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Wednesday 20th May

Posted: May 19, 2020 by: Liam Kershaw (LKershaw) on: Class 5

Good morning, Class 5. It's meant to be a scorcher today, so enjoy the warm weather responsibly! Wear sun cream and drink lots of water. 

Here are the answers to yesterday's daily questions: 

1.) Where are the 2 determiners? We had many ideas for our story. 

2.) Where is the pronoun? Emily needed to write about herself

3.) Where is the preposition?  The fields behind the garden were full of cows. 

4.) Punctuate this sentence:     "I've only got three left," explained Samantha.     Note: instead of a comma at the end of the speech, you could have an exclamation mark instead.

5.) Is the word I've underlined singular or plural?   The oxen's habitat is being destroyed. It's plural - oxen is the plural of ox. 

6.) Which word(s) is the pronoun referring to? This is called 'cohesion' when the pronoun matches the subject of the sentence. 

                                         Adam and Anton were ashamed of themselves. Themselves is referring to Adam and Anton.

7.) Where does the comma go?   Once we get to the museum, we will be split into our groups.

8.) Where is the abstract noun?  Dogs show happiness by wagging their tails. 

1.) 337 X 49   16,513

2.) 700 X 30   21,000

3.) 21,000 divided by 300   70

4.) 8.994 X 10    89.94

5.) 0.664 divided by 10   0.0664

6.) 6 and 5/8 X 8    53

7.) What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 5cm and a breadth of 7cm?    35cm squared

8.) What is the perimeter of the same rectangle?   24cm

9.) 8 squared add 1 cubed.    8 squared = 64       1 cubed = 1       64 + 1 = 65

10.) Which of these numbers is a composite number (opposite of prime).       7    11     15     17      19

Reading

Spend 30 minutes reading something today. If you fancy, you could go onto the school blog and read Year 6's stories that they have done. They are very entertaining!

English

You should use the time today to finish your final two paragraph on your great woman from history. One of the paragraphs may be called 'later life'. Remember, use the Exciting Sentences I shared with you yesterday, as well as your writing targets. You should be careful of spelling, punctuation and grammar, but I will be giving you some additional time tomorrow to check this.

I have to say, I have received some amazing sneak previews of some of your biographies. Lots of you have taken my advice to include a quote in the introduction, and I can see lots of evidence of Year 5 writing targets in them. This is fantastic! Keep it up, and keep sharing! 

I will be uploading completed biographies onto the blog tomorrow afternoon, so you have until Thursday 2pm if you want your biography shared on a special biographies blog post. 

Here are your 8 grammar questions:

1.) Where is the determiner?   We couldn't find the right one.

2.) How many pronouns? He was unsure of himself, but he was determined to complete the race. 

3.) Where is the preposition? The finish line was over the next hill. 

4.) Punctuate this sentence: are you okay asked the teacher

5.) Is the word I've underlined singular or plural?   Women's right to vote was an important movement in the early twentieth century.

6.) Can you match the correct pronoun to the correct noun? I am not sure that Emily is ready to do her driving test. 

7.) Where does the comma go? Are you sure that is correct Felix?

8.) How many nouns overall? What types of nouns are in this sentence?            The school of fish darted quickly from one end of the aquarium to the other; they seemed full of joy. 

Maths

Today we will be comparing fractions with different denominators. Again, this is a revision lesson as we have done this in school earlier in the year. The first video in this link explains very well why it is hard to compare fractions with different denominators, and that we have to change the fractions to make comparisons. This will link to your work from Monday.

Remember, to change a fraction's denominator so it matches another fraction, you have to use the rule 'whatever you do to the top number (numerator), you need to do the same to the bottom number (denominator)'.

The second video gives you an interesting way to compare fractions with different denominators but the same numerator. It saves you having to always think of equivalent fractions. This ONLY works when the numerator is the same, but the denominators are different. 

There are then two worksheets to complete. The second one is easier than the first, so try the second one first. The first worksheet has some easier questions on the first page, but the second page will require you to use some reasoning and problem solving skills to think of more than one answer. This second page of the first worksheet can be seen as your extension work.

Here is the link:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znk4kmn

Here are your 10 questions for today:

1.) 499 X 32

2.) 8,000 X 400

3.) 77,000 divided by 110

4.) 7.703 X 10

5.) 64.229 divided by 1000

6.) 5 and 1/3 X 4

7.) What is the area of a square with 20cm sides?

8.) What is the perimeter of the same square?

9.) 8 squared divided by 2 cubed.

10.) How do you know straight away that 5,672 is not a prime number? 

Topic

Today, we are going to look at natural resources in the UK and think about specifically 'food miles'. The link I have posted below does include a video you have seen before, to help you recap different types of resources. The second video explains how agriculture (farming) changes with different seasons, which is new information for you. Then there is an activity on sorting resources, which you do not need to do as you have done it before. 

The main reason I am sharing this link is the worksheet on food miles at the bottom of the page. Food miles are how far your food has travelled to get to your house. The worksheet requires you do look at food in your cupboards or fridge and find out where it was made. Then, if you search on Google the following, it will tell you the distance the food has travelled.

So, if you find out that your food was produced in China, if you search on Google 'the distance between Holmfirth and China' it will show you a map and the number of miles it is. This will help you fill in the sheet. There are 3 sheets, but I only want you to do either the first or the third sheet. Do NOT do the second sheet, that just has the map of Europe on it. The first one just requires you to write the food, where it came from and how many miles is this. The third sheet has a map of the world on it, and you need to add to the map where each of the items of food came from. 

I have included a screenshot below of what your Google search should look like:

Here is the link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmjf382

I would love to see where your food has come from! The point to make about food miles is, the further your food has travelled to get to your plate, the higher the carbon footprint, as it has to travel further and use more fuel to get there. Increasingly, people are choosing to buy things that are produced locally to avoid large food miles, and this reduces their carbon footprint. 

What item of food had the most food miles?

What item of food had the least food miles?

I will also be doing the activity and sharing it later today with you.

PE

Yesterday, Toby did 11,293 steps. Libby F did a HUGE 17,160 yesterday. A big well done to both of you for doing these amounts and sharing them with me! Keep letting me know how you are all doing with your steps!

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