Remote Learning

Spellings: Can you choose some of these word today, to practice in your neatest handwriting?

Rule:

Use -cial after a vowel, like after the vowel ‘o’ in social, ‘e’ in special, ‘i’ in beneficial

Use -tial after a consonant, especially, after ‘n’ in substantial, essential, and ‘r’ in partial 

Potential

Essential

Substantial

Partial

Influential

special

social

official

crucial

artificial

official

beneficial

Arithmetic: This week we are going to continue to looking at multiplying fractions, but include mixed number fractions and multiplying these by larger numbers. All you have to remember is to change the mixed number fraction into an improper fraction first and then multiply the numerator (top of the fraction) by the whole number.

Definitions:

Mixed number: A whole number and a fraction combined into one mixed number for example:

2 1/3

Improper fraction: A fraction where the numerator (the top number) is greater than or equal to the denominator (the bottom number). … Example: 5/3 (five thirds) and 9/8 (nine eighths) are improper fractions.

Can you have a go at these questions below? You can leave your answer as an improper fraction, but if you are feeling really brave, can you convert your answer back to a mixed number?

4 ½ x 64 =

2 1/7x 42=

1 3/6 x 72=

Grammar: Today, we are going to write some of our own sentences, which include parenthesis. Can you think of the setting of Camp Green Lake? How would you describe the camp? Can you write some sentences about the camp, using parenthesis?

For example: Camp Green Lake, a dry barren wasteland, was littered with holes that the campmates had dug over the months.

English:  – Thursday- L.O. To research, and write notes on, an animal from Mexico.

Today you are going to research an animal from Mexico and write up some notes about it. Consider your audience when you are researching your creature (children may want to know some funny facts or even some disgusting ones!). You may want to draw a picture of the creature to go with your non-chronological text.

Maths: L.O- I can identify missing angles in triangles and quadrilaterals.

Can you have a go at the suggested activities below, using your knowledge of angles and shapes so far, to work out the missing angles?

Topic: Our weekly focus for this week is culture and tradition.

Suggested activities for the week:

•        Learn some numbers/ greetings in Spanish. There are some great videos on YouTube for this and the free language learning app Duolingo has a course in Spanish (this app is excellent!).

•        Mexican Spanish is slightly different to Spanish from mainland Spain, can you find out more about this?

•        Research the traditional sports of Mexico and present these as a poster or try some yourself (unless they are dangerous!)

•        Try some Mexican food. There are lots of Mexican dishes in our local supermarkets!

•        Research the main religions in Mexico.

•        Research the Mayans! What happened to them? Have they influenced any of modern Mexico?

•        Research the clothing in Mexico and design your own traditional outfit.

•        In England we have the monarchy and government. Is this the same as Mexico? Do they have any laws which are different?

•        Is there anyone who is famous who was born in Mexico?

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Coates. 

Spellings: Today, can you practice the words below using one or more of the strategies from the spelling menu? Rule:

Use -cial after a vowel, like after the vowel ‘o’ in social, ‘e’ in special, ‘i’ in beneficial

Use -tial after a consonant, especially, after ‘n’ in substantial, essential, and ‘r’ in partial 

Potential

Essential

Substantial

Partial

Influential

special

social

official

crucial

artificial

official

beneficial

Arithmetic: This week we are going to continue to looking at multiplying fractions, but include mixed number fractions and multiplying these by larger numbers. All you have to remember is to change the mixed number fraction into an improper fraction first and then multiply the numerator (top of the fraction) by the whole number.

Definitions:

Mixed number: A whole number and a fraction combined into one mixed number for example:

2 1/3

Improper fraction: A fraction where the numerator (the top number) is greater than or equal to the denominator (the bottom number). … Example: 5/3 (five thirds) and 9/8 (nine eighths) are improper fractions.

Can you have a go at these questions below? You can leave your answer as an improper fraction, but if you are feeling really brave, can you convert your answer back to a mixed number?

33/6 x 56=

2 1/3 x 24=

1 2/9 x 36 =

Grammar: This week, we are going to focus on parenthesis. Parenthesis adds more detail to a sentence. The parenthesis clause can be taken out of the sentence and the original sentence would still make sense. Today, we are going to practice using brackets. When marking parenthesis in a sentence, you can use brackets, dashes or commas. Today I have attached some sentences with some gaps, can you add your own examples of parenthesis and mark your parenthesis with brackets, dashes and commas?

English:  – Today I would like you to continue to read Holes (up to page 44 of the PDF document or up to chapter 23 in the book.

Maths: Wednesday: L.O- I can identify different types of angles.

