As it is Maths Week Scotland Mrs Johnstone has set a special maths task for this week’s Maths Homework.

Homework Challenge P1-7             w/c 10/9/18

How Did My Family Use Numeracy and Maths Today?

• The purpose of this task is to develop awareness of the many ways in which we all use numeracy and mathematics in our everyday lives
• Please discuss with your child the ways in which each member of the family uses maths skills e.g. telling the time to keep appointments, calculating the cost of purchases or measuring ingredients for a meal, and encourage your child to think of as many different ways as possible
• Pupils are asked to record some (at least 3) of the ways they and their family use maths this week. This can be by writing, drawing, taking photographs, making a poster or booklet, writing a story for classmates or younger pupils to read, writing a playscript to act out in school, by using digital technology to record their findings or any other way
• Please feel free to be as creative as possible, the key message to remember is Maths is Fun!!

Please return completed homework to the class teacher by Monday 17/9/18

The websites below have a wealth of maths related games activities to explore at home during Maths Week, or any other week!

• http://www.familymathstoolkit.org.uk/5-years-old-and-under/around-the-house
• http://www.mathematicshed.com/maths-at-home-shed.html

Spelling

1. Complete ‘your, you’re’ sheet.
2. Learn spelling words and write them in a silly paragraph. Example: My green dog baked a slimy cake.

Maths – Maths Week Scotland Challenge (see email/previous post from Mrs Johnstone).

Reading – Continue reading your novel and complete the tasks for Tuesday 25th September (because of the long weekend):

1. Design a new front cover for the book. Make sure you include the title and author! This should be a colourful new design.
2. Write a letter to the author and tell them your opinion of the book. You can include why you liked/didn’t like the book and why and your favourite/least favourite characters. You can also ask the author questions, such as their ideas for the book and questions about being a writer.

Topic – Next week in class we will be writing leaflets. Please bring in any leaflet about a tourist location for discussion in class.