Primary 7 AS

Don’t forget, homework is due in every Thursday!

3rd March 2008

Maths Set 1

Practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables - On Friday you will resit Challenge 2, or move onto Challenge 3, so practice your multiplication or division of these tables - see the Maths Page for more details.

Over the next 2 weeks, make an A4 poster which shows information about circles. It must include and explain key vocabulary (diameter, radius, circumference), be colourful and explain how the radius, circumference and diameter of a circle relate to one another

Reading Groups

Group 1 - Continue reading your Catherine Mcphail book at your own pace. Make notes on her style of writing as you go.

Group 2 - ‘Holes’ - Chapters 12- 24 - Summarise one chapter and predict what will happen next.

‘Friend or Foe’ - Chapters 3 - Summarise one chapter and predict what will happen next.

Group 3 - WWII Flashbacks - up to Chapter 19 - Summarise one chapter and predict what will happen next.

Group 4 - Read Chapter 1 of ‘Traitor’s Gate’ and make a list of words you don’t know in your Reading Record.

E.S.

You have been learning about the Holocaust in class and have heard a little bit about Anne Frank. Do some research at home (don’t forget, you can use books, find films, use the internet, or ask family members) and display what you have found out in a clear and informative way. It is up to you to choose how you do this - some ideas: make a poster, write a biography, make a Powerpoint presentation, give an oral talk…

Spelling

1 Rosy Scary Shiny Slimy Smoky

2 Angriest Busiest Chilliest Clumsiest Cosiest Craziest Dirtiest Funniest

3 Flavoured Knocked Laboured Numbed Pictured Predicted Punctured Received Reflected

Find 5 more words which fit your pattern and write them in your jotter.

Group 1 - Pick 3 of the words you found yourself and write a sentence showing you understand what they mean

Groups 2 & 3 - Write a sentence for each of your 5 new words showing your understanding of them.

25th February 2008

Maths Set 1

Practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables - Can you say each of them correctly in 20 seconds or less?

Time yourself saying them, record the time and try to beat it. Ask your family or carers to help you!

Make an accurate scale drawing of something in your house - it could be a room or an object - it’s up to you. Remember, you will have to choose a sensible scale and unit of measurement!

Reading Groups

Group 1 - Continue reading your Catherine Mcphail book at your own pace. Make notes on her style of writing as you go.

Group 2 - ‘Holes’ - Chapter 6 - main ideas and supporting ideas

‘Friend or Foe’ - Chapters 1 and 2 - main ideas and supporting ideas

Group 3 - WWII Flashbacks - Chapters 15 adn 16 - make a list oof words you don’t know

Group 4 - Finish ‘Battle of Britain’ and tell a member of your family about what you have learned from the book

E.S.

On Wednesday you will begin learning about the holocaust - do some research using books or the internet to find out what that word means.

Spelling

1 bony flaky greasy lazy nosy prickly

2 hungrier lazier lovelier luckier merrier nastier noisier prettier sillier tidier

3 applauded calculated celebrated coloured conceited digested endeavoured exclaimed exhibited exhumed

Find 5 more words which fit your pattern and write them in your jotter.

Group 1 - Pick 3 of the words you found yourself and write a sentence showing you understand what they mean

Groups 2 & 3 - Write a sentence for each of your 5 new words showing your understanding of them.

18th February 2008

Maths Set 1

Practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables - Can you say each of them correctly in 20 seconds or less?

Time yourself saying them, record the time and try to beat it. Ask your family or carers to help you!

Pick a room in your house and estimate the area of the 4 walls, the ceiling and the floor in an appropriate unit of measurement. Work out the volume of air in the room based on your estimates.

Write down all your estimations and working!

Reading Groups

Group 1 - Make sure your book review of ‘Small Steps’ is finished - we want to put the best ones up here on the site!

Start reading ‘Tribes’ - don’t read any more than half of the book please!

Group 2 - Finish ‘Holes’ for Wednesday.

‘Friend or Foe’ - write a book review for the site

Group 3 - Read 2 more chapters and write down the main idea and supporting idea.

Tell someone in your family about what you’ve been reading.

Group 4 - Read 2 more chapters of ‘Battle of Britain’.

Write a summary of what you have read.

E.S.

You will be making a fact file about an aspect of WW2 in class. You will also be making a powerpoint displaying what you have learned - find useful pictures for the powerpoint, and makes a plan of what information you would like to put in it. You can also use this information in your factfile in class.

Spelling

1 antifreeze antibody anticlockwise anti-virus antidote

2 angrier busier chillier clumsier cosier crazier dirtier dustier funnier

3 deceiving decomposing describing deserving exercising exploding investigating practising prescribing receiving sieving telephoning

Find 5 more words which fit your pattern and write them in your jotter.

Group 1 - Pick 3 of the words you found yourself and write a sentence showing you understand what they mean

Groups 2 & 3 - Write a sentence for each of your 5 new words showing your understanding of them.

4th February 2008

For the last 2 weeks our homework has been to create a new invention for a Dragon’s Den project. It must be creative, unique and you have to be ready to present your work to a panel of Dragons…

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