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.