Year 5 Fastrain and Fastrain Extended Program

Term 1
Week 1 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Nouns, prefixes
Week 2 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Prefix Ex, proper noun, Lexicon
Week 3 — Word derivations, Collective nouns, Prepositions
Week 4 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Abstract Nouns, Riddles, Lexicon
Week 5 — Comprehension, vocabulary, forming Nouns
Week 6 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Singular & Plural Nouns, Idiomatic Language
Week 7 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Sonnet, Pronouns, Prefixes & Suffixes
Week 8 — Term Test, Comprehension, Vocabulary, possessive Pronouns
Week 9 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Lexicons, Relative Pronouns, Conjunctions, Punctuation, Idioms
Week 10 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Adjectives & Articles, Synonyms, Antonyms

Term 2
Week 1 — Comprehension, vocabulary, idioms, Possessive, Pointing & comparing Adjective
Week 2 — Comprehension, vocabulary, adjectival phrases, comprehension – Advertisements
Week 3 — Comprehension, vocabulary, adjectival phrases, Lexicon
Week 4 — Comprehension, vocabulary, word puzzle, More Verbs, Lexicon
Week 5 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Verbs – II, more lexicons
Week 6 — Comprehension, vocabulary, fun with idioms, simple past tense verbs
Week 7 — Comprehension, vocabulary, improve lexicon, compound verbs, poetry
Week 8 — Term Test, Comprehension, vocabulary, participles
Week 9 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Helping verbs & participles part
Week 10 — Comprehension, vocabulary, helping verbs & participles-II, Lexicon

Term 3
Week 1 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Verb activities, home safety, odd word out
Week 2 — Comprehension, vocabulary, catch phrase, Idioms, present participles
Week 3 — Comprehension, vocabulary, beginning sentences with past participles, vocabulary
Week 4 — Comprehension, vocabulary, verb agreement, adverbs, advanced synonyms
Week 5 — Comprehension, vocabulary, verb agreement-II, proverbs, Antonym, Idioms
Week 6 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Contractions, mastering Idioms
Week 7 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Adverbs, Synonyms, ants, turtle recall
Week 8 — Term Test, Comprehension, vocabulary, Relatives, Adverbs – II, Anagram fun
Week 9 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Poetry questions, Correcting Sentences, metaphors
Week 10 — Comprehension, vocabulary, using adjectives & adverbs, rhyming words, Australian History

Term 4
Week 1 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, puzzling palindromes, adverbs
Week 2 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, modal adverbs, idioms
Week 3 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, origin of English, adverbial phrases
Week 4 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, Australiana, adverbial phrases – II
Week 5 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, solve the puzzle, clauses
Week 6 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, synonyms, simple & compound sentences – I
Week 7 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, prefix “dis”, simple & compound sentence – II
Week 8 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, complex sentences,
Week 9 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, prefixes, suffixes & root words, clauses
Week 10 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, prefixes, suffixes & root words – II, punctuation importance

Term 1
Week 1 — Fractions Order of Operations, PS
Week 2 — Mass (tonnes), decimal, percentages, fractions
Week 3 — Length, perimeter, coordinates, PS
Week 4 — Concept Teaching: Area, Mapping, picture graphs, PS
Week 5 — Addition of fractions, geometric patterns, PS
Week 6 — Column Graphs, volume, number sentences,revision
Week 7 — Chance, Percentages, Magic Squares, Revision, PS
Week 8 — Revision and Test, tree diagrams, money, column graphs
Week 9 — Area of Triangles, addition & Subtraction, PS
Week 10 — Reading tables, Subtraction of fractions, PS

Term 2
Week 1 — Revision-Fractions, decimals & Percentages, changing between units, shape combinations
Week 2 — Direct proportions, fractions of quantities, number patterns, critical thinking
Week 3 — Direct proportions-percentages, revision – speed, distance & time, data processing
Week 4 — Inverse proportions, Speed, distance & Time, assumptions, coding
Week 5 — PS, addition & subtraction of fractions, ratios, Logical thinking
Week 6 — PS, further ratios, multiplying fractions, logical thinking, shape patterns
Week 7 — PS, revision – volume, displacement, revision, ordering, shape patterns, logical thinking
Week 8 — Term test, spatial reasoning, multiplying fractions
Week 9 — PS, dividing fractions, surface area, logical thinking, coding
Week 10 — PS, term revision, critical thinking revision

Term 3
Week 1 — Problem Solving, Combinations, 3D solids & nets, spatial reasoning, AR – number series
Week 2 — Problem Solving, Probability, Negative Numbers, Critical Thinking, Logical thinking
Week 3 — Problem solving, counting, units of conversion, logical thinking, spatial reasoning
Week 4 — PS, Number series, finding patterns, conditional statement, directions
Week 5 — Problem solving, revision-Averages, Hectares, conditional statements, codes
Week 6 — PS, revision-counting, sum of number series, conditional statements, revision-graphs
Week 7 — Simple algebra, ordering, coding, revision – counting, finding patterns, ordering
Week 8 — Term test Applications of number patterns, graphs, PS
Week 9 — Venn Diagrams, law of multiplication, prime & composite numbers, spatial reasoning
Week 10 — Problem solving, Term revision, Data processing, spatial reasoning, probability

Term 4
Week 1 — Ratios and proportions, Algebra, General revision, PS
Week 2 — Magic sum, operation signs, revision, PS, logic and lateral thinking corner
Week 3 — Ratios & proportions, magic triangles, Venn diagrams, complex fractions, PS
Week 4 — Algebra, averages, revision – perimeter, area & volume, PS
Week 5 — Counting techniques, rations, ordering, challenging questions, PS
Week 6 — Chance & Probability, fraction, exam questions, PS
Week 7 — Area & Perimeter, miscellaneous, exam question practice, PS
Week 8 — Composite Area, Area of a triangle, logic and lateral thinking, P
Week 9 — Averages, Hidden Numbers, proportions, averages, SP
Week 10 — BODMAS, general resion, logic problem solving, concept revision

Term 1
Week 1 — NAPLAN preparation
Week 2 — NAPLAN preparation
Week 3 — NAPLAN preparation
Week 4 — Writing a Report
Week 5 — Midterm Assessment
Week 6 — Conversation and Dialogue
Week 7 — Imagery – Similes
Week 8 — Imagery – Metaphors
Week 9 — Imagery – Personification
Week 10 — Not What you expected!

Term 2
Week 1 — Character Description
Week 2 — Specific Poetic Forms
Week 3 — Procedural Texts
Week 4 — A person – a place – a happening
Week 5 — Using Dialogue
Week 6 — Test + Writing a discussion text
Week 7 — Developing your discussion writing skills
Week 8 — Clear and effective writing
Week 9 — Writing a Biography
Week 10 — Writing an autobiography

Term 3
Week 1 — Lyric poetry
Week 2 — Narrative texts – fantasy genre
Week 3 — Narrative texts – continuity
Week 4 — Narrative texts – Adventure genre
Week 5 — Drama – Play scripts
Week 6 — Free verse
Week 7 — Thinking on your feet
Week 8 — Recounts – Personal & Imaginative
Week 9 — Theme & Style
Week 10 — Characterisation

Term 4
Week 1 — Fables
Week 2 — Constructing a diary
Week 3 — Discussion Essays
Week 4 — Correspondence
Week 5 — Writing from a stimulus
Week 6 — Writing an Exposition
Week 7 — Literary Description
Week 8 — News Articles
Week 9 — Discussion Texts
Week 10 — A year of growth & challenges