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.