When looking at different shapes, each shape is made up of angles. Some of these angles may be acute, a right-angle, obtuse, a straight line or a reflex. Can you remember what each of these angles look like? How many degrees does an angle need to be to acute or obtuse? You challenge today is to create an informative poster on the different types of angles to help you and others remember them and how to spot them! Can you include how many degrees are in a full turn?

Topic: Our weekly focus for this week is culture and tradition.

Suggested activities for the week:

•        Learn some numbers/ greetings in Spanish. There are some great videos on YouTube for this and the free language learning app Duolingo has a course in Spanish (this app is excellent!).

•        Mexican Spanish is slightly different to Spanish from mainland Spain, can you find out more about this?

•        Research the traditional sports of Mexico and present these as a poster or try some yourself (unless they are dangerous!)

•        Try some Mexican food. There are lots of Mexican dishes in our local supermarkets!

•        Research the main religions in Mexico.

•        Research the Mayans! What happened to them? Have they influenced any of modern Mexico?

•        Research the clothing in Mexico and design your own traditional outfit.

•        In England we have the monarchy and government. Is this the same as Mexico? Do they have any laws which are different?

•        Is there anyone who is famous who was born in Mexico?

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Coates. 

Spellings: Can you get someone to test you on 10 of the cious and tious words we have been practicing the last two weeks? Are there any you still need to practice? Can you note these down to continue to practice them?

Arithmetic: Can you have a go at the next arithmetic test? I have uploaded the test and the answers, so you can check back your working out.

Grammar: I have attached some test style activities on relative clauses to this post. Using the knowledge you have built up over the week, can you have a go at the activities?

English:  L.O. To use evidence to predict events in the book.

Do you think the warden is looking for something in particular?

What would be the best thing for Stanley to find in a hole? Why?

Imagine Stanley has found something valuable in the hole. Write the next part of the book which shows what he decides to do with it. Think carefully about Stanley’s character. This could just be a few paragraphs which leaves a cliff-hanger or you could write the next (mini) chapter.

Maths: L.O- I can draw a line graph.

Today I would like you to have a go at constructing your own line graph. A line graph is used to show a continuous set of data, which changes over a period of time. Can you construct your own line graph today? You could show the changes in temperature over the week you have collected using a line graph or the change in rainfall over each day.

When constructing a line graph, you need to think first about the units that will go along your y axis, which scale with you use- will it go up in 1’s, 5’s 10’s? Look carefully at your data and decide which scale is most appropriate. Again, remember to label your axis and give your graph a title. To plot a line graph, mark each measurement with a cross and join the crosses up with a straight line.

 Topic: It is our final day on the festivals in Mexico, I would love to see your amazing work and what you have found out!

·       Research different Mexican festivals! Find out where they happen and why.

·       Find a festival which interests you (some are listed below) and study the history of it. Is there a traditional story behind the celebration? Is it similar to any festivals we have in the UK?

·       Consider the religions of Mexico. What are the main religions? Do they celebrate the same things that we do?

·       Lots of festivals have traditional songs. Can you find any and have a listen? Do you enjoy them? How is the music made? Does it sounds like music we have at our festivals in the UK? Why/why not?

·       You could look up some of the foods associated with the festivals and try to recreate them.

·       Festivals you could consider:

o   Day of the Dead

o   Carnaval

o   Cinco de Mayo

o   Independence day

o   Las Posadas.

Well done for all of your fabulous hard work!

Miss Coates.

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Good Morning Elm Class, welcome back to Monday! Hope you all had a fantastic weekend and feel refreshed for the week!
Spellings: Today we are going back to practicing words with suffixes ‘cial and tial’.
Rule:
Use -cial after a vowel, like after the vowel ‘o’ in social, ‘e’ in special, ‘i’ in beneficial
Use -tial after a consonant, especially, after ‘n’ in substantial, essential, and ‘r’ in partial  
See if you can use these rules to complete the activity I have attached to the post below, but remember there are some exceptions! Can you get an adult to check your answers or you could use the internet to check you have the correct spellings!

Arithmetic: This week we are going to continue to looking at multiplying fractions, but include mixed number fractions and multiplying these by larger numbers. All you have to remember is to change the mixed number fraction into an improper fraction first and then multiply the numerator (top of the fraction) by the whole number.
Definitions:
Mixed number: A whole number and a fraction combined into one mixed number for example:
2 1/3
Improper fraction: A fraction where the numerator (the top number) is greater than or equal to the denominator (the bottom number). … Example: 5/3 (five thirds) and 9/8 (nine eighths) are improper fractions.
Can you have a go at these questions below? You can leave your answer as an improper fraction, but if you are feeling really brave, can you convert your answer back to a mixed number?
1 2/3 x 24=
2 1/5 x 15=
2 2/9 x 45=
2 1/3 x 23=
Grammar: This week, we are going to focus on parenthesis. Parenthesis adds more detail to a sentence. The parenthesis clause can be taken out of the sentence and the original sentence would still make sense. Relative clauses, which we looked at last week are an example of parenthesis. Relative clauses start with the pronouns who, which, that or whose, whereas parenthesis can be anything, which adds more information in the sentence to the noun. Can you pick out the parenthesis in these sentences below?

