Term 1
2011
Kahikatea Homework
Act Now – Shape your future!
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.
Task 2. Reading
Read a book of your choice for at least 10
-15 minutes EACH night!
Task 3. Basic facts
1. Each night learn 2 basic facts that you
got incorrect or didn’t do so that your
score improves each week!
Week 8
Task 4
You have been reading regularly
over the past few weeks as part
of homework and at school.
Choose a story or book you have
recently read and write a book
review on it. Use the sheet
provided and stick it in your
homework book. On a new page
draw a neat, colourful picture
that illustrates part of the
story.
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.
Dear parents,
Please sign your child’s
homework!
• Goal setting interviews
are this week. If for
some reason, you are
unable to get to your
interview please let the
school know asap.
• Suter visits this week.
• Please provide a note
each time if your child is
unable to participate in
cross country training.