P6/7 Homework w/b: 23.04.18

Literacy – Spelling

Homophones

This week we are learning more about homophones.  Homophones are word which sound the same but have a different spelling and a different meaning eg, see, see or there, they’re and their.

• Learn the homophone spellings from your word list.

Spelling – Saturn – Homophones list

a lot	allot
air	heir
aisle	isle	I’ll
ate	eight
be	bee
board	bored
boy	buoy
buy	by	bye
cereal	serial
choose	chose
conscience	conscious
road	rode	rowed
ewe	you	yew

 

Spelling – Neptune – Homophones list

to	too	two
male	mail
ate	eight
be	bee
board	bored
buy	by	bye
week	weak
tale	tail
where	wear
new	knew

 

• Choose 5 of the homophone sets and create 1 or 2 sentences for each meaning.

Examples:

I ate my dinner at eight o’ clock.

He is still weak after he was ill last week.

My favourite fruit is pear because it is sweet and juicy.  / I just bought a new pair of shoes at the weekend.

Maths – Multiplication

Complete given multiplication worksheet.

 

IDL – Rainforest

We have started a new topic with Miss Brittain this week – The Rainforest.  We have identified that one thing we would like to learn about and explore is the rainforest habitat. Tropical rainforests have 4 layers:

Emergent Layer
These giant trees thrust above the dense canopy layer and have huge mushroom-shaped crowns. These trees enjoy the greatest amount of sunlight but also must endure high temperatures, low humidity, and strong winds.

Canopy Layer
The broad, irregular crowns of these trees form a tight, continuous canopy 60 to 90 feet above the ground. The branches are often densely covered with other plants (epiphytes) and tied together with vines (lianas). The canopy is home to 90% of the organisms found in the rain forest; many seeking the brighter light in the treetops.

Understory
Receiving only 2-15% of the sunlight that falls on the canopy, the understory is a dark place. It is relatively open and contains young trees and leafy herbaceous plants that tolerate low light. Many popular house plants come from this layer. Only along rivers and roadways and in treefall and cut areas is sunlight sufficient to allow growth to become thick and impenetrable

Forest Floor
The forest floor receives less than 2% of the sunlight and consequently, little grows here except plants adapted to very low light. On the floor is a thin layer of fallen leaves, seeds, fruits, and branches that very quickly decomposes. Only a thin layer of decaying organic matter is found, unlike in temperate deciduous forests

Task

• Choose one of the layers to investigate.
• Find out as much information as you can about it – research using the internet or books (from school or home)
• Present your research in whatever way you choose, with a title, information and picture/photo. Ideas for presenting your work:

*a written paragraph

*a poster

*a leaflet

*a report

*handwritten or written on the computer