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.