Year 5 Weekly Curriculum Overview
Week Beginning: Mon 21st June,
Our last week of school
Have a safe and enjoyable summer holiday everyone.
Thank you for working hard.
Good Luck in Year 6
Mrs Roberts, Ms Tintoska and Mrs Iverson
This week's reminders
Wednesday 23rd June- class party/ Reports Home
Friday 25th June- Last day school closes at 12.00,
and Dress Casual day
Our Unit of Inquiry is WHO WE ARE
An inquiry into Nutrition, fitness, growth and development , drug use and disease
Central Idea
As we grow and
mature, our decisions, rights and responsibilities can become increasingly
complex.
Lines of Inquiry
The physical and emotional
changes our bodies go through during puberty.
Our personal decisions about
health and hygiene.
The changes in
responsibility as we mature and develop.
We began the unit last week and began discussing What we already know!
Last week's Notes:
Today (Mon 17/5) we had a special guest speaker Ms Catherine Wood from the Hong Gong Drug Advisory centre who spoke to the children about the dangers of drugs. She will return on Tuesday to continue her informative presenation.
During this unit we will work closely with Ms Thompson during PE. Last Friday we began a FITNESS test (from Australia) and undertook a series of physical tests to determine our fitness levels.
We will also visit the LEAP (Life Education Van) during the unit to reinforce the learning we are doing in class.
HOMEWORK THIS WEEK MON 17th
Spelling Words: health, nutrition, exercise, vitamins, minerals, protein, fitness, disease, balanced, carbohydrates
Learn these words and use them to create a 'Mini poster' to promote 'A Healthy Lifestyle'.
Literacy Homework: Write a recount about a funny/ memorable incident you remember and talk about it with your family.
Maths- PROBLEM SOLVING- complete the sheets using all 4 operations.
In Maths this week we are continuing to revise concepts covered this year as well as using 24 hour time and problem solving.
In the next few weeks we will be assessing the students on their skills as we prepare to write school reports. A copy of the key skills we will assess students on is located in Term 3 Parent Information (below). So if you can help your child revise these it would help them perform well in their assessments.
Kind Regards,
Year 5 Team
Term 3-Parent Information
Dear Parents,
We began our unit in the last week of Term 2 with a fabulous 'Tuning In' session. We were given boarding passes to board an aeroplane for a flight simulation, safety check and on in flight meal to Europe to visit the Museum of History. We also visited a resource centres and a got dressed up in clothes from other civilisations for a FAB photo shoot. Last week we began looking closer at artifacts that link us to past civilisations and looking at how technology has changed over time.
Central idea and Lines of Inquiry (as above)
We will send home information about our Summative assessment task soon.
Mathematics
In Maths this term we will be revising and learning the following key objectives. If you would like to strengthen your child’s mathematical skills please focus on the following objectives listed on the back.
Year 5 Maths Objectives
Recall with speed and accuracy multiplication facts to 10X 10
Read, write, compare and order fractions
Explain what each digit represents in whole numbers and decimals with up to two places, and partition, round and order these numbers
Use knowledge of place value and addition and subtraction of two digit numbers to derive sums and differences and doubles and halves.
Use efficient methods to add and subtract whole numbers and decimals with up to two places.
Read time to the nearest minute and second using intervals of 10 minutes, 5 minutes and 1 minute on 12 and 24 hour clocks.
Draw and measure lines to the nearest millimeter: measure and calculate the perimeter of regular and irregular polygons; use the formula for the area of a rectangle to calculate the rectangle’s area.
Use mental and written strategies for multiplication and division when solving problems in real life situations.
Keep up the good work !
Year 5 Team
This unit will include strong links to English and Mathematics.
In English it will involve:
A study of Non- Fiction Texts
Understanding what is read
Questioning each other
Note- taking
Comparing information using Venn diagrams
Highlighting important / significant information
Journal writing e.g."A Day in the life of a Roman"
Skimming and scanning texts to locate important facts
In Mathematics we will look at concepts which will directly link to our unit of inquiry
Looking at Number Systems- who invented it?
