Explaining Explanations

We looked at the structure and language features of explanation writing today. We found the structure is like the instructions we looked at last week but there  are some language features that are new that we need to learn about.

What makes good in our multiplication grids?

We have written instructions for how to do the year 5 Poplar multiplication grids.  

This week time how quickly you can do a grid!

These are the spellings due in Thursday 25th September, to be tested Friday.

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Big Instructional Writing

Today we have gathered all our knowledge of What Makes Good Instructional Writing and written some recipes to be proud of! 

How do we get the seasons?

We have looked at how Earth has an imaginary axis running through it from the North Pole to the South Pole. It is also tilted to 23 degrees and this is why we have seasons. As we orbit the sun, when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, it is closer to the sun so it is Summer. When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, it is further away from the sun so it is Winter.

Scaling recipes

We had great fun investigating what would happen if we needed our scone recipe to make different amounts of scones. 

The first group had a recipe that made 4 scones. They looked at what would happen if they wanted to make 8 scones, 10 scones or 12 scones.

The second group had a recipe that made 8 scones. They looked at what would happen if they wanted to make 12 scones or 2 scones.

Catch the scones before they're ...sssscone! (RRS)

The children had great fun going in groups to the kitchen where they read and followed a recipe to

make some delicious scones in preparation for our Big Writing tomorrow - A big thank you to Mrs B and Mrs M.

This weeks spellings are Topic words.