This week we will be continuing our work on fractions. Use the fractions wall bellow to find equivalent fractions for:
1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 3/4, 4/5
Learning Across the Curriculum
Coming up in class we will be looking at social issues facing people within our school community. The children chose to focus on the cost of living crisis and homelessness as issues they would like to learn more about. For home learning research a group, charity or organisation who offers help or support for people either experiencing homelessness or struggling with the cost of living.
You can share this as either a poster, speech or presentation.
In the next few weeks in spelling we will be focusing on irregular plural forms of plurals. This week we will look at words which end in ‘f’. The rule is the ‘f’ is removed and ‘ves’ is then added to the end of the word.
e.g. leaf- leaves
There are some exceptions though, like words which end with a ‘ff’, which just have a ‘s’ added on.
e.g. cliff- cliffs
Core words:
elf-elves
leaf- leaves
knife- knives
cliff- cliffs
bluff- bluffs
sniff- sniffs
Mild words
loaf- loaves
self- selves
shelf- shelves
cuff- cuffs
Hot words
dwarf- dwarves
yourself- yourselves
roof- roofs
wife- wives
Maths and Numeracy
This week in numeracy the focus will be on money. Learners should choose five items they would like to buy. This could be anything from a pencil case to a new games console. They should choose three different retailers and show the price from them then underline which one they would buy from.
Children should be wary of hidden costs or savings associated with different buying options i.e. money off, delivery costs etc.
Learning Across the Curriculum
Choose one character from the Spiderwick Chronicles or Matilda and create a character fact file. Your fact file should include, their name, a picture of them and at least five facts.
This week the spelling pattern is using the suffix ‘ily’ to create adverbs. The rule is if a word ends in a y and you want to turn it into an adverb you drop the y and then add on ‘ily’. So happy becomes happily.
This week we will continue to focus on subtraction skills in numeracy. Please choose one activity from the PACE grid below.
Practice
Apply
Correct
Extend
Use concrete materials at home to practice subtracting amounts. For example to find 21-9 take 21 objects (coins, fruit, lego etc.) and take away 9. Count how many you have now.
Answer these questions using either the number line or column method. 1. 542-123= 2. 847-231= 3. 432-185= 4. 853-536= 5. 974-428=
From these ten number sentences, identify the 5 incorrect answers and then solve them in your homework jotter. 1. 649-225=424 2. 4 537- 2 316= 2 221 3. 763-439= 322 4. 854-539= 315 5. 745-221= 483 6. 732-214= 478 7. 973-268= 705 8. 4 579- 2 537= 1 975 9. 8 472- 5 735= 2 737 10. 9 532- 8 532= 4 67
Create either a poster or a video explaining how to use either the number line or column subtraction method.
Learning Across the Curriculum
Please choose one of the areas or sites within the centre of Edinburgh and find five facts about it. You should be able to share these with your classmates on Friday.
Avery belated Happy New Year to all Primary 5 families. I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break. It has been fantastic welcoming back all of the Primary 5 learners and am looking forward to sharing our learning this term.
As previously, home learning is set on a Monday and supplements the in class learning children complete. Home learning should be completed in the home learning jotter and returned on a Thursday.
Spelling
This week in class we will be focusing on the ‘ai’ sound. Your child will learn the ‘core words’ as well as either the ‘mild’ or ‘hot’ words. You can practice spelling words using the look, cover, say, write, check approach as well as breaking down words to their sound.
This week and the previous week we have been focusing on short division. Learners have had the opportunity to create videos or posters explaining how to use the short division or ‘bus stop’ method. Please choose the appropriate level of challenge from the PACE grid below and write the problem, solution and workings in the home learning jotter.
Practice
Apply
Correct
Extend
Use concrete materials and knowledge of times tables to find the answer to the following questions.
12÷4= 21÷3= 18÷6= 20÷5= 35÷5=
Solve the division questions below, writing the answers in your maths jotter.
93÷3= 1072÷4= 156÷3= 623÷7= 348÷6=
With remainders 452÷3= 967÷4= 236÷3= 562÷7= 946÷6=
Identify the incorrect number sentences and write them in your jotter with the correct solution.
350÷7=40 448÷8=56 336÷6=56 602÷7=83 513÷9=57
Come up with your own division questions using five digit numbers. You could also challenge yourself to divide numbers giving an answer in decimals.
Learning Across the Curriculum
Choose the top five things to see or places to go within a 30 minute walk of school. What can you do there? Why would people want to go? Who would enjoy it most (is it for adults or children?).
It doesn’t have to be famous or tourist attractions. You could choose a local park, shop you like or even a friends house, as long as you can explain why.
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