Literacy Week 7

Day 1:

Read chapter 2 of The Boy at The Back of the Class. Click here to load the chapter Chapter 2

Then answer the following questions: 

1. What simile does the narrator use to describe the new boy’s eyes?

2.Why does Tom say he used to think there was ‘something wrong’ with the narrator at first?3. Why do you think that Ahmet stared at his rucksack throughout the PE lesson?

4.Why do you think that the new boy was allowed to sit on his own in history?

5.Why does no one learn what it was like to be a gladiator living in Roman times that afternoon?

6.Why does everyone crowd around Jennie outside the front gates?

7.What is one thing Jennie says she knows about the new boy. Use information from the text to support your answer.

8. Find and copy reasons why the narrator doesn’t think Ahmet is meeting his mum at the school gates.

9.What does the narrator give to Ahmet?  Why do you think she felt it was important she did this?

10.What does the narrator plan to do the next day, and why?

Day 2: 

Using what you have read in chapters 1 and 2 write a diary entry for the new boy. Chapter 2 talks about each lesson of the day so this will help you to structure each paragraph. Below is a reminder of features of a diary.

Day 3: 

Complete the singular and plural activities below

Day 4:

Complete the subordinate clause activities below. Mrs Roger's class might remember https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK2Gyto5gTQ

Miss Stavish's class might remmeber: I SAW A WABUB!

Day 5:

Your challenge for today is to write a story or a poem that uses all of the subordinate conjunctions from I SAW A WABUB (see the image from day 4 to remind you) Miss Stavish has written an example poem below

Mrs Rodgers's new skill!

Hi Year 5,

With all this spare time at home, I have challenged myself to learn a new skill. Here is a video of me practising.

I would love to know if any of you have been learning anything new or practising something you haven't done for a while for example a musical instrument?

If not, can you challenge yourself to learn something new, there are lots of tutorials on the internet to help you.

Take care and stay safe, missing you all,

Mrs Rodgers

Year 5 Email

Grammar Terms

Hi All,

Please find attached a document that explains the Grammar terms used from Year 3 to Year 6 which you may find useful whilst completing your learning.

Stay Safe

Maths Week 6

For this weeks maths we are continuing with decimals. You can visit white rose maths and complete summer term week 2 on the year 5 section. This section is all about decimals.

Each day there is a video to watch and work for you to complete. If you do not have printer, you write your answers in your book.

Click https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/ for the tasks

In your packs you were given there is a decimals knowledge organiser sheet that may help you during your work.

Challenge yourself:

Choose two numbers and find the difference between them.

14.45    16.12    13.57    8.87

Repeat this twice.

Write the missing numbers.

(a)     23.4 -        = 18.67

(b)     15.5 =         + 8.78

(c)      32.4 - 18.55 =

Literacy week 6

Day 1: Reading

Read chapter 1 of 'The boy at the back of the class'. It is available at The Boy at the Back of the Class - Chapter 1

Answer the following questions:

1. What is usually the best thing about starting a brand-new term?
2. Whose fault is it that the astronaut ruler gets broken (according to the narrator)? Do you agree, and why/ why not?
3. Why does the narrator dislike maths? Use evidence from the text to support your answer
4. Why does the narrator hide snacks and chocolate bars from Tom?
5. How does the author show us that Josie is a good Best Friend?
6. Why doesn’t Michael care when people make fun of him?
7. What does Mum say about people without imaginations? What do you think she means by this?
8. List 3 reasons why Mrs Khan is a better teacher than Mr Thompson.
9. Why is everyone scared of Mrs Sanders?
10. Why does the narrator feel sorry for Ahmet as soon as he is led to the empty chair?

Day 2:
In chapter one the narrator talks of their love of comics. The narrator also gives a lot of details about their 3 best friends. Using the descriptions given in chapter one, draw Josie, Micheal and Tom as if they are characters in a comic book.

Day 3:
Using the character descriptions in chapter one as inspiration, right a character description for your three best friends. Remember that a detailed description allows readers to create an image of what that person is like. Just as the authors description of Josie, Micheal and Thomas gave you enough detail to draw them as a comic book character.

Try to include descriptive devices such as noun-phrases, similes, metaphor, personification and hyperbole.

An example about Miss Stavish's best friend:

Beth is like no-one else I have ever met. Her sarcasm can often seem quite harsh, some say that she has an acid tongue her comments are so cutting. Yet Beth's loyalty as a friend is fiercer than a dogs. She is hard faced around strangers. Never letting anyone she does not know see her emotions. Resulting in her looking like she is disinterested most of the time. However when she does smile it is wider that the grand canyon with sparkling white teeth so straight they look like they drawn with a ruler. Freckles are dotted all over her fair skin which is the perfect compliment to her luscious, long auburn hair. Her style is very much like her attitude; always put together. Never anything out of place. Her shoes always match her top and her trousers are always iron with a perfect crease down the middle.

Day 4: 
Today's work will lead in to tomorrows task. The more detail you have today the easier the task tomorrow. Today we would like you to keep a detailed diary of your day making sure to make detailed notes on description of where you were, what happened and what emotions you were feeling.

Day 5:
Today we would like you to use your notes from yesterday to create a comic of your day. Miss Stavish has created an example of one of her days where she shows how you can get varied openers and complex, detailed sentences into a comic. You can draw the comic yourself or Miss Stavish used a free trial on pixton.com to create hers.

A special message from Mrs Hayes

Mrs Hayes is missing you all very much so has sent you this message.

Mrs Hayes