Manor Lakes P-12 CollegeTerm 1 - Grade 5: Home Learning Grid Week 9

Reading:Within reading students are searching for and using information to answer the following key questions of our integrated topic on democracy:

● What are the responsibilities of the three levels of government?

● What is the process for voting and also passing laws in the australian democratic system?

As students are reading through the texts they can take notes demonstrating they understand the three levels of Government (Federal/State/Local) and their responsibilities.

After they have completed taking notes they can place their understanding into a 3 way venn diagram to compare the similarities and differences between the three.

When engaging with the readings about voting and making laws, students can begin by accessing their prior-knowledge to write down what they already know. This can be recorded in a two column chart under the heading - What I Know. Once they have read the text, students can add to the second column, under the heading - What I Now Know, the new information they have learnt.

Students can also continue to read at home for 15minutes a day. They can work on their individual goals (as found on compass). You can also support the comprehension of their text by asking them about:

Predicting - What do you think will happen in the story? What will happen next? Why do you think that? What are the clues you are using to help you?Connections - Does this story remind you of anything? Does it remind you of a book you have already read?Inferring - How does the character feel? What clues tell you that? Why do you think the character did that? Summarising - What happened in the story? Can you tell me the story in sequence? What are the most important parts?Critiquing - Did you like the story? What parts did you like the most?

Writing:Within writing, students are learning how to construct a persuasive text using the appropriate structure. A template is provided.

Using the writing process, students need to plan, draft, revise and edit a text they create arguing either for or against a particular topic.

Students are able to choose a topic of their choice. Some examples may be:● Persuade your parents to let you get a

pet.● Persuade your parents to give you a

week off from your chores.● Persuade your parents to take a

family vacation.● Persuade your parents to buy you a

new book.● Persuade your parents to let you

redecorate your room.● Persuade your parents to let you stay

up late.● Persuade your parents to let you have

a friend stay the night.● Persuade your parents to go out for

dinner tonight.● Persuade your sister or brother to

play a game with you.● Persuade your sister or brother to do

one of your chores for you.

Students should include Persuasive Techniques within their texts. Examples and definitions of these have been provided.

Other writing activities:● Quick Write: Students use the

following image to stimulate ideas for writing - they can write in any text type.

● Writer’s Notebook: A writer’s notebook is used by students to record ideas for writing some activities could be: ○ Writing from an observation○ Making lists - things I’m

grateful for, things I like○ Writing from a seed: Find a

meaningful item and create a brainstorm.

Maths:Focus: Measurement - Mass and Capacity, Place Value and Fluency

Fluency Goals - Patterns and Algebra UnitLearning ideas:Students to practice their Maths counting goals which may be a skip counting goal or a goal such as learning their timetable.● We have attached the Fluency Continuum

to show the progression of skills to practise at home.

● Students may practice by skip counting, playing games or being tested on their instant recall.

Mass UnitWe will be beginning to look at mass and measuring weight using Kilos and Grams as the units of measurement.

Learning Ideas:● Involve your child in cooking at home

using measuring tools, converting recipes, doubling or halving quantities and using home scales.

● Have students estimate and measure objects at home and record them in a table. (using non digital scales if possible). Eg.

They can also round their object to the nearest kilo.

Place ValueActivities:● Write the numbers from 0 to 9 on a piece

of paper. Cut these up and place them into a hat. Have students pull out the numbers to make a 5 or 6 digit number.

● With these numbers students are to round to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000.

● Rename - e.g 59785 thousands 9 hundreds 78 ones59 hundreds 78 ones

● With the numbers have your child identify the place value of each number E.g 786 = 7 hundreds, 8 tens and 6 ones

● Choose 5 random numbers and have your child place these numbers on a number line between: - 0 and 100- 0 and 1000

Handwriting / Spelling:

Spelling We are learning to identify the digraph /ph/ making the sound ‘f’.

Spelling activities

● Choose 8-10 words from the attached list and learn them using L,S,N,C,W,C● Find the dictionary meanings of the 8-10 words● Find words in books and magazines that have the sounds ● Write the words in a fancy way (curly, bold, colourful)● Put the words in a sentence

Handwriting In their handwriting books, students are to practice spelling their eight words 10 times ensuring they are writing on the line and within the lines.

Integrated:Students are learning about the different levels of government. To support them in this learning, students can construct a diorama highlighting their understanding of government.

Persuasive Techniques

Device Definition Example

Emotive Language Language used to make the reader feel certain emotions.

It is obvious that dogs are delightful pets that bring you joy and happiness.

Alliteration Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words.

The playful puppy pushed the purple ball into the paper hole.

Personal Pronouns Words used to make the reader feel like you are talking to them.

I am certain that you wouldn’t agree with the ridiculous idea that cats make better pets than dogs.

Exaggeration Providing information that is inflated, or over-the-top.

Your world would be turned upside down if you didn’t have a dog!

Rule of 3 Three adjectives or phrases used together to emphasise a point.

Dogs are the loyal, faithful and a man’s best friend.

Rhetorical Questions Questions asked just for effect, or to emphasise a point.

Why wouldn’t you want a dog?

Repetition Important words or phrases that are used more than once.

Dogs are amazing, dogs are smart, and dogs are loyal.

Scare/Consequence Including information that highlights the hazards, consequences or dangers associated with your argument.

Cats have a tendency to scratch their owners and kill native wildlife, unlike dogs.

Fact Statistics and information to support your argument.

There are estimated to be about 4.8 million pet dogs in Australia while there is only 3.9 million pet cats.

Title Grab the reader’s attention with a show stopping title that already gets the audience thinking.

Man’s Best Friend Saves the Day!

Weekly Spelling Sheet

Focus: We are learning to identify the digraph /ph/ making the sound ‘f’. Name:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Red spelling words

dolphin

phone

graph

photo

phrase

telephone

Orange spelling words

biography

decipher

emphasise

orphan

phantom

typhoon

Green spelling words

choreography

pamphlet

phoneme

metaphorical

pharmacy

phosphorus