Year 5 Home Learning - 18th May
Date: 17th May 2020 @ 5:53pm
Monday 18th May – Year 5 Home Learning Tasks
Hi everyone, I hope we're all doing well? I can't believe this is the last week before half term, eventhough we're still staying home, time seems to be flying! Have you got any nice plans to occupy your holidays?
I'm looking forward to talking to all of my class again soon and hearing about what you have been up to - especially those who have had their lockdown birthdays (there's a lot of us in May - especially in my class!). We camped out (in the garden!), made pancakes, went for a long walk and had a big quiz and video chat with friends to celebrate mine.
Have you seen the school Twitter page? You can access it on the homepage of the website. Mr Harrison has set up another challenge - guess the staff members' baby photos! There is a new one everyday and the answers will go up once all of the pictures have been posted. See how many you can get! This also links well to our life cycles topic, being an early phase of the human life cycle!
Can't wait to see you all when it's safe to do so, keep safe and happy!
Miss Wilson :) x
Maths
Monday – LO: To measure angles on a straight line
Today you will be building on your knowledge of a right angle and recognise two right angles are equivalent to a straight line, and that a straight line is the same as a half a turn or 1800 . Once you can remember this you’ll be able to calculate missing angles on straight lines. It might be useful to use bar models to represent missing angles like the example below.
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Open the PowerPoint document called Monday-Angles-on-a-Straight-Line.pptx
Complete the tasks as they appear on the slides. Please note the reasoning and problem solving come up first on the documents – the fluency is below!
Tuesday – LO: To calculate angles around a point
Today you will need to know that there are 360 degrees in a full turn. Can you see how this links with the knowledge you already have about right angles or quarter turns, straight lines or 180 degrees and compass points? Today you’re going to focus on learning to calculate the missing angles around a point, building on what you learnt yesterday.
Open the PowerPoint document called Tuesday-Angles-around-a-Point.pptx. Try answering the questions on the slides and complete the tasks. Please note the reasoning and problem solving come up first on the documents – the fluency is below!
I’ve attached an ultimate sheet if you also want to complete that.
English
LO: To use similes and metaphors to describe setting
A simile is comparing an object to another object using the comparative word ‘like’ or ‘as’. For example, my brother eats like a pig.
A metaphor makes a direct comparison between two things – saying one is the other. For example, ‘The moon was a ghostly galleon, tossed upon cloudy seas.’
Can you think of your own examples of each? Complete the warm up sheet identifying similes and metaphors.
Re-watch the video. What ‘things’ are in the room with the man?
The piano, his fingers, his ring, the keys, the music, the memories, the darkness. Did you see any more? Can you think of a simile or metaphor for any of these?
Task - Steps to Success:
- Create a list of objects that are used in the video.
- Either write these on a card each or draw them as a picture
- Turn them all face down, like a game of snap
- Turn one at a time and create a simile and a metaphor for that object
- Record and repeat.
Write down your favourite ones that you might like to use in your writing later this week.
Support - Focus on similes only. Metaphors if you have adult support. Use the posters attached for support.
Challenge – Create a simile and metaphor for each object.
OPTIONAL - SPaG
LO: To correct punctuation errors
This post’s SPaG activity is to add the missing punctuation to the sentences on the sheet – remember this includes capital letters! Are there any sentences that require more than one possibility?
Support – 1 star
Challenge – 3 star. Can you create any incorrect sentences for someone else in your house? What about younger siblings (making it age appropriate of course!).
Reading
Wonder
LO: To retrieve information from a text
Chapters: Breakfast, the Genetics 101 and The Punnett Square
Task: Create a picture to explain Auggie and Via’s family, where did their relatives come from, what were their names? Explain to a grown up why you think Via would be interested in her family tree.
Support: Use this image for inspiration and these key words to support your understanding: Auggie and Via, Mom and Dad, Tata and Poppa, Grans and Agosto.
Challenge: Clarify the following words: Inherited, Dominant, Recessive
Wider Curriculum
Computing
As we haven’t been able to complete a lot of our programming as part of our Computing, here is some you can do at home using Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu/).
Mr Wilkins is a Primary Computing specialist who has put together some really clear lessons on YouTube. All you need to do is watch the video and have a go at completing the tasks! He also has designed the lessons to be paused at the end, showing helpful code, so that you can follow along and create your own project in tandem with the lessons – clever!
All of the lessons are short YouTube videos and are in sequence in the playlist: Run Don’t Walk Online Computing Lessons – aMaze game. Here is the link to the first one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtmpJd-lXfo&list=PL3kA-gpaSB2aUBn0AO5m-WvQodWIbdPko&index=2&t=0s. They are only short sessions so you can complete a couple in what would’ve been one session. Aim to get videos 2 and 3 completed for this ‘lesson’ (video 1 is introducing the task) however you may wish to keep going and do more!
Support – There are some basic help sheets attached which gives hints and tips on using Scratch to program – they are fairly generic but a lot of programming is trial and error!
Challenge – I know that some of you are already REALLY savvy with Scratch so I wouldn’t expect you to start recapping skills that you are already expert in. Each of the videos in the playlist details what element of a game you would be practising – choose a skill you don’t know about and work on that instead!
Science
LO: To observe changes over time
Don’t forget your sunflower seeds! How are they doing? Two of Miss Field’s seeds have germinated so far, the tallest is 8cm.
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18.05.20 |
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