TERM 1 · WEEK 1
WORD LAB · MISSION 1 OF 7
Teach: A morpheme is a meaningful part of a word. A prefix comes before a base word and changes its meaning. Year 5 readers increasingly use more than one clue — word parts plus the sentence around the word.
pre + order = preorder. pre- means before, so a preorder is an order made before the normal sale or release.
YOU TRY · MATCH THE FAIR WORD TO ITS MEANING
Choose a word, then choose the meaning that its prefix helps reveal.
pre- = before · mis- = wrongly · multi- = many · sub- = under or smaller within.
LIBRARY · MISSION 2 OF 7
Teach: Year 5 texts do not always say everything directly. Strong readers combine details, infer what is meant, and notice information that is interesting but not important to the reading purpose.
Last year, hundreds of people came to the school fair, but long queues formed around the food stalls. This year the organising team wants visitors to move around the grounds more easily. Food stalls will be split between two areas, and signs will point families towards games, performances and quieter spaces.
The fair opens at 10:00 am. Volunteers have been asked to arrive by 8:45 am because every stall must be checked before visitors enter. A local band will perform at midday, and the kapa haka group performs at 1:15 pm. One committee member has also ordered bright orange tablecloths because orange is her favourite colour.
Money raised will go towards shaded outdoor seating beside the library. The team hopes clearer signs and shorter queues will help visitors stay longer and enjoy more of the fair.
Answer all three. For Question 2, explain the reason — not just the time.
Look for the sentence containing because. For the competing detail, ask: “Would the plan still make sense without this?”
WRITING STUDIO · MISSION 3 OF 7
Teach: Audience and purpose affect what a writer includes, how a text is organised and which words are chosen. Persuasive writing gives the reader a reason to care and a clear action to take.
Plain: “Come to the fair.” Stronger: “Bring your whānau, explore the stalls and help us create a cooler outdoor reading space.”
Draft first. Then use the checks to improve it.
Try this shape: Hook → important details → why it matters → invitation.
MATHS LAB · MISSION 4 OF 7
Teach: In Year 5, place value extends to 1,000,000. Each place is ten times the value of the place to its right. For rounding, find the target place, then use the digit immediately to its right to decide whether to stay or round up.
348,620 rounded to the nearest 10,000 is 350,000 because the thousands digit is 8.
Complete all four controls.
Compare from the greatest place first: hundred-thousands, then ten-thousands, then thousands.
PLANNING LAB · MISSION 5 OF 7
Teach: Multi-step problems are easier when you decide what each number represents before calculating. Work out each source of income, combine them, then subtract the costs.
1,275 tickets at $4 each
36 stall fees at $25 each
Total costs: $2,485
Show the three steps in order.
1) 1,275 × 4. 2) 36 × 25. 3) Add both incomes, then subtract $2,485.
ARCADE · MISSION 6 OF 7
Choose the correct answer for five school-fair number challenges. The board gives immediate feedback.
Choose an answer.
Use place value. Ignore commas while calculating, then put them back when you read the number.
CLUBHOUSE · MISSION 7 OF 7
Year 5 reflection goes beyond “easy” or “hard”. Think about what you did when you got stuck and what you would use again.
Choose how you feel, then name a strategy.
Everyone learns differently. Choose anything that helps you. You can change these anytime.
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