Homework

Homework Term 4
Mathletics: complete set activities and Live mathletics
Reading: 20 minutes each night
Spelling: review spelling lists each week
Genius Hour: work on your presentation. Remember to include sources.
Blog:update your blog with class work and 3 interesting photos each week. You should include descriptive writing about each photo
Spelling List

Year 6 Spelling – Term 4, 2015
	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Annotations / Evaluation
Spelling Rules	REVIEW: Administer, ‘South Australia Spelling Test’. Compare data from Term 1 2015.	When a word ends in –ic, add –al before adding –ly, eg. magic, magically	If ‘full’ is added as a suffix, drop one ‘l’. Example: wonder + full = wonderful	If adding able to a word ending in ce or ge, retain these letters eg manage, manageable, notice, noticeable	When a word has more than one syllable and the final syllable is accented or stressed, then the final consonant is doubled before adding a suffix, eg. forgot, forgotten; occur, occurred
Core Words		tragic	beauty	service	refer
		local	masterful	knowledge	urgent
		wrapping	balmy	assist	listened
		wrecked	hastened	accept	truly
		wretched	situation	wrestled	burden
		resources	complication	answered	succeed
		amazement	accommodation	respectful	murmur
		embarrassed	temperature	citizen	surgeon
		experience	adventure	scientific	occurred
		various	departure	decision	referring
Homophones, Antonyms & Synonyms		brows (h) browse(h)	farther (h) father (h)	sense (a) nonsense (a)	inquisitive (s) curious (s)
Prefix		encourage	postpone	autobiography	semicircle
Suffix		presently	foolish	comfortable	incredible
Greek & Latin Root		resolve	primitive	tenacious	transmit
		solve – loosen	primus - first	teneo – to persevere	mitto missus - to send
Theme Words/Personal Words		electricity	positive	biblical	creation
		energy	negative	verse	stewards
		battery	circuit	testament	fellowship

Homework Term 3

Mathletics  : complete set activities and Live Mathletics.

Reading: complete a Book Review or Chapter summary, due Fortnightly.

Spelling: review list words via Spell City ( optional)

HSIE : continue research tasks on Federation , iTunesU. If you haven't enrolled remember to do so as quickly as possible.

Genius Hour: start research on new topic.

Voice of Youth : continue working on your Speech commenced in class last term, ready for presentation . Date shall be posted soon.

Blog: continue to update and include at least 3 new photos per week with a detailed description for each photo.

Homework- Term 2

*Mathletics- set tasks (Due Weekly)

*Reading- reader's circle books (Due Weekly)

*Writing response-Find a newspaper article that showcases God's work in action. It should be an article that highlights a person/people living the Gospel. (Due fortnightly).

*HSIE- Use the peo.gov.au website to research the following information (Due Weekly):

Week 1

- Tony Abbott, the current Prime Minister and his role 

- Alex Hawke- Federal Member for Mitchell (local electorate) 

*may not be found on peo.gov.au website

Week 2

- Speaker of the House of Representatives

- Usher of the Black Rod

- Leader of the Opposition

Week 3

- Government Whip

- President of the Senate

- Clerk

Week 4

- Sergeant at Arms

- The Mace

            

Term 1 Week 2-10

•   READING
•   MATHLETICS

•   WRITING RESPONSE 

• GENIUS HOUR COMPLETION
• BLOG

READING

For  homework this term I would like the Year 6 students to pick up a book and read it each night.  Some time for silent reading and some time to read to you as parents.

Take some time to ask your children about what they are reading. Something that you can talk about with them is what connections do they make with the book. For example, have they had a similar experience to a character in the book or do they know someone who has. Is there a part in the story that reminds them of something in their life? Have they felt like the character in the book? Is there a difference between the character in the book or events they have experienced. Or Have they read another book  or watched a movie that is similar to the one they are reading now? Is the character/s similar to another in another book?

For more information on MAKING CONNECTIONS, read about it on the Reading Comprehension page on my Blog.

MATHLETICS 

For Mathletics this term I will be setting tasks as well as expecting the children to do Live mathletics to sharpen their skills. Spread out your tasks so you do a few each night. I will be keeping tabs of who completes their Mathletics each week.

WRITING RESPONSE- 4 week task (This is now complete)

The writing response task is asking you to respond to a world current affair or local affair found in a newspaper delivered to you at home or on a newspaper publication found on the internet. A good example of one of these online newspapers  is www.smh.com.au.  This task must be completed EACH WEEK - this means you will submit to me 4 newspaper responses at the end of 4 weeks. 1 of these responses will be presented to the class (you choose which one). It is up to you how you would like to present your response - using an iPad app, poster, powerpoint etc. 

To respond to a current affairs topic or an event you found in your local newspaper or online you can follow some of the guidelines listed below:

•   Prove you have read and understood what you have read

• Make opinions about the event

• Express ideas about the event by saying what it made you think about or taught you – link it to life or other experiences where appropriate,

• Support all your opinions with appropriate, specific evidence (quotations and details) found in the newspaper or online.

If you have any questions about this task please ask me and I will help you to understand the task and how to complete it.  

Each week 6 children will be asked to present their written response to the class

GENIUS HOUR
Research your question to find information. Work on your presentation. You will present your work in Weeks 9 and 10.

BLOG
Keep your blog up to date. Your blog should include a photo for each school day and a paragraph about why you have chosen this image (at least 4 sentences). You should also be sharing some of your work. Choose the work you are most proud of for the week and put this on your blog. Remember if you are still unsure of how to do things on the blog ASK. There are many experts who can help you. We are all learning together.