Fast Finisher Activities
Years 5/6
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CONTENTS
What’s for dinner ............................................................ 3
Find the Correct Mailbox ................................................ 4
Top Secret Message ...................................................... 5
Crack the Joke ............................................................... 6
Maze .............................................................................. 7
Symmetry ....................................................................... 8
Graffiti .......................................................................... 10
Sort the Mountains ....................................................... 11
Highest Mountains Word Search .................................. 12
Verb, Noun, Adjective Sort ........................................... 13
Synonym Spiders ......................................................... 14
Line Drawing ................................................................ 15
Battleships ................................................................... 20
Answers ....................................................................... 22
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What’s for dinner?
Use the clues to work out what is for dinner. Colour each picture as you
work out it isn’t the correct answer.
CLUES
1. I don’t contain chicken
2. You won’t find pineapple in me
3. I do not have pasta in my recipe
4. I am not a fast food
5. You won’t get to eat corn chips when you eat me
6. You don’t cook me on the barbecue
What is for dinner?
……………………………………………...
Spaghetti
Lasagne
Roast beef
McDonald’s
Hawaiian Pizza
Sausages
KFC
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Find the correct mailbox
Use the clues to cross out or colour in the numbers to find the
correct mailbox to open.
5788 5987 7322 8944
4498 7832 2311 1593
3579 1876 9540 4576
8787 6545 9884 8221
1. I do not end in 8
2. The two last numbers are not the same
3. My first and last numbers do not equal 7
4. My first two numbers do not equal 14
5. The post box is not equal to 2471 x 4
6. I do not contain the number 1
7. I do not contain the same number twice
8. I do not contain any even numbers
9. The sum of my numbers adds up to 24
What mailbox number am I?..................................
CLUES
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Top Secret Message
Follow the directions to find out what the secret message is.
red better rough the yield
zoo idyll enemy toxic will
grey march entertains north tread
idle negative at zebra midnight
venomous dread bread dawn smothering
1. Cross out words that are the names of colours
2. Cross out any words that begin with the last 2 letters of the alphabet
3. Cross out any words that begin and end in the same letter
4. Cross out words that rhyme with dead.
5. Cross out any synonyms of poisonous
6. Cross out any homophones of idol
7. Cross out any antonyms of smooth and positive.
8. Cross out any 10 letter words.
9. Cross out any leftover 2 syllable words.
What is the top secret message?.....................................................................
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Crack the joke
Use the code to work out the joke.
A B C D E F G H I
11 10 1 16 15 19 5 6 22
J K L M N O P Q R
12 14 9 17 2 20 4 8 21
S T U V W X Y Z
13 18 25 26 24 3 23 7
How do skeletons call their friends?
20 2 18 6 15 18 15 9 15 10 20 2 15
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
What do witches say when they overtake each other?
10 21 20 20 17 10 21 20 20 17 10 21 20 20 17
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Why was the werewolf arrested at the butcher’s shop?
6 15 24 11 13 1 11 25 5 6 18 1 6 20 4 9 22 19 18 22 2 5
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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Make your way through the maze.
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SYMMETRY—Draw the other side of the picture.
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SYMMETRY—Draw the other side of the picture.
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Graffiti
Write your name in graffiti style using felt pens or pencils...some ideas have been provided
below.
Online programs that can be used instead:
http://graffiticreator.net/
http://www.graffitigen.com/
http://www.calderdale-online.org/community/fun/graffiticreator.html
Note: To save many of these images, you may need to “print screen” (usually a button up
top right of keyboard Prt Sc); paste it into an image editing program such as Paint.NET and
save it then as an image.
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Sort the Mountains
1. Sort the highest mountains in the world from
highest to lowest.
K2 (Pakistan/China) 8611 metres
Annapurna (Nepal) 8091 metres
Manaslu (Nepal) 8163 metres
Everest (Nepal/Tibet) 8850 metres
Lhotse (Nepal/Tibet) 8516 metres
Broad Peak (Pakistan/China) 8047 metres
Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) 8125 metres
Makalu (Nepal/Tibet) 8463 metres
Kangchenjunga (Nepal/India) 8586 metres
Dhaulagiri (Nepal) 8167 metres
Cho Oyu (Nepal/Tibet) 8201 metres
Gasherbrum 1 (Pakistan/China) 8068 metres
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Highest Mountains Word Search
K U L A K A M D G E R S
A C D F S F B H A 1 2 D
N F V B M A N A S L U D
G R X H F R M U H J A L
C A S D F G H L E J K L
H Q B W E R T A R Y U T
E V E R E S T G B I O A
N P L Z O X C I R C V B
J B N H M A A R U S D R
U U F G O H D I M J K A
N Y L Q W T E P R T T P
G O Y K 2 4 S K E L Z A
A O X C V B N E M A Q G
S H W D R Y F V B N K N
T C M A N R U P A N N A
G H I J K L M N O P Q N
Everest
K2
Kangchenjunga
Lhotse
Makalu
Cho Oyu
Dhaulagiri
Manaslu
Nanga Parbat
Annapurna
Gasherbrum
Broad Peak
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Verb, Noun, Adjective Sort
Cut out the words in the table. Sort into correct labelled cups.
