P4 - Wed 22 Jan 2014

Primary 4D and 4H Homework due 28.1.14

Remember all homework is given out on a Wednesday and due in on the following Tuesday.

Reading

Please see your reading record for the pages you are being asked to read this week.

Your task this week is 'Predictor'. Based on a variety of clues - using the book cover (both front & back) and as you read the book, you should predict 4 events which you think will happen in the story. As you read the book you should update your prediction.
For example:

• If you have been asked to read the complete book this week for homework, you should predict what will happen at the start and 3 other times as you read the book.
• If you have been asked to read only part of the book this week (eg up to chapter ?), then predict what will happen at the start of the book and then again another 3 times - maybe at the end of some of the chapters.

You should create a detailed sentence for each prediction. Remember you need to say what clues you have used to help you create your prediction; think of the actions of the characters, the structure of the story - a problem and then solving the problem etc.
 

You have been provided with a sheet to do your predictions on.

 

Spelling

You have a list of  words to learn this week.  - 
To practise your words you can either use the various activities on spelling city or if you do not have access to this website then, "scramble spell" - (mix up the letters from the word then sort them to make the word).

Group X can find their 'k' & ' w' silent letter pattern words at - Click-here
Group Y can find their 'ed'  various ending letter pattern words at - Click-here
Group Z can find their 'ow' letter pattern words at - Click-here 

Personal Spelling words - Click-here - 'for' & 'fore' start letter pattern - also you should find the meanings of the words

You also have two personal enemy words to learn.
 
Maths

'Subtraction Activity'.

You should explain to an adult (parent, grand parent etc) 3 top tips to help with subtraction - you could explain this on a poster. Think how you would explain subtraction to an alien.
 If you can think of more than 3 tips then add those. 
Explain how this is tackled using partitioning (Your parents may not be familiar with this - it shows what is really happening in the calculation compared to the 'formal' method).


Practise your subtraction skills by looking for numbers in the everyday world and subtracting one from the other. (Make sure if your numbers are in the same units - for example all money in pence, all weights in grams etc).

You could use phone numbers as they can be made as big as you want to practise. You may need to adjust the numbers slightly so that you always start your subtraction from the biggest number (whoops! is that a top tip?)

 

Health & Well Being

Take 3 pictures of yourself showing different emotions (if you cannot print your photos, then draw 3 portrait pictures of yourself with different emotions).
Label the pictures with the emotion they show - use a thesaurus to up level the emotion.

For example:

Happy = pleased, joyful, cheerful