Friday – Maths and English
Maths
Warm Up
Head on over to Purple Mash to complete today’s assigned warm up tasks.
Main Task
It’s Friday so it is time for another Kahoot! You will need a pencil and paper for this one. Follow the link to the Kahoot and good luck!
English
Warm Up
Head on over to Purple Mash to complete today’s assigned warm up tasks.
Main Task
Your task today is to write the biography of your chosen scientist. Aim to complete at least the introduction and two further paragraphs. Make sure that you use your box up plan and colour-coded mindmap to help you.
Think back to the two previous occasions when we have written biographies in class.
Use the success criteria below to help you with your writing.
Writing Checklist – Success Criteria
Thursday – Music task 2 – Pitch
Way back in the first week of Home Learning, we learnt a little about tempo. Can you remember what the tempo of a piece of music is? The tempo of a piece of music is the speed. Tempo might stay the same all the way through, or it might change, like the two pieces of music we listened to. Here are the links to listen again if you’d like a reminder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpOAnWEyzt8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrIYT-MrVaI
This week, we are going to think about pitch. Pitch is how high or low a note sounds. Sounds can be high pitched, like the squeak of a mouse or a scream. Sounds can also be low pitched, like the growling of a dog or the bang of a big bass drum.
Listen to some of the instrument sound clips on this website. Are the instruments high pitched or low pitched? Start with the violin and the tuba – they’re easy ones!
http://www.beginband.com/sndclips.shtml
The pitch of a piece of music can change how it makes you feel and what it makes you think of. Listen to these pieces of music and see what you think.
This piece of music uses a lot of high pitched notes. It is called The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies and I think the high pitched notes make it sound magical and light. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV1qLYukTH8
This piece of music uses a lot of low pitched notes. It is the theme music from a film called “Jaws”, which is about a giant shark. I think the low pitched notes make it sound frightening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX3bN5YeiQs
Today I would like you to experiment with making sounds of different pitch using instruments or objects in your house. You could even order the sounds you hear from lowest to highest pitch. Here are some ideas:
- Filling objects with different amounts of water can change the pitch. Try blowing across the top or tapping them gently to make a sound.
- Usually, large objects make a low pitched sound and small objects make a high pitched sound. Can you find objects around the house that follow this pattern?
- How do you change the pitch on an instrument in your house? You might change where on the instrument you play, which holes you cover or where you press a string.
Don’t forget to add your videos and photos to the Padlet – I can’t wait to hear them!
Wednesday – Maths and English
Maths
Warm Up
Main Task
Follow the link to the White Rose Maths Home Learning website. You will need to watch the video “Dividing Decimals by Integers”, which you can find under Summer Term Week 5, Lesson 3. Dividing Decimals by Integers
You will then need to complete the following tasks ….
Fluency Task: Maths Division 2005 Fluency
Reasoning Task: Maths Division 2005 Reasoning
There are two pages of questions in today’s reasoning task. You DO NOT need to do both. The second is slightly trickier than the first so I would like you to choose which you think you should do.
English
SPAG – Begin today by logging on to Purple Mash and completing your latest spelling quiz task.
Main Task – Today, we are going to remind ourselves of how to build cohesion across paragraphs in Non-Fiction texts, ready to do so when we write up our biographies. This is something that you will have been doing throughout Key Stage Two English but now need to think about in relation to the texts given with each task.
Paragraphs in Non Fiction Part Two
Tuesday – Guided Reading and Maths
Guided Reading
Today, we are moving on to a different book! I have chosen a mystery fiction for us. Now, I know we should never judge a book by it’s cover. However, this cover and title fascinated me so I had to have a closer look! We will be reading a book called The Sealed-Up House. You can access it on MyOn, using the link here: The Sealed-Up House.
You will need to read Chapters 1 and 2 before answering the questions below.
Maths
Warm Up
Main Task
Follow the link to the White Rose Maths Home Learning website. You will need to watch the video “Multiply Decimals by Integers”, which you can find under Summer Term Week 5, Lesson 2. Multiply Decimals by Integers
You will then need to complete the following tasks ….
Fluency Task: Fluency (Multiplying Decimals by Integers)
Reasoning Task: Reasoning (Multiplying Decimals by Integers)
Monday – Number Task
Every Monday, you are set a number maths task – Number Monday! This will involve things that you have already learnt, so it’s all about practising what you know.
Firstly, you will need to login to Purple Mash and complete your 2do tasks as part of your warm up.
Follow the link to today’s questions….
Fluency Task: Fluency Task (Division)
Reasoning Task: Reasoning Task (Division)
For the last part of today’s ‘Number Monday’ tasks, don’t forget to spend 15 minutes on TT Rockstars.
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