Wednesday - Home Learning

Hujambo Year 5!

I am so proud to have read so many emotive, passionate and persuasive explanation texts. You all included so many key facts and such a great understanding of the plastic pollution process. You have clearly become real life eco-warriors and I hope you are ready to spread the word to family and friends. One day you might even fight governments like Greta does, to get changes made to the world. If you have not handed in your writing yet, please log into Purple Mash today and check your 2do list. I have set 'plastic pollution'. I would like to read them all before our half-term holiday :)

Our mental health challenge for today is to draw a picture of yourself when someone has been kind to you. Think about how it made you feel.

Please read Lydia's letter below she has an extra challenge for you.

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Our Learning Today

Literacy:
Lo: to unpick the meaning of a haiku

Now that we have finished our final written piece, I would like to end our half term with some poetry.

Before we begin, have a read of this below. What is it about? How is it written? What is special about it?

This is a poem about the beginning of a new season. I wonder if you worked out which one?

So you might have guessed from the LO, that this type of poem is called a Haiku. So what is a Haiku?

There are rules you have to follow when you write a Haiku. How are they written?

Let's have a quick recap on what a syllable is. Watch the video below. Have a go at saying your name and others in our class or your family in syllable chunks. 

Now that we are confident using syllables. Have a look at this Haiku below. I have put a dot for each syllable chunk. Read the Haiku. Clap and count  the syllables on each line. Remember a Haiku has 3 lines. With 5 syllables on the first line, 7 on the second line and 5 on the third line. What is this Haiku telling us? Is it about nature? Remember all Haiku's are about natural things.

Have a look at the Haiku's below and find the syllable chunks. Check that they all follow the rules and work the meaning.

Maths:
Lo: to estimate angles

Ok, let's recap the rules we have learnt so far this week.

​We measure angles with degrees. The symbol looks like a little circle which you write by the top of the number.

​We should now be able to identify each of these angles when we see them. ​

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So today I wanted to do some estimation. Watch this video about how to make a sensible estimate when measuring angles.

When we make an estimate, we have to be sensible and think about the rules we know already. Look at this angle below and make an estimate. 

 
Let's do this one together. The first thing I notice is that the angle is less than 90°. So this must mean that it is an acute angle.

I can see that the two lines are quite far away from each other but not very close to the 90° right angle.

So if I estimate the size of this angle, I might say this angle is probably around 30°. Do you think 85° would be a sensible estimate? Why?

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​Here is another example.

I can see that the angle is larger than 90° but not larger than a straight angle. So it must be an obtuse angle. 

I can also see that the line is not very far from 90° and not very close the 180° straight angle.

So if I make a sensible estimate, I might say this angle is probably 120°. Do you think 160° would be a sensible estimate? Why?



​Here is my last example.

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I can see that the angle is larger than 90° but not larger than a straight angle. So it must be an obtuse angle.

I can also see that the line is very close to the 180° straight angle but quite far away for the 90° right angle.

So if I make a sensible estimate, I might say this angle is probably 170°. Do you think 80° would be a sensible estimate? Why?

Here are some questions for you. Start by working out what type of angle it is and than I would like you estimate what it might measure in degrees. Remember to think about how close it is to each new angle and check back to the rules at the top of this page to help.

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Today's challenge is to estimate reflex angles. You do not need to do them all.

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ICT:
Lo: to make a chase game

I would like you to follow the link to scratch. Click on the tutorials tab and select 'make a chase game'. Please follow the instructions to make a chase game. After you have done it, please think about how you did it and compare it to making a game on Purple Mash's 2diy. Is it easier or harder to make? Do you think you understand the coding better?  Is the game more complicated? Which way do you prefer?
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=getStarted

Spanish:
Please check of the Spanish blog for this week's activities.

Have a great day. Theo :)