First and foremost, a very well done to all of you who handed in their homework this week.  I was delighted with how much effort you all put in last week!

Spelling Words

The spelling rule that the red and green group are focusing on this week is that when ‘g’ is followed by ‘e’, ‘i’, or ‘y’ it sounds like ‘j’.

Red

1. damage
2. manage
3. tragedy
4. energy
5. rampage
6. giraffe
7. religion
8. religion
9. generation
10. generosity

Green

1. rage
2. pages
3. giant
4. gentle
5. orange
6. energy
7. damage
8. manage
9. rampage
10. message

Blue

The blue group are focusing on words which contain the sound ‘ack’.

1. back
2. lack
3. black
4. stack
5. quack
6. whack
7. jacket
8. attack
9. cracker
10. brackets

Task

Following our topic work last Friday when we were writing Japanese haiku’s, your literacy task is as follows:

Write your words.  Then use a coloured pencil to divide the words into syllables.

For example: brackets brackets; energy energy.

*Remember* Some words only have 1 syllable so you would just write the whole word in the same colour.

Maths

Building on what we have been doing in class, you are asked to complete addition word problems in which you are adding together 3 or more numbers.  Try calculating the sum mentally first, write down your answer and then write out the sum using formal methods to check your answer.  When writing out the sum, please focus on your place value and making sure that your columns line up!

1. There are 23 dogwood trees currently in the park. Park workers will plant 26 more dogwood trees today and 41 more dogwood trees tomorrow.  How many dogwood trees will the park have when the workers are finished?
2. Sally had 34 Pokemon cards. Sara gave her 35 new Pokemon cards. Sally bought 31 Pokemon cards. How many Pokemon cards does Sally have now?
3. Mike went to 18 hockey games this month. He went to 16 games last month, and plans to go to 12 games next month. How many games will he attend in total?
4. Mike found 29 seashells, Joan found 13 seashells, and Alyssa found 40 seashells on the beach. How many seashells did they find together?
5. Joan grew 35 turnips, Keith grew 40 turnips, and Melanie grew
   46 turnips. How many turnips did they grow in total?
6. Sandy has 30 black marbles, Sally has 31 black marbles, and Jessica has 49 black marbles. How many black marbles do they have in total?
7. Jessica has 35 books, Sandy has 12 books, and Tim has
   38 books. How many books do they have together?
8. There are 25 rulers in the drawer and 15 rulers on the desk. Sara placed 46 more rulers on the desk. How many rulers are now there in total?

Topic

Last week during I.C.T. we researched endangered Japanese animals, but I know a few of you were disappointed that you didn’t get to research your other favourite Japanese animals such as macaque monkeys and sika deer so now is your chance!

Create a fact-file on a Japanese animal of your choice.  Information that you might choose to include in your fact-file may include name of animal (obviously!), physical description (what it looks like), diet, range (where the animal is found), habitat (what sort of environment does it like? Forests, mountains, marshland?), life span (how long it lives) and any other interesting facts or information that you think is relevant.

Miss Donaldson  🙂