Cedar Class

Cedar class learning for 04 JUN 2020

English: LO: to use a wide range of adjectives.

Today I would like you to think very carefully about the words you use in your writing, particularly when it comes to descriptive writing. Adjectives are words which describe nouns: In the sentence ‘The short, happy man was running’ the adjectives are ‘short’ and ‘happy’, and they describe the man. Whilst this sentence is a lot more interesting than a sentence without any adjectives (‘The man was running’), it could still be improved. How small is the man? If he was very, very small I could instead write, ‘The tiny, happy man was running’. If he was also the happiest he had ever been I could write, ‘The tiny, ecstatic man was running’. These more complex adjectives describe what is happening in more detail, and so the reader can picture the scene better.

I would like you to find some of your existing writing, or take a passage from your reading book, and go through it and try and improve the adjectives. You could use a thesaurus to help you find words, or use the internet. Make sure that the sentence still makes sense, as some words which appear to mean the same thing actually don’t in some sentences!

Maths: LO: to accurately measure.

Yesterday you practised accurately measuring smaller objects using both centimetres and millimetres. Today, I would like you to practise the skill of drawing to a set length; using a ruler and a pencil to draw to a length can be tricky, and so you need to take your time and learn this skill.

Pick a shape, then choose how long each side will be on the shape. Write this at the top of a piece of paper. For example: Square, 4 sides of 4cm and 5mm. Then underneath, do your best to draw the shape to your specified measurements. Once you have drawn it, remeasure the shape to check you drew it correctly.

To challenge yourself, draw shapes with sides of different lengths (right-angled triangle, rectangle) and label the lengths of the sides.

Topic: LO: to investigate different types of teeth.

For your topic work I would like you to investigate the teeth that humans have. What are the 3 types of teeth we have? What does each tooth type do? When describing the appearance and function of the tooth, try and use some interesting adjectives like in English.

Do all animals have teeth? Do all animals have the same layout of teeth as humans? What differences are there between the teeth of a dog, a cow and a human? If you can access pictures of teeth, you could use your labelling skills to label each feature.