Homework Week 2 Term 4

                                                                  Homework

Week 2 , Week commencing 19^th October  

Writing

Read the instructions carefully on the worksheet you have been provided with. You may write on the sheet. Try and link what you’ve looked for when reading, can you see examples?

Maths

Mathletcis – please make sure you are doing at least 10 minutes a night on your maths practice. With Gloss testing fast approaching you need to ensure your brain is engaged in problem solving.

Reading – please read for at least 15 min a day, remember this could be on your own or with someone. Either way make sure that you are thinking about questions about the text you are reading.

What is the authors purpose?

What language have they used? Why?

If you were to ask some inference questions about the book you have read what would they be? What would the answers be?

Times Tables and Division Facts -  keep learning these facts.

Homework over the holidays

Speeches Term 3

 

Dear Parents of Room 25,

 

A busy term 2 is almost at the end, so would like to thank the parents for their support throughout the term with your child’s learning.

 

In Term 3 the students will be writing speeches. These speeches have to be presented in front of the class in week 4 as part of their oral language. From there, one/ two nominations from the class will go forward to the school speech competition. I have shown the students the assessment criteria so they know what they are working towards. Having taught speeches before, I know that the more familiar the students are with their chosen topic, the more confident they are in presenting their speech. To enable them to perform to the best of their ability, I have organised for them to have their speech topic before the holiday. This enables me gather resources over the holiday to help them with their arguments.

Their chosen topic will be glued in to their homework books and I am requesting that they think about their topic and gather some evidence to support their arguments. All I expect is that they are familiar with their topic, have a good idea of the main points they wish to present and have completed some research to support their points of view.

In week 1, I will then be able to focus on crafting these ideas into a good persuasive speech. If you have the opportunity, please could you discuss their speech topic and help your child to find some evidence to elaborate and substantiate their main points of view. I am not asking the student to write the speech, just to fully understand what they will be writing about.

Student must write the speeches in school based on the APP Speech Rules.

 

Thank you once again and if you have any queries please contact me or pop in, the door is always open.

 

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday,

 

Michelle von Detten

Homework Week 10

                                                                  Homework

Week 10 Week beginning 22nd June

 

This week homework is having a facelift. We have discussed it as a class and have decided that we will co-construct homework each week . You need to choose one writing task,  and one maths task and ensure that you read for at least 15min a night.

Writing

1.      Weekly Design – Create an invention that can improve something.

Draw it/ make it ( use a ruler)

Write about it ( tell me what it is, what it does, how it works, and what it improves)

Can you an online programme but you must have evidence in your book/google drive.

2.      Project on a topic area

-          Matariki

-          Nutrition

-          Sea/ocean

-          Animal

Choose one of the areas above and create a report on that topic area. It must link in some way.

Maths

1.      Create a bedroom/room – you need to measure the area and the perimeter ensuring that you have the scale correct. Does the bed fit into the room?

2.      Temperature – find out the different temperatures in different place, which places are the hottest/ coldest and why? Make a poster that makes your findings in an interesting way . You may also like to include a map in your work to show where these places are.

Reading – please read for at least 15 min a day.

Times Tables and Division Facts -  keep learning your goal area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passage to improve homework week 9

The sun was setting. I walked towards the hill. My feet were sore. My red scarf was wrapped around my neck. The wind was blowing. My scarf was moving. In the distance I saw a figure. It moved slowly. Its outline was blurred. I got closer and could see it was a man. The sky was getting darker. The shadow was getting larger. My footprints left shapes in the sand. I screwed up my eyes to make out the figure. It was …..

 

Makes changes to the start of this story, ensure you also let me know who the figure is. Think about what makes a Level 3 writer and what you’ll need to include.

Homework Week 9

Homework

Week 9 Week beginning 15th June

 

Maths: Complete the tasks that have been set for you on Mathletics. Please also complete the maths sheet you have been given by the teacher.  

Reading: Using one of the texts you have taken from the library please spend at least 15 minutes each day reading. Please see if you can identify how the author has used singular and plural nouns and if any sentences include the possessive apostrophe. Note down any sentences that you find.

 

Writing: We have been looking at what makes a good level three writer this week and have been looking at drafting and editing our stories In the Woods. Please use the passage below and improve it using the skills we have been learning.  

