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MONDAY Good Morning Year 5! Welcome to Week 4 of Home Learning. You have set work for each day. Make sure you complete your daily check in on Google Classroom - and say hi to your teachers and classmates. Your classroom is a great place to ask questions about today’s work. If you need a brain break - take it! Try not to complete your work all in one go. Don’t forget you can access Lexia, Epic, Typing Club and Prodigy if you finish your work early. How will you enjoy nature today? Creatng sentences with conjunctons Complete the sentence stems using each conjuncton in turn. Because—explains why something is true. But—indicates a change in directon—like a ‘U-turn’. So—tells us what happens as a result of something else—a cause and its efect , in other words. The frst one has been done for you. 1. The teacher was happy because we raised our hands. The teacher was happy but he stll gave us homework. The teacher was happy so she took us out for extra sport. 2. Sara thought the movie was boring because ______________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Sara thought the movie was boring but _____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Sara thought the movie was boring so ______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 3. Scot Morrison is a great Prime Minister because _________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Scot Morrison is a great Prime Minister but ________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Scot Morrison is a great Prime Minister so ________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ TEST N AME DATE 6 The Daily Dig Tuesday 12th November DINOSAUR FIND — NOT ALL IT’S CRACKED UP TO BE by Di Nasaw The Sweet The Sweet The Southern Hemisphere Institute of However, due to clever investigative The crow pulled and tugged at the twig. Palaeontology recently created much journalism, I have discovered that the whole consternation within the scientific announcement, made on April 1st, was in community. actual fact — a hoax! Anonymous sources from within the Institute have said that the It announced that a frozen egg had been internet images were nothing more than unearthed during the digging of foundations digitally enhanced photos of painted rocks. for a multi-storey car park near Seattle in the One scientist, who asked not to be named, United States of America. The egg is believed said, ‘It’s a sad day for science when you ➀ ➁ to be that of a stegosaurus from the Jurassic cannot believe your own eyes.’ period. ➂ ➃ So, despite the amazing nature of advanced On a website blog, scientists from the computer technology, it may not be all it’s ➀ Institute claimed that they had used the cracked up to be! preserved DNA from the egg to create an ➁ embryo of a stegosaurus, which they were ➂ soon to implant into another ancient species of reptile — the crocodile, therefore ensuring ➃ its success. Text sourced from: Targeting Text Interactively Read the text and shade a bubble or write an answer to each question. 1 What is the best title for this story? summarising The Sweet Potato The Talking Dog 1 What is the purpose of the article? summarising An African Tale A Sorry Tale about a Farmer to entertain to inform to make an argument to sell a product 2 What does ‘consternation’ mean? monitoring a scientific discovery panic concern delight 3 What was reportedly unearthed during the dig? questioning 4 When did the stegosaurus live? questioning 14 Achievement Standards Assessment: Comprehension Year 5 © 2013 Blake Education © Blake Education ISBN 978 1 92507 629 5 Achievement Standards Assessment: English - Comprehension Year 5 5 What is a blog? making connections an electronic book a website containing someone’s thoughts an official speech a government website 6 Why did the scientists think the experiment would work? monitoring 7 What do journalists do? monitoring conduct scientific experiments sell products write news articles pass new laws 8 What is April 1st? making connections National Science Day Valentine’s Day April Fool’s Day the autumn equinox 9 What is a ‘hoax’? monitoring a scientific discovery a trick a speech the truth 10 What does ‘anonymous’ mean? monitoring an unnamed person useful unqualified famous 11 What shape would the rocks have been? visualising 12 What is the nature of the last sentence? summarising opinion fact pun statistic NUMBER OF CORRECT ANSWERS 12 Achievement Standards Assessment: Comprehension Year 5 © 2013 Blake Education 15 © Blake Education ISBN 978 1 92507 629 5 Achievement Standards Assessment: English - Comprehension Year 5 MONDAY - MENTALS Multiply by 10 because there are 10mm in 1 cm Divide by 10 because 1cm = 10mm Divide by 100 because there are 100cm in 1 m Divide by 1000 because there are 1000mm in 1 m AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRES