Year 5/6 Homework Term 4 Week 7 2010

Spelling / Fitness!

Learn the 10 spelling words for the week. You must be able to recite them to someone at home correctly while doing STAR JUMPS.

Reading: You must read for at least 15 minutes each night. Record your reading in a table. Try reading out loud to someone. Maybe you could share a story with a little brother, sister or friend.

Something A Bit Different!

Your task this week is to design a homework sheet for your class to complete. It can be whatever you like as long as it is educational and adding value to what we are doing in class.

You must present it on an A4 sheet (we can give you this at school if you want), it must also be accurate, easy to follow and achievable for everyone.

Have fun, get creative and original and go for it!

The winning homework sheet will be photocopied and given out as the next weeks homework for the class.

Homework - Term 4 Week 6

Choose Your Own Homework

This week you get to choose your homework and report back on what you did.

Spelling- Choose 10 words to learn for the week.

Reading- Read for at least 15 minutes each night. Record what you read in a table.

Now for the fun bit...

Investigate something interesting to you or report on something you know a lot about. You can choose from these or make up an investigation of your own.

• Cooking and baking with your family
• Designing and making something at home
• Report on a news item from a family event or world news
• Writing an original story or poem including illustrations
• Visit an art gallery or museum and report on what you saw.
• Undertake a mathematical investigation at the supermarket or around the house.
• Create an interesting learning activity for the class
• Read a book and write a review.
• Write a consumer evaluation of a new product. E.g acleaning product or food. Did it do what it said, taste good ,provide energy. Read the packaging for ideas to talk about.

Or something else !!!!

There are however the following guidelines:

• Include at least half a page or written work which can include pictures or diagrams. You must say what you think you will learn from the activity (The WALT), what you actually did learn and how it went.
• A parental signature must be included with this homework.
• We will be sharing the homework on Friday.

Give yourself a challenge to try something different, fun and challenging

Homework - Term 4 Week 5

Well done to everyone for your hard work completing all those tests last week... What a mission! You all did superbly and have made huge progress since the beginning of the year!

Only a few more weeks till the end of the year but please keep focused on your homework and ensure you keep high standards. Remember it is important you do your best at ALL of these activities below.

Good luck!

Spelling

Choose 10 inquiry based words to learn this week. Try and challenge yourself with some tricky ones. Along with learning your words please find the dictionary meaning for each one using either a dictionary (of course) or Google. Write these definitions neatly in your book with the word underlined.

Reading

Remember to read for at least 10 minutes every night. Copy and complete your reading grid neatly. Talk to someone at home about your book. Tell them what has happened so far, what is the complication and make a prediction of how the complication will be resolved.

Maths

Choose 10 numbers and write them neatly in your book. Next to each number list all the factors for that number. Factors are numbers that are multiplied together to give you that number. For example:

12 Factors = 1, 12, 2, 6, 3, 4

Inquiry

This week for inquiry we will be learning about historic disasters that have occurred in the Wellington region. In class you will visit this website to learn about these disasters. Your homework task is to share 3 facts about these disasters with someone at home.

Website: http://www.whatstheplanstan.govt.nz/info-wellington.html

Reminder

Our School Athletics Day is this Thursday at Petone Rec. Please remember to be at school on time with everything you need for an active day in the sun shine!
* hat
* big drink (maybe even 2)
* suitable footwear
* warm top and/or jacket
* big lunch!

Athletics Day 11.11.10

Below is the timetable for our annual Athletics Day at Petone Rec. We'd love to see you there! (Click on the image to make it bigger)