Hello Primary 7,
This week’s homework, and the homework from now, on for Primary 7 is available on our Glow Teams page.
Log in to your Glow account and open our Primary 7 Team page to see you homework from now on.
Mr. McIntosh
Primary 7 – Week Beginning 23/11/20
Hello Primary 7
Your Homework this week has 3 parts,
- This week we are looking at these common words. Your word list is – alliteration, neighbour, happened, during, conclusion, announcing, opposite, imagine, energy and competition. Write these words in alphabetical order, alliteration comes first, then write the letters for each word in alphabetical order ‘alliteration’ would be written as ‘aaeiillnortt.’
- This week we will be learning about the Moon and satellites, write a short description of what the Earth would be like if we had no Moon. How would it affect the tides, the wildlife, the plant-life and humanity?
- Calculate the area of these shapes.
Good Luck
Mr. McIntosh
Primary 7 – Week Beginning 16/11/20
Hello Primary 7
Your Homework this week has 3 parts,
- This week we are looking at the phoneme ‘dge’. Your word list is – edge, fudge, bridge, smudge, fridge, nudge, pledge, judge, and ledge. Practice these words in any way that you choose and then see if you can list 6 more.
- This week we will be learning about Apollo 11, but I want you to find out about Apollo 13.
- This week we are taking part in the North Lanarkshire Sumdog competition. Log in and score us some points!!
Good Luck
Mr. McIntosh
Primary 7 – Week Beginning 09/11/20
Hello Primary 7
Your Homework this week has 3 parts,
- This week we are looking at Common words. Your word list is – absence, material, finally, dialogue, brilliant, actually, mischief, furthermore, different and ceiling.
- This week we will be learning about space suit materials. What are space suits made from? How do the different layers protect the astronauts? Have space suit materials changed over time?
- This week we are looking at perimeter, the distance around an object, shape or area.
Log in to Sumdog and take part in the Perimeter Challenge that has been set for you there.
Good Luck
Mr. McIntosh
Primary 7 – Week Beginning – 02/11/20
Hello Primary 7
Your Homework this week has 3 parts,
- This week we are looking at the prefix ‘all’ when it is written with one ‘l’, Here are some example words – almost, always, already, also, although, altogether, alright, almighty, alternative – Practise these words any way that you wish and find 9 more which fit this prefix pattern.
- This week we will be learning about space suits. Discover what you can about the AX-5 prototype space suit. What made it different to the space suits that came before it and why was it never used?
- Using household objects complete these measuring tasks. You may have to estimate some.
a) How many tins of beans tall are you?
b) Calculate the floor area of your bedroom in bath towels. You answer must be in towels squared.
c) How long is your bed in pillows?
d) How tall is your door in left shoes?
e) What is the perimeter (the distance around) of your TV in socks?
Good Luck
Mr. McIntosh
Primary 7 – Week Beginning – 26/10/20
Hello Primary 7
Your Homework this week has 3 parts,
- This week we are looking at double letters in spelling, Here are some example words – will, guess, embarrass, success, process, Motherwell, across, Inverness, football – Practise these words any way that you wish and find 9 more which fit this double letter pattern.
- This week we will be learning about the Saturn V rocket which carried the Apollo manned missions to the moon, but what can you find out about the Vostok rocket which carried Yuri Gagarin into space?
- Calculate the answers to these maths questions –
17 – -3=?
24 + -5=?
35 – +14=?
72 – -28=?
45 + -65=?
Remember ‘- -‘ makes ‘+’
Good Luck
Mr. McIntosh
Week Beginning 19/10/20
Hello Primary 7,
This week we are working on ‘ci’ making ‘sh’. I gave you these example words;
special, official, delicious, facial, musician, ancient, crucial, financial and conscious.
Practise these words in any way that you wish, in addition find another 9 words which also show this phoneme pattern.
This week we are beginning our new Space Science topic. Try to discover who Laika and Ham were. What do you think about what happened to them? Was there another way? Would you have been willing to take their place?
In Maths we are looking at multiples, factors and primes.
- What multiples of 13 are less than 50?
- What are the factors of 24?
- What are the prime numbers less than 50?
Email me your answers at gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk using your Glow email.
Good Luck,
Mr. McIntosh
Primary 7 – Week Beginning 05/10/20
Hello Primary 7,
You homework this week is in 3 parts;
- There is a spelling challenge on Sumdog built around this week and last week’s spelling words for you to complete.
- Research the clothes worn by people during the renaissance and name each piece, a doublet for example.
- Complete these BODMAS problems
a. 4² + 3 b. 4 + 3² c. 4² + 3 – 2 d. 4 + 3² – 2 e. 4³ – 3 + 2 f. 4 – 3 + 2³
g. 5² + 4 x 3 + 2 h. 5 + 4² x 3 + 2 i. 4² + 3² j. 4² + 3² – 2²
Email your answers to me using Glow.
Good luck,
Mr. McIntosh
Primary 7 – Week Beginning 28/09/20
Primary 7
To celebrate Maths Week you have all been entered into a Sumdog competition. Log in and score as many points as you can.
There is also a Maths Week Homework Grid for you to take part in. Pick some activities and share your results with me through your Glow Email.
Good Luck
Mr. McIntosh
Primary 7 Homework
Hello Primary 7,
After Cassiah’s brilliant demonstration today you should all be able to log into GLOW tonight and send me a “Hello” email.
Google “NLC Glow login”
and click on “Glow Login – RM Unify”
enter your username and password and then you will be prompted to change your password to something new and memorable.
Login again and then you will have access to the Glow Tiles, choose “Mail”
After “Mail” has opened you can send me a message.
Click “New Message” and search “McIntosh” to find my address,
Type “Hello” as your subject and send me a message.
You can log out when you are done.
You also have a maths competition this week on Sumdog all about negative numbers.
Good Luck
Mr. McIntosh
