Homework

Weekly Quiz Link - Term 2 - Week 5

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Weekly Quiz Link - Week 8

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WEEKLY QUIZ LINK

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This weeks homework is issued on Friday 6 March and is due Friday 13 March.

Week 6	HOMEWORK	Term 1
Reading Each night practise reading.   Find something you enjoy, whether it is a library book,  book from home, magazine, newspaper or  you could even read online. e.g Kiwi Kids News   Make sure YOU are reading  every night.	Write about what you have been reading this week and a parent or caregiver to sign. ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ Signature ________________________	Current Events Check out this Current Events Quiz online.  First try to answer the questions on your own and then research to find the answers. You will find the link on our class blog homework page. You will need to be logged in with your Stanley Avenue log in (same as you use to get onto the chrome books to view the quiz) Good luck!
Spelling I am on Set ____ Every four weeks you will be given 40 words to learn. Each week focus on 10 words. This week we are on list three of your words.  Make sure you are practising them every day!	Just for Fun
Maths We are putting a big focus this term on learning our times tables and division facts. I need to be able to recall them instantly without having to skip count, in ONE MINUTE in order to move onto the next table.	The Times Table / Division Facts I am learning is… ____ times table / division fact Make sure you practise the facts of order so you can say any fact from 1-10 without having to start at the beginning.   Write out your times table in the next box	___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___

This weeks homework is issued on Friday 27 Feb and is due Friday 6 March.

Week 5	HOMEWORK	Term 1
Reading Each night practise reading.   Find something you enjoy, whether it is a library book,  book from home, magazine, newspaper or  you could even read online. e.g Kiwi Kids News   Make sure YOU are reading  every night.	Write about what you have been reading this week and a parent or caregiver to sign. ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ Signature ________________________	Just for Fun Find and write five words that have a silent ‘k’ K Find and write five words that have a silent ‘b’ B Find and write five words that have a silent ‘g’ G
Spelling I am on Set ____ Every four weeks you will be given 40 words to learn. Each week focus on 10 words. This week we are on list one of your words.  Make sure you are practising them every day!	Current Events Pick a News Article that interests you. Answer Who, When, Where, What, How/Why and then write a summary. We have practised this in class.
Maths We are putting a big focus this term on learning our times tables and division facts. I need to be able to recall them instantly without having to skip count, in ONE MINUTE in order to move onto the next table.	The Times Table / Division Facts I am learning is… ____ times table / division fact Make sure you practise the facts of order so you can say any fact from 1-10 without having to start at the beginning.   Write out your times table in the next box	___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___                   ___           ___ = ___

Welcome to our first week of structured homework in Room 3.  Due to the Year 7’s being away at Leadership Camp next week you are going to have TWO weeks to complete homework.  This Homework will be due on Friday  27 Feb. You can complete your homework in your book or on your blog or bits of both!  Have fun!

Week 3/4	HOMEWORK	Term 1
Reading Each night practise reading.   Find something you enjoy, whether it is a library book,  book from home, magazine, newspaper or  you could even read online. e.g Kiwi Kids News   Make sure YOU are reading  every night.	Write about what you have been reading this week and a parent or caregiver to sign. ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ Signature ________________________	Just for Fun Solve these brainteasers… I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I? ________________________ In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower– everything was pink! What colour were the stairs? _________________________ What starts with the letter “t”, is filled with “t” and ends in “t”? _________________________ What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries? __________________________ How many months have 28 days? ___________________________
Spelling I am on Set ____ Every four weeks you will be given 40 words to learn. Each week focus on 10 words. This week we are on list one of your words.  Make sure you are practising them every day!	Current Events Pick a News Article that interests you. Answer Who, When, Where, What, How/Why and then write a summary. We have practised this in class.
Maths We are putting a big focus this term on learning our times tables and division facts. I need to be able to recall them instantly without having to skip count, in ONE MINUTE in order to move onto the next table.	The Times Table / Division Facts I am learning is… ____ times table / division fact Make sure you practise the facts of order so you can say any fact from 1-10 without having to start at the beginning.   Write out your times table in the next box

HOMEWORK – WEEK 2 – TERM 1

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Structured Homework in Room 3 will begin next Friday, after students have been tested on Spelling and Basic Facts and put into groups depending on their results.

Each week there will be Reading, Spelling, Basic Facts, Current Events and a Just for Fun activity.  Some things will need to be completed in your homework book and some things online using your personal blog.

This week I have a Current Events activity for you to complete either in your homework book OR on your personal blog.

During the past 3 days you have been learning about The Treaty of Waitangi with Mrs Corrigan and writing our own class treaty. 

Tomorrow is Waitangi Day so there should be a lot in the media about the celebrations on this special day.

Find an article in a paper, online or by watching the news about the Waitangi Day celebrations.

Find the Who, What, When, Where and How and then summarise the article in your own words.

Be prepared to share in class.

