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Tuesday 23rd June 2020 Elm Class Learning

Spellings: This week, we are going to practice the spellings of words with the suffix ending ‘tious’. These are the words I would like you to practice this week: ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious and continue to practice the ‘cious’ words to we learnt last week vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious, spacious, ferocious, atrocious. Today, could you practice a mixture of these spellings using the look, say cover write check method?

Arithmetic: This week we are going to practice dividing fractions by a whole number, whilst also still practicing multiplying fractions, to ensure we don’t forget these skills. When you divide a fraction by a whole number, you actually multiply the denominator (the bottom number) of the fraction. Can you have a go at these? If you need a recap of multiplying fractions, the BBC bitesize website will help you with this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/z8fyv4j

3/9 x 4 =

4/7 x 6=

3/5 x 5=

2/3 x 4/5 =

3/9 x 6/12=

3/7 ÷ 4 =

2/3 ÷ 7=

4/12 ÷ 8 =

Grammar: Can you identify the relative clauses in each of these sentences?

The man, who hadn’t eaten for hours, went to get some lunch.

Tom, who had run out of milk, went to the shops.

The boy, who was freezing cold, had forgotten his hat and gloves.

The family went on a bike ride, which was 7 miles long.

Now have a go at adding a relative clause to these sentences:

The girl went to get her haircut.

The boys went to play football.

The park was very quiet.

Tomorrow we will have a go at writing our own relative clause sentences!

English: Today I would like you to think back to Stanley’s first day digging holes at Camp Green Lake. I would like you to put yourself in the shoes of Stanley’s character and write a diary entry from Stanley’s perspective about the day. Remember to include the key events of the day, Stanley’s feelings throughout the diary entry and to use time conjunctions to show how time has passed in your diary. You can use the text to help remind you of what happened during Stanley’s first day. I look forward to seeing some of your wonderful diary entries!

Maths: L.O- I can interpret information in graphs.

Today we are going to have a go at interpreting some graphs. When we interpret a graph, we look carefully at the data and what the graph is showing us, helping us to use the data to answer key questions. Have a look at the graph below, it shows the average monthly temperatures for two cities in Mexico, can you answer the questions?

1.       Which location is hotter?

2.       What is the hottest month in Villahermosa?

3.       Which are the hottest months in Chihuahua City?

4.       What are the coldest months in Villahermosa?

5.       What is the coldest month in Chihuahua city?

6.       How much hotter is it in Villahermosa than in Chihuahua city in April?

7.       How much colder is it in Chihuahua City than in Villahermosa in November?

8.       What is the difference between the highest and lowest temperature in Villahermosa?

9.       What is the difference between the highest and lowest temperature in Chihuahua City?

CHALLENGE: Now have a look at this climate data from two other cities in Mexico and see if you can answer these challenge question!

Is there more rain in Tijuana or Mexico City in April (check the units carefully before you answer)?
Can you calculate how many hours of sunshine there would be in total during the month of January in Mexico City? 

SUPERCHALLENGE: Can you work out the total hours of sunshine for a whole year?

Topic: Our weekly focus for this week is about Mexico is Festivals.

Suggested activities for the week:

·       Research different Mexican festivals! Find out where they happen and why.

·       Find a festival which interests you (some are listed below) and study the history of it. Is there a traditional story behind the celebration? Is it similar to any festivals we have in the UK?

·       Consider the religions of Mexico. What are the main religions? Do they celebrate the same things that we do?

·       Lots of festivals have traditional songs. Can you find any and have a listen? Do you enjoy them? How is the music made? Does it sounds like music we have at our festivals in the UK? Why/why not?

·       You could look up some of the foods associated with the festivals and try to recreate them.

·       Festivals you could consider:

o   Day of the Dead

o   Carnaval

o   Cinco de Mayo

o   Independence day

o   Las Posadas.

Stay safe,

Miss Coates.