Spellings
Please practise these spellings ready for your spelling test next week.
Homophones and other words that are often confused. You may be able to spell some of these words easily so the challenge is to write down the words that your spellings may be confused with and what the different meanings are. E.g. aloud (saying something out loud) whereas the word it may be confused with is allowed (permitted).
advise
device
license
practice
aisle
allowed
affect
alter
assent
cereal.
Science
This week we have been exploring life cycles. Play the attached game with friends or family to see how much you know.
Create your own game to test knowledge of life cycles – consider different types:
Amphibian, mammal, bird, insect (incomplete metamorphosis), insect (complete metamorphosis).
Maths
We are recapping and extending our knowledge of measure next week. To get your brain thinking about measure again can you solve these word problems and remember how to convert measurements.
- How many metres in 4600cm?
- How many millimetres are in 3 centimetres?
- A family sets off to drive 524km. after 2672m, how much further do they have to go?
- Ellie and Sylvia check in at the airport. Ellie places her suitcase on the scale. The weight is 24.2 kg.
Sylvia places her suitcase beside Ellie’s. The weight of both is 49.6 kg.
Work out the weight of Sylvia’s suitcase.
- I am 86cm tall. My brother is two and a half times taller than me. How tall is he in mm?
- I am wrapping christmas presents. I have 2.7m of ribbon, and I need 33cm for each present. How many presents will I be able to wrap? How much ribbon will I have left over?
- Tom went swimming at twenty to five. She finished at 6:10.
- How many minutes did he swim for?
- Tom then got changed which took fifteen minutes. He then went to the canteen and ate his dinner which took 35 minutes and then he went home. What time did he finish at?
Spellings
Please practise these spellings ready for your spelling test next week.
The suffix ssion. It is used if the root word ends in ss or mit.
admission
aggression
discussion
expression
mission
possession
profession
progression
depression
Impression
Maths
Last week for homework we practised our time knowledge. Now can you solve these word time problems. A sheet with clocks is stuck in your homework book.
- Simon went to watch a play at 2:15pm. The show last 30 minutes. What time did the show finish at?
- Kira played golf. She went to the golf club at 17:30pm. She played for 45 minutes. What time did she finish playing?
- Tim played football with his team. They got to the pitch at 11:15am. The match started 10 minutes later. The match was 50 minutes long with no break. What time did Tim finish playing at?
4) Sarah went to see her friend Simone at twenty to two in the afternoon. She played there for one hour. Then it took fifteen minutes to get home. What time did sarah get home at?
