Daily Home Learning Blog – Friday, 3^rd July

Good morning Year 5. I hope you’ve had a fun and productive week. Here are today’s learning tasks.

English

LO: Using imperative verbs

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbxgn9q
• Read the information, watch the videos, and complete the 3 activities

Maths

LO: Mental strategies to divide by 5, 20, 6, 4, and 8

• Open the attached document
• It will describe some mental methods to quickly divide by several numbers
  • Divide by 10: Move all digits down a place value
  • Divide by 5: First divide by 10, then double your answer
  • Divide by 20: First divide by 10, then halve your answer
  • Divide by 4: Halve the number, then halve it again
  • Divide by 8: Halve the number, halve it a second time, then halve it a third time
  • Divide by 6: Divide by 3, then divide by 2.
• There are 2 worksheets - mild (easier) and hot (harder) - please choose the appropriate page for your ability. 
• There is a section titled 'A bit stuck?' which can be done if you're finding it quite tricky.
• Please complete the investigation towards the bottom of the document.

Spellings and Vocabulary

Find the definition of these words, and then use each one in its own sentence.

• Incredulous
• Dextrous
• Dilapidated
• Rigour
• Exuberance
• Unencumbered

That’s all for today! Hope to see you all soon. Have a nice weekend!

Mr Lindsay

Fun fact of the day: Earth is the only planet in our solar system not named after an ancient god.