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Monday 18th May
Posted: May 17, 2020 by: Liam Kershaw (LKershaw) on: Class 5
Good morning! I hope you have all had a lovely weekend. I went on a long walk with Mr. C this weekend (keeping 2 metres apart), and I did over 12,000 steps! Still not enough to beat Libby F, though!
Just to let you all know, I looked at your PSHE work on PurpleMash from Friday. There were so many lovely letters (although it did make me sad reading about you all talking about leaving Year 5 and going into Year 6), and I have sent each of you who completed it a comment. Please read them!
Here is the work for today.
Reading
Spend 30 minutes reading today. Keep sending me in your book recommendations!
English
Last week, you did some research on great women in history, and hopefully you chose one that you then researched in more detail. Today, we are going to write your introduction to the biography. I only want you to focus on the first paragraph today, because it is really important that this paragraph hooks your reader in. You need to include in your introduction:
- The thing they are most famous for.
- Lots of adjectives to make their greatest achievement sound even more amazing.
- A quote by them if you have found one.
Here is an example introduction that I have written about Neil Armstrong. See if you can spot the techniques I have used to make the reader want to read on. Also, there may be a couple of words in here that you want to look up in the dictionary to find the meaning of. You could then use them in your own introduction.
"One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind," were the words that defined a new era in space travel. These words are known worldwide by every child who wants to be an astronaut, by everyone with big dreams and by anyone who watched the amazing news footage on the 20th July 1969. The unforgettable words were spoken by Neil Armstrong - the first human being to set foot on ground that was not our planet. His words are synonymous with success and human innovation. His life is defined by that one, earth-shattering moment and this is the story of how Armstrong, a boy from Ohio, became the first man on the Moon.
Hopefully, this introduction will give you some ideas about how to write your introduction for the woman from history that you are writing about. When you have finished writing it, I would like you to carefully check it grammar, punctuation and spelling errors and correct them. Your introduction really does need to be fantastic to hook your reader in. I would love to see your examples, so be sure to send them to me (class5@netherthongprimary.co.uk). I will share completed biographies later in the week, but I would love to have a sneak preview of the introductions today!
Here are your 8 grammar questions:
1.) Where is the determiner? I need my trainers tomorrow.
2.) Where is the pronoun? Graham grabbed the grease-proof paper from the cupboard above him.
3.) Where is the preposition? There was a cupboard under the stairs.
4.) Punctuate this sentence: he couldnt wait to watch it on netflix
5.) Is the word I've underlined singular or plural? Hint: look where the apostrophe is. The cubs' mother was nowhere to be seen.
6.) Which word is the pronoun referring to? Find the pronoun first, and think about who it is referring to.
Jeff and Julie were sitting in the park on her favourite blanket.
7.) Where does the comma go? I need to speak to him but I keep forgetting.
8.) Where is the abstract noun? Jeremy felt anxiety when he thought about the events of the day.
Maths
In maths, we are going to do some revision work on fractions this week. First of all, today we are looking at equivalent fractions and how to simplify them. If you have a fraction that is 5/25 you can simplify this to make the numerator as close to 1 as you can. To simplify a fraction, you have to ask yourself the question, "is there a number I can divide both the 5 and 25 by?" The answer is yes! You can divide both 5 and 25 by 5, so the simplified fraction is 1/5.
Remember the fractions rule - Whatever you do the top number (the numerator), you do to the bottom number (the denominator); that way, you ensure the fraction is equivalent (the same). Note: this only works for dividing or multiplying the numbers, you can't add or subtract numbers and get the same fraction.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zv798xs
There are two videos for you to watch, some information for you to read and then two worksheets to complete at the end. The answers to the worksheets are also in a link on the page, so you can mark it yourself afterwards. Let me know how you did! You don't have to do the Wendy the Wizard activity at the very end - unless you want to!
Here are your 10 questions for today:
1.) 603 X 34
2.) 500 X 50
3.) 60,000 divided by 300
4.) 6.098 X 100
5.) 594 divided by 100
6.) 5 and 4/5 X 3
7.) What is the area of a square with sides of 7cm?
8.) What is the perimeter of the same square?
9.) 7 squared add 3 cubed.
10.) What is the sum of all the prime numbers between 4 and 15?
Topic
We are going to be continuing our natural resources topic by looking at recycling and sustainability. Click on the link to watch a couple of videos about recycling. There are also a few activities for you to do. There is a quiz on what you have learnt. There is a sorting activity sheet where you need to sort the materials into the correct recycling bin - this is harder than you think! I had a go earlier and it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. The answers are on the 3rd page, so make sure you check your work after. If you don't have a printer, you can draw the objects instead. There is a 3rd activity on making a leaflet, but do not do this activity today. We are going to be doing this later in the week.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrqj7nb
When you are done watching the videos and completing the 2 activities, I would like you to write in your home school books the definition of these words:
Recycle
Sustainable (the answer to this one is in the first video)
Single-use plastics
PE
This week, in PE, I thought we could have a bit of friendly competition. I know Camron and Libby F have told me how many steps they have done on certain days, and I would like anyone who wants to, to have a mini class competition.
So, the person who has the most steps in one day, is the winner! We will be running this from Monday - Thursday and I will announce the person with the most steps in our Friday shout outs. As I said, I did over 12,000 on Sunday, so I will try and beat that this week. I will announce each morning how many steps everyone has done the day before.
If you don't have a step counter (such as a fitbit or a phone), then there a few techniques you can use to count your steps:
1.) Actually count every step! This can get very tedious though!
2.) If you go on a walk with your parents, ask them how many miles you have done. On average, a mile is about 2000 steps, so if you do a 5 mile walk then this is roughly 10,000 steps. This isn't exact, but it will give you an estimate.
3.) Count how many steps it takes to walk around your garden. Then, instead of counting every step, you can just count how many times you walked around your garden. If, for example, it takes 50 steps to walk around your garden and you walk around it 50 times, then you have done 2,500 steps.
I'm looking forward to seeing how many steps you all do!
Have a great day and if you need me, you know how to contact me!
Mr. K
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