Title Y5 English 5017b VR5017a – 2025 Week 19 Notes.pdf ✅

Year 5 English Term 3 – Week 1 (19) Homework: New • English Homework Practice 5017b: all questions. • Abstract Reasoning Practice 17 – VR5017a: all questions. Don’t forget your Vocabulary Skills Year 6 textbook next week! Ongoing • Practise spelling words. • Read every night (at least 30 mins). • Continue your personal vocabulary list – use a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words from the homework practices and your personal reading. Record the definitions in your English notebook. Note: No textbook work set for English homework this week. Spelling Test Words in bold have been included in the lesson slides. 1. insult 6. discreet 2. ungracious 7. intimate 3. instructions 8. repetition 4. edict 9. groaning 5. perseverance 10. necessity Spelling words for next week: Students to write these words in their notebooks) 1. panicked 6. naïve 2. proceedings 7. parliament 3. legislative 8. processing 4. muscle 9. legislature 5. parallel 10. naturally Note: Students to be tested on 3‒5 challenging words each week. Students are to write the words in their notebook and check the correct spelling from the whiteboard/slides. (Optional) Warm Up – Language Skills: Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. Inks – Tiles 2. Ride – Relive 3. Gaze – Freed 4. Snail – Pike 5. Snag - Cold Homework Review: Online students need to hold up signed copies of their completed homework booklets. • Discuss student questions about previous homework to clarify any areas of difficulty or confusion. • Review a selection of questions/exercises from the homework booklets/textbook. • (Optional) Discuss books read by students. Remind students to complete their reading record.


Abstract Reasoning Practice 17 – 5017a: Discuss example questions from different sections. Suggested areas of focus: • homonyms (questions 11–15) • letter changes (questions 37–41) • true statements (questions 76–79) Student abstract reasoning tips: • Pay attention to questions discussed during class. • Read instructions carefully. • If you cannot complete a question, try the next one and then go back to it. • Correct your work using the answer key (available from the Google Drive folder – click on the abstract reading file and scroll to the last page). • If any questions are still confusing after correcting your work, write them on the front of the booklet with a red triangle. Weekly Quote: