Good morning Year 5! 🙂

Quote of the Day  – Handwriting Practice

Well done Viona and Wen who were first to get the answer to me                                    yesterday. The leader of Germany is called ‘Chancellor‘. Today’s RoA                              question is reeeeaaaaally tricky! 🙂

Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941) was a poet, author, musician and                                              artist, and all-round genius really, from Bengal in India.  In 1913 he won                                    the Nobel prize for literature. Click on the photo to find out more about him.

 

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy.                                                           I awoke and saw that life was service.                                                      I acted and behold, service was joy!”

 

 RoA question:                                                                               Who is the other genius he is with here?

Rooftoppers – Chapter 28

Click here to download a worksheet:      Rooftoppers – Chapter 28

Vocabulary – it’s tricky today so use the examples in part 2 to help you.

1. arrogant (adj)                   2. vicious (adj)            3. unconscious (adj)                                                    4. underestimate (adj)       5. fragile (adj)             6. vault (v/n)

First, match up these definitions with the words above: (Notice that there are seven, so one word has two definitions) 

• easily broken, damaged or destroyed
• violent and dangerous
• believing you are better or more important than other people
• knocked out, not conscious
• a strong room, especially in a bank, where valuables are kept
• to think something is not as strong or as good as it really is
• to jump using your hands on something to help you

 Next, complete add these examples and add them to your vocabulary list (you could have a go at expanding them).

• a nasty, ___________ cat
• The ______________ boxer
• A gold medal-winning, Olympic pole ___________er
• A foolish, _____________ politician
• Harry Potter’s ___________ at Gringott’s Bank.
• as ____________ as a butterfly
• “Do not ______________ children,” said Sophie

Questions – Read them carefully before you listen and look for the numbers on the video to help you.

1.  How can you tell that Matteo is getting nervous as they get closer to the gariers?
2. “Don’t move, or I’ll kill you later, d’accord?” Why do you think Matteo says this to   Sophie?
3. What does Sophie begin to understand about Gerard?
4. What do you think Sophie thinks about the girls now, why is she a bit confused?

 Now read and listen to chapter 28 and check your answers.

Now we’re just going to read Chapter 29 without any questions you just need to know this first:

Cholera (n):  a serious disease that affects the stomach and bowels, usually                             caused by dirty water or food.

 

Maths

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

Decimals – Summer Term Week 1: Lesson 4 – Adding decimals – crossing the whole.

Click on the picture below to take you to the White Rose page.  Click on ‘Summer Term – Week 1’ and scroll down to ‘Lesson 4 – Adding decimals – crossing the whole.

 

Click below for the questions.

       Click here for the answers.