Welcome to Year 5
Monday 1st June 2020
Hello Year 5, pinch, punch, first of the month!
I hope you had a lovely half term and are all keeping safe and well. Please find below your home learning for this week. I have set this out in a different format to usual, to help you manage the tasks and activities over the week. Click on the links to see the webpage or activity that each day is referring to. If you have any questions, please message me on Class Dojo.
Have a good week x
| Day of the week | Maths | English |
| Monday 1st June |
Abacus - comparing fractions. There is some guidance, some questions and then the answers. Rapid Reasoning Week One Day One (page 3 of this document). The answers are on the following page. MyMaths - Comparing Fractions and Comparing Fractions -Bar Models. |
Reading comprehension - Growing Up in Ancient Greece. The answers are here. |
| Tuesday 2nd June |
Abacus - adding and subtracting fractions. Page 1 of this document. The answers are on page 2. Rapid Reasoning - Week One Day Two (page 6 of this document). The answers are on the following page. MyMaths - adding and subtracting fractions. |
Read Chapter 7 of Secrets of a Sun King. Answer the questions relating to Chapter 7. Write a newspaper article about the race that is mentioned in Chapter 7. Guidance and instructions are here. |
| Wednesday 3rd June |
Abacus - adding and subtracting fractions. Page 3 of this document. The answers are on page 2. Rapid Reasoning - Week One Day Three (page 9 of this document). The answers are on the following page. |
Spelling - prefixes. Complete the activity relating to prefixes. The answers are here. |
| Thursday 4th June |
Abacus - adding and subtracting fractions. Page 4 of this document. The answers are on page 2. Rapid Reasoning - Week One Day Four (page 14 of this document). The answers are on the following page. |
Punctuation - Speech. Complete the activity relating to speech punctuation. Use your learning about speech punctuation from the above activity to write a short conversation between two characters in Secrets of a Sun King. |
| Friday 5th June | Arithmetic - complete Summer Test 5. The answers are here. | Reading comprehension - complete the reading comprehension, 'Tutankhamun's Tomb.' The answers are after the questions. |
Previous chapters of Secrets of a Sun King are here...
Useful Websites
Below is a list of websites which offer free online learning games for you to access at home during the school closure period.
BBC Bitesize for KS2
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn
Blockly Games – computer programming
Scratch – computer programming
National Geographic Kids – Facts, activities and quizzes relating to the natural world
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Duolingo – French
https://www.duolingo.com/learn
Nature detectives – science and the natural world
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/03/nature-detectives/
Oxford Owl for Home – reading and spelling
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
Teaching Ideas – games and activities for many curriculum areas
https://www.teachingideas.co.uk/
Cool Math Games – online Maths games
https://www.coolmathgames.com/
Primary games – reflection (Maths)
https://primarygames.co.uk/pg4/ReflectaSketch/reflectasketch.html
Times tables
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
Crickweb – a range of online educational games
TopMarks – a range of online educational games
BBC Dance Mat Typing – training yourself to touch type
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr
Primary Homework Help – information about lots of curriculum areas. After Easter our topic is centred around Ancient Egypt so have a look at those pages on this website.
http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/
Maths is Fun – online Maths games
