th APRIL:
Maths Activity: Adding decimals with the same number of decimal places
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Go to: Summer Term – Week 2 (w/c 27th April)
Lesson 1 - ‘Adding decimals with the same number of decimal places’
-Watch the video clip and then have a go at the questions – if you can, you can print the questions out, not a problem if not, just record your answers on paper.
-Check your answers against the mark scheme.
Literacy Activity: Skill 2: Grammar – Relative Clauses and Adjectives
This is the link you will need for this week and more detailed instructions are within.
https://www.talk4writing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Y5-Unit.pdf
- Complete pages 14-16
- An example of a relative clause is underlined below.
- Carefully, the ravenous dog, who hadn’t eaten that day, snatched the bone greedily.
Non Core Subject Activity: Computing/Science:
Using your notes from yesterday, create your own PowerPoint presentation about the lifecycle of a mammal, remember to share them with us, we would love to see them! (Year5homelearning@oldbasford.nottingham.sch.uk)
Daily Reading: Please hear your child read for 10 minutes
Times Tables Rock Star: Please allow your child 10 minutes access to TTRS
WEDNESDAY 29th APRIL:
Maths Activity: Subtracting decimals with the same number of decimal places
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Go to: Summer Term – Week 2 (w/c 27th April)
Lesson 2 - ‘Subtracting decimals with the same number of decimal places’
-Watch the video clip and then have a go at the questions – if you can, you can print the questions out, not a problem if not, just record your answers on paper.
-Check your answers against the mark scheme.
Literacy Activity: Planning a story and practising writing skills –
This is the link you will need for this week and more detailed instructions are within.
https://www.talk4writing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Y5-Unit.pdf
- Read the problem part of The Game on page 17.
- Make a plan to write your story using page 18.
- Practise your writing skills using page 19
Non Core Subject Activity: Art/DT: Tomorrow you will be creating your own paper/card sculpture, so today I would like you to attempt some sculpture folding techniques, follow the link below to see examples of these:
https://recycledcrafts.craftgossip.com/3d-paper-sculpture-technique-resource/2019/05/10/
Daily Reading: Please hear your child read for 10 minutes
Times Table Rock Stars: Please allow your child 10 minutes access to TTRS
THURSDAY 30th APRIL:
Maths Activity: Adding decimals with a different number of decimal places
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Go to: Summer Term – Week 2 (w/c 27th April)
Lesson 3 - ‘Adding decimals with a different number of decimal places’
-Watch the video clip and then have a go at the questions – if you can, you can print the questions out, not a problem if not, just record your answers on paper.
-Check your answers against the mark scheme.
Literacy Activity: Spelling:
Our spelling pattern this week is ‘fort’, ‘gram’ and ‘geo’:
- We would like you to log on to Spelling Shed and practise this week’s spellings, more than once please.
Non Core Subject Activity: Art/DT: Attempt your own sculpture, based on some of yesterday’s techniques, watch this video to guide you:
Daily Reading: Please hear your child read for 10 minutes
Times Table Rock Stars: Please allow your child 10 minutes access to TTRS
FRIDAY 1st MAY:
Maths Activity: 'Figure it out Friday!':
Zios and Zepts - see if you can solve this investigation:
Literacy Activity: Writing a story!
This is the link you will need for this week and more detailed instructions are within.
https://www.talk4writing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Y5-Unit.pdf
- Today, write your story using your plan from Wednesday.
There are extra ideas on pages 20-27 if you wanted to refer to this.
Non Core Subject Activity: PE - Play ‘Rolling Penalties’, see below: https://www.youthsporttrust.org/sites/default/files/Home%20PE%20Rolling%20Penalties.pdf
Daily Reading: Please hear your child read for 10 minutes
Times Table Rock Stars: Please allow your child 10 minutes access to TTRS