Elm Class Learning Tue 5th May

Spellings: You may remember a couple of weeks ago, looking at spellings with the suffix cious or tious. I want to make sure we are really secure in our knowledge of all ous ending words. Here is the rule for adding the suffix:

1) If the root word doesn’t change, just add ‘ous’ – e.g danger —-> dangerous

2) If the word ends in ‘e’, drop the e and add ‘ous’ – e.g. fame —->  famous 

3) If the word ends in ‘y’ change it to an ‘i’ and add ‘ous’ – e.g. vary —-> various.

Can you have a go at practicing spelling the words you collected yesterday, using the look, say, cover, write check method?

Arithmetic: Multiplying one fraction by another fraction and multiplying fractions by a whole number. A hint to start off the week: When you multiply two fractions together, you multiply the numerators together and the denominators together. When multiplying a fraction by a whole number, you simply multiply the numerator. Can you have a go at the questions below? (See the photos at the bottom of this page). Challenge: Can you simplify your answer, or if the answer is an improper fraction, could you change this into a mixed number?

7 x 8/6=

4 x 5/9 =

12 x 3/8=

6 x 6/10=

5/11 x 1/3=

4/9 x 2/5=

5/6 x  3/4=

Grammar: Yesterday you looked at relative clauses. Today, I would like you to focus on parenthesis. Parenthesis is a word, phrase, or clause inserted into a sentence to add extra information or to clarify something you have said before. When a parenthesis is removed, the sentence still makes sense on its own. A relative clause is a type of parenthesis, but when using other examples of parenthesis, you don’t need the relative pronouns- who, which, they- to start off your clause. Can you add parenthesis to the sentences below?

The capital of Japan is Tokyo.

Watching my favourite film always cheers me up.

Prince Harry served in the British Army.

Yesterday I went for a walk into the woods.

If you struggle with parenthesis, I have included a video link below, which helps to explain it in more detail!

English:  Research VE day and write some notes about it. You might want to consider why it was on the 8th May, how people celebrated, what was going to happen next and how people felt about the war ending. Remember, when you write notes it does not need to be in full sentences. You just need the key points.

An example – notes on dogs:

•          Need food, walks, love, water, bed, training.

•          Popular pet.

•          Many different breeds- examples: husky, cavalier king Charles spaniel, pug, German shepherd, springer spaniel, terriers.

•          Some are working dogs e.g. sheepdogs.

•          Omnivores

•          Companions for thousands of years.

Maths: Today’s problem is called Neighbourly addition!

Here is the link: https: https://nrich.maths.org/housenumbers

Or I have attached the problem below! Can you have a go at working systematically and thinking carefully about the patterns, what do you notice? Happy problem solving!

Topic: Can you find something different out today about the culture and traditions of Tokyo? What will you discover? How are you going to present what you have found?

Take care and stay safe,

Miss Coates.