Mrs Bratherton has asked Year 6 to complete book reviews to go on display in the library. Choose your favourite book to review and include; title and author, fiction or non-fiction, a synopsis of the story, details about the characters, age range suitable to read the book and why and reasons why you would recommend the book. Please use correcting spelling and capital letters and punctuation - Remember your reviews are going on display!
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You have worked so hard this week, using your simplifying skills to solve lots of different fractions problems. Your homework is to use Mathletics to further practice all of the skills you have learnt so far. Tasks have been allocated to you. Gook luck!
http://www.mathletics.co.uk/
This week you should research your favourite poems. This should be age appropriate with the correct level of challenge. You should then select one of these, study the meaning and practice performing it with expression.
You will be expected to perform the poem to the class (you can have the poem as you perform and do not need to memorize it). You should also be required to write a passage about the poem, with a minimum of 100 words, in your English lesson in class on Thursday 28th January (you can make notes and bring these into class with you). In this passage you could be expected to refer to the following: The title and author The type of poem e.g. lyrical, narrative, rhyming etc The meaning of the poem An explanation of what is happening what it is about The structure of the verses and lines The rhyme scheme The language used and why it is effective or ineffective Any other interesting observations or thoughts Good luck. Our new class read is The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas by David Almond. One important thing that we learnt from reading Barnaby Brocket was that one author can write very different books. Many of us had already read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne and we found it hard to believe that he also wrote The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket as the books are very different. We are now discovering that our new class read, by David Almond, is nothing like Skellig, which is the book that he is probably most well-known for writing. Oh, and you may notice that the illustrator of this book, Oliver Jeffers, is also the illustrator of Barnaby Brocket!
Here is a summary of the book, which we are already enjoying and laughing along to... Stanley Potts’s uncle Ernie has developed an over-the-top fascination with canning fish in the house, and life at 69 Fish Quay Lane has turned barmy. But there’s darkness in the madness, and when Uncle Ernie’s obsession takes an unexpectedly cruel turn, Stan has no choice but to leave. As he journeys away from the life he’s always known, he mingles with a carnival full of eccentric characters and meets the legendary Pancho Pirelli, the man who swims in a tank full of perilous piranhas. Will Stan be bold enough to dive in the churning waters himself and choose his own destiny? This week in guided reading, we have looked at an extract from The Wind in the Willows. Your homework is to find out about the author, Kenneth Grahame, and to create a poster about the key events in his life. You have an information sheet, you can also do further research on the internet to find out more about him. Spelling list for this week:
This week week have been finding common factors to simplify fractions and find equivalent fractions. To practise your skills, simplify the fractions on the sheet, by finding their common factors, to fill in the missing digits.
You also have a sheet to keep a record of how well you are doing on TT Rockstar. Keep practising to become times tables superstars!
https://ttrockstars.com/
This week in RE, we have been finding out about promises. Pastor Phil came in to visit us and to talk about promises in the bible. We also wrote our own promises, reflected on broken promises and thought about when different promises are made. For homework, write a paragraph about the day, including what you learnt and which part you enjoyed the most. To be completed by Thursday 14th January. |
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