Blue

1. thin
2. thick
3. thank
4. think
5. third
6. thief
7. thirst
8. thumb
9. thread
10. throne

Green

1. thief
2. thirst
3. thumb
4. thread
5. thistle
6. throat
7. thankful
8. therefore
9. thirteen
10. though

Red

1. thief
2. thirst
3. thumb
4. thankful
5. therefore
6. thirteen
7. though
8. thought
9. thousand
10. through

Task: Create spelling pyramids for each word. Remember to line up the letters, for example:

t

th

thi

thie

thief

Numeracy (Multiplication)

1. The teacher needs each table to have four pencils. There are 5 tables. How many pencils will she need all together? ___________
2. Sally gives out 12 party bags at the end of her party. Inside each party bag are 2 balloons.   How many balloons does Sally give out? __________
3. Ben wants to buy 4 lollies for each of his seven friends.  How many lollies will he need to buy? ____________
4. Lucy has 3 racks of CD’s. Each rack holds 10 CDs. How many has she altogether? ______________

Challenge Questions:

1. There are four horses, and three people. How many feet are there total?
2. It takes Laura 2 minutes to walk to Woodlands Primary School each day. She walked to school and back every day for 5 days. How many minutes did Laura spend walking to and from school in one week? (Remember 2 minutes EACH WAY) ______________

Maths Games

Maths Fishing: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/306/Maths-Fishing-Multiplication

Times Tables Grids: http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/3124

Hit the Button: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Sum Sense: http://coolsciencelab.com/sum_sense_multiplication.html

Number Fact Families (x): https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families

Topic Tasks

1. Science Week word search
2. Parent Council Logo design competition

Miss Donaldson 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

Well done to all of you who managed to complete their homework last week, I really enjoyed reading your book reviews!  Your homework tasks for this week are as follows:

Literacy

Red

1. bounce
2. pounce
3. trounce
4. lounge
5. mountain
6. drought
7. scrounge
8. scoundrel
9. pronounce
10. background

Green

1. about
2. crouch
3. pouch
4. bounce
5. pounce
6. trounce
7. lounge
8. mountain
9. drought
10. scrounge

Blue

1. couch
2. crouch
3. pouch
4. about
5. count
6. mount
7. mouth
8. south
9. house
10. mouse

Task 1: Copy your spelling words, in your neatest handwriting, into your jotter three times.

Task 2: Train Words

Write your spelling words end-to-end as one long word.  Write each new word in a different colour from the last.  For example: aboutcrouchpouchbounce…and so on.

 

Maths & Numeracy – Multiplication

1) Nancy worked 3 hours a day for 7 days.  How many hours did she work in total? _____________

2) Keith goes out to lunch with Sam and Sandy. Each person orders the £6 lunch special. Keith agrees to pay the bill. How much will he have to pay? _____________

3) Melanie, Sandy, and Tom each have 7 crayons. How many crayons do they have in total? _____________

4) Nancy has 6 five pound notes. How much money does she have in total? _____________

5) Jason went to the beach for five days and found 8 seashells every day.  How many seashells did Jason find? _____________

6) A restaurant sold 5 salads every day for a week.  How many salads were sold during the week? _____________

Maths Games

Maths Fishing: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/306/Maths-Fishing-Multiplication

Times Tables Grids: http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/3124

Hit the Button: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Sum Sense: http://coolsciencelab.com/sum_sense_multiplication.html

Number Fact Families (x): https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families

 

Topic

Explore the KidsWeb Japan website and collect some interesting facts to share with the class.

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/index.html

 

Miss Donaldson  🙂

As part of Fairtrade Fortnight, children in Primary 5 got to sample some Fairtrade hot chocolate this afternoon as a special treat.  What a lovely way to end the afternoon!

Your spelling words this week are o_e words, where the ‘e’ makes the ‘o’ say ‘oh’.

Red

1. whole
2. stroke
3. explode
4. suppose
5. provoke
6. remote
7. envelope
8. microscope
9. telescope
10. telephone

Green

1. stone
2. smoke
3. stroke
4. quote
5. stove
6. suppose
7. provoke
8. remote
9. envelope
10. telephone

Blue

1. robe
2. globe
3. smoke
4. stroke
5. stole
6. stone
7. slope
8. quote
9. stove
10. froze

Copy out your words three times into your jotters.  Then, write 4 sentences which include your words (underline the word which you use).

Numeracy

1. Jennifer bought two vacuum cleaners for £152 each.  What was the total cost?
2. A box contains 450 disks in total.  Of them, 126 are music CDs and the rest are DVDs.  How many DVDs are in the box?
3. The distance from Mark’s home to his grandma’s house is 218 miles.  How many miles long is a round trip?
4. Every day Janet jogs around a rectangular-shaped jogging track.  One side is 150 metres and another side is 300 metres.
   • Calculate what distance Janet goes when she jogs round it once (You could draw a diagram to help you).

This week, it would also be a good idea to refresh you memory of you times tables, in preparation for beginning our multiplication topic (Topmarks had some good games).

Topic

World Book day has been moved to this Friday.  Choose a book that you have enjoyed and write a book review to tell another member of our class why you enjoyed it and why they may like to read it.

Remember to include:

1. The Title of the book
2. The Author of the book
3. Illustration (Optional)
4. Book rating (for example ****, 4 stars)
5. Short Description
6. Why you enjoyed it.

 

Miss Donaldson  🙂