Year 5 Tigers

Year 5 Home Learning

Reading 

This has been created to support you with your child’s reading. This should be used alongside texts set by the teachers. However, you can also use it for books you are reading with children at home.

The cycle covers various reading skills and will also provide questions you can ask children to encourage their knowledge and learning in literature.

Each day has been broken down into different reading skills, example questions and definitions have been provided to help you and your child understand. A text will be provided weekly by your teacher.

When texts are provided by your teachers, give the children about 5 minutes to read through the text on Monday, this time can vary depending on the length of text and speed of reading. You will need to have read the texts yourself to have an idea of possible responses to questions you will ask the child.

Each reading session should last between 20-30 mins each day.

This week's text is: 'The Science  Behind Trampolines'. This text can be found in the links below, under the heading 'Tiger's Reading Activities'.

Monday

Learning Objective:

I can develop my understanding of a

text.

Read written text.

Reciprocal Reading skills (predictor

and questioner) to be embedded.

1) Before reading, ask pupils to predict what they think this text will be about. Ask them to take note of the titles, headings and pictures. Encourage them to make links to other texts and prior knowledge.

2) Speed Reading. Pick up to 10 words in the text and write them down. Show the words to the children and ask them to find each words as quickly as they can. Try to pick words, which they may not know and which are not repeated. Put a timer on and once they have found all the words write down the time it took them. Repeat this process with a new text the following week.

3) Pupil then needs to read the text provided.

4) During reading, stop pupils and ask them to monitor their predictions. Were their predictions right? How have they changed? What do they think will happen next?

5) At the end of reading, ask pupils what questions they have about the text. Provide sentence stems and ask them to generate questions that could be asked.

Tuesday

Learning Objective:

I can summarise sections of a text and clarify meaning.

Reciprocal Reading skills:

· Summariser

· Clarifier

Pick a section of the text read and ask the children to summarise what they have learned. Below are some different summarising activities, which could be used. Summariser activities.

For example:

· Give them a couple of different summaries, which do they think is the most accurate?

· Ask the children to create a ten-word headline to summarise this section.

· Pick 5 different events within the text, write them down and ask the children to order these events in which they happened.

· Draw a picture about the particular section.

Select 4 words from the text, which the children may not have come across before or words that are topical to the text

Clarifier activity.

For example:

· How well do you know the word? Ask the children to complete a vocabulary grid (available on class pages). · Finding synonyms and antonyms.

· Which definition is correct for this context? Give the children 3 different definitions, which one matches?

· Word families.

· Etymology. This means the history of the word. They may need to access the internet for this. For example: The word claustrophobia Phobia = Greek meaning of fear. Claustrum = Latin meaning to be shut in a place. Therefore, claustrophobia is the fear of being shut in confined spaces.

· Illustrations of word to provide context.

Wednesday

Learning Objective:

I can develop my comprehension skills.

Skills

· Retrieve information from a text.

· Explore the meaning of words

and phrases in context.

· Make inferences about what I

have read.

· Use evidence to justify my

answers.

· Explain how the author has used

language for effect.

· Explain how the author has used

language, structure and

presentation to contribute to

meaning.

To develop children’s comprehension, you will need to be asking them questions about the same piece of text. Pick two small sections from the text to cover on Wednesday and Thursday. You could even ask questions about a picture or diagram in the text.

Select and Retrieve questions: Ask the children questions, which they can find easily from what is written in the text. Here are some examples (you will need to use characters, animals and objects from the text itself): Who is ***? Where is ***? What is ***doing? What did the *** do? Where does it say ***? What is the relationship between *** and ***? What happened at the beginning/middle/end of the text? What does the word *** mean? Which paragraph tells you ***?

Inference questions: This is where the children need to be getting clues form the text, as the answers are not specifically stated in the text. They may well use their prior and background knowledge to help them justify the answers. It is also beneficial to ask the children to find evidence in the text. Here are some examples: Why do you think *** said that? How does *** feel and how to do you know? Why did *** do that? Why did *** feel that way? Predict what would happen if… How does the author feel? What impression do you get of ***? What type of personality does *** have? What atmosphere is created?

