Grade 5 Home Learning Snapshot - Term 3/Week 4

Writing

Students will be focusing on Organisation from the 6+1 Traits of Writing. They will be using the strategies they used to develop their wonderful ideas last week, to organise these ideas into an amazing story. This week they will work on the beginning of their stories and look at a range of different ways to begin a story. Good writer’s know how to ‘hook’ the reader in from the start. Authors use different techniques in their writing depending on their purpose and audience. Students will have a think about what technique best fits a particular genre of writing. A scoring guide will be introduced to students so they can recognise where they are in relation to developing their Organisation in a story and reflect on where they need to be.

Reading

Students need to continue reading daily as part of their tasks and also at night for their homework. If your child needs some inspiration for reading, here are some authors or books that might be of interest.

This week students will be focused on the comprehension strategy of summarising. They will be introduced to a variety of texts that are related to their inquiry into ‘Where We Are in Place and Time’. Students will use different templates and strategies that will help them find the important information within a non-fiction text. Summarising is an important strategy for students to develop as it helps them when researching different topics.

Students should also be encouraged to continue working on their fluency by reading out loud for part of their independent reading - whether they call a friend and read to them or read to family members or even pets!

Maths

In week four, students will continue to consolidate their understanding of equivalent fractions and the various strategies they can use to find an equivalent. On Monday, students will be asked to create a video explaining their knowledge of the various fraction concepts covered thus far. Later in the week students will learn about fraction number lines. They will learn how to place, order and locate fractions using a fraction line accordingly. Throughout each area of fractions that we cover, students will continue to practise their ability to relate fractions to decimals and percentages.

Inquiry

This week in inquiry we are continuing our investigation into ‘Where We Are in Time and Place’ - which students have been documenting on their Learning Journal Wall. The mapping activities that students engaged in last week were designed to highlight differing perspectives in the way that we can map and represent our country. This week students will delve more deeply into investigating and analysing how differing perspectives can change our view of the world. They will make connections between how our perspectives of the world influence and motivate our thinking, feelings, behaviour and actions. Using their understanding of the relationship between perspectives and motivations, students will begin their research into Human Rights.

Word Study

Students will continue to practise 30 "codes" of the English language through watching videos uploaded by their class teacher. They will also continue to explore a reading or spelling rule which will help them when they decode or write words. There are 30 rules that students will gradually explore through their primary schooling.

This week students will continue to "bootcamp" Rule 7. This is where the students practise the new skill until it becomes "automatic" in their brains. They will complete an assessment where they will demonstrate their understanding of the 5 jobs of the silent final ‘e’.

Wellbeing

The ability to self-regulate is a skill which is important to all of us especially in our current situation. We all come across situations that test us from time to time. When we are able to recognise our feelings we are able to do something about them and get ourselves to a healthy place. An important area of emphasis this week will be on triggers and how to recognise them as well as strategies for returning to preferred zones.

Checklists

Please go through the Reading, Writing and Maths Checklists provided to you and your child last week to support them in completing tasks to their full potential.