First and foremost, a very well done to all of you who handed in their homework this week.  I was delighted with how much effort you all put in last week!

Spelling Words

The spelling rule that the red and green group are focusing on this week is that when ‘g’ is followed by ‘e’, ‘i’, or ‘y’ it sounds like ‘j’.

Red

1. damage
2. manage
3. tragedy
4. energy
5. rampage
6. giraffe
7. religion
8. religion
9. generation
10. generosity

Green

1. rage
2. pages
3. giant
4. gentle
5. orange
6. energy
7. damage
8. manage
9. rampage
10. message

Blue

The blue group are focusing on words which contain the sound ‘ack’.

1. back
2. lack
3. black
4. stack
5. quack
6. whack
7. jacket
8. attack
9. cracker
10. brackets

Task

Following our topic work last Friday when we were writing Japanese haiku’s, your literacy task is as follows:

Write your words.  Then use a coloured pencil to divide the words into syllables.

For example: brackets brackets; energy energy.

*Remember* Some words only have 1 syllable so you would just write the whole word in the same colour.

Maths

Building on what we have been doing in class, you are asked to complete addition word problems in which you are adding together 3 or more numbers.  Try calculating the sum mentally first, write down your answer and then write out the sum using formal methods to check your answer.  When writing out the sum, please focus on your place value and making sure that your columns line up!

1. There are 23 dogwood trees currently in the park. Park workers will plant 26 more dogwood trees today and 41 more dogwood trees tomorrow.  How many dogwood trees will the park have when the workers are finished?
2. Sally had 34 Pokemon cards. Sara gave her 35 new Pokemon cards. Sally bought 31 Pokemon cards. How many Pokemon cards does Sally have now?
3. Mike went to 18 hockey games this month. He went to 16 games last month, and plans to go to 12 games next month. How many games will he attend in total?
4. Mike found 29 seashells, Joan found 13 seashells, and Alyssa found 40 seashells on the beach. How many seashells did they find together?
5. Joan grew 35 turnips, Keith grew 40 turnips, and Melanie grew
   46 turnips. How many turnips did they grow in total?
6. Sandy has 30 black marbles, Sally has 31 black marbles, and Jessica has 49 black marbles. How many black marbles do they have in total?
7. Jessica has 35 books, Sandy has 12 books, and Tim has
   38 books. How many books do they have together?
8. There are 25 rulers in the drawer and 15 rulers on the desk. Sara placed 46 more rulers on the desk. How many rulers are now there in total?

Topic

Last week during I.C.T. we researched endangered Japanese animals, but I know a few of you were disappointed that you didn’t get to research your other favourite Japanese animals such as macaque monkeys and sika deer so now is your chance!

Create a fact-file on a Japanese animal of your choice.  Information that you might choose to include in your fact-file may include name of animal (obviously!), physical description (what it looks like), diet, range (where the animal is found), habitat (what sort of environment does it like? Forests, mountains, marshland?), life span (how long it lives) and any other interesting facts or information that you think is relevant.

Miss Donaldson  🙂

Well done to those of you who handed in your homework on time on Monday, great work!  🎉

Your homework for this week is as follows:

Literacy 📚

Publishers (‘ung’ words)

1. sung
2. lung
3. swung
4. young
5. clung
6. stung
7. hungry
8. sprung
9. jungle
10. dungeon

Authors and Illustrators (Soft ‘c’ words)

1. ice
2. face
3. pace
4. place
5. juice
6. notice
7. price
8. certain
9. service
10. celebrate

Alliterative Phrases or Sentences

Choose 5 of your spelling words and write five alliterative phrases or sentences. An alliteration uses the same initial letter. You may include a word or two that do not begin with the same initial letter. Be sure to underline your spelling words.

Example: Deep down in the dungeon.

Maths 📊

Please complete the addition sums worksheet you were given in class.

In addition, some of you mentioned that you would like a little extra practice of your times tables.  There are lots of great games that you can play online or on a phone or tablet.

The Topmarks site is particularly good. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables

Games I recommend are:

1. Hit the button (times tables)

2. Sum Sense (Multiplication)

3. Learn Your Tables

4. Beatbox Tables

There are also lots of great apps, if you have access to a phone or tablet.  I particularly like monster maths and 10 minute a day times tables.

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The 25th of January is Burns Night.  Robert Burns was born in Alloway, near Ayr and during his lifetime he wrote lots of Scottish poems, and this is why we celebrate his life today.  One of the most famous poems that he wrote was called ‘To a Mouse’.

To a Mouse

Wee sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie,
O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an chase thee,
Wi murdering pattle!

For your homework, please write what you think these words mean?
wee
sleekit
cow’rin
tim’rous
beastie

Extra: research Robert Burns and write a short factfile about him.

Miss Donaldson 😊

Literacy

Spelling words are as follows:

Publishers

1. Big
2. dig
3. pig
4. jig
5. wig
6. twig
7. swig
8. sprig
9. earwig
10. shindig

Authors and Illustrators

1. dough
2. rough
3. tough
4. cough
5. enough
6. though
7. although
8. through
9. breakthrough
10. snowplough

Please copy words three times into your jotters. Then, please create spelling pyramids for at least 4 of your words.

For example:

c

co

cou

coug

cough

 

Numeracy

‘Beat That!’ sheet. If you have a timer available, you could time how long it takes you, and write a note on the sheet for me to see when I mark it!

Challenge: In the following addition sum, some of the numbers have been replaced by letters. Can you be a detective and work out what numbers the letters have replaced?

A 7 8 9

+B 5 A B

————–

6 A  B 1

If you get the chance, please make time to go on Heinemann Active and Sumdog.

Topic

It was really interesting listening to the facts that you researched last week. There were quite a few that I didn’t know, great work!

This week, could you please research the 8 regions of Japan, and write them down in your jotter. Then, mark them on to your map of Japan.

This website will help! https://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1001.html

Miss Donaldson  🙂

Primary 5 had a ball this afternoon playing in the snow! We built snowmen ⛄️, snow bears 🐻, snow angels 👼, snow babies 👶 and even snow dogs 🐶! It was snow much fun!

Happy New Year and a big welcome back to the beginning of a new school term!

Homework this week is as follows:

Literacy

Today the children were all given a copy of their spelling words.

Authors and Illustrators:

1. radio
2. rough
3. touch
4. enough
5. pounce
6. frown
7. trounce
8. trousers
9. amount
10. scrounge

Publishers:

1. dive
2. time
3. wise
4. line
5. bike
6. like
7. shine
8. bride
9. stripe
10. crime

Please copy out each of the words three times into your homework jotter.

Following this, please write 4 sentences using your words.  As ever, extra dojo points are up for grabs if you manage to use 2 or more words in the same sentence (though please make sure the sentence still makes sense!).  Remember to underline the spelling word that you used.

Maths

Continuing on with our work on addition and subtraction, the children were given a worksheet entitled ‘Calculations Cards’.  The game needs two or more players, and instructions are included on the sheet.

There is no need to bring the cards back into school, just get the person who you were playing with to sign your maths jotter to let me know that you played.

As always, Heinemann Active and Sumdog are available to play.

Topic

This week, we began our new topic focussing on learning about Japan and Extreme Earth.

Please write down 4 facts about Japan.  These can be facts that you have learned in class, or you could do a little research at home to see if you can find an interesting piece of information that we have not discussed yet.  You will be able to share your facts with your classmates next week.

Miss Donaldson  🙂