Homework

Term 3

Mid-Week Update 

Probability Games:
http://www3.stats.govt.nz/games/The-vile-vendor-best-guess/index.html

or try this game we used in class today

http://www3.stats.govt.nz/games/Dice-duels-airport-addition/index.html

Remember to check the learning behind the game.

Week 10 and Week 9 and Week 8:
Mary of the Rosary Art CompetitionThere is a school competition going on at the moment to celebrate Mary's Birthday.  Our class is completing the competition as homework this week and next.  I am expecting that all students in Room 2 will have something to hand in at the end of Week 9.  There are some great prizes to win.  We have some exceptional artists in the class.  VanGogh would have been the first to say that he thought he was a terrible artist...so get your crayons and paper mache out and get creating!
Maths: Basic Facts
Reading: Read at least 10-15 minutes per night.
Home Reading Students: Keep up the great work!

Week 7:

Spelling:

Maori word of the week:  papai
1.                            2.

again                    favourite        The last group will have a variety of words found from their 

around                  centre               reading this week.

night                     climb

people                  grown

started                  illness

would                    hoping

took                      seemed

other                     disease

off                          noise

only                       sandals

Reading:                    All students are to be reading at least 20 minutes per night during the week.

                  Home reading students need to have an adult check their reading and ask them                         relevant questions about the story.

Maths:

                  7 and 8 times tables please.  These basic facts are to memorised this week.

Topic:                Current events sheet

              

Week 5:

Sorry for the delay in homework.  I had a family emergency in Canada.

Topic: Find 5-10 food items from your cupboard. Check where the ingredients are originally from.  For example tinned pineapple is a product of Australia.  Try to find a variety of countries.  Each student was given a map with the notices today.  Colour in the country on the map.  Draw a line from the country to Auckland.  Then Google the distance from the capital city of the country to Auckland.  For example, Canberra Australia to Auckland NZ is 2302 km.

Week 4Reading: Home Reading Students please read every night.  Write down the stories you have read and get an adult to ask you some questions about the stories.  We are setting reading goals for the term and it is important to read as much as possible.  It would be a fantastic achievement to have Room 2 reading with EVERY student at or above their age level.  All students are expected to read at least 15 minutes per night.  The reading chains are getting longer but I have lots more space to fill before the end of the year!  Keep up the great work!!

Maths: Practice 4 times tables.

The current event sheet can be completed with family and or the computer.

On Thursday we have a 5 a day competition.  Students can bring in fruits and vegetables to create a piece of edible art.  This is to be made at school.  Use 5 fruits and vegetables only and 2 other food items that are not fruit or veg.  The competition is at 12pm Thursday.  Prizes for senior, middle and junior levels of the school.

Spelling:
Group A: Chose 10 words from List 2, 3 or 4 that you find a bit tricky to spell.  Write the words in your spelling notebook.  Bring your notebook to school Friday.

Group B: able, fork, eleven, court, frighten, draw, capital, careful, hundred, fetching
Group C: principle, mystery, campaign, accompany, praise, gymnasium, marriage, situation, attempt, priviledge

Maori Word of the week: ngenge

Week 1

This term we are focusing our learning around the concept of Globalisation.    Our homework this week will research a bit about the Commonwealth Games.  Check out the website for our kiwi athletes at
http://www.commonwealthgames.kiwi/glasgow-2014


Answer the following questions in your homework book:
1. Where are the Games being held?
2. How many kiwi athletes are participating?
3. Which countries are invited to the Games?

Choose one kiwi athlete and one athlete from another country.  Next week we will create an athlete and sport profile for each.

Reading:  Children should be reading every night.  Please ensure some time is given to this very important part of your child's learning.

Maths: All children need to know times tables up to 10 x 10.  Please practice every night for 5 minutes.  This small amount of time at home will make a huge difference to the work we can cover in class.

Spelling: No spelling this week.  Our class is responsible for assembly this week.  Next week lists will go home.



Term 2
Week 3
Reading:Read every night for at least 15-20 minutes. We are starting a reading chain for each student as they finish a chapter book. This may include novels read to the student and books the children read during SSR. Bring in the name of the book and author to start your chain this term. The goal the children are trying to achieve is more than 5 chapter books read this term.

It is fantastic to see how many chapter books the students have been reading.  Well done class!
Maths: Basic Facts (Multiplication and Division) 0x0 to 12 x 12. This week we are adding the 3 x and continuing with looking at 2,4, 5, 10 and 11 times tables. Thanks for practising these at home each night. It makes a huge difference to what we accomplish during our maths lesson.  The national standards requires for Year 5 and 6  children to know their basic facts so they can work at Stage 6 and 7 of the maths curriculum. 
I have a number of apps that can be used to practise these basic facts that we use in class.  If you would like to use them at home please ask and I will show them to you.

Spelling: Words are included below. Students are attempting to score 100% this week.  Last week only 64% of the students had all of their spellings all correct.
A                             B                       C
which                many                   absence
never                 world                  leisure
also                   dollars                 maintenance
knew                 hospital               camaraderie
always               breakfast            mysterious
asked                luckily                 cemetery
eyes                  tomorrow             occurrence
felt                    video                   scissors
jump                 wasn't                   jewellery (let me check on this one,every country has their spelling)
head                  caught                  foreign
whakapono
number: 78

Topic: Finish the hand-out on the skeletal system to bring back and glue into your topic book.


Week 2
Reading: Read every night for at least 15-20 minutes. We are starting a reading chain for each student as they finish a chapter book. This may include novels read to the student and books the children read during SSR. Bring in the name of the book and author to start your chain this term. The goal the children are trying to achieve is more than 5 chapter books read this term.