Queen Victoria’s reign spanned over 64 years 1837-1901, she became queen when she was just 18 years old.
Chapter 13 pages 22-28 will give you more information about the planet Mars.
I walked through the park and sat down to eat my cheese and pickle sandwiches this was not my favourite filling but it would have to do.

English:  – L.O: To practise taking notes.
Today, I would like you to have a look back at chapter 8, starting with a great description of the deadly yellow spotted lizard! Today you are going to take notes on the yellow-spotted lizard and then plan a non-chronological report about it. Think carefully about your non-chronological report and the audience which you would be writing for. Miss Stanley will upload today two stories which are actually non-chronological reports even though they don’t sound like it. What makes these different? Are they more engaging than normal non-chronological reports?
As an extra challenge you could plan to write your non-chronological reports in this way.
Below is a feature list for a normal non-chronological report- do the two books have all of the features? Why/ Why not?
Could you begin to plan out your non- chronological report, ready to write tomorrow?

Maths: L.O- I can compare and classify 2D shapes.
This week, our focus in Maths is shape, have a look at today’s activities suggested below, looking at the properties of 2D shapes.

 Topic: Our weekly focus for this week is culture and tradition.
Suggested activities for the week:
• Learn some numbers/ greetings in Spanish. There are some great videos on YouTube for this and the free language learning app Duolingo has a course in Spanish (this app is excellent!).
• Mexican Spanish is slightly different to Spanish from mainland Spain, can you find out more about this?
• Research the traditional sports of Mexico and present these as a poster or try some yourself (unless they are dangerous!)
• Try some Mexican food. There are lots of Mexican dishes in our local supermarkets!
• Research the main religions in Mexico.
• Research the Mayans! What happened to them? Have they influenced any of modern Mexico?
• Research the clothing in Mexico and design your own traditional outfit.
• In England we have the monarchy and government. Is this the same as Mexico? Do they have any laws which are different?
• Is there anyone who is famous who was born in Mexico?
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Coates. 

Welcome to Friday! Sharing Assembly day! I would love to see all of the fabulous you have been doing!

Spellings: Can you get someone to test you on 10 of the cious and tious words we have been practicing the last two weeks? Are there any you still need to practice? Can you note these down to continue to practice them?

Arithmetic: Can you have a go at the next arithmetic test? I have uploaded the test and the answers, so you can check back your working out.

Grammar: I have attached some test style activities on relative clauses to this post. Using the knowledge you have built up over the week, can you have a go at the activities?

English:  L.O. To use evidence to predict events in the book.

Do you think the warden is looking for something in particular?

What would be the best thing for Stanley to find in a hole? Why?

Imagine Stanley has found something valuable in the hole. Write the next part of the book which shows what he decides to do with it. Think carefully about Stanley’s character. This could just be a few paragraphs which leaves a cliff-hanger or you could write the next (mini) chapter.

Maths: L.O- I can draw a line graph.

Today I would like you to have a go at constructing your own line graph. A line graph is used to show a continuous set of data, which changes over a period of time. Can you construct your own line graph today? You could show the changes in temperature over the week you have collected using a line graph or the change in rainfall over each day.

When constructing a line graph, you need to think first about the units that will go along your y axis, which scale with you use- will it go up in 1’s, 5’s 10’s? Look carefully at your data and decide which scale is most appropriate. Again, remember to label your axis and give your graph a title. To plot a line graph, mark each measurement with a cross and join the crosses up with a straight line.

 Topic: It is our final day on the festivals in Mexico, I would love to see your amazing work and what you have found out!

·       Research different Mexican festivals! Find out where they happen and why.

·       Find a festival which interests you (some are listed below) and study the history of it. Is there a traditional story behind the celebration? Is it similar to any festivals we have in the UK?

·       Consider the religions of Mexico. What are the main religions? Do they celebrate the same things that we do?

·       Lots of festivals have traditional songs. Can you find any and have a listen? Do you enjoy them? How is the music made? Does it sounds like music we have at our festivals in the UK? Why/why not?

