Andover Church of England Primary School
Striving for Excellence in a happy,secure and Christian environment
Wednesday
Morning Maths
Please complete this morning maths task. It should take 5-10minutes.
Guided Reading
Listen to your teacher read Chapter 3 by clicking this link or ask an adult to read it to you, up to ‘she had a stitch’(p37)
Zoe has just spoken to William for the first time.
Answer the following questions:
1. Who do you think William is?
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2. What do you think his significance might be in the story?
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3. Does his Brother Elmer story remind you of another story?
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4. What might this warning mean?
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Read the rest of the chapter to yourself and then answer these questions.
What is Lyca and what happened to it? Why?
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What do you think might happen next?
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Spelling
Your spellings this week are words taken from the Year 5/6 spelling list. Use the strategies below to help you practice them. On Friday you will be tested on them.
The words this week are:
conscience conscious controversy
convenience exaggerate excellent
programme pronunciation recognise
recommend restaurant nuisance
yacht explanation existence
profession
Maths
Today you are going to use the grid method to work out multiplication questions. Watch this video here for an explanation.
Grid Method Example
54 x 12 can be partitioned to give us (50 + 4) x (10 + 2)
this can be expanded to four simple multiplications which when added together give the final answer: (50 x 10) + (50 x 2) + (10 x 4) + (4 x 2).
This is done with the use of a grid as shown below:
Total up the columns and write the totals in the row at the bottom of the grid. Then finally add together those totals for the final answer. Here 54 x 12 = 540 + 108 = 648.
The Grid Method can be used to multiply very large numbers using a larger grid.
Complete the attached challenges. Challenge 3 is spotting mistakes that others have made.
English
Next week we are going to be writing a series a diary entries from the point of view of one of the crew members on the ship.
Today you are going to analyse a dairy entry and find the features so that you know what to write next week. Click hear to watch me teach this lesson, alternatively look at the attached PowerPoint.
Find the different features in the attached sheets.
PE
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Joe Wicks is doing live PE sessions on his YouTube channel.
Can you challenge yourself to complete his lesson?