Maths: Basic Facts (Multiplication and Division) 0x0 to 12 x 12. This week we are adding the 4 x and continuing with looking at 2, 5, 10 and 11 times tables. Thanks for practising these at home each night. It makes a huge difference to what we accomplish during our maths lesson.

Spelling: Words are included below. Students are attempting to score 100% this week.  Last week only 47% of the students had all of their spellings all correct.
A                             B                       C
before                sometimes          acceptable
thing                  brought               accidentally
thought              finally                 calendar
every                 guard                   guage
heard                 happened             misspell
where                hour                     definite
who                   playing                experience
year                   presents                fiery
decided             than                       humorous
still                   bought                   ignorance
Curent Events: The children have a visual sheet of the news from the past week.


Week 1

Reading: Read every night for at least 15-20 minutes.  We are starting a reading chain for each student as they finish a chapter book.  This may include novels read to the student and books the children read during SSR.  Bring in the name of the book and author to start your chain this term.  The goal the children are trying to achieve is more than 5 chapter books read this term.
Maths: Basic Facts (Multiplication and Division) 0x0 to 12 x 12.  This week we are looking at 2, 5, 10 and 11 times tables.  Thanks for practising these at home each night.  It makes a huge difference to what we accomplish during our maths lesson.

Spelling: Words are included below.  Students are attempting to score 100% this week. 
   A                                                 B
another                                       allowed
everyone                                    disappeared
last                                             holidays
once                                           stopped
through                                      awhile
told                                            doesn't
away                                          hopped
family                                        hoped
long                                           straight
really                                         believe
whakapapa                                 whakapapa
36 (Te Reo)                                36 (Te Reo)


Topic:We are starting an ANZAC unit this week.  We are trying to make connections to people we know or things we already know about the world wars.

Task 1: Do some research into your family history.  Find out about a relative who was involved in one of the world wars. (They do not have to be New Zealanders.)
or
Find out about a New Zealand soldier or nurse who served our country well.
Find out about jobs women did during the war.
Task 2: Make a periscope
Directions can be found on the internet  or try this link www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/periscope.html

What do periscopes have to do with ANZACs?

Week 9 Term 1:

Fantastic effort on your homework.  I can see that everyone has made a huge effort to learn heaps about housing in Ancient Rome.

This week:
Reading - If you are a Home Reader please read every night
                 If you are reading chapter books please keep track of the books you have read.
                 Try to read at least 20 minutes each night if possible.
Maths - Basic facts are very important to know quickly without counting.        
              Practice...practice...practice!
Current Events - I have photocopied a quick quiz.  Help your child out as much as they need to get
               the page completed.  I am hoping this will cause discussions and your child to have lots of
               questions.
RE - each week of Lent the children have three choices on an item to do.  They write this in their RE book.  Then they are to complete the task at home.  For example last week students could choose to count all of the taps in the house and then donate 10 cents to our Solomon Island  Lent Appeal or they could could do something kind for someone.  Please ask what small item they are doing this week for Lent. I am so overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity of our class.  Keep up the great work at home.


Term 1 Project:

Build a domus (home) in a Roman town.
You have two weeks to complete.  The project is due Friday March 28th.
1. First research  the type of home, the rooms, their uses and furnishings.  Use a book or search engine to find out your information.  Be sure to add the words "for kids" so that you access information written at your age level.

2. Design the house on paper first to reflect the research you collected.

3. Build the house to incorporate as many details as possible

This project may be completed using Minecraft or using materials from around the house to build it.
Use this following website for a simple idea of what you might create. http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/history/handsonhistory/romans_villas.pdf
There are many other examples online.  Chose something that doesn't require you to buy heaps of materials. Good luck and have fun learning.
If you have trouble finding information we went over these ideas in class today.

Facts and Information about Ancient Roman Homes

The Romans were divided by class. The Patricians were the rich ruling class of nobles and most the remaining population were the Plebeians, who were considerably poorer. Architecture and furnishings of Ancient Roman homes were determined by how wealthy the home owners were.

Ancient Roman Homes of the Rich Patricians

Houses of the rich were limited to seventy feet, and each house had a portico at the front facing the street.
(A portico is a porch that leads to the entrance of a house.  It has a roof structure supported by columns or enclosed by walls.)

The homes were heated by portable furnaces in their rooms.  There was only one chimney in the house and that was in the kitchen.

Houses not joined with the neighbouring ones were called Insulae.

The houses had high sloping roofs covered with broad red tiles.  There was usually an open space in the centre to provide light this was called an atrium.  Windows were covered with blinds made of linen or with shutters made of wood. Only the very rich had a thick kind of glass although it was not transparent. The windows and balconies faced the courtyard (atrium), not the street, to keep homes safe from burglars.

The main rooms were decorated with coloured plaster walls and if the home owners were wealthy enough, mosaics. These decorated floors were a statement of your wealth and importance.

Furniture, even in the homes of the rich, tended to be basic. Stools were common as opposed to chairs and reclining couches were used. Beds were simple affairs with 'springs' being provided by leather straps that criss-crossed a bed frame.

The houses were normally two stories and they had underground apartments. On the first floor there were the reception-rooms and bed-chamber.  On the second floor you would find the dining-room and apartments for the women.

The main rooms of private ancient Roman homes were as follows:

• The front door had a bell.  The entrance was guarded by a slave who was armed with a staff and  a dog.
• The vestibulum, or court before the gate, faced towards the street with a portico extending along the entire front
• The atrium was an oblong square, was surrounded by pillars.  Family busts (usually made of wax) of ancestors were in the room.  The room had a fireplace and a hearth.
• Reception rooms
• Main bedroom
• An inner apartment, called the penetralia,  housed the household gods and was never in view of to visitors.
• The second floor housed the dining-room and apartments for women
• The dormitories of slaves and menials are called the cellae