Year 5 Homework Week 9 07.11.1

Reading and Writing:

The Squireagle

The Squireagle is a rare form of animal that only hunts at night.

Distinguishing features                                                              

Squireagles are easy to identify because they have similar features to, eagles and grey squirrels. They are the size of a cat and covered in thick fluffy feathers. Adult Squireagles are usually a dark greeny-grey colour which enables them to hide among the trees and undergrowth of the rain forest. However, babies are born with a bluish tinge to their tails and no feathers.

Behaviour

Squireagles are found in most rain forests, especially in the canopy and a few have been found hiding among the undergrowth. They usually nest high up in the boughs of trees and, because they only hunt at night, are rarely seen by human eyes.

While most rain forest animals have adapted to like the rain, Squireagles do not. Rather than getting wet, the Squireagles hide beneath large trees to try to keep their feathers dry. Interestingly Squireagles do not need water to survive but gain all the moisture they need from licking their prey (the Sausage Bug). These elusive creatures are meat eaters but have been known to snaffle the occasional banana.

While their wings are big and strong, they do not fly very far due to the fact that branches get in the way. Instead you will find them hopping from branch to branch and using their wings to glide after their prey.

The Future.

Very few humans have ever seen a Squireagle and naturalists believe that they are not dangerous to humans. Scientist are concerned that Squireagles might be mistaken for other species and therefore become hunted. Where nests have been discovered, their location has been kept a secret. To protect these mysterious creatures, all animal lovers should try to raise awareness of the animals. It would be a disaster if another rain forest creature became extinct.

By Professor Atymarina  Marydee

Find and highlight each word in a different colour

–    Present tense (red)

–    Third person (green)

–    Topic words – technical language (yellow)

–    Detailed description (blue)

–    Interesting detail and facts (orange)

–    Weasel words(pink)

Maths:

See your group sheet or answer these questions:

1. Joe was 12 when Sophie was 7. Sophie is 20 now. How old is Joe?
2. Carol is 58 and Joshua is 15. How old was Carol when Joshua was born?
3. Jane had 34 Smarties and 16 M&Ms. Adam ate 21 of her sweets. How many sweets does Jane have left?
4. Claire put 130g sugar, 2 eggs and 100g flour into a mixture. If the mixture now weighs 290g, how much did the eggs weigh?
5. Ellie owes Chris £27 and she owes Emily £13. How much does Elly owe?
6. Jenny gave Sally a bunch of flowers. The bouquet had roses and carnations in it. If there were 36 flowers altogether and 12 were roses how many were carnations?
7.  I ran for 24 minutes on the treadmill and 17 minutes on the cross trainer. How long was I exercising for?

Learn your 9 times tables

Topic:

Don’t forget your Egyptian Project…

Look around your local area.  How many types of tree can you identify?  Make bark rubbings and draw the leaf shapes.