This week for spelling, we have been looking at the homophones:
they’re, there and their.
Remember homophones sound the same but look different because they are spelt different.
We are going to investigate this set of homophones: their there they’re
Write five sentences containing each word. Their is a possessive, it means ‘belonging to them’. For example: Their chairs were in the hall. 1………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
There tells you where something is. It is used with is, are, was, and were, for example: There is a dog in the classroom.
1………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
They’re always means they are. For example: They’re going on a trip today.
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Can you make a list of other homophones you know?
Maths
Pick one of these activities and visit 1 website. You can choose from:
Football Transfers newspapers, computer with internet access. Ask children to find out information about football players’ transfer fees in the paper or on the internet. They list up to ten prices in their learning logs. They underline one digit of each transfer fee and identify the value of the underlined digit using words or figures, e.g. £764 000 is seven hundred thousand pounds or £700 000.
Globe Trotters atlases, computer with internet access. Investigate the distances between home and five cities they would really like to visit. Put the distances in order, starting with the highest. Think about which destinations would cost most to visit and why?
Digit shuffle Ask children to write the last three digits of a phone number (their own or a friend’s). The three digits must be different. They write all the different 2-digit numbers that they can make with the digits. For each number, they partition the digits and give their values, e.g. 24 = 2 tens and 4 units = 20 + 4.
The digit 3 Ask children to investigate how many numbers between 0 and 100 have the digit 3. They list all the numbers and say whether the digit 3 is a tens digit or a units digit (include the number 33 that has both). How many numbers do you think would have a different digit such as 7?
Here are some websites that you may find useful
http://nrich.maths.org/1272 – Got it!
http://www.ictgames.com/sharknumbers.html – Shark Numbers
http://www.softschools.com/math/place_value/teaching_place_value/ Find the value of the underlined digit.
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=503&engine=15 Type the number in numerals and then fire the cannon!
Science:
As we begin our new learning focusing on sound, have a look at this website. It is from another school called Woodlands but it is down in Kent in England. Answer the questions on the web page and then there are links to choose from that will help you learn more about sound.
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/science/sounds.html
In a fortnight’s time, you will be asked to make a musical instrument from junk material. I’m mentioning it now so that you keep your eyes opened for suitable junk material.
