Happy Monday Year 5!
Good morning year 5! I hope you had a good weekend? To start this week, we are watching a very important assembly with probably most of the primary schools in the country. Here it is:
Handwriting Practice
Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1931 – ) has been a fearless and uncompromising activist for human rights for nearly half a century. Like Pope Francis he has never been quiet on important issues. In the 1980s he became famous around the world for his fight against apartheid. Archbishop Desmond Tutu played a very important role in Nelson Mandela‘s government and helped to build a new South Africa without segregation.
Who is Archbishop Desmond Tutu with in the photo above?
English
Running on Empty
Chapter 5 – Part 2
Running on Empty – Chapter 5: Running on Empty – 5 – part 2
Vocabulary (have a go at these before you listen, then finish them properly after you listen)
- hardly (adv.) 2. horrible (adj.) 3. liability (n.)
4. ridiculous (adj.) 5. helium (n.) 6. trampoline (n.)
First, match up these definitions with the words above:
- a crazy, silly, nonsensical situation
- not very much, nearly not at all
- bad or wrong; taste, smell, something that happens or something somebody does
- a gas that is lighter than air and so makes balloons rise into the sky
- a piece of sports equipment that you jump on
- someone/thing whose actions can cause you trouble
Next, complete these examples using the vocabulary words:
- “I’m really sorry I was _____________ to you.”
- We need some more milk – there’s _________ any left.
- The boys played on the _____________ for twenty minutes.
- If you breathe in ___________ gas, it makes your voice sound funny.
- “7,000,000 disposable coffee cups a day is _______________!”
- Our dog is too naughty. We can’t take him to the park – he’s a _____________.
Questions – Read them carefully before you listen.
- How do you think AJ feels when Crystal offers him her £5 for trainers? And why?
- Why is Aisha enjoying herself even though the boys are throwing cake?
- Why do you think AJ’s mum might be delighted that he’s had a bath?
- “…..and he said that he could only take five kids, but if someone dropped out I could take their place.” What does this make you think about Amit? Why did AJ want to go anyway?
Now read and listen to chapter 5 – part 2
Maths
Start today’s Maths with a reminder of Roman numerals by completing page 11 of your books.
Click here to download a sheet of 4-digit addition tables to fill in as you work you through the video:4-digit addition table, or draw these tables on some paper.
Before you watch the video try completing this one. I have only half-filled the table. Finish what I’ve started and complete the calculation. (there are no exchanges):
You will need one small table (for digits) and one large table (to draw counters) for each calculation.
Now try these:
B) Year 5 and 6 go on a school trip to the Clent Hills and find some blackberries to pick. Year 6 pick 1, 245 blackberries, but year 5 pick 206 more than this.
- How many blackberries do year 5 pick?
- How blackberries do years 5 and 6 pick altogether?
5-a-day
These 5-a-day come in 4 levels of difficulty. Click on the word for that level of question. Platinum are the most challenging.
Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum
Answers:
Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum
Theme
Biography Writing
Nelson Mandela
For a worksheet, Click here: Nelson Mandela Biography
If you cannot download a worksheet, take a moment to copy these phrases onto a piece of paper.
Before you start, notice where the capital letters are. Are there any phrases that do not start with capital letters? What about punctuation? What piece of punctuation follows most of them? Put a little circle around all the commas.
These phrases are all fronted (because they’re at the front of the sentence) adverbials. They give us more information about what comes next.
Four of them are not fronted adverbials. Can you find them?