·       You could look up some of the foods associated with the festivals and try to recreate them.

·       Festivals you could consider:

o   Day of the Dead

o   Carnaval

o   Cinco de Mayo

o   Independence day

o   Las Posadas.

Well done for all of your fabulous hard work!

Miss Coates.

Spellings: This week, we are going to practice the spellings of words with the suffix ending ‘tious’. These are the words I would like you to practice this week: ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious and continue to practice the ‘cious’ words to we learnt last week vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious, spacious, ferocious, atrocious. This will be your final day of practice with these words, can you write these out in your neatest handwriting?

Arithmetic: This week we are going to practice dividing fractions by a whole number, whilst also still practicing multiplying fractions, to ensure we don’t forget these skills. When you divide a fraction by a whole number, you actually multiply the denominator (the bottom number) of the fraction. Can you have a go at these? If you need a recap of multiplying fractions, the BBC bitesize website will help you with this:

3/6 x 2/8=

4/9 x 2/12=

3/8 x 4/7=

1/5 x 9=

2/6 x 9=

3/7 x 6=

4/12 ÷ 7=

5/6 ÷ 8=

4/8 ÷ 3=

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/z8fyv4j

Grammar: Have a look at the picture below. You open the tree door and enter, can you describe the door? What did you see behind the door? Can you use some relative clause sentences to describe what you see?

English:  L.O. To add to your description of the warden.

On Monday, you used your art skills to draw an image of what you thought the Warden might look like. Today can you have a go at the following?

1. Add to your picture of the Warden with extra information and ideas you pick up from the last two chapters (16 and 17).
2. Add a quotation from the text to support each idea you have about her. Remember to use quotation marks.

Maths: Thursday: L.O- I can draw a bar chart.

Today I would like you to have a go at constructing your own bar chart! You can either use the data you have collected this week or use the data in the table below from two of the Mexican cities. Remember to label your axis and give your graph a title. Think carefully about the scale that your graph might go up in. Remember the Y axis is the vertical line and usually has your scale of numbers going up it and the x axis is the horizontal axis which usually has your other variable along it such as the months of the year.

 Topic: Our weekly focus for this week is about Mexico is Festivals.

Suggested activities for the week:

·       Research different Mexican festivals! Find out where they happen and why.

·       Find a festival which interests you (some are listed below) and study the history of it. Is there a traditional story behind the celebration? Is it similar to any festivals we have in the UK?

·       Consider the religions of Mexico. What are the main religions? Do they celebrate the same things that we do?

·       Lots of festivals have traditional songs. Can you find any and have a listen? Do you enjoy them? How is the music made? Does it sounds like music we have at our festivals in the UK? Why/why not?

·       You could look up some of the foods associated with the festivals and try to recreate them.

·       Festivals you could consider:

o   Day of the Dead

o   Carnaval

o   Cinco de Mayo

o   Independence day

o   Las Posadas.

Well done for all of your fabulous hard work!

Miss Coates.

Spellings: This week, we are going to practice the spellings of words with the suffix ending ‘tious’. These are the words I would like you to practice this week: ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious and continue to practice the ‘cious’ words we learnt last week vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious, spacious, ferocious, atrocious. Can you have a go at practicing these spellings using some of the strategies on the spelling menu?

Arithmetic: This week we are going to practice dividing fractions by a whole number, whilst also still practicing multiplying fractions, to ensure we don’t forget these skills. When you divide a fraction by a whole number, you actually multiply the denominator (the bottom number) of the fraction. Can you have a go at these? If you need a recap of multiplying fractions, the BBC bitesize website will help you with this:

3/7 x 4/5 =

2/5 x 4/9=

1/3 x 7/8=

5/6 x 4=

3/7 x 8=

4/9 ÷ 6 =

7/12 ÷ 3=

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/z8fyv4j

Grammar: Below I have attached a picture of a pirate ship, Could you write some descriptive sentences which include relative clauses about the pirate ship and the pirates?

English: L.O. To read to the end of page 35 (up to chapter 18). Today I would just like you to continue to read more of Holes.

Maths: L.O- I can calculate the mean (average) of a set of data.

Another useful way of interpreting data and being able to understand the information our data is telling us, is to calculate the mean or average of a set of data. The average value in a set of numbers is the middle value, calculated by dividing the total of all the values by the number of values. The average of a set of data helps us to see the overall trend in the set of data. For example, to find the average temperature for a particular month, you would take the temperature each day and add these up, dividing the total by the number of days in the month there were. If this were for instance 25˚, this means that most of the temperatures each day were either 25˚ or close to this.

