Download Year 5 Homework Handed out: Monday 19th January 2015 Due in

Year 5 Homework
Handed out:
Monday 19th January 2015
Due in:
Monday 2nd February 2015
Literacy:
For All:
Change these sentences into one sentence, making sure that they
have an embedded clause WITH a relative pronoun.
I had a very full shopping bag. The shopping bag was
covered in flowers.
I bought some delicious sweets. The sweets were sherbet
lemons.
The boy scored a goal. The boy was playing football.
The computer game had great graphics. The computer game
was very challenging.
The Cliffs of Insanity were dangerously high. The Man in
Black climbed the Cliffs of Insanity.
Challenge:
Improve this piece of writing. Record what you have
used to make it better. You may want to make a chart
to show how many times you have used different
things? You could improve by adding:
Powerful verbs, exciting adjectives, adverbs,
prepositions, interjections (Yuck! Ouch! Oh no!),
embedded clauses, modal verbs, relative pronouns.
We have learnt about all of these! How many can you
use?
Buttercup was raised on a small farm. She lived
in the country of Florin. She loved to ride her
horse. She also liked to boss the farm boy
around. His name was Westley. She never
called him that. She gave him lots of tasks to
do. He never complained. All he ever said was
‘As you wish.’ She asked him to polish her
saddle.
“As you wish.” he said.
She asked him to fill buckets with water.
‘As you wish.’ He said
She asked him to fetch a pitcher.
“As you wish.” He said.
Buttercup realised that when he said ‘As you
wish’ he meant something else.
You have seen the clip. Merits can be gained
here!
Maths:
For all:
Subtraction – Use the column method to solve these
calculations:
654 – 162 =
385 – 217 =
765 – 164 =
8521 – 074 =
674 – 277 =
7523 – 6254 =
6827 – 1663 =
5874 – 1632 =
6424 – 1742 =
5853 – 1992 =
Challenge:
Multiplication - Use the grid method to solve these
calculations:
15 x 8 =
22 x 7 =
63 x 21 =
17 x 28 =
43 x 65 =
67 x 123 =
Extra Challenge:
Division – Use the bus stop method to solve these
calculations. Give your answers with a remainder
where appropriate. If you are really up for a challenge
try giving your answer as a decimal!
174 ÷ 4 =
642 ÷ 6 =
834 ÷ 8 =
2864 ÷ 7 =
8654 ÷ 5 =
7654 ÷ 15 =
Termly Creative Homework
This term our focus is on France but also on Life Cycles
of plants. Therefore there is a choice. You can either:
Build your own model of a famous French landmark –
La Tour Eiffel, L’Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame etc.
OR
Create your own mini-garden in a tray. Track the
growth of your plants in a diary. This could be a photo
diary if you prefer. Try to include scientific words like
fertilisation or germination.
This will be due in on Monday 23rd March