Wednesday

Spelling

Use the worksheet, or your Home Learning Book, to practice this weeks spellings using 'Look, say, cover, write, check.

Challenge yourself on spelling shed. How well can you go on a higher challenge setting in 'play'?

Step 5 Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check_

English

In this video, you can see that people travel to experience the sound, sights and feelings of a rocket launch. After you have watched the video, imagine that you were at this launch and are writing a letter to friend at home, describing what it was like to be there. Include as much powerful vocabulary and description as you can in your letter. Include details of what you could hear, see, smell and feel as you watched the rocket launch.

Topic

In this video, Astronaut Chris Hadfield talks about some common myths about space travel.

Watch the video and answer these questions:

  • What would happen if you went into space without a space suit?
  • What does space smell of?
  • Would you age if you travelled at the speed of light?
  • Can you hear an explosion in space? Why?
  • Can you create gravity in space?
  • Can build space ships like the ones in Star Wars and Star Trek?
  • Do astronauts get taller on the ISS?
  • Are bacteria more dangerous in space?