Can you have a go at this activity on finding the average that I have attached to the class webpage? You don’t need to print on the questions, just write your answers down on some paper.

If you finish this and would like an extra challenge, I have added some word problems which involve working out the average to the class webpage!

Topic: Our weekly focus for this week is about Mexico is Festivals.

Suggested activities for the week:

• Research different Mexican festivals! Find out where they happen and why.

• Find a festival which interests you (some are listed below) and study the history of it. Is there a traditional story behind the celebration? Is it similar to any festivals we have in the UK?

• Consider the religions of Mexico. What are the main religions? Do they celebrate the same things that we do?

• Lots of festivals have traditional songs. Can you find any and have a listen? Do you enjoy them? How is the music made? Does it sounds like music we have at our festivals in the UK? Why/why not?

• You could look up some of the foods associated with the festivals and try to recreate them.

• Festivals you could consider:

o Day of the Dead

o Carnaval

o Cinco de Mayo

o Independence day

o Las Posadas.

Stay safe,

Miss Coates.

Spellings: This week, we are going to practice the spellings of words with the suffix ending ‘tious’. These are the words I would like you to practice this week: ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious and continue to practice the ‘cious’ words to we learnt last week vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious, spacious, ferocious, atrocious. Today, could you practice a mixture of these spellings using the look, say cover write check method?

Arithmetic: This week we are going to practice dividing fractions by a whole number, whilst also still practicing multiplying fractions, to ensure we don’t forget these skills. When you divide a fraction by a whole number, you actually multiply the denominator (the bottom number) of the fraction. Can you have a go at these? If you need a recap of multiplying fractions, the BBC bitesize website will help you with this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/z8fyv4j

3/9 x 4 =

4/7 x 6=

3/5 x 5=

2/3 x 4/5 =

3/9 x 6/12=

3/7 ÷ 4 =

2/3 ÷ 7=

4/12 ÷ 8 =

Grammar: Can you identify the relative clauses in each of these sentences?

The man, who hadn’t eaten for hours, went to get some lunch.

Tom, who had run out of milk, went to the shops.

The boy, who was freezing cold, had forgotten his hat and gloves.

The family went on a bike ride, which was 7 miles long.

Now have a go at adding a relative clause to these sentences:

The girl went to get her haircut.

The boys went to play football.

The park was very quiet.

Tomorrow we will have a go at writing our own relative clause sentences!

English: Today I would like you to think back to Stanley’s first day digging holes at Camp Green Lake. I would like you to put yourself in the shoes of Stanley’s character and write a diary entry from Stanley’s perspective about the day. Remember to include the key events of the day, Stanley’s feelings throughout the diary entry and to use time conjunctions to show how time has passed in your diary. You can use the text to help remind you of what happened during Stanley’s first day. I look forward to seeing some of your wonderful diary entries!

Maths: L.O- I can interpret information in graphs.

Today we are going to have a go at interpreting some graphs. When we interpret a graph, we look carefully at the data and what the graph is showing us, helping us to use the data to answer key questions. Have a look at the graph below, it shows the average monthly temperatures for two cities in Mexico, can you answer the questions?

1.       Which location is hotter?

2.       What is the hottest month in Villahermosa?

3.       Which are the hottest months in Chihuahua City?

4.       What are the coldest months in Villahermosa?

5.       What is the coldest month in Chihuahua city?

6.       How much hotter is it in Villahermosa than in Chihuahua city in April?

7.       How much colder is it in Chihuahua City than in Villahermosa in November?

8.       What is the difference between the highest and lowest temperature in Villahermosa?

9.       What is the difference between the highest and lowest temperature in Chihuahua City?

CHALLENGE: Now have a look at this climate data from two other cities in Mexico and see if you can answer these challenge question!

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Is there more rain in Tijuana or Mexico City in April (check the units carefully before you answer)?
Can you calculate how many hours of sunshine there would be in total during the month of January in Mexico City? 

SUPERCHALLENGE: Can you work out the total hours of sunshine for a whole year?

Topic: Our weekly focus for this week is about Mexico is Festivals.

Suggested activities for the week:

·       Research different Mexican festivals! Find out where they happen and why.

·       Find a festival which interests you (some are listed below) and study the history of it. Is there a traditional story behind the celebration? Is it similar to any festivals we have in the UK?

·       Consider the religions of Mexico. What are the main religions? Do they celebrate the same things that we do?

·       Lots of festivals have traditional songs. Can you find any and have a listen? Do you enjoy them? How is the music made? Does it sounds like music we have at our festivals in the UK? Why/why not?

·       You could look up some of the foods associated with the festivals and try to recreate them.

