What am I learning?

To read a grid reference.

How can I make sure I am successful?

• Look carefully at the zebra example

• Understand that the letter (x-axis) comes before the number (y-axis) in coordinates

• Find the coordinates of the zoo animals

Activity description/steps:

Today we are going to learn how to read a basic grid map.

1. Open up the worksheet.

2. Your job is to find all of the coordinates for each animal. A coordinate is the exact location of an object on the map.

3. You’ll see that along the sides of the map (the X an Y axis) there are numbers and letters. These numbers and letters will give you the coordinates.

4. When you write down the coordinates you always put first the letter at the bottom axis before the number on the side.

5. Let’s look at the coordinates of the zebra. The coordinates of the zebra is b8, have a look at the orange arrows to show how we got that answer.

6. Your job is to find the rest of the coordinates for the other zoo animals. Remember, the letter always comes before the number.

Extras for early finishers

Create your own zoo grid map and challenge your friend to find the coordinates of your animals.

Resources:

Worksheet

Extra support video about how to read a grid map

Paper

Pencil

What am I learning?

To write and read algebraic expressions

How can I make sure I am successful?

Read the questions very carefully. Make sure you understand what each symbol written by Mr Groper represents!

Activity description/steps:

Mr Groper has a fish and chip shop that gets a lot of orders. He needs to use numbers and letters to write down the orders as quickly as possible. Read the algebraic writing he uses and answer the questions on the activity sheet.

For early finishers,

.. can you come up with your own algebraic expressions for a burger bar? How would you write cheeseburger or hamburger?

Write down a made up order and share it with us!

Resources:

SomethingFishy.pdf

What am I learning?

To read a poem with confidence, expression and fluency.

How can I make sure I am successful?

• Video myself reading

• Read with confidence

• Read with expression

• Read with fluency

• Answer the questions

Activity description/steps:

1. Your first step is to read the poem once in your head and then once out loud. Try to read with confidence and expression, make your voice interesting. You can listen to Miss Lepupa reading the poem to help you as well.

2. Your next step is to record a video of yourself reading the If Poem with confidence and expression and upload it to class dojo.

3. Use the poem to answer these questions:

   • Write a list of all of the rhyming words in the poem.

   • Make a list of all the different colours the author names (hint: there is 8 different colours).

   • What do you think brownade is?

   • What is the poem about? I think the poem is about…

   • Would you recommend this poem to someone else? Why or why not?

Extras for early finishers:

Draw a picture that summarises the poem.

Resources:

If Poem

If Audio

What am I learning?

To read for understanding

How can I make sure I am successful?

Read the poem carefully and complete the big questions activity worksheets.

Activity:

To begin with, please record yourself reading this poem and upload it to class dojo.

Read the poem carefully! It is an interesting poem that is for sure! What does it remind you of?

Complete the comprehension activities, and if you have any questions at all please ask your teacher or Whaea Suzie.

Extras for early finishers

Create a drawing or piece of art that illustrates the poem

Resources:

RC Y5 spring - poetry plain text.pdf

Big Questions.pdf

Big questions 2.pdf

What am I learning?

-To generate ideas and brainstorm ideas and keywords to write an awesome narrative!

How can I make sure I am successful?

-Generate ideas from an image on the link

-Brainstorm the main ideas who (characters), what (problem and solution), where (setting) when (time)

-Brainstorm keywords and describing words for all of your ideas (Dog, brown hair, huge teeth, scary eye etc)

-Organise your brainstorm into a planning template for a narrative

Activity description/steps:

1.Study one of the images off this LINK and start generating ideas and thinking about cool ideas for your story.

2.Start brainstorming your ideas and words onto a piece of paper who (characters), what (problem and solution), where (setting) when (time) keywords and describing words for all of your ideas

3.Organise all of your brainstorm into a planning template

4.Check that you have all of your ideas transferred into your planning template and add more words to help you start your writing tomorrow.

5.Talk to a family member about your story using your planner and ask them what they think about it. Use their feedback to help you improve your story.

Extras for early finishers

Put these writing process words in order: Publish, draft writing, generate ideas, edit, brainstorm.

Resources:

Writing tools - Pencil and paper and the planning template information

Images link

What am I learning?

To plan a character description

How can I make sure I am successful?

Think about a character from a movie or story book that you know well. Complete the templates with all the information required.

Activity description/steps:

We all have a favourite TV character or story book character. Mine is Hermoine from Harry Potter!

Your job is to think about all the things that make that character who they are, before you connect it all together this week and write a description of that character!

Here is what you need to do:

Choose a character (and appropriate template) and complete the sections on the planner to help jog your memory about that character

Complete the activity sheet that asks you to think about theInternal and external features of the character

. External features are what they look like, internal features are what they are like as a person.

We can’t wait to see your plans!

Extras for early finishers

Resources:

Female Character Description.pdf

Male Character Description.pdf Character Description - Option 4.pdf