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Primary 5, Uncategorized

P.5/4 Homework

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Homework for P.5/4 this week is as follows:

Topic

Following on from learning about the phases of the moon in class, use your moon observation sheet to record how the appearance of the moon changes over the next four weeks. Do not worry if you cannot complete this challenge as I know lots of you will be asleep before you can see the moon!

Reading

The Dream Catchers The Country Pancake – Anne Fine (chapter 2)

The Gangster Grannies The Guard Dog – Dick King-Smith (chapter 2)

The Cookie Readers The Ghost Teacher – Tony Bradman (chapter 2)

The Ruthless Readers The Great Spaghetti Suit – Alan MacDonald (p.17-31)

Everyone should write a character profile about the main character or a supporting character. This should include these details: name, where they are from, approximate age, appearance, family, job, likes, dislikes, any other details that you think are important.

You should also draw a picture of the character as part of your profile.

Maths

Write about or draw at least five occasions at home when you have seen or heard about fractions. For example, you might draw a meal that was split into four portions (quarters) or you may write about how you were told to get ready to leave in half an hour. Our lives are full of fractions!

Spelling

Follow instructions from your Spelling teacher.

Homework, Primary 5, Uncategorized

P.5/4 Homework

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Homework for P.5/4 this week is as follows:

Topic

Following on from learning about the phases of the moon in class, use your moon observation sheet to record how the appearance of the moon changes over the next four weeks.

Reading

The Dream Catchers The Country Pancake – Anne Fine (chapter 1)

The Gangster Grannies The Guard Dog – Dick King-Smith (chapter 1)

The Cookie Readers The Ghost Teacher – Tony Bradman (chapter 1)

The Ruthless Readers The Great Spaghetti Suit – Alan MacDonald (p.3-16)

Maths

Use Sumdog homework challenges to practise times tables.

Spelling

Follow instructions from your Spelling teacher.

Primary 5, STEM 2016

P.5/4 have been learning about the moon!

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P.5/4 have recently been learning all about the phases of the moon as part of our new topic: Space.

Learning intentions

We are learning to safely observe and recording the sun and moon at various times.

We are learning to describe the patterns of movement of the sun and moon and changes over time.

Success Criteria

  • I can safely observe the sun and moon and make recordings of what I see.
  • I can understand the stages of the moon.
  • I can relate these to the length of a day, a month and a year.

One way in which we displayed our findings about the phases of the moon was by using Oreo cookies!

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Eventually, our cookies resembled this diagram:

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Over the coming weeks, for homework, we will be observing and recording the moon to see whether it matches up with what we have been learning.

Primary 5, Uncategorized

P.5/4 Homework – Monday 18th April

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This week, homework for P.5/4 is as follows:

Reading

 

Try to find a newspaper article about space. It could be about anything space-related such as Tim Peake, a new discovery or a spacecraft launch. Bring it into school to share with your classmates. If you don’t have any newspapers try looking online. You could post the link to it on the comments of this blog post if you don’t want to print it out.

Maths

All children to use Sumdog for homework.

Spelling

Follow instructions given by your Spelling teacher.

Homework, Primary 5

P.5/4 Homework

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There is no homework for P.5/4 this week but here are some optional activities that you could do this week or over the Easter holidays.

  • Choose a book from the Serial Mash section of Purple Mash and try to finish it before coming back to school after the holidays. You could also write a book review about it.
  • Complete the Easter holidays Sumdog challenges in Maths and Reading that Mr. Renshaw will put up in the next few days.
  • Write a recount of a day from your holidays.
Primary 5, Uncategorized

P.5/4 Homework

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This week, homework for P.5/4 is as follows:

Reading

As usual, all the texts are available via Purple Mash.

The Witches – Read pages 1-6 of chapter 2 of ‘Baby Boom’ and write a character description of the main character of your story in your homework jotter.

Mystery Seekers – Read pages 1-6 of chapter 2 of ‘The Night the Diamonds Fell’ and write a character description of either Kyra or Nat in your homework jotter.

Book Cats – Read pages 1-5 of chapter 2 of ‘Alien Hotel’ and write a character description of the main character of your story in your homework jotter.

The Spuds – Re-read the whole of chapter 1 of ‘Alien Hotel’ and write a character description of Sally.

Maths

All children to use Sumdog for homework.

Spelling

Follow instructions given by your Spelling teacher.

Homework, Primary 5

P.5/4 Homework

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This week, homework for P.5/4 is as follows:

Reading

As usual, all the texts are available via Purple Mash.

The Witches – Read pages 8-14 of ‘Baby Boom’ and complete the quiz.

Mystery Seekers – Read pages 6-10 of ‘The Night the Diamonds Fell’ and complete the quiz.

Book Cats – Read pages 6-10 of ‘Alien Hotel’ and complete the quiz.

The Spuds – Read pages 1-5 of ‘Alien Hotel’.

Maths

All children to use Sumdog for homework.

Spelling

Follow instructions given by your Spelling teacher.

Homework, Primary 5

P.5/4 Homework

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This week, homework for P.5/4 is as follows:

Reading

As usual, all the texts are available via Purple Mash.

The Witches – Read pages 1-7 of ‘Baby Boom’ and complete Reading Homework Assessment on Sumdog.

Mystery Seekers – Read pages 1-5 of ‘The Night the Diamonds Fell’ and complete Reading Homework Assessment on Sumdog.

Book Cats – Read pages 1-5 of ‘Alien Hotel’ and complete Reading Homework Assessment on Sumdog.

The Spuds – Read chapter 6 of ‘Undercover Zoo’ and complete Reading Homework Assessment on Sumdog.

Maths

All children to use Sumdog for homework.

Spelling

Follow instructions given by your Spelling teacher.

Homework, Primary 5

P.5/4 Homework

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This week, homework for P.5/4 is as follows:

Reading

As usual, all the texts are available via Purple Mash.

The Witches – Read chapter 6 of ‘The Dark Castle Mystery’ and write a review of your book in your homework jotter.

Mystery Seekers – Read chapter 6 of ‘The Dark Castle Mystery’ and write a review of your book in your homework jotter.

Book Cats – Read chapter 6 of ‘Undercover Zoo’ and write a review of your book in your homework jotter.

The Spuds – Re-read chapter 3 of ‘Undercover Zoo’ and complete the quiz.

Maths

All children to use Sumdog for homework.

Spelling

Follow instructions given by your Spelling teacher.

Internet Safety, Primary 5

Internet Safety with P.5/4

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Primary 5/4 have been learning all about how to stay safe when using the internet.

We talked about all kinds of different situations you might find yourself in when online. Here’s an example:

Someone starts destroying your game or tries to kill off your character over and over again. What would you do?

Here are some of our ideas:

  • Tell an adult if you’re worried about it.
  • Report the player to the website so that they can deal with it.
  • Block the person from playing with you.
  • Only play with people that you already know.