·       Festivals you could consider:

o   Day of the Dead

o   Carnaval

o   Cinco de Mayo

o   Independence day

o   Las Posadas.

Stay safe,

Miss Coates. 

Welcome back to Monday, hope you all have had a wonderful weekend!

Spellings: This week, we are going to practice the spellings of words with the suffix ending ‘tious’. These are the words I would like you to practice this week: ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious. Could you also continue to practice the cious words from last week? Your test at the end of the week will be on cious and tious ending words to ensure you continue to practice the previous spellings and not forget them! Today I would like you to take a page of your home learning book and design each word as a poster in your book. Some words you may draw a little picture next to, to help remind you of what they mean, or you may write them in different colours or fonts and sizes to split up the sounds in the words and stress certain letters, to help you remember the spellings.

‘cious’ words to practice: vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious, spacious, ferocious, atrocious

Arithmetic: This week we are going to practice dividing fractions by a whole number, whilst also still practicing multiplying fractions, to ensure we don’t forget these skills. When you divide a fraction by a whole number, you actually multiply the denominator (the bottom number) of the fraction. Can you have a go at these? If you need a recap of multiplying fractions, the BBC bitesize website will help you with this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/z8fyv4j

2/3 x 4=

3/4 x 5 =

4/7 x 8=

3/5 x 2/8 =

2/5 x 7/8=

4/5 ÷ 6 =

5/9 ÷ 7 =

2/3 ÷ 4 =

Grammar: This week we are going to continue to focus on sentence structure, looking at how we can add extra clauses to a sentence to add more detail. Today we are going to be looking at relative clauses. Relative clauses add more information about the noun in a sentence and start with a relative pronoun – ‘who, which, that or whom’. Relative clauses are marked at the beginning and ending either with commas, brackets or dashes. Have a look at the activity below, can you link the two sentences together with a relative pronoun and mark the clause with punctuation?  

English: L.O: To consider the character of the warden.

Today I would like you think carefully about the character of the Warden! What do you know so far from what you have read? Your task:

1. Draw a picture of how you imagine the Warden to look on a full page in your exercise book.
2. Label the picture with as many ideas about her character as you can from the chapters we have just read.
3. Add a quotation from the text to support each idea you have about her. Remember to use quotation marks.

Maths: Our focus in Maths this week is data handling. In year 5 and 6 we continue to develop our skills of collecting and presenting data in different formats including bar charts, line graphs and pie charts. We explore when and why the different types of graph are used and develop our skills in being able to choose the most appropriate graph for the type of data we have collected. We also build on our skills of interpreting and using data presented in pre constructed graphs, to help us in understanding the information the data tells us.

This week, we are going to create our own graphs from the data we have collected. We are going to focus on the weather over this week to form our data.

Could you record the highest temperatures of each day of the week? You may have a thermometer outside at home or you could use the internet or a newspaper to record the highest temperatures each day. A great website for this is the BBC weather website. https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather

An adult may have access to a weather app on a smart phone that could help you collect the maximum and minimum temperatures of each day next week.

You could create a rain gauge and collect data on the amount of rainfall each week. To help you with making a rain, I have attached some instructions on how to make one to the class webpage.

Could you research the temperature each day for a part of Mexico and record this? Or you could research the average temperature of Mexico each month and record this?

You could find out the highest wind speeds for each day or the percentage of humidity each day!

Monday: L.O- I can design a table for recording my data.

Today you need to think about how you could design the table that you will record and organise your data into. Have a look at the example table below, think carefully about your headings, linking to what you are measuring. You could also design a tally chart to make a tally of the different weather types that happen each day of the week.

Topic: Our weekly focus for this week is about Mexico is Festivals.

Suggested activities for the week:

·       Research different Mexican festivals! Find out where they happen and why.

·       Find a festival which interests you (some are listed below) and study the history of it. Is there a traditional story behind the celebration? Is it similar to any festivals we have in the UK?

·       Consider the religions of Mexico. What are the main religions? Do they celebrate the same things that we do?

·       Lots of festivals have traditional songs. Can you find any and have a listen? Do you enjoy them? How is the music made? Does it sounds like music we have at our festivals in the UK? Why/why not?

·       You could look up some of the foods associated with the festivals and try to recreate them.

·       Festivals you could consider:

o   Day of the Dead

o   Carnaval

o   Cinco de Mayo

o   Independence day

o   Las Posadas.

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Coates. 

Sharing assembly day! I would love to see the fantastic work you have been up to this week! You can share photos on this post or send some examples to me!

Spellings: Can you get someone to test you on the cious words we have be learning this week? How did you do? Are there some you may need a little more practice on?

