Mrs. Baxter and Mrs. Gribben's P6 Homework Page

One of the homework tasks this week will require that you check out the page that I’ve attached below.

Japanese Animals

This week is set in the calendar as Maths Week Scotland. Our class are entered into a competition that is running for the duration of the week.

Aim to log in for sometime each night and you’ll also get a chance to log in when we have our iPad time in class. Good luck!

Please find attached in the link below our homework grid.

You should aim to complete all the tasks that are in bold plus one more of your own choosing each week.

Hwork Term1 P7 2020

This week is the start of our homework grid.

All of the spelling words so far covered are in previous posts in this blog.

Should you find the examples of a week are too tricky to use for the spelling homework task, select words from a different week, it’s not a problem 😉

landscape       palette

gallery             exhibition

collection       collage

charcoal          easel

illusion            portrait

sketch             pastel

Below are the fifteen common words that we’ll use in class for our spelling activities.

industrial       physical

technology    breathe

discipline       inference

possession     texture

brilliant          does

interesting     potential

though           buried

during

This week we will be thinking about homophones & confusions.

Ask an adult at home to test you on your knowledge of the words below.

Can you use them in the correct context?

new/knew

to/too/two

buy/by/bye

night/knight

vale/veil

If you click on the link below you’ll be taken to a range of videos from the Glasgow Science Centre.

The short films were first aired during lockdown but if you didn’t get the chance to watch them now you can view the wide selection that is available on a variety of topics.

https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/gsc-at-home/enjoy-again

Wee video message to the P7s at @StJosephsPrima2, my brand new shiny @bookpenpals! pic.twitter.com/t0dUKMKNJs

— Barbara Henderson #newWIP 3086 (@scattyscribbler) September 7, 2020

The table below has some examples for the affixes that we’re working on in class this week.

Ask an adult at home to test your spelling of these words.

How many more examples can you find?

All pupils will be issued with log-in details for Sumdog and should aim to log in each night to challenge and consolidate their maths skills.