Narborough Primary Academy
Monday 20th April 2020
Daily learning task for Monday 20th April.
Welcome back home learning superstars!!!!
Spellings: Use the powerpoint below with the children to explore the rules for adding the suffixes 'tion' and 'sion'. (Spellings _Rule 17 tion, sion). Can they determine when they should use sion or tion?
Read for pleasure: Spend 10-15 minutes (or more if you want) reading something for pleasure. It could be a story, poem, play, information text, comic, graphic novel or online text/kindle/e-reader. You could also read to a younger or older sibling.
English: Reading:
Guidance: work through the relevant powerpoint below with the children (Note: there is a separate powerpoint for year 5 and year 6. Year 6 will also need a copy of the short story 'Thrown'). They can record responses to the questions in their exercise books as they go.
Year 5: Can prove or disprove statements about a character. Use a range of evidence from the text to say whether a statement is ture or false.
Year 6: Accurately order summaries of different paragraphs. Building from their summarising skills before Easter, and using their sequencing skills to order summaries/events accurately.
Maths:
Daily 10
Pupils have also been using daily 10 in class to improve this recall of multiplication and division facts. They all know how this works. Click on the link below to access the website.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Year 5 Maths Week 2 Lesson 4: Percentage as fractions and decimals
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Scroll down the page to access week 2 lessons. (You may need to click on the + symbol for them to appear on the webpage).
Guidance: watch the video tutorial, then complete the worksheet. If you can't (or don't want to) print the worksheet, write your answers in your exercise book. Make sure you number your questions to make it easy for your parents to check your answers! Hint: use number lines to help.
Year 6 Maths week 2 Lesson 4: Introduce angles
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/
Scroll down the page to access week 2 lessons. (You may need to click on the + symbol for them to appear on the webpage).
Guidance: watch the video tutorial, then complete the worksheet. If you can't (or don't want to) print the worksheet, write your answers in your exercise book. Make sure you number your questions to make it easy for your parents to check your answers!
Science: Inheritance
Use the powerpoint to explore the scientific concept of inheritance.
1. Vocabulary associated with evolution and inheritance (see pdf: key vocabulary).
2. Investigating inheritance and variation (see pdf below) You may want to print the sheet, or refer to it when recording your ides in your exercise books.
3. Exploring which characteristics are inherited or acquired (charcterisics cards: these don't have to be printed, just looked at)
Daily Act of Worship/reflection
Click on the link below to take you to the bbc website.
Wise words: The grass is always greener.
Gemma Hunt considers the meaning of some well-known sayings.