Arithmetic: I have uploaded the next arithmetic test for you to have a go at and the answers, so you can check your answers. The best thing you can take from these is to have a look at the areas you struggled with, note these down and these are the areas to focus your practice on for next time.

Grammar: I have taken some questions from a previous grammar SATs paper on the skills we have been practicing this week. Can you have a go at these?

English: L.O. To read up to page 32 (on the PDF but in the book make sure you read up to the beginning of chapter 16).

There is quite a bit of reading today so you only need to read.

Remember, if you come across a word you do not understand, read it slowly, then consider the context of the sentence. If you are still unsure ask someone what it means or get a dictionary!

You may want to practise reading aloud to someone to ensure that you are fluent and have the correct expression.

Maths: Today is our last day on fractions! Could you have a go at some of the real life word problems using fractions perhaps? Could you try a new activity that you haven’t done yet this week?

Topic:

Today is our last day on the climate and Geography of Mexico! Can you find out something different today?

Suggested activities for the week:

•      Locate Mexico on a map and describe its location. What continent is it in? Which other countries are near it? Is it in the northern or southern hemisphere?

•      Research the weather in Mexico. Is it similar to the weather in the U.K.? Why might this be the case? Could you create a temperature/rainfall graph to show the temperature/rainfall throughout the year?

•      Are the seasons the same in Mexico? Why/why not?

•      Research the plantlife in Mexico. Are there any species of plant native to Mexico? Could you draw or paint these?

•      Research the wildlife of Mexico. Present this information in a fun way- perhaps in a poster.

•      What is the landscape of Mexico like? Are there any famous mountains or rivers? Is it similar of different to the U.K.?

•      Have there been any big natural disasters in Mexico? Why have these happened? You could write a newspaper report of one of these or a diary entry from someone who was there.

•      Research famous landmarks in Mexico.

•      Research the capital city of Mexico and compare it to other capital cities.

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Coates.

Spellings: Today we are going back to practicing words with the suffix ending ‘cious’. With these words, usually if the root word ends in –ce, the sound is usually spelt as cious rather than ious – e.g, grace – gracious, space, spacious.

This is your last day to practice cious words, before someone tests you tomorrow. Can you practice your spellings using some fun strategies from the spelling menu?

Here are some example words to practice: vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious, spacious, ferocious, atrocious

Arithmetic: This week, we are going to recap multiplying fractions. Remember, when you multiply a fraction by a whole number, you multiply the numerator (or top of the fraction) and when you multiply two fractions together, you multiply both the numerators together and both the denominators. If you want to challenge yourself further, you can have a go at simplifying the fraction after the calculation.

See if you can attempt these below:

4/9 x 5 =

2/3 x 4 =

3/8 x 9=

1/8 x 6=

3/7 x 4/5=

6/9 x 5/10=

4/6 x 2/8=

Grammar: Today we are going to continue to look at co-ordinating conjunctions. Before we were looking at subordinate conjunctions, which join a main clause to a subordinate clause, whereas we are now going to be using coordinating conjunctions which join two main clauses together. Remember: Main clauses could be standalone sentences themselves and subordinate clause add more information to the sentence, but do not make sense alone. The coordinating conjunctions can be remembered using the saying FANBOYS- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

Your task today: Think of some activities you have done during lockdown and when you have been at home, can you write some sentences to describe these, including a co-ordinating conjunction?

For example: At the weekend we went for a bike ride, but it was too hot to go very far.

English: L.O. To write about Madame Zeroni. From reading the story Holes, you will have come across the character, Madame Zeroni

Madame Zeroni is a mysterious woman and she has had an interesting life. She knows many stories –

Your task is to write one of her amazing stories:

•      A story of her curses?

•      A story of her fortune telling?

•      A story about how she lost her foot?

•      A tale of gold and fortunes?

Creative Writing Techniques

      Simile/metaphor/personification

      Verbs/adverbs

      Adjectives

      5 senses

      Varied sentence length

      Ambitious vocabulary

Maths: What fraction activity will you choose today? Could you have a go at multiplying fractions or converting improper fractions to mixed numbers? Could you create your own snap game of equivalent fractions?

Topic: For the next four weeks, you will be studying Mexico!

Everyone in the school is doing the same project so that if you have younger siblings, then you can all do similar activities and teach each other things.

I have suggested some activities below which are suitable for a Year 5/6 class but can also be done by younger children with some help.

Choose the activities you would most like to do and present them creatively! You can present your work however you like, for example, in the form of artwork, a scrapbook, a PowerPoint.

Our weekly focus for this week is Climate and Geography.

