Year 5 Weekly English and Maths – 15/06/2020 – Harlow Green Community Primary School

English

In English, we will spend two days reading and comprehending the text; one day on the grammar focus and two days planning, writing and editing a text.

Text – non-chronological report: Mars

Mars reading comprehension

Comprehension

Mars questions

Mars answers

Grammar focus – subordinating and co-ordinating conjunctions

In a non-chronological report, it can be easy to use the same sentence type over and over. To make it more interesting, and vary your sentence type, you should use a range of subordinating and co-ordinating conjunctions to join clauses together. You need to be able to identify which type is which, as well as use them both within your writing.

Subordinating or co-ordinating conjunction quiz

Co-ordinating conjunctions examples

Subordinating conjunctions examples

Conjunctions worksheets

Writing task

Write a non-chronological report of your own. Your report should be about a planet in our solar system (not Mars!) Your non-chronological report will be non-fiction, and should include lots of factual information.

What I’m Looking For:

A title and relevant subheadings (you can use the Mars reading comprehension to guide you, although they may differ based on which planet you choose!)
An introductory paragraph giving basic information about your planet
A table of numerical information about the planet
A range sentences including both subordinating and co-ordinating conjunctions
Pictures with appropriate captions

Resources to help:

Non-chronological report checklist

Planning sheet

Example non-chronological report – sharks

Reading

Children should spend 20 minutes at least three times per week using Reading Plus.

Maths

In maths, we will spend the week focussing on a particular topic, eg. shape or place value. Activities will then be set on Mathletics that are based upon this subject.