Thursday

Learning Objective:

I can develop my comprehension skills.

Ask the children to write their own select and retrieve questions and inference questions based on the text.

After this is completed, talk through their questions with them and how they would expect their questions to be answered. Specifically looking at the inference questions, what evidence would they use?

Friday

Leaning Objective:

I can summarise a text, showing my understanding of

what I have read.

Pupils to complete a set activity in response to their reading. For example:

· Write a new opening/ending for the story.

· Draw the setting of this story.

· Create a map of the place where this story is set.

· Construct a timeline of the main events.

· Rewrite this section as a play script.

· Create a word search using important words from this section.

· Create a book review.

· Choose one page. Find all the verbs.

· Create a cartoon strip.

· Choose one of the main characters and draw them.

· Explain which is your favourite character and why.

· Think of five questions you would like to ask one of the characters.

· Rewrite a section from the point of view of one of the characters.

· Find five technical words and write your own glossary to explain what they mean.

Choose five words from the text. For each, find three synonyms that could be used in the same context.

Oxford Reading 
Please use the following link to access free online ebooks. 
Maths, Phonics and Home Learning activities can also be accessed: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

Virtual Bookshelf Home Use

Wellington School is now able to provide pupils with access to online Virtual Bookshelf. Please use this excellent resource to practise reading and comprehension. You can even access texts, which are then followed by comprehensive questions about the text.

Please use the following link, username and password to access more online learning resources:

www.nicolasroberts.co.uk
User name: gu111qj
Password: writing

Audible Books 
Are offering free non subscription access to their catalogue.

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen 

Reading Generally

Read a chapter of a book each day.

Make a prediction about the book you are currently reading, be sure to write down to see if your prediction is correct later in the book!

How are the characters and plot creating an interesting narrative in your book?

How have the main character/s changed?

What/who is responsible for this?

What do you think will happen next?

English

Please ensure, whichever writing activity you decide to do, always practice your best handwriting.

Ongoing
Journal Writing
Write and draw how you’re feeling each day. Don’t forget to write in chronological order.

Word Games
Word Play
How many interesting words could be used to up-level the word 'Said'? See how many you can write down (synonym game.

A second activity to attempt is

Boggle
How many different words can you make using only the letters L C S O R A P T I.
You can only use each letter once. Try again with a different set of letters.

Maths

Please take this time to learn and secure all of your times tables. A good website is hit the button, where you can practice specific times tables or mixed 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Record your score for the start of the week. Practice writing them out, saying them out loud, challenging someone in your house to times table tennis (you each take it in turns to say the next multiple after the other person), having more attempts at hit the button and playing times tables pairs game https://www.timestables.co.uk/times-tables-memory.html (also good for improving your memory)

After a week of practicing attempt the 'hit the button' on your specific times tables again and record your new score to see how much you have improved.

We will get to harder time tables over the coming weeks.

Have fun with it :)

Ideas for lessons

Below I have included three further links with some great ideas and videos to support your learning. You can choose to complete the above tasks/activities or the activities provided in the links below.

https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5/english/#subjects

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zhgppg8/year-5-lessons/1

(Videos, worksheets and answers provided)

https://corbettmathsprimary.com/content/

PE

PE session every Monday to Friday at 9am with Joe Wicks
  https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

There are also Exercise logs and activity cards for Joe Wicks on twinkl

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/twinkl- move/joe-wicks-twinkl-move

Daily Challenge : Setting Physical Goals
This challenge is good for setting own targets and staying healthy and fit. 1. As a family, think about a physical exercise you could all do together and improve on. Set yourself a family target for example: • running/walking/yoga/Tai Chi – how many moves can you learn?