I look forward to hearing your summaries

~~~~ Mrs Horan ~~~~

Week 3-Term 3-2014

This week you need to put 1 entry in your blog. 

     By the end of this week you must have put your opening paragraph/s onto your blog for your speech. You will be reading this out to the class on Friday. So be prepared!!!

Week 2-Term 3-2014

This week you need to put 1 entry in your blog. 

     By the end of this week you must have found out at least 10 different pieces of information about your topic. These need to be written into your blog

Week 1-Term 3-2014

This week you need to put 1 entries in your blog. 

     By the end of this week you must have decided what your topic will be for speeches later this term. Post your topic to your blog and comment on someone else's blog topic also.

Week 8-Term 2-2014

This week you need to put an entry in your blog. 

    Each one of you have a country that you are supporting in the FIFA world cup. Your task is:
Find out information about your countries involvement in the World cup.
Find out other information about your country:
Flag
Population
Anthem
other interesting facts

Week 6-Term 2-2014

This week you need to put 3 entries in your blog. 

     This week you need to play "fake word" at home. Make up 3 different words, each word must be a different word form. 1 noun, 1 verb, and 1 adjective. Make sure the word is in the correct place in the sentence. My example is on the home page.

Week 4-Term 2-2014

This week you need to put an entry into Google drive. 

1.      Pick an article from any site on the internet (except NZ news sites)

2.      Copy it into a google drive doc

3.      Change the title

4.      Change the picture

5.      Make any other changes that might make it more appealing to the reader

6.      Must be finished by Thursday lunchtime

Week 3-Term 2-2014

This week you need to put two entries into your blog. 

We have been learning to write reviews over the last two weeks. This time you are going to find a video clip from youtube of your choosing. It doesn't have to be a music video. Once you have found one, embed it onto your blog. Then underneath you must write a review on this video clip. Remember the review format

1st paragraph (intro)
  Hook
  What are you reviewing
  was it good?
Middle paragraph
  what actually happened through the video (no spoilers though)
last paragraph (conclusion)
  was it good?

Week 2-Term 2-2014

This week you need to put two entries into your blog. 

kei te haere ahau ki runga ma motopaika pango

Can you remember what this means?

For your homework, I need you to write two sentences of your own, except instead of vehicles like we did in class, I want you to write what animal you could be riding instead.

1. Find the name of two animals (in maori) you want to ride in your sentence. (don't forget the colour)

2. Write those two different sentences.

use www.maoridictionary.co.nz to help you

Here's my sentence (try and guess what I am saying)

kei te haere ahau ki runga ma taniwha kakariki

Week 1-Term 2-2014

This week you need to put one entry into your blog. 

Find out 6 different colours in Maori and write these on your blog.

Week 10-Term 1-2014

This week you need to put one entry into your blog. 

Watch another video of Simon's cat. (If you are smart enough, try and embed this to your page). Then write a limerick about what happened. Here is my example:

Simon's cat sat at the door

All tired and quite hungry

He threw a pot but smash it did not 

And now his tummy was rumbling

Week 9-Term 1-2014

This week you need to put two entries into your blog. 

Cyber safety has been our topic this term. Have a look online and do some searching to find more information on cyber safety. This brings up the question. Who reads our information? 

Entry 1.
Find some 'privacy statements' or 'terms and conditions' from children's favourite gaming sites, education sites or social networking sites, and post this to your blog. Find the information that says who's going to get information you post.
Examples of sites could include things like Club Penguin, Disney, sports game sites, Facebook, educational sites that you recommend for the students etc.


• Entry 2. Answer these questions.
• 1. Do you or your family read the terms and conditions before signing up to play games etc?If not, why not? Lots of people don't read the privacy statements, but why do you think it would be a good idea to have a look?
• 2. How can you find the information you need the most?
• 3. What can you do if you don't understand what the statement says?
• 4. Why might a website want to pass on your information to other people?

Week 8-Term 1-2014

This week you need to put one entry into your blog. 

This week you will have to write a piece of writing using a range of gems that you have learnt about in class. Upload a picture of an action scene (I googled "action photography" and found some cool action shots).

From here you will need to write a descriptive piece of writing describing this scene using the types of gems we have learnt in class.

Examples could be:

write some personification to do with the objects in the picture (water, basketball etc)

compare the objects/people to something else (simile)

Show not tell us what the people are feeling (hot, cold, excited, sad etc)

Include staccato sentences to vary your writing.

The best piece of writing will be placed on the class home page. Good luck!
If you're unable to upload a picture, just focus on getting your writing up.

Week 7-Term 1-2014

This week you need to write 2 entries into your own personal blog. 

1. upload a new photo of something you care about. Make sure to tell us what it's about!

2. Your self learning will be homework this week. Put on your blog some of the learning you are doing in regards to learning goal from last week. If it is playing an instrument or performing a skill, upload a video (no longer than 1 minute) of whatever you are practicing.

Week 6-Term 1-2014

This week you need to write 2 entries into your own personal blog. 

1. Write a summary of the personal book that you are currently reading. What's happening? Is it exciting? Why/why not. Give it a rating out of 10

2. Write down something you would personally like to learn this year. Examples could be:

   - learn a musical instrument

   - learn how to pass a rugby ball the other way

   - learn more about a topic your interested in (Space, Egypt, Justin Bieber)

Week 3-Term 1-2014

Complete your blog, make it look cool.
Post a couple of comments on your new blogs.

In your comments, write 5 things types of food that you find disgusting. Write down your favourite superhero.