Homework

22 January 2016

For our Practice Makes Perfect homework this week, we’re working on skills we’ve been developing in Maths.

To be able to find missing lengths and work out perimeter and area.

The children need to use the information they already have to work out the size of the missing lengths. They can then use this information to work out perimeter and area.

This homework is due on Wednesday 27 January.

22 January 2016

This week’s Talk Time homework is linked to our Life topic and is due on Wednesday 27 January.

Debate: Choose an animal and prepare to argue that it is the ‘best’ animal.

You’ll need to think about the positive points about that animal and have evidence to back it up. Don’t forget to consider what negatives it might have so that you can counter argue any negative points brought up by any other debater.

22 January 2016

This week’s homework is practice makes perfect. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been looking at using conjunctions. Conjunctions are joining words that we use to join sentences, clauses, phrases  and words together. Your child will need to write five sentences that include conjunctions about their favourite animal.

In class, we’ve been looking at writing reports so this homework is an excellent opportunity to practise writing a paragraph. I’ve written a short paragraph below which your child may want to use as a model for their own writing.

Alpacas look like camels but they don’t have humps. In the wild, alpacas live in packs so they don’t like living alone. Interestingly, alpacas come from Peru and feature in many Peruvian folk tales. Sometimes, alpacas spit when they feel threatened. Adult alpacas usually grow to be 99 cm tall while llamas, which look similar to alpacas, are usually 1.7m tall.

22 January 2016

The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 27 January.

I can show what I have learnt about length.

For the past few weeks in maths, we have been learning about length. We’ve measured in metres and in centimetres and then compared the length, height or width of different objects. We’ve solved problems involving length as well, using our calculating skills.

For the homework this week, the children should show their understanding of length. They could…

• measure some objects at home and compare their length
• measure the distances that they have walked or driven over the weekend
• write some problems involving length for people to solve
• look at how different people use measuring in their jobs or hobbies

…or anything else that gets them mathematically creative!

Friday 15 January

The homework this week is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Wednesday 20 January.

Practise your number bonds to 20 or Practise your number bonds to 10

We have been recalling number bonds to 20 by using what we already know about number bonds to 10.

7 + 3 =10  so…
17+3=20 or…
7+13=20

Some children still need to memorise number bonds to 10 before moving onto this. Therefore some children have been set slightly different homework this week.

15 January 2016

This week, the homework is creative and is due in on Wednesday 20 January.

I can show what my favourite animal is and can explain why I like it. 

This homework will start off our big topic, Life, which focusses on living things and their habitats.

You could create an animal poster, interview, story, top trump card, model of the animal.

15 January 2016

This week, we have creative homework:

I can show what I know about shape.

We have spent the last two weeks learning all about shape. Children should reflect on this learning to show what they about this area of maths. Children might wish to:

• Identify shapes around them
• Demonstrate a particular skill (e.g symmetry) creatively
• Identify angles around them
• Explain/show the area of ‘shape’ maths they have found most interesting or feel most confident with

We also have Practice Makes Perfect homework:

I can use abstract nouns in sentences.

Children have a worksheet which helps them to practise using abstract nouns in sentences.

This homework is due on 20 January 2016.

15 January 2016

This week’s homework is Creative and is due on Wednesday 19 January.

What is Life?

Our new topic will be ‘Life’:

• How do we know about ‘Life’ in the past?
• How have species changed over time?
• What different types of animals are there?
• How do animals change throughout their life?
• What keeps humans alive?

Explore what you think ‘life’ is. Are there any things that you would argue aren’t experiencing ‘life’ as you understand it? Think about how you can present your views in a creative way.

You could prepare a presentation, create an image, write a story outlining what ‘Life’ is… Enjoy!

15 January 2016

This week’s Practice Makes Perfect homework focusses on reading comprehensions skills.

To be able to pick out evidence from a text.

Read the text and answer the two questions. Think about how you can make sure that you gain all three marks for each:

• Give three reasons.
• Explain your choices in relation to the question.
• Pick out evidence from the text.

08 January 2016

This week’s Practice Makes Perfect homework is due on Wednesday 13 January.

I have been assigned three Mathletics tasks.

The children need to log on to Mathletics where they will find that they’ve been assigned three tasks. 

• multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000
• dividing by 10, 100 and 1000
• adding capacity

These tasks must be completed by Wednesday and if there are any problems with accessing Mathletics, I need to be told before so that they can be given time in school.