12 October 2012
This week’s homework is slightly different as it’s Practice makes Perfect. I want you to be able to distinguish between the two forms of its:
its – belonging to something, no apostrophe
it’s – a contraction, like we learnt last week, of ‘it is’
A good way to distinguish between the two is to check whether the sentence sounds correct if you substitute the word for ‘it is’. If you can do this, then the correct form is it’s. If it doesn’t seem to make sense, then the correct form is its.
For example:
The elephant raised its trunk.
The elephant raised it is trunk. (This doesn’t make sense. Therefore, the correct form is its without an apostrophe.)
Here are a couple of activities that you can do to test whether you can do them or not:
- Write it’s on a piece of paper and on the back write its. Then, get an adult to read out a sentence and you have to show them whether they need to use its or it’s.
- Find an interesting object. Can you describe it using both forms of its?
12 October 2012
This week, the children are completing some Practice Makes Perfect homework about homophones.
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings. For example:
where were we’re
through threw
Children have been given a wordsearch and crossword of commonly misused homophones to learn, including the correct meaning.
Spellings homework this week is also related to learning when to use the correct homophone.
Homework is due in on Wednesday 17 October 2012.
12 October 2012
This week’s homework is Practice makes Perfect. It’s due in on Wednesday 17 October 2012.
The children have a picture of a clown in their homework books. They need to write different adjectives around the picture of the clown to describe how he looks and what sort of a personality he has.
05 October 2012
The homework this week is Creative and is due in Wednesday 10 October.
I can show what I know about transport.
As you all know, our new topic is All Aboard! To launch this topic we would like you to show us everything you already know about transport. You can be as creative as you like. Kacy wowed us all last week with her jelly brain. See if you can top that! As always, you can be as creative as you like, but if you’re struggling why not try:
- a photo collage of different types of transport
- a PowerPoint presentation
- a comic strip
- a podcast
05 October 2012
Your homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 10 October 2012.
I can produce a piece of work for our Rich and Poor display.
Create a piece of work about the rich or poor in Victorian times or any other aspect of history, art or geography.
Your work could be:
- art work that is rich in detail
- collage work
- poetry
- recounts of the lives of the rich or poor through time
- …your own idea!
As an exception, work should not go in your child’s homework book. It should be bright, colourful, attractive and ready to put up on display.
05 October 2012
This week’s homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 10 October 2012.
I know my 10 times table.
05 October 2012
The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 10 October.
Your child has a handwriting worksheet in their book that they should complete. If you have any questions about the worksheet, please come and see me.
28 September 2012
This week we are asking you to think about this statement:
I know what makes a healthy brain.
This is creative homework and is due in on Wednesday 03 October 2012.
You could produce:
- • some art work
- • some poetry
- • a poster
- • a rap
- • your own creative idea
28 September 2012
This week’s homework is creative. It is due in on Wednesday 03 October 2012.
I know what makes a healthy brain.
Children could:
- produce a spider diagram of ideas
- draw pictures with labels
- write an explanation
- produce a poster
- cut and stick pictures from the internet or magazines
…or they might choose a creative way of their own to present their learning!
28 September 2012
The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 03 October.
I know what makes my brain healthy.
Here are some ideas:
- A poster
- Draw a picture
- A Lego model, box construction etc
- A photograph
- Information from a book, internet
- Write a sentence
I look forward to seeing your creations on Wednesday.
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