Last term for Geography, you learnt about bushfires and some of the most devastating bush fires that have happened in Australia’s history. Revise your learning on this topic by researching the following activities. You will need to use your computer/tablet to help you find information. TUESDAY Good Morning Year 5! Welcome to Week 4 of Home Learning. You have set work for each day. Make sure you complete your daily check in on Google Classroom - and say hi to your teachers and classmates. Your classroom is a great place to ask questions about today’s work. If you need a brain break - take it! Try not to complete your work all in one go. Don’t forget you can access Lexia, Epic, Typing Club and Prodigy if you finish your work early. I am grateful for… htps://youtu.be/F7MIdT_qwmQ htps://youtu.be/s0pY2Qw5EQM * Once photocopied these images might appear darker or hard to see. Sorry. Vocabulary Sentences Rewrite and complete these sentences. Perhaps you could use a coordinatng conjuncton or subordinatng conjuncton to help you complete each one. Maybe you could start with a brand new sentence. pot-bellied 1. adj. having a round stomach Like someone with a belly that would fit in a pot Finish this story… Xavier was showing off his pot-bellied figure when… fragrance 2. n. a sweet smell or perfume Like the smell of delicious herbs or exotic flowers Finish this story… Fatima buried her head into the flower and sucked in its sweet fragrance… auspicious 3. adj. hopeful or encouraging Like getting a sign that everything will go well Finish this story… The rainbow was an auspicious sign of better things to come… lashing 4. adj. thrashing or beating Like heavy rain smacking you in the face Finish this story… Liam refused to let the lashing rain ruin his holiday… TEST N AME DATE 7 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Papua New Guinea is situated just north of Australia, just below the equator. Geography The Sweet The Sweet Papua New Guinea is a rugged country and, until recently, some The crow pulled and tugged at the twig. regions had never been visited by outsiders. A high range of Papua New Guinea mountains divides the country into north and south. There is Torres Strait no permanent road over these mountains, so people have to fly or walk from the north coast to the south. The valleys high in ➀ ➁ this mountain range are the most fertile. Australia ➂ ➃ ➀ Climate The climate is generally hot and wet all year round. There are two seasons: the wet and ➁ the dry. Rainfall is very heavy. The capital, Port Moresby, is one of the driest parts of New Guinea with an annual rainfall of about 1000 millimetres. In the wettest part of the country, ➂ average rainfall is around 6000 millimetres. On the coast, the temperatures are similar all year: from 25 to 30° C. In the Highlands, it is much colder. On cold nights, ice will form on ➃ top of the highest summits. Text sourced from: Blake’s Grammar Guide, Del Merrick 1 What is the best title for this story? summarising Read the text and shade a bubble or write an answer to each question. The Sweet Potato The Talking Dog An African Tale A Sorry Tale about a Farmer 1 Where is Papua New Guinea? questioning near New Zealand north of Australia in Africa off the coast of China 2 What divides the country into north and south? questioning 3 Why are some regions rarely visited? monitoring 16 Achievement Standards Assessment: Comprehension Year 5 © 2013 Blake Education © Blake Education ISBN 978 1 92507 629 5 Achievement Standards Assessment: English - Comprehension Year 5 4 How do people travel from the north coast to the south? questioning they drive or go by bus they travel by train they fly or walk they sail 5 Which is the most fertile part of Papua New Guinea? questioning 6 How many seasons are there in Papua New Guinea? questioning 7 What is the landscape like? making connections rainforests deserts tundra glaciers 8 Which part of Australia has a climate similar to Papua New Guinea? predicting Tasmania Far North Queensland New South Wales Western Australia 9 What is the approximate annual rainfall range? questioning 25 to 30 millimetres 1000 to 6000 millimetres 2500 to 6000 millimetres 0 to 1000 millimetres 10 How cold does it get on the highest summits on cold nights? monitoring 30° C 25° C 10° C below 0° C 11 Where is Port Moresby located? making connections on the coast inland in the Highlands on the highest summit 12 Tourists to Papua New Guinea are likely to be interested in: summarising cultural events hiking and trekking surfing and diving all of the above NUMBER OF CORRECT ANSWERS 12 Achievement Standards Assessment: Comprehension Year 5 © 2013 Blake Education 17 © Blake Education ISBN 978 1 92507 629 5 Achievement Standards Assessment: English - Comprehension Year 5 TuesDAY - MENTALS Converting units of Length MM to CM Convert these mm lengths to cm.