Word extension:  When reading this week , note down six words that you’re unsure of, find out what they mean and see if you can define them to your parents.

Extra: Please keep checking out the blog. Blog Spot address   : http://room25mbs.blogspot.co.nz/

Check out the news article that Vanessa and Hazel feature in on our blog.

 

Please also think about some ideas for homework that you’d like to see being set, what could homework look like that will enthuse and motivate you?

 

 

Well done Guys!

Well done to all the dances and speakers from room 25, you did a great job today.

Meadowbank School opens Confucius classroom                                

Rose Cawley / Fairfax NZ

Vanessa Evans, Hazel Bornea and Emily Priday belong to the Meadowbank Chinese dance group.

Mandarin rolls off the tongues of pupils at Meadowbank School.
Principal Peter Ayson says almost 600 students at the school learn the Chinese language. A parent survey in 2011 highlighted the demand for it.
The school is now looking to officially open its Confucius classroom on June 16, he says.
"This year we had a speech contest for non-native speakers - it just shows how far we have come."
The focus is now on establishing and strengthening links between schools.
"It is about ensuring there is the opportunity for them to develop their language skills when they move from one school to the next."
Ayson says all of this work has been done out of the school's budget or with the help of the Confucius Institute, a Chinese Government funded language school.
"We don't get any funding from the government. We saw a need and made it happen," Ayson says.
Mandarin teacher Amy Ko was a classroom teacher before she moved to the school and started focusing on her mother tongue.
She says its vital children pick the language up in year 2.

                                          

"They aren't afraid of making mistakes," she says.
"I always say the most important thing in my classroom is that you give it a go, even if it is wrong as long as you are trying to use the language I am happy."
Those who have been under Ko's wing for four years are making gains.
"I want the students to use the language outside of the classroom," she says.
"We do very practical lessons so when the children go to a Chinese restaurant or supermarket they can use what they've learnt.
"It really broadens their horizons."

You can find the story using this link

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/east-bays-courier/69382693/meadowbank-school-opens-confucius-classroom

Homework for this week :)

Homework

Week 8 Week beginning 8th June

 

Maths: Complete the tasks that have been set for you. Please also practice the times table that you have been working on this week with your group.

Reading: Using one of the texts you have taken from the library please spend at least 15 minutes each day reading. Please spend some time using the skill of visualising, can you visualise what the passage is telling you?

Writing: We retold a story this week. Using your own text of choice. Retell the story thinking about what a level 3 writer needs to include. Your task is to retell the story and elaborate as you go. You can retell it either in your homework book or using a desktop computer.

Subject Specific Vocabulary.

Simple and compound sentences that have different structures, beginning.

Complex sentences

Paragraphs with linking words.

Adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs

Similes , metaphors, onomatopoeia

Capital letters and full stops

Speech marks ( new line, new speaker)

Commas to show lists and/or clauses.

Semi colon

Coherent ( reads grammatically correctly)

 

Spelling : The apostrophe for possession . Use the following words in their plural sense to write a sentence that requires you to use the possessive apostrophe.

Child	bird
tree	ball
hat	nest

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Homework for this week

Homework

Week 7 Week beginning 2^nd June

 

Maths: Complete the tasks that have been set for you. Please also practice the times table that you have been working on this week with your group.

Reading: Using one of the texts you have taken from the library please spend at least 15 minutes each day reading. Please link your reading see if you can find any nouns, look for plural nouns and proper nouns, remember we looked at this week in class.

Writing: Please use the reading sheet that looks specifically at inference and ensure that your answers are written and you re-read to check for punctuation and grammar.

Spelling : Please note down five of the spellings that you have been corrected on and learn them, it may help to use them into a sentences, practice spelling it forwards and backwards.

 

Extra: Please keep checking out the blog. Blog Spot address   : http://room25mbs.blogspot.co.nz/

 

 

 

Writing - What should it look like?

What should Year 6 writing look like?

To meet the National Standards for writing, we have to be writing solidly at Level 3L by the end of the year. To be above the national standards, we have to be starting to write at Level 4E of the curriculum.