 

https://www.sportengland.org/stayinworkout#get_active_at_home

Exercise of the day on Purple Melon,

https://purplewatermelon.co.uk/weekly-exercise/

Handwriting/spellings

Practise your handwriting while learning these spellings. Once you are confident with these spellings use them in sentences. I recommend you try to learn 5-10 of these words a week. These are Year 5 common exception words:

accommodate, accompany, according, aggressive, amateur, ancient, apparent, appreciate, attached, available, average, awkward, bargain, bruise, category, cemetery, committee, communicate, community, competition, conscience, conscious, controversy, convenience, correspond, criticise, curiosity, definite, desperate, develop, dictionary, disastrous, embarrass, environment, equipment, equipped, especially, exaggerate, excellent, existence, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government, guarantee, harass, hindrance, identity, immediate, individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning, marvellous, mischievous, muscle, necessary, neighbour, nuisance, occupy, occur, opportunity, parliament, persuade, physical, privilege, profession, programme, pronunciation, queue, recognise, recommend, relevant, restaurant, rhyme, rhythm, sacrifice, secretary, shoulder, signature, sincere, sincerely, soldier, stomach, suggest, symbol, system, temperature, thorough, twelfth, variety, vegetable, vehicle, yacht

Topic Project

For your topic project we would like you to research Ancient Greece. You are free to present your work however you would like.

Here are some suggestions:

• Create a fact file about Ancient Greece.
• Make your own Ancient Greek shield or sword.
• Research life in Athens and Sparta and compare the two.
• If you could travel back in time what would you ask the Anceint Greeks? Write a list of questions.
• Design your own Ancient Greek artifact.

Alternative ideas for lessons

Below I have included two further links with some great ideas and videos to support your learning. You can explore and complete the tasks/activities found in the following websites.

https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5/english/#subjects

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zhgppg8/year-5-lessons/1

Science

Space Lesson provided in the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhk2mfr

BBC Bitesize can help with your science topics https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z2 pfb9q

Plant Cloning

Clone a plant by making a plant cutting and planting it in a pot with soil. Check it every day, and see if it grows.

Magnets

Make a list of objects around your home that are/are not magnetic.

Solids, Liquids and Gasses

Look at the items you have at home. Can you make a list of the items that are solids, liquids and gasses.
Think about each item you have listed, can they change state? How and why? Reversible and Irreversible changes
What happens when you mix these things and then try to separate them?
flour and water, sugar and water, sand and water

Supersize a marshmallow

You will need: a marshmallow and a microwave
1. Put a large marshmallow on a plate and an adult must microwave it for 30-60 seconds. 2. You’ll see that it grows...and grows... and then goes black inside.
Marshmallows are foamy because they’ve got loads of tiny air pockets in them. The microwaves heat up the water vapour inside them, making the molecules bounce around more and more, pushing the air pockets outwards. But, eventually, the sugar starts to burn (so they’ll taste better after just 30 seconds!). They’re super hot when they come out, so be careful!

Make Dragons Eggs

Have you ever tried making magical dragon eggs?
Take an egg and some food colouring:
1. An adult should hard-boil some eggs.
2. Let them cool and then roll them on the work-surface to crackle the shell all over.
3. Half-fill some cups with water and mix in a some food colouring into each cup (the gel pastes work best).

4. Pop an egg into each cup and leave in the fridge overnight.
5. Peel off the shell and you’ll see that the dye is taken up wherever the shell is cracked.

Make water walk

Did you know you can make water walk? You will need: water, 3 clear glasses, yellow and blue food colouring, kitchen roll
1. Fill two glasses with water.
2. Add some blue food colouring to one and some yellow food colouring to the other.
3. Place the two glasses of coloured water either side of the empty glass.
4. Fold a sheet of kitchen roll lengthways until it fits into the glass.
5. Now place one end of the kitchen roll into the blue water and the other end into the empty glass. Do the same with the other piece of kitchen roll and the glass of yellow water.
You should find the water will start ‘walking’ up the kitchen roll and over into the middle glass. After a couple of hours, the middle glass should have a mix of the two colours of water in it. This is because the water travels through tiny gaps between the kitchen roll’s fibres. This is called capillary action. Plants use capillary action to help them move water from the ground up through their stems.

Humanities

Map work

Can you find a map of UK? Or have a go at drawing one at home? Add a picture of a natural landmark and a built landmark area in the correct location. Describe why each of these landmarks are significant.
Create a map of North and South America using Lego. If you do not have Lego what creative ideas do you have for an alternative to make the map?

