Last week, there was lots of great effort put into our homework; I was very impressed by how well some of your handwriting is progressing and the amazing effort that some of you put into your newspaper articles on the 2011 Japanese Tsunami – they were fascinating! Your homework tasks for this week are as follows:
Literacy
Task: Up-Levelling sentences.
Up-level the following sentences:
- The dog found a bone.
- The horse jumped over a fence.
- The ball went into the net.
- The cat climbed up the tree.
- The girl danced.
- The boy smiled.
Success criteria:
Punctuation – please use a variety and check over
Openers – to start each sentence using order words (Then, Next, Secondly, Finally etc.)
Vocabulary – adjectives to describe, alliteration, adverbs and similes
Connectives – to join two sentences to make one longer detailed sentence
Numeracy: Multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000
Task: Copy and complete the following sums:
- ________ x 10 = 430
- ________ x 100 = 7200
- 97 x _____ = 970
- ________ x 100 = 8500
- 10 x ________ = 11270
- 1000 x ______ = 532000
Hint: remember you get extra dojo points if you play Sumdog!
Other
Today, we were visited by two ladies from The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (or RZSS or short!) who were teaching us all about our wildlife in Scotland, and the threats that they face. We learned that there are 6 main threats to wildlife;
- Habitat Loss
- Pollution
- Live Capture
- Natural Disasters
- Invaders
- Over Hunting.
Task 1: Pledge cards
Write down one behaviour that you will change to help protect the environment. Discuss why you have chosen that particular behaviour and how it will help wildlife or the environment.
Optional: Produce a leaflet/poster encouraging other people to take part too.
Task 2: Our end of year show is fast approaching us and so I ask that you all practise your songs as much as possible! Primary 5’s songs are Relight My Fire (Take That) and Just Like Fire (Pink).
Miss Donaldson 🙂
