P4 - Wed 26 March 2014

Primary 4D and 4H Homework due 1.4.14

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

Homework this week is reduced as you will soon be on holiday.

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. Your target is to ensure that your reading record is up-to-date as this is the last week of reading before the Easter holiday.

Topic

This is a 2 week project - this is the second week of this task.

As part of our investigation into water we are also investigating how much water you use in your home.

Week 2 - Your task is to:-
(a) complete your chart (using tally marks) to discover how often water is used in your home for different reasons.

(b) Look at your data - can you spot an unusual activity ?
eg less/more drinking of water on a particular day - why was that - was no one at home/was it a hot day?
The washing machine was used 2 times in one day - why?

You will need to bring your data to school as we will use it to plot graphs.

P4 - Wed 19 March 2014

'Measuring Activity' - litres and millilitres.

Primary 4D and 4H Homework due 25.3.14

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.

Your task this week is 'Question Writer'. Write down 5 HOT questions which you could ask the character from the book you are reading. Remember a HOT question is a question which does not have a yes/no answer - also the answer should be more than a one word answer.
 

You have been provided with a sheet to do your questions 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 'ar' letter pattern words at - Click-here
Group Y can find their 'squ'  starting letter pattern words at - Click-here
Group Z can find their useful spelling words starting with 'c' at - Click-here 

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

Maths

You should take some 'containers' (which will not leak) eg, cups, mugs, teapot, glass, bottle, etc and estimate the amount of water they will hold - you should then use a measuring jug to find out the total amount it will hold. Which holds the most, which the least - where you surprised by any?

You can practise your reading of scales by 'filling' the measuring cyclinder found at:
Click-here

Turn off the scale (remove the numbers) first icon at bottom of screen
Fill the cylinder
Read the quantity
Check you are correct - (second icon at bottom of screen)

Topic

This is a 2 week project - this is the first week with final completion due for the 1 April.

As part of our investigation into water we are also investigating how much water you use in your home.

Week 1Your task is to:-
(a) create a chart on which you can record an estimate of how much water you use.
(b) list all the different ways you use water and each day of the week.

An example is shown in the picture - but you will discover there are lots of other ways water is used in your house.

You should create a neat chart to help you complete it in Week 2.

P4 - Wed 12 March 2014

Primary 4D and 4H Homework due 18.3.14

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 continue with your non-fiction reading investigating news articles on extreme weather - highlighting the key features which make it a newspaper article. (See Project related homework below).

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 'c'  silent letter pattern words at - Click-here
Group Y can find their 'spl'  starting letter pattern words at - Click-here
Group Z can find their useful spelling words starting with 'b' at - Click-here 

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

You also have two personal enemy words to learn. 

Maths

'Smile Multipliaction'.
Teach a parent how to do 'Smile Multiplication'.
 

For example - 50 x 4
Most of you should be able to tackle 52 x 4, then do 52 x 40
A real challenge would be to do 568 x 40

To help teaching your parent you can use the video found at
http://y32013.worsbroughcblogs.net/2013/10/03/smile-multiplication/

Topic


You should research and find a newspaper article on extreme weather which has occurred anywhere in the world. You will need to read articles in newspapers or online. 

Examples of extreme weather which have happened recently are:

• The flooding in England of thousands of homes because of the wettest winter on record.
• The hottest year on record in Australia.
• The USA being hit by a polar vortex.
• Typhoon Haiyan which devastated part of the Philippines

You should then highlight the key features which make it a a newspaper article, these include;

• A Headline
• A Caption (if there is a picture)
• What Happened (maybe why it happened)
• Where it happened
• When it occurred
• Who was affected
• Any Quotes (from eye witnesses) 
• The layout

Also highlight any VCOP which up-levelled (please not every full stop).

You will need to bring your newspaper article into school.

This activity is linked to your target to read non-fiction text.

P4 - Wed 5 March 2014

Primary 4D and 4H Homework due 11.3.14

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 continue with your non-fiction reading investigating 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.  - 
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 't'  silent letter pattern words at - Click-here
Group Y can find their 'spr'  starting letter pattern words at - Click-here
Group Z can find their useful spelling words starting with 'b' at - Click-here 

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

You also have two personal enemy words to learn. 

Maths

'Measuring Activity'.

In Maths you have started investigating different types of units of measure.

To help you with your learning please try the following games

Weight - measure in Kilograms or grams (Kg or g) http://www.ictgames.com/weight.html

Length - measure the length of a line in centimetres (cm) http://mathszone.webspace.virginmedia.com/mw/ruler/ruler_cm.swf

Make a cake - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/aliencookbook.shtml

Read the


For Read the thermometer - http://www.topmarks.co.uk/flash.aspx?f=temperaturev2
Play the 'blue' activities on the left.

Topic
This is a 2 week project - this is the second 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

• 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.