P4 - Wed 28 May 2014

Primary 4D and 4H Homework due 3.6.14

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.

 

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 you can select from the large list found by clicking-here.
 
Group X can find their 'on' ending letter pattern words at - Click-here
Group Y can find their 'l' silent letter pattern words at - Click-here
Group Z can find their useful spelling words starting with 'f' at - Click-here 

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

Maths

'Angle Activity'
Having investigated right angles, you have gone on to learn about 2 other names used in describing angles.













You should play the game to find triangles with:
Right Angles
Acute Angles
Obtuse Angles

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You should also create a list of where you find Obtuse and Acute angles in real life - See if you can list 10 places for each angle.

Topic

Assembly - P4D

P4D have responsibility for an assembly on the Titanic - this production will be smaller than that undertaken for the Romans as P4D have to share the assembly time with P6. However just as before you need to keep focused and ensure that we are fully prepared.

Your initial task is to source costumes for the assembly - to help you 'get into role'.

Costumes for Assembly

All the children have been allocated a part and so a costume appropriate to that role is required.

Please make use of material / items / clothes you already have - similar to the approach used for the wonderful costumes previously created for the Roman assembly. (We would prefer that clothes etc are recycled rather than purchasing something for the assembly). 

If you have any items which may be helpful for others to use then please bring them into school.

The roles allocated are: first, second or third class passengers, crew or construction workers.

Science Investigation - P4H

Last week P4H had an in depth discussion on why did the Ships Crew not spot the iceberg and stay away from it.

One suggestion was that the ice was 'clear' like a window so you could see straight through it which would make it difficult to see.

You should make your own iceberg at home making use of the freezer compartment to freeze the water.

You should create 2 icebergs - 1 from fresh water and 1 from salt water - try and make them the same size and shape to be a fair test.

When they are frozen you should float them and see what happens - 

• Do the 2 icebergs float the same way - or is there a difference - if so what?
• Do you think the iceberg would have been like a glass window?
• Does the ice float on top of the water, or sink?
• Did you have any problems in doing this experiment - why do you think the experiment caused a problem - could you fix it if you did it again?

To help you record your results there is a sheet to be completed - also if possible bring in photos to share with the rest of P4.