Term 1
2011
Kahikatea Homework
Act Now – Shape your future!
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sue.mclean@nelsoncentral.school.nz
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choi@nelsoncentral.school.nz
sallyr@nelsoncentral.school.nz
Inquiry Topic: What’s beneath our
feet?
• Key Idea
Fossils give us clues about life in the past
Many plants and animals that lived on
Earth in the past can no longer be seen
alive
Lines of Inquiry
• What is a fossil?
• How living things become fossils
• What can we learn from fossils?
Task 1. Spelling
1.Learn your Spelling words for Friday’s
spelling test.
2.This week’s spelling is also on Spelling
City.
Rm 5
http://www.spellingcity.com/sallyruss/
Rms 6, 7, 8 & 17
http://www.spellingcity.com/kahikatea/
Try some of the games and activities.
3. EACH night write 3 good sentences in
your Homefun notebook. Each sentence
should contain one of your spelling words,
and have a capital letter, full stop as well
as make sense.
Make sure you check your work yourself
when you have finished.
Bring the notebook to school each day
Task 2. Reading
Read a book of your choice for at least 10
-15 minutes EACH night!
Week 3
Task 3. Basic facts
Each night learn 2 basic facts that
you got incorrect or didn’t do so
that your score improves each
week!
Task 4
It is our tryathlon this week.
Write a few sentences about
what you know about
Triathlons. Include things
what sports there are in most
triathlons and what other
triathlons you know about.
Dear parents,
Please sign your child’s
homework book so we know that
you know how much homework
they have done!
Thanks for the great response
to getting homework from the
blog. It seems a logical step in
these times.
Our Year 3 and 4 Tryathlon is
this week on Wednesday 23rd.
Please make sure your child has
the correct equipment on the
day!
Tips for Quality Homework
* Make a colourful heading for
each section.
* Use HB pencil for writing and
coloured pencils for headings and
illustrations.
* Rule off neatly with a ruler
after each section.
* Try your hardest with spelling
and neatness.