Tuesday 25 February 2014

P4 - Wed 26 Feb 2014

Primary 4D and 4H Homework due 4.3.14
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.

This week you have not been provided with an extra task to do with your reading book. Instead you will need to do some non-fiction reading to investigate instruments used to measure the weather and use this information to help build your own weather instrument. (See Project related homework).
 
Spelling
You have a list of  words to learn this week which are linked to our project on Water.  - 

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, "look, cover, write and check".

Group Z can find their Water words at - Click-here
Group X & Y can find their Water words at - Click-here

Personal Spelling words - Click-here - these are words linked to water (including the water cycle).

 
You also have two personal enemy words to learn. 

Maths

'Measuring Activity'.

In Maths we are about to start investigating what units of measure should be used to measure different 'things'.

For example what unit could you use to measure - length, weight (mass) or volume (capacity)

To help you discover about these follow the link and play the game

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/measures/index.htm

Of course there are many different units which could be used to measure something.

For example - length could be measured in:

millimetres, centimetres, metres, kilometres, miles etc, so you need to think carefully to decide which unit of measure you should use.

What unit would be best to measure the length of  pencil, or the distance from Buckstone to Edinburgh Castle?

Talk to your parents about different units which can be used. Then use this information to help do the sheet.


Water Project - Weather Instrument
This is a 2 week project - this is the first week with completion due for the 11 March.

As part of our investigation into water we are also investigating the weather.

Your task is to:-
(a) research and discover what instruments are used to measure the weather and
(b) build your own instrument to measure a particular aspect of the weather.

Weather instruments could include
    http://www.scs.sk.ca/science/science/Images/weather/Instruments/IMG0008.JPG
  • weather vane
  • rain gauge
  • barometer
  • anemometer


 You can read about these instruments at:

http://www.scs.sk.ca/science/science/weather/instruments.htm

http://www.bwca.cc/weather/weatherblueprints.htm

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-instruments.htm

There are many others - and also remember to use books and ask other people.



 

Tuesday 4 February 2014

P4 - Wed 5 Feb 2014

Primary 4D and 4H Homework due 11.2.14
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 'Visualiser'. You should visualise an important scene from the book. Make a detailed drawing of the event and write a sentence explaining what is happening. If you want you can draw a series of pictures to make a 'cartoon strip' to help "tell" more of the story.

You have been provided with a sheet to do your drawing 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 write a super sentence for each spelling word. (Think carefully about your opener, wow word, connective and correct punctuation).

Group X can find their 'g'  silent letter pattern words at - Click-here
Group Y can find their 'str'  starting letter pattern words at - Click-here
Group Z can find their useful spelling words starting with 'a' and 'b' at - Click-here 

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

You also have two personal enemy words to learn.
 
Maths

'Time Activity'.

Use the online time activities to help improve your:
  • telling of the time
  • and difference in time
3 levels - answer them correctly at the first level - then try the other levels. Click-here
A fun game to check telling of time Click-here
Those of you who want a challenge - try this - Click-here  - Select option (1) Add an Hour
  
Health & Well Being


Creating Confident Children - Resilience2
Feeling Good about yourself and others 

Look at last weeks information and think about what you have actually done to help fill someone else's bucket - how did this make you feel?