Good morning Year 5. I hope you are all well and keeping safe. It has been lovely to speak to some of you this week. I have really enjoyed reading some of the messages I have received over the past couple of weeks. Remember you can send me a message to let me know how you are getting on, it is lovely to hear from you. I have also thoroughly enjoyed seeing your amazing work on the Home Learning Showcase! Erin, your colouring was fantastic and I am so impressed that you are learning another language, you will have to teach me some turkish when we are back at school. Alexia, your drawing of Fred the bear was brilliant and Isla your rainbow for key workers was beautiful.

If you have done any learning at home that you are proud of, make sure you get it displayed on our Home Learning Showcase page, I love seeing all the amazing work you are doing at home.

This week I have set you a range of challenges. I have also included some Easter activities. Please remember that you do not have to complete these challenges or Easter activities, they are just there if you would like to have a go at them. None of the challenges or activities below require any printing. The children can complete all challenges on paper.

Reading challenge

This week your reading challenge is to clarify the meaning of any vocabulary you don’t understand.

Your task this week is to pick out 5 pieces of vocabulary from page 18 and 19 that you don’t understand. You then need to identify the meaning of those pieces of vocabulary. Once you have identified their meaning, can you write me a definition?

Example:

Rotten – something that is decaying and foul.

Remember you can use dictionary.com to find definitions.

Here is the link to the reading challenge: Year 5 Reading 06.04.20

Geography Challenge

Can you draw me an image of a volcano and label it? Use the internet to research parts of a volcano. This will support you with labelling your image. Once you have labelled your image can you write definitions for the parts of the volcano you have named?

I have included an example below.

Maths Challenges

Challenge 1: Do you agree or disagree with Richard?

Challenge 2: Representing decimals on a place value grid

Can you represent the following decimals on a place value grid?

0.34 3.90 6.26 0.06 2.57

Can you explain the value of each digit which is bold in the following decimals?

4.56 0.76 9.80 0.87 4.56

If you are struggling to remember how to represent decimals using a place value grid or identify the value of particular digits within decimals, here is a link to a document which gives you examples: Year 5 Maths 06.04.20. This will help to support you with your challenge.

Challenge 3: Can you write down all the possible numbers Daisy could be thinking of?

Extension: Can you tell me which fractions I have represented using the 100 square? Can you tell me what those fractions would be as a decimal?

Here is the link to the extension task: Year 5 Maths extension 06.04.20.

Spelling challenge

Spelling focus: tion endings – sounds like shun

Spelling activity: Year 5 Spelling 06.04.20.

Handwriting Challenge

Joining the letters j and o

Your task this week is to copy out the letters, words and sentences in your best handwriting, remember to join!

Here is the link to your handwriting words and sentences this week: Year 5 Handwriting 06.04.20.

Extra challenge: Can you write 5 of your own sentences using your handwriting words from this week?

English Challenges

Challenge 1: Can you identify all the word classes used in the sentence below?

My friend, who is 11 years old, loves chocolate.

Challenge 2: Modal verbs

Here is the link to your modal verb challenge: Year 5 English modal verbs 06.04.20.

Attached to the challenge is a word mat containing examples of modal verbs to support you with your challenge.

Challenge 3: Setting description

Your final English challenge this week is to write a setting description. You have 5 different images. Your task is to choose one of the 5 images and write your setting description based on the image you have chosen.

Here is the link to the setting images: Year 5 setting description 06.04.20.

Remember to use your 5 senses when writing:

What can you see?
What might you be able to smell?
What might you be able to hear?
What could you taste?
What are you able to touch?

Think about all the fantastic vocabulary you can use in your writing and remember to use thesaurus.com to support you with your fantastic vocabulary. Challenge yourself, can you include some amazing adjectives, some fantastic relative clauses and a variety of punctuation?

Health and Wellbeing challenge

Your health and wellbeing challenge this week is to do some deep breathing exercises. The link to the deep breathing exercises video is on the main page when you click the Year 5 class page button. The video is called ‘Kids Meditation – Square breathing’.

Please remember that you do not have to complete the deep breathing activity, it is your choice whether you would like to complete this challenge.

Easter Challenges

Below are a list of ideas of Easter activities to help keep you busy during the Easter holidays.

Egg and spoon race
Paint a boiled egg
Treasure hunt – this doesn’t need to be Easter eggs, it could be anything!
Design and decorate your own Easter egg
Design a word search using Easter related vocabulary
Research the Easter story and re-tell the story in your own words
Design an Easter bunny – you could use natural materials to do this
Easter egg leaf art
Easter egg pebble craft
A spring picture

Here is a link to some examples of the Easter activities listed above: Year 5 Easter activities 06.04.20.

I am looking forward to hearing about, and seeing, all the fantastic learning that takes place over the next couple of weeks. Make sure you are staying safe and looking after yourselves.

Miss Twigger

Year 5 Home Learning and Easter - Week beginning 06-04-20