Extension: Choose a word from each cup and write a sentence using all 3
run class sigh tiny
ladies ancient student beach
rectangular whistle red feel
clever pencil write Australian
thought wooden frog explain
round grab key green
biscuit long arrow knead
hairy laugh huge book
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Synonym Spider
Write a word in the centre of the spider. Students use a thesaurus or dictionary
to add synonyms on the legs of the spider. See example Page 25.
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Line Drawing
Divide up the picture given and use different lines and shapes to fill in the
picture similar to the example below.
Pictures have been provided to use for this activity or you could draw your
own.
EXAMPLE
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LINE DRAW
Fill the spaces with your own lines and patterns.
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LINE DRAW
Fill the spaces with your own lines and patterns.
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LINE DRAW
Fill the spaces with your own lines and patterns.
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LINE DRAW
Fill the spaces with your own lines and patterns.
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BATTLESHIPS
This activity can be an ongoing game, put away for when time permits, but will
require two students to play together.
Instructions: Give each student a “battle ground”. Put up a barrier, such as a book, between 2 players. Have them draw 6 battle ships that cover 3 squares each (you can change this to suit your time frame, e.g. 2 x 4 squares, 2 x 2 squares etc.) on their battle ground so that their partner does not see (See Ex-ample). Player 1 calls out a location to their partner, e.g. C2. If he/she hits a battleship they must say “Hit” or do a bomb sound (if you can put up with the noise). Then Player 2 has a turn. The winner is the person that knocks out all the battle ships first. Note: they must hit all the squares that the battle ship covers to kill the whole battleship so if they have one hit, they need to realise the rest of the ship will be in adjacent squares to the right, left, up or down from their hit.
EXAMPLE
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BATTLE GROUND
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ANSWERS
What’s for dinner: Roast beef
Find the correct mailbox: No. 3579
Top secret message: The enemy will march north at dawn.
Crack the Jokes:
How do skeletons call their friends? On the telebone.
What do witches say when they overtake each other? Broom, broom,
broom.
Why was the werewolf arrested at the butcher’s shop? He was caught
chop lifting.
Maze: See answer Page 23
Mountains (highest to lowest): Everest, K2, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Maka-
lu, Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Nanga Parbat, Annapurna, Gasherbrum 1,
Broad Peak.
Note: There are alternative spellings for Kangchenjunga...Kangchen Dzö-
nga, Khangchendzonga, Kanchenjanga, Kachendzonga,Kanchenjunga or Kan
gchanfanga.
Word Search: See answers Page 24
Verb, noun or adjective:
Verbs— run, sigh, whistle, feel, write, thought, explain, grab, knead,
laugh
Nouns—class, ladies, student, pencil, frog, biscuit, key, book, arrow,
beach
Adjectives—tiny, ancient, rectangular, red, clever, Australian, wooden,
round, green, long, hairy, huge
Synonym Spider: Examples on Page 25
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MAZE ANSWER
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K U L A K A M D G E R S
A C D F S F B H A 1 2 D
N F V B M A N A S L U D
G R X H F R M U H J A L
C A S D F G H L E J K L
H Q B W E R T A R Y U T
E V E R E S T G B I O A
N P L Z O X C I R C V B
J B N H M A A R U S D R
U U F G O H D I M J K A
N Y L Q W T E P R T T P
G O Y K 2 4 S K E L Z A
A O X C V B N E M A Q G
S H W D R Y F V B N K N
T C M A N R U P A N N A
G H I J K L M N O P Q N
Word Search Answers
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whopping
imm
ense
large Hum
ungous
massive
huge
gigantic
BIG
enorm
ous
LITTLE min
iatu
re
minute
tiny
insig
nificant
microscopic
Dim
inut
ive
small
minuscule
Synonym Spider Examples
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