Language
Let’s do some punctuation work. Hypens and dashes are similar, but different. Check out this lesson to help you understand them better.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmnwjhv
Main task
Read the next pages of Holes.
Today we are going to continue to expand our vocabulary. This means learning what words mean, but also guessing what they mean first.
We use clues in the text to help us with this.
First, read before the word, read after the word.
Then guess what it means and replace the word with that guess.
Does the sentences still make sense? If not, then your guess is probably not correct.
Then look up the meaning of the word.
Here are some words from Holes that you should try and identify the meaning of:
Picture 1
- summoned
- expelling
picture 2
- dawdle
picture 3
- aimlessly
- expanse
picture 4
- compound
- clod
picture 5
- plow
picture 6
- grimaced
If there are other words on these pages that you don’t know the meaning of, you can also guess them then look them up.
Maths
Daily 10 practice = keep doing daily 10 everyday to help your mental maths skills. Three games everyday will really help your maths skills, but you need to be consistent and do it regularly.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Word problem of the day
We are going to start a daily word problem in maths. It is important to read the problem a couple of times and think about what information you can gain from the problem. It can also help to think about what information is missing from the problem and how can you work it out.
Then look carefully at the questions and as yourself what maths technique/skill/process do you need to use and what would the calculation (sum) look like.
The questions will start easy and get harder. See how many you can answer accurately and if you get them all you’re doing an excellent job. Answers will be posted tomorrow.
Johnny gets up at 9am. He spends 20 minutes in the shower and 15 minutes eating breakfast. He then decides to go for a walk. When he returns from his walk, he looks at the clock and sees that it is 10:30am. On his walk, he walked 1.3 miles away from his house and then turned around and walked straight home. He watched TV for 70 minutes and then had a 15 minute nap.
1.What time did he finish eating breakfast at?
2.how long after he woke up did he get home from his walk at?
3. how far did he walk?
4.how long did his walk take?
5. What time did he wake up from his nap at?
6.How long after he finished his shower did he start to nap?
Main task
Adding and subtracting more than 2 numbers. When we do this, we need to think about which numbers go together the easiest and which ones you want to leave until the end.
For example, if two numbers add up to 10 or 100 then those are good to start with. Doubles are also good to start with. If there is one decimal number, it can also be good to leave that one until the end.
- 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 =
- 40 – 23 – 10 =
- 123 + 207 + 77 =
- 4,532 + 5,301 + 4,238 =
- 4 + 15 + 23 =
- 34 + 4.56 + 2.58
- 12,345 + 4,309 + 12,300 =
- 8,234 – 334 – 2,345 =
- 2,345 + 2,785 – 345 – 126 =
Extra challenge Brain Buster
- 4,565,987,123 + 2.349 + 456,287 – 3,890 =
- 01032 + 4.019101 + 4.0980203 – 3.08108 – 2.07827 =
Use a calculator to check your answers
