Wednesday 20th May

Reading

English This week focuses on what climate change is, what we can do to combat it and

how Greta Thunberg has become so influential in addressing this issue.

Day 3 of the Lancashire Planning:

Focus Theme: Climate Change

Read the following three poems:

- Ways to Change the World – Start Now by Matt Goodfellow (page 9 of extract)

- Munch, Crunch, Packed Lunch … by Liz Brownlee (pages 12-13 of extract)

- Couch Superstar by Matt Goodfellow (pages 14-15 of extract)

All of the above are taken from the extract of Be The Change by Liz Brownlee,

Roger Stevens, and Matt Goodfellow, available here:

https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/16436/Be-The-Change-by-Liz-

Brownlee-Roger-Stevens-Matt-Goodfellow.html

(You will need to register with LoveReading4Kids to view the extract.

Membership is free).

After reading the three poems, select your favourite one. Write down which is

your favourite giving reasons for your choice.

Now watch the rap Refuse, Reuse, Recycle on Earth’s Ekko: Together We Can

Make A World of Difference from 11:00 – 12:22 mins here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyIkKHS0ZmE

After watching the rap, create your own based on climate change. This may be

completely written by yourself or you may choose to edit one of the poems you

read earlier.

If you do choose to edit one of the poems, you could edit it in these suggested

ways:

- adding an extra verse you have written and/or a chorus which could go between

each stanza

- redrafting some of the lines using https://www.wordhippo.com/ to help with

improving the vocabulary

- removing some of the original lines / changing the order.

Once you have written your rap, have a go at performing it to someone in your

house. If possible, you could also record it and email it to me!

Spelling LO: To spell words on the year 5/6 statutory spelling list

Continue to practise the next 8 words on your list. Choose one of the strategies

below to help you.

Grammar LO: To know when to use semicolons in a list

So far this week, we have seen how we can use colons to introduce simple lists

with commas. Sometimes we have more detailed lists and this is when we can use

semicolons instead of commas. We can still introduce the list with a colon.

Example:

To bake the cake, I need flour, sugar, butter and eggs.

The sentence above is a simple list with commas and does not need a colon.

To bake the cake, I need several ingredients: 200g self-raising flour; 200g

white caster sugar; 150g soft butter; and 3 large free-range eggs.

The sentence above has far more detail so it uses semicolons and is introduced

with a colon.

Task:

Punctuate the following sentences correctly. You must decide whether each one

needs commas or semicolons and also whether or not a colon should be used to

introduce the list.

I need to pack the following things a pair of shorts a T-shirt some flip-

flops and a sunhat.

For breakfast, I like to have cornflakes with semi-skimmed milk 2 slices of

buttered toast and a glass of freshly-squeezed orange juice.

My favourite smoothie contains strawberries blackberries and raspberries.

In town today, I must buy the following things a birthday present for my

sister a large roll of wrapping paper and 6 candles for the birthday cake.

Arithmetic LO: To use mental strategies to subtract decimals from whole numbers

Use a mental strategy (e.g. a number line) to solve the following.

1) 5 – 2.7 = 2) 8 – 3.3 = 3) 6 – 3.28 = 4) 9 – 4.05 = 5) 10 – 5.39 = 6) 10 – 7.26 = 7) 20 – 12.36 = 8) 50 – 34.02 = 9) 100 – 56.03 = 10) 100 – 23.47 =

Lancashire

Maths Team No new activity today. Catch up with the last two days if you have missed any.

Maths LO: To convert between miles and kilometres.

Today we are going to look at converting between units of measure again, but this

time we are looking at kilometres which are metric (new) measures and miles

which are imperial (old) measures.

As we are comparing metric and imperial measures, there isn’t an exact

conversion so we use the following approximation:

Using the above approximation, we can answer the following questions.

To work out the number of kilometres in 10 miles, we must double 8km (because

double 5 miles is 10 miles). You can use my favourite box method to help with

these questions!

x2

Kilometres Miles

x2 8 5

16 10

To work out how many miles there are in 64km, we must first work out how many

times 8 goes into 64 (8 times) and multiply the number of miles (5) by this.

x8

Kilometres Miles

x8 8 5

64 40

Look at the following question.

To work this out, we need to convert one of the distances so that we can

compare the two more easily.

Let’s go back to our approximate conversion:

If we look at the number of miles in the question (13½), we can see that it

doesn’t divide easily by the 5 miles in the approximation. However, if we look at

the number of kilometres in the question (20km), we can see that it does divide

by the 8 kilometres in the approximation quite easily. 20 ÷ 8 = 2.5

Now that we know this, we can convert 20km into miles using the box method

below.

x2.5

Kilometres Miles

x2.5 8 5

20 12.5

So, we now know that Sophie ran 13½ miles and Kimberley ran 20km which

converts to approximately 12.5 (12½) miles. Therefore, Sophie ran the

furthest.

Activity 1:

Activity 2:

Have a go at solving the following problems.

Art LO: To begin to use simple perspective using a single focal or vanishing point

and horizon

How did you get on with your perspective drawing yesterday? I hope you enjoyed it.

Today I have another one for you to try. This time it is a city scene but it still involves

drawing a horizon line and a vanishing point. It is a little fuzzy again – sorry! I hope you

can tell from the pictures what to do.

Below are a few more examples that you might like to have a go at.

PE This week’s focus is Invasion Games. Click the link below to find the activities

for each day.

https://lancashireschoolgames.co.uk/year-3-6-spar-lancashire-school-games-

activity-timetable/

Music Log in to Charanga and have a go at some of the activities available.

Times

Tables

Rock

Stars

10 minutes daily practise. Can you improve your rock status? Remember, if you

do ten “Studio” sessions, your rock status can change.

No new challenges for me today.