What were the ways of recording and counting in the past?
Calendars- who invented them and why?
Mapping- which society began this first?
We will look at Shapes in society and how 2D and 3D shapes are used in buildings and differnt societies.
How tesselations, patterns are used in Islamic art etc
We will also be revising concepts taught throughout the year and continually practising our multiplication and division skills.
Year 5 Homework
Reading for at least 30 mins each night
Spelling- Maths words related to space and shape- researching meanings of words
Language- Postcards from Paradise- writing to classmates about an adventure from the holidays
Maths- Revision sheet to consolidate skills from Term 2
Due Friday
Good Luck!
Year 5 Team
Ms K and Ms T
Our Last Unit of Inquiry was:
UNIT OF INQUIRY: How The World Works
Central idea:
Human Survival is connected to
understanding
the continual changing nature of the earth
Key Concepts Covered: CAUSATION, CHANGE, FORM
Here is an outline of the work we covered Last week.........
LANGUAGE
Language Outcomes
To use paragraphing and dialogue effectively when writing
T edit spelling and grammar independently
To listen to the ideas of others during group discussions
To reflect on the writing of others
To compare sources of information and translate into own words.
To use a range of startegies to self- monitor and self- correct whilst reading
To write for enjoyment in Writer's Notebook
View, respond to and describe visual information, communication understanding in oral and written form (Making notes in Thinker's Notebooks)
Use reference books, dictionaries and computer and web based applications with increasing independence and responsibility(Research skills).
Learning Experiences
Writing recounts about Camp
Read and discuss the events related to Earthquake in Chile
Ie. How did the tectonic plates move?
What was the richter scale reading? (link to decimals in Maths)
How has the world reacted?
How can the Government help people ?
What are the implications for the children? (Link to unit on Children at Risk)
Discussing the essential agreement for behaviour at Glenealy school- role play scenarios.
Edit journal entries of Pompeii
Design a brochure
Making connections between new information and prior knowledge.
Design a flow chart
To begin planning summative assessment task for unit of inquiry.
To start reflecting on goals and targets ready for our 3 way conferences.
Looking at newspaper articles related to our unit of inquiry focussing on the effects of natural disasters on the lives of humans.
Reading Guided Reading texts about Volcanoes/ Active Earth (National Geographic)/ Earthquakes
Fact files on chosen Natural Disaster.
MATHS
Mental Maths Outcomes
Round to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000
Recap facts in all multiplication tables
To make and solve simple problems using division
To use and understand different strategies ot complete operations
Main Learning Outcomes: During the next 3 weeks we will be completing a Unit Of Inquiry into Fractions using the "Inquiry Based Model "
An Inquiry into Fractions & Decimals
What are fractions?
How do we use fractions in daily life?
What are fractions linked to in Maths?
What language is used when we talk about fractions?
Looking at equivalent fractions and the FRACTION WALL
Main Learning Experiences:
Model simple fraction relationships
Use Pattern blocks to find relationships between shapes
Explain your understandings to others
Talk about Vocabulary used: numerator, denominator, equivalent
Model decimal fractions to hundreds and beyond
Read , write , compare and order fractions
Go to this website to practice "FRACTION FREEZE"
http://www.primarygames.co.uk/PG5/Fraction/freeze.html
Revision of Last weeks Outcomes:
To use and understand different strategies for solving mathematical problems.
To trial new strategies and decide on a strategy that you feel most comfortable and confident with.
To use various maths games to demonstrate chosen strategies
Think Tanks
Homework Reminders:
Inquiry Homework The children were given a "Thinker's Notebook a few weeks ago to record thinking, pictures, wonderings, understanding and questions related to
our new Unit of Inquiry. Please see the inside cover of the notebook
for more information. There is an expectation that children record something each week as part of their homework.
Reading Record- Hand in on Friday.
Please come and see us if you need help with your homework.
Kindest Regards
Mrs Kutrzyk & Ms Tintoska
DON'T FORGET
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