Class 5 Treehouse: Friday, already?

Mōrena koutou

Kei te pēhea koe? This morning we would usually have kapa haka, do a wee warm up, show your whānau your favourite warm up that we do. Is it the macarena? Crusaders vowel sounds? Kei runga? A haka mana (my personal favourite)? Pusi nofo (actually maybe this is my favourite, maybe I just love them all)? Could you teach it to someone else in your bubble?

Today you have spelling, daily math and reading, your subject lessons are math, writing and library.

Spelling:
Today is Friday and on Fridays we test our words, it has been a short week with less practice so don't feel bad if you get a few wrong. Get somebody in your bubble to test you, any that you find tricky add to next week's words to get a bit more practice.

Daily math:
Congratulations to yesterday's first 5, Hans, Ella, Blake, Niamh and Ciaran who each got a donut!

These daily math questions are tricky, I love how many of you are giving it a go, it doesn't matter if you are wrong, I can help explain them via email if you need me to, I'm trying to be with my laptop between 8:40 and 10:30 to answer math questions, Ash even brings me coffee! 😊

Also, I was very impressed that some people revisited their questions from Wednesday and got them correct, well done.

Today's questions:

1. Enough children: What is the least number of children someone could have so that every child would have at least two brothers and two sisters?

2. Counting racers:
A) The organiser of a race notices that if she divides the total number of racers into groups of 4, there are two left over, and if she divides them into groups of 3 there is one left over. How many racers are there? (There is more than one possible answer).

B) The organiser of a race notices that if she divides the total number of racers into groups of 4, there are 3 left over, and if she divides them into groups of 5, there are three left over. How many racers are there? (There is more than one possible answer).

Reading:
Keep working on your reading log

Math:
*remember you don't need to do this for the daily math prize

(note for parents)
The purpose of this task is to help your child to:
• name and describe everyday shapes and objects, using their own language and the language of geometry
• notice the number of faces, edges and corners on solid shapes (polyhedra)
• name the flat faces on solid shapes. These are two-dimensional (plane) shapes such as a squares, circles, rectangles, triangles
• find, draw and name polyhedra they see around them Discuss this page with your child and encourage them to look for, draw and name other solid shapes around your home. Encourage them to describe these shapes.

Writing:

Cinquain 5 line poem
We did these in class last year about writing with our ink and feather pens. Some people found it a wee bit tricky to get the right number of syllables in each line, have a go. I'd like you to write about living in a bubble, or autumn, or something else that is relevant for you at the moment.

line 1:2 syllables title, (noun - naming word)

line 2: 4 syllables (adjectives that describe the title)

line 3: 6 syllables (three verbs- doing words ending with –ing)

line 4:8 syllables (4 words that express feeling or describe more)

line 5: 2 syllables (synonym - another word with a similar meaning to title).

Here's my poem...

Autumn

Golden, chilly

Falling, swirling, tumbling

Crunchy, joyous, playful, laughter

Harvest

How lovely would it be to publish a good copy of your poem and gift it to somebody?

Library:

While we can't physically go to the library and choose new books we are a bit limited as to what we do for library time, I thought you might like to hear me read you a story?

Click play on the video below if you'd like to see me read a story. Today's story is A Mad Tea-Party, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. You can hear my chickens clucking away in the background. I also have an audio recording available if that is preferred, please email me and I'll send it to you.