Cupboard raid
 

Look at the packaging on food in the cupboard or fridge and find its origin. If you have an atlas, identify which product has travelled the furthest.

Consider the most effect way to record your findings. Can you make a chart or a graph to show the origin of the food in your fridge and cupboards.

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Create a poster about volcanoes
and earthquakes in south America. https://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-volcano.htm https://kids.kiddle.co/Volcanoesof SouthAmerica
If you can’t access the internet then create an artistic picture of a volcano and record any facts which you can find in any books you may have. Country Comparisons
What are the similarities and differences between Britain and ? (choose a country to compare)

Create a list of similarities and differences between these 2 countries focusing on the weather, climate, culture and landscape.

Design, Make, Evaluate

Design a machine that moves a small object from one side of a room to the other without you touching it. Find: things around your house like a chair to start your machine from, for example, a tube from a lunch wrap to make a tunnel, some boxes to make a track. Then Review your design for success.
Design your dream bedroom.
Calculate how much paint you will need for the dream
room you designed?
How many litres/cans of paint do you think you will need? You could estimate how much the paint would cost.

Create your own volcano
https://www.learning4kids.net/2012/04/11/how-to- make-a-homemade-volcano/
Take a video of the actual eruption
If you can’t access the internet
then create an artistic picture of a
volcano and record any facts which you can find in any books you may have.

Make a paper airplane

Measure how far the plane flies. Repeat the flight three more times and average the measurements. Try a new design to see if you can beat that distance.

Wellbeing

Rules and responsibilities

Create a game that includes rules, a way to score and at least one piece of equipment. Play the game with a family member or friend. After playing the game discuss ways that you could change the game.

Building Resilience Human Body Game

This challenge is good for building resilience and a have a go attitude.

You will ideally need a roll of paper (old wallpaper rolls are good for this) or the largest piece of paper you can find; alternatively, use chalk and do this outside on the ground. Ask someone in your family to draw round you on the paper. Now have a chat with the adults or older siblings in your family and discuss what organs are in your body. Do not do any research yet. Make a list. What do you think they look like? Can you guess their shape? Have a go at drawing them (in pencil) on your outline. This is about having a go and using guess work. It’s not about ‘being clever’ – it’s about the fact that you just haven’t studied it yet. This is important. Now do some research. Find an information book or website of the human body. (Parents – you may want to check the content here!)

• Give yourself 10 minutes to look and try to remember where the major organs are. Can you do this without taking notes? Try concentrating and remembering.

• Now, without looking, see if you can draw the organs on your outline (use a different Create a list of similarities and differences between these 2 countries focusing on the weather, climate, culture and landscape.
pen). Check to see how you did.

• If you’re not happy with how you did, have another go.
Make sure that every day you do something together that makes you laugh and feel good.
Feeling Good! How have you done this week?

Have you moaned and whinged your way through the week?

Moany Monday, Fuming Friday OR can you call your days Marvellous Monday, Fantastic Friday?

Make a weekly calendar with something great that happened each day.

Mindfulness for children
https://positivepsychology.com/mindfulness-for-children-kids-activities/

Music/Drama/RE

What does Easter mean to you? Create a piece of artwork (painting, drawing, sculpture, poetry) It doesn’t have to be a religious focus.

 Listen to different genres of music and describe  how they make you feel. Ask a
parent/carer to choose a song that they loved listening to when they were younger. Listen to it together. How did they dance to it?

How would you dance to it? How embarrassing is it to watch your parents/carers dance on a scale of 1 to 10? Choose your favourite song and put dance moves to it. Set a time each day when the whole family is doing chores such as washing or tidying up, put the music on and dance.

                                ART

Art lessons Monday and Thursday at 10.30
About 45 minutes’ long

https://facebook.com/events/s/free-art-lessons-live- 1030am-g/677950266310421/?ti=icl

Mirror Drawing

Sit back to back with a family member or a friend. Draw a design on your paper or whiteboard using shapes. Describe your picture so that the other person can recreate it. Describe your design by describe the shapes you used and their location (for example, next to, on top of, between). Compare at the end.

                             French

Practise reading, spelling and speaking French using the below link:

https://www.duolingo.com/