Homework

Home work is due Friday 15th August - week 3 and 4.

**__ Akonui Homework Guide __** =__Term 3, 2008__= **Weeks3 & 4** ** Due: Friday 15th August week 3 (ROOM 15) ** Please record all tasks in your homework book unless otherwise specified. || Focus: Reading Procedures / Library Books / Newspapers/ Novels / Factual Texts: Read for 15 - 20 minutes per night. Record these in your books. || We will put them on cue cards on Tuesday of week 4. This may be a homework task to finish Tuesday (week 4) night – card will be provided. Practice at home Tuesday night as well. // We are working on speeches this week in Literacy and the children will be doing some work at home for this. //  || Research our present prime minister Helen Clark. Using the things you learnt from the session last Friday with Helen Malmgrem on “Interview Skills” and “Questioning” come up with 5 questions you would ask her in an interview situation. Remember you need to know your subject first so you know what sort of questions you will prepare for. You are trying to get her to talk and open up so pick your questions carefully || 7 x 8 = 56, 8x7 = 56, 56 divide by 8 = 7, 56 divide by 7 = 8 (family of facts) || ** Focus on learning the following basic facts. ** (PE INQUIRY)  || * Research a game – activity – sport from another country. Be prepared to share with the class what game you found. This could be a traditional game from any country. Think about the ones we learnt last week in our PE session.
 * ======**Learning Area**====== || ====**Explanation of Task**==== ||
 * Literacy: Reading
 * **__ Literacy 1 __**
 * __ Focus: Speeches __**
 * Speeches are to be completed by Monday week 4 – final draft.
 * Speeches will be presented week 4 Wed Thurs and Friday in class – names drawn out of the hat so speech needs to be ready to go  J.
 * Week 5 – School speech finals – class representatives to be chosen from class speech competition
 * ** Spelling **
 * __ Interview Skills – Literacy 2 (integrated with Integrated Studies Topic) __** || No spelling - due to other literacy work
 * Basic Facts
 * HEXAGONS **
 * STARS ** : All addition and subtraction facts to 20 – recall and accuracy. Try some of the websites for extra maths.
 * HEXAGONS / TRIANGLES ** : Learn 6, 7, 8, 9 Times Tables – multiplication and division basic facts – recall by writing out the family of facts out in your books. Try some of the websites for extra maths.
 * CIRCLES: Websites ** – problem solving using all aspects of maths and operations.
 * http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/ **
 * http://www.funbrain.com/numbers.html **
 * http://www.rainforestmaths.com/ **
 * http://library.thinkquest.org/4471/problems.htm **
 * http://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/mathfrog/main.shtml ** ||
 * INTEGRATED STUDIES
 * Cut and paste rules and how to play onto MS word document and glue into book.
 * You could teach this to the class or a group. ||
 * ======**Parent Signature:**======

|| **// Additional Tasks If Chosen: //** Health and PE_ Art: Drama: _ Music: Sport: Other: || Lianne Coates
 * Upcoming Events: **
 * Class Speech Competition week 4 THURSDAY to Friday - we may go into Week 5 Monday
 * School Speech Contest Week 5 Term 3
 * Golf session - skills – $2 charge per child (Akonui 20th August) – Thanks to those who have paid already.