 

 

What does this mean? Well use the following website to look at what you'd need to be able to do, make sure you share it with your parents.

http://www.cocklebay.school.nz/images/stories/national_standards/cbs_writing_goal_cards.pdf

Here is the level 3 success criteria. Do you do all of this independently and consistently? If not, what do you need to work on?

 

At Level Three

 

Audience, Purpose and Voice

I independently apply a process and write texts choosing

language and overall text structures that suit my audience and

purpose (recounting, describing, narrating, reporting, arguing

or explaining)

I can identify the text features appropriate to the task

I independently write about several experiences or ideas

including detail or personal comment and group these in

paragraphs beginning to use related links

I independently use content that is relevant to the curriculum

task or items of information and include detail and/or comment

supporting the main points

I write clear and concise evaluations of tasks using

supporting evidence and detail

I independently use a wide variety of precise and effective

descriptive words (adjectives, adverbs, nouns and verbs) and

adjectival and adverbial phrases that clearly convey ideas,

experiences or information

I independently use subject specific vocabulary

I independently use similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia and

imagery to support meaning and for effect

I independently choose appropriate media for publishing

including visual and digital

Structure

I routinely and independently plan and organise rich

language, ideas and information using a variety of planning

tools

I independently write simple and compound sentences that

vary in their beginnings, structures and lengths and are correct

grammatically, and complex sentences that are mostly

grammatically correct (using conjunctions such as when, how,

because, although)

I use complex punctuation such as possessive apostrophes

for possession, commas for clauses, or semicolons

I independently use titles, sub headings, labelled diagrams,

charts, maps and illustrations to support meaning

Proofreading and Editing

I independently proof read to correct grammar, spelling and

punctuation using appropriate computer based or print tools

I spell most words correctly and demonstrate knowledge of

common spelling patterns

I independently review and revise my writing to clarify meaning

and add impact, often in response to feedback

National Standard by the end of Year 6

Creates texts in order to meet the writing demands of the NZ Curriculum at Level 3  

Samoan Language Week

 

Talofa,

This week we have been celebrating Samoan Language week. We created some Samoan artwork based on designs created in Samoa. We looked at the typical colours you would find and then had a go at giving them a brown tone using a tea/coffee stain.

 

 

 

The pictures don't really do it justice so please pop past room 25 to see the great work we have created.

                                                                                        Fa’afetai lava

Homework for this week

                                                   Homework

Week 6 Week beginning 25th May

 

Maths: Complete the tasks that have been set for you. If you have highlighted times table that need to be learnt please look at practising those too.

Reading: Using one of the texts you have taken from the library please spend at least 15 minutes each day reading. Please see if you can identify the more frequently used tense. Look at identifying the contractions that you find.

Writing: We have been looking at the apostrophe used for possessions this week. When reading  see if you can find any examples of its use and note it down into your book.

Spelling : Please note down five of the spellings that you have been corrected on and learn them, it may help to use them into a sentences, practice spelling it forwards and backwards.

 

Extra: Please keep checking out the blog. Blog Spot address   : http://room25mbs.blogspot.co.nz/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Belonging Apostrophe

An apostrophe is used with an s at the end of a noun.

It shows that something or someone belongs to that noun.

 

A.     Write the shortened form of the phrases below:

1.      the bike belongs to the girl = the girl’s bike.

2.     the pen belongs to the boy

3.     the car belongs to the man

4.     the cup belongs to my brother

5.     the ship belongs to the captain

6.     the school belongs to the council

7.     the tie belongs to Sam

8.     the ball belongs to the footballer

9.     the guitar belongs to the singer

 

 

 

Read the following sentences very carefully. Underline the PROPER NOUNS in blue. Underline the PLURAL NOUNS in red.

 

1.    Sarahs pencils were all sharp.

2.    I enjoy listening to Sophies stories when she reads them to the class.

3.    I am very jealous of Charlottes stickers because she has filled the new Doctor Who album.

4.    As I was going out to play, I tripped over Hannahs trainers.

5.    Georgia, who was always talking about her Nintendo DS, enjoyed hearing about Tias new games.

6.    Bethanys guinea pigs are very naughty!

 

Look carefully at the words you have underlined. Remember, plural nouns do not need an apostrophe.

 

Some of your proper nouns have possessions. Re-write the sentences below using apostrophes correctly.