Year 6 Home Learning - Thursday 21st January 2021

Date: 20th Jan 2021 @ 1:13pm

Thursday 21^st January 2021

Good morning Year 6. As we approach the end of the week, I would like to say well done to those who have sent me their work through Seesaw. It has been so nice to see the improvements you are making whilst at home. If you need any help, even if you are not sure what to do, you can send your work to me (just like you would do in class) and I can give you some pointers (just like I would do in class).

Also, well done to the 20 of you who have completed the Sumdog challenges. Keep this up as regular practice is a great way to learn.

Reading

Read for 30 minutes. Keep building up your stamina.

Reading activity for today:

• Who else should read this book? Why? Who shouldn’t read this book? Why?

English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)

Handwriting

Every day this week we are going to focus on our number 1 class target, Handwriting, which must be joined. Each day, I will give you a poem to copy in your neatest handwriting. This week focus on staying on the line.

In the log-cabin (Yesterday’s answer = COMPUTER)

In the log-cabin,

A hundred guardsmen are lying asleep.

Ssh! The door slides open.

Enter a pink-headed monster.

Quickly she grabs a guardsman,

Dashes his head on the wall,

She tries him with fancy hair-styles,

First an orange wig,

Then a black crew-cut.

Spellings

This week’s spellings is -fer (and suffixes attached to them).

• Look at each of these words: prefer, defer, refer and transfer – what TWO rules could happen when a suffix (ed, ing, ent, ence) is added?

Writing task

Can I use reported speech to report on the argument between Hatty and Tom?

Read all of chapter 13 where Hatty and Tom have an argument. The argument is written in dialogue but just like in yesterday’s task, your task is to turn that dialogue into reported speech. Another way to explain this task is to imagine you are telling/reporting to someone about the argument. Think about what you would say.

To help, follow these success criteria:

• No speech marks
• Third person
• Past tense
• Not the exact words

For extra help, look at this WAGOLL (What A Good One Looks Like) from yesterday’s lesson of reported speech from someone in Year 6:

Tom moaned to Alice saying they were in an awful situation. Alice agreed but said she knew of someone who could help them. Tom eagerly asked who it was. However, Alice replied saying she wasn’t sure she could tell him. Tom assured Alice that he could trust her and he’d be careful. Alice ordered him to stay quiet and let her think.

Maths – Fractions Week

1. Warm up your brain: Counting back in 0.5.

1024, 1 843, 24 626, 274 763, 1 847 265

 With each number count back in 1s, 10 times.

(1024, 924, 824, 724, 624, 524, 424, 324, 224, 124, 24)

2. Sumdog – two challenges (both with 200 answer targets for this week):
   1. Mix of 7 and 9 times tables
   2. FDP – converting between fractions, decimals and percentages
3. Main lesson. The objective for today is:
   1. Can I order fractions, decimals and percentages?

For today’s learning, it is important that you watch the video, Ordering FDP, as this will help in understanding the steps needed to solve each question on the Ordering FDP questions and answer sheets. Here are some TOP TIPS to give you the best possible support:

• Percent means out of 100 = 100 hundredths = 1 whole
• Every two decimal placed number is in the hundredths
  • (0.45 = 45 hundredths = 45 %)
  • (0.82 = 82 hundredths = 82%)
• Make sure you turn every fraction into /100
  • (e.g. ¾ multiply the numerator and denominator by 25 = 75/100, which then equals 75 hundreths = 0.75 = 75%)
• Greater than symbol >
• Less than symbol <

4. Maths challenge – Order FDP. Once again there are 3 different sheets which move up in difficulty. If you found the lesson quite straight forward, attempt all three and send it to me via Seesaw.
5. Arithmetic quiz (1 - 18 questions). Attached at the bottom is a picture of the sheet (so you can print it or simply write the answers – with workings out – in your HOME LEARNING BOOK). I have also attached the answers (for after the quiz so no peeking!)

History

Can I create a fact file about one of the Mayan Gods?

1. Follow the link to the BBC Bitesize website here, Mayan beliefs, where you will be directed to the BBC website, ‘What did the ancient Mayas believe?’ Here you will find information about the Mayan beliefs and some of the gods that the Mayan people believed in. There is a video to watch along with a matching activity to complete.
2. There is also a PowerPoint, Mayan: Gods and Religion, which explains their religion in more depth with a detailed description of 6 of the main gods. Read through this PowerPoint, answering the questions that you see on certain slides. There is a ‘Gods and Religion’ quiz on slide 15 for you to complete – put your answers in your Home Learning book.
3. Slide 16 = The main task. With the information you have gathered, create a fact file (either on a template of your choice or on the one provided at the bottom of the blog, Mayan Gods Fact File). There are pictures of the Mayan Gods for you to copy onto your fact file.

Remember to include:

• Pictures of the gods and their name
• What they were a god of?
• One or two pieces of information about them

(Once completed, send it me via Seesaw.)

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