Sunday, April 10, 2011

Homework Room 8 Term 1 Week 11 Group 2

Wow - this term has gone so fast! I know the children in Room 8 are more than ready for a break! I would like to say a huge thank-you to all of you who take the time to help your children with their homework and learning. It is pleasing to see the quick consolidation of new learning this term!
Have a lovely holiday and stay safe ready for term 2!



Reading
Read readers with your child and mark in the back of their book.

This week in Room 8 we are focusing on the blend ‘gl’. Practice writing the letter on the line below:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________

Get your child to brainstorm as many words with the blend ‘gl’ with you. This is to be completed in their homework books.

Spelling
The spelling words this week are:
again only asked

Maths
Write the numbers below in order from BIGGEST to SMALLEST:

20 12 50 9 14 1 13 100 15 33

Homework Room 8 Term 1 Week 11 Group 1

Wow - this term has gone so fast! I know the children in Room 8 are more than ready for a break! I would like to say a huge thank-you to all of you who take the time to help your children with their homework and learning. It is pleasing to see the quick consolidation of new learning this term!
Have a lovely holiday and stay safe ready for term 2!

Reading
Read readers with your child and mark in the back of their book.

This week in Room 8 we are focusing on the letter Pp. Practice writing the letter on the line below:

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________



Brainstorm words that start with the letter ‘p’.

Spelling
See copy of high frequency words in homework book for words that your child still needs to learn.
Maths
Fill in the missing gaps below :
20 ___ 18 ___ ____ 15 ___ 13 ___ 11 ___ 9___ 7 ___ 5 ____ 4 ___ ___ 1

Homework Room 9 Term 1 Week 11

Name of book Number of pages read A person who asked me questions
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Spelling words: practise these each night, Monday to Thursday.

Maths:
We have moved on to fractions. In the attached sheet you need to:
read the fractions (written in the speech bubble) and colour in that fraction from the three fraction cards (A, B, C). See Miss Hill for a copy of this sheet.

Homework Room 7 Term 1 Week 11

Reading: read your book and get your reading log signed.
Spelling: learn the word/words in your spelling book.
Maths: look in the back of the spelling book to see your number knowledge you need to learn.
Homework needs to be handed in on Thursday each week.
Handwriting: practise your lower case ‘p’.
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‘p’ quiz: Choose the right word (piano, potato, palm)
1. Which ‘p’ has a keyboard? ____________________


2. Which ‘p’ is a part of your hand or a tree? _______________


3. Which ‘p’ is a vegetable for making chips? _____________

Notices:
* WOW! Work is starting on the gardens. Thank you once again to the Kidd family who have committed so much to this project.

* It is amazing that we have now come
to the end of term 1. The time has
certainly whizzed by. Thank you for
your support – what ‘treasures’ I have
in Room 7! I wish you all a very Happy
Easter and a safe holiday.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Homework Room 69 Term 1 Week 10

Name of book Number of pages read A person who asked me questions
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday

Spelling Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Words

Maths:
I have (hopefully) blocked in 3 measurement activities for you to complete on Mathletics. These should pop up automatically when you log on.
Well done to the people who have been using Mathletics so far this year to improve your maths.
Please use Mathletics at home this week to improve your maths. Lots of simple adding and subtracting will be best!

Homework Room 7 Term 1 Week 10

Reading: read your book and get your reading log signed.
Spelling: learn the word/words in your spelling book.
Maths: look in the back of the spelling book to see your number knowledge you need to learn.
Homework needs to be handed in on Thursday each week.
Handwriting: practise your lower case ‘b’.
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‘b’ quiz: Choose the right word (bones, bear, bamboo)
1. Which ‘b’ can be black, brown or polar? ____________________


2. Which ‘b’ is a skeleton made of? _______________


3. Which ‘b’ is the food which pandas eat? _____________

Notices:
* The Junior classes are about to tidy up the garden
areas below the decks. Thank you to the Kidd family,
the Tonge family and the Ross family for the donation
of wood, nails, cement, your time and expertise in making the retaining walls and the soil we will require to fill our gardens.

* Thank you all for your support on Shop Day. The children had such fun buying all their “treasures”!

Homework Room 6 Term 1 Week 10 Group 2

My apologies, there was a spelling mistake in last week’s homework- 5 is rima not rimu.
Read your book and get your book log signed.
Learn your Spelling words (in the back of your book).
Homework needs to be handed in on Friday morning.
Practise your handwriting – Qq
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Qu words - queen, question, quiet, quick, squash, quoits.
Mrs Buckley said “___________ in the library please!”
We play with the ___________ at fitness rotation.
When it is bus time we need to get to the bus line__________!
Alexandra asked a _______________ at reading time.
Extra- write 2 qu words in sentences on the next page.
Expand the numerals –
362 = 300 + 60 + 2
813 =
605 =
940 =
Find as many names for 20 as you can, I have started for you.
19+1 30-10 11+ 9

Homework Room 6 Term 1 Week 10 Group 1

My apologies, there was a spelling mistake in last week’s homework- 5 is rima not rimu.
Read your book and get your book log signed.
Learn your Spelling words (in the back of your book).
Homework needs to be handed in on Friday morning.
Practise your handwriting – Qq
__________________________________________________
Qu words - queen, question, quiet, quick, squash, quoits.
Mrs Buckley said “___________ in the library please!”
We play with the ___________ at fitness rotation.
When it is bus time we need to get to the bus line __________!
Alexandra asked a ______________ at reading time.
Extra- write 3 qu words in sentences on the next page.
Match the Teen numbers –
12 10 + 1
14 10 + 3
11 10 + 2
13 10 +4

Find as many names for 9 as you can, I have started for you.
5 + 4 9 + 0 10 - 1

Homework Room 8 Term 1 Week 10 Group 2

Reading
Readers each week, please ensure the sheet at the back of your child’s homework book is filled out. It’s great to see so many of you reading every night.

This week in Room 8 we are focusing on the letter Gg.
___________________________________________________________________________
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________

Get your child to brainstorm as many words with the blend ‘sl’ with you. This is to be completed in their homework books.

Spelling
This week I have only chosen three spelling words for your child to learn which have been taken directly from their writing.
really friend very

Maths
Write the number that comes before:


22 70
100 12
16 84
30 9
6 18
55 20

Quiz your child with different numbers and ask them to tell you the number that comes before. Instant recall will help with number knowledge.

Homework Room 8 Term 1 Week 10 Group 1

Reading
Readers each week, please ensure the sheet at the back of your child’s homework book is filled out. It’s great to see so many of you reading every night.

This week in Room 8 we are focusing on the letter Gg.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________


Brainstorm words that start with the letter g.


Spelling
The spelling words for this week are:
me big up
I know for some of you your child may already know these words. If this is the case, do not hesitate to work on the list that I provided earlier in the term.

Maths
Fill in the missing gaps below :
1 __ 3 4 __ 6 __ 8 __ __ 11 __ 13 __ 15 __ 16 __ 18 __ 19 __
Get your child to practice counting from 1 – 20 and backwards from 20. Backwards number sequencing is particularly challenging to learn.