Suggested activities for the week:

•      Locate Mexico on a map and describe its location. What continent is it in? Which other countries are near it? Is it in the northern or southern hemisphere?

•      Research the weather in Mexico. Is it similar to the weather in the U.K.? Why might this be the case? Could you create a temperature/rainfall graph to show the temperature/rainfall throughout the year?

•      Are the seasons the same in Mexico? Why/why not?

•      Research the plantlife in Mexico. Are there any species of plant native to Mexico? Could you draw or paint these?

•      Research the wildlife of Mexico. Present this information in a fun way- perhaps in a poster.

•      What is the landscape of Mexico like? Are there any famous mountains or rivers? Is it similar of different to the U.K.?

•      Have there been any big natural disasters in Mexico? Why have these happened? You could write a newspaper report of one of these or a diary entry from someone who was there.

•      Research famous landmarks in Mexico.

•      Research the capital city of Mexico and compare it to other capital cities.

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Coates.

Spellings: Today we are going back to practicing words with the suffix ending ‘cious’. With these words, usually if the root word ends in –ce, the sound is usually spelt as cious rather than ious – e.g, grace – gracious, space, spacious.

Can you practice these spellings in your neatest handwriting?

Here are some example words to practice: vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious, spacious, ferocious, atrocious

Arithmetic: This week, we are going to recap multiplying fractions. Remember, when you multiply a fraction by a whole number, you multiply the numerator (or top of the fraction) and when you multiply two fractions together, you multiply both the numerators together and both the denominators. If you want to challenge yourself further, you can have a go at simplifying the fraction after the calculation.

See if you can attempt these below:

3/7 x 9=

4/5 x 8=

2/7 x 4=

2/6 x 9=

2/5 x 6/7=

5/6 x 7/8=

2/3 x 9/10=

Grammar: Today we are going to be looking at co-ordinating conjunctions. Before we were looking at subordinate conjunctions, which join a main clause to a subordinate clause, whereas we are now going to be using coordinating conjunctions which join two main clauses together. Remember: Main clauses could be standalone sentences themselves and subordinate clause add more information to the sentence, but do not make sense alone. The coordinating conjunctions can be remembered using the saying FANBOYS- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. Can you have a go at the activity below, using the coordinating conjunctions? Could you then have a go at making up some of your own sentences including co-ordinating conjunctions?

English: L.O. To write a letter with a particular perspective. Today we are going to have a go at letter writing! Can you read up to page 22- (beginning of chapter 10). Stanley has begun a letter to his mother. He pretends to be enjoying his time at Camp Green Lake.

However, he stops writing as he is interrupted. Your task is to complete his letter.

Can you have a go at including the following in the letter?

•      Use the correct structure

•      Write in the voice of Stanley

•      Include information about Stanley’s friends

•      Include information about the activities at the camp

Remember to pretend that you are enjoying camp!

Maths: Can you choose something else from the list to have a go at? Could you maybe use lego to make some fractions? What fraction is blue or red? Could you write some equivalent fractions to this? Could you create a fraction numberline and add on some equivalent fractions? Could you have a go at adding and subtracting fractions using the activity sheet on the class webpage? I look forward to seeing all of your wonderful Maths!

Topic: For the next four weeks, you will be studying Mexico!

Everyone in the school is doing the same project so that if you have younger siblings, then you can all do similar activities and teach each other things.

I have suggested some activities below which are suitable for a Year 5/6 class but can also be done by younger children with some help.

Choose the activities you would most like to do and present them creatively! You can present your work however you like, for example, in the form of artwork, a scrapbook, a PowerPoint.

Our weekly focus for this week is Climate and Geography.

Suggested activities for the week:

•      Locate Mexico on a map and describe its location. What continent is it in? Which other countries are near it? Is it in the northern or southern hemisphere?

•      Research the weather in Mexico. Is it similar to the weather in the U.K.? Why might this be the case? Could you create a temperature/rainfall graph to show the temperature/rainfall throughout the year?

•      Are the seasons the same in Mexico? Why/why not?

•      Research the plantlife in Mexico. Are there any species of plant native to Mexico? Could you draw or paint these?

•      Research the wildlife of Mexico. Present this information in a fun way- perhaps in a poster.

•      What is the landscape of Mexico like? Are there any famous mountains or rivers? Is it similar of different to the U.K.?

•      Have there been any big natural disasters in Mexico? Why have these happened? You could write a newspaper report of one of these or a diary entry from someone who was there.

•      Research famous landmarks in Mexico.

•      Research the capital city of Mexico and compare it to other capital cities.

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Coates. 

Miss Coates.