P7 - Week Beginning 2 Nov 2009

Literacy

Reading
Ongoing reading throughout the week, following the plan agreed by each Literature Circle Group.

Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Thursday.

Words this week are based on Maths vocabulary used during calculations. These may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=1907706

(or you can use the link -

http://www.spellingcity.com/buckstonep7/ and select the Maths Calculation Vocabulary list).

To help you remember the meaning of these maths words look at the Maths Dictionary for Kids website - http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/


Music -

Music has the ability to "tell a story". It can also be associated with different feelings/emotions. Your task is to find a piece of music which you would associate with a certain feeling. For example, happy, scared, creepy, celebration etc. (If possible could you bring the music into school).

Numeracy & Mathematics

P7 A

To investigate actions required to multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000. These help to support conversion between metres, centimetres, millimetres, kilometres squared and hectares etc.

The BBC Website provides 5 fact sheets to recall the facts (remember the digits move either left or right, with the decimal place remaining static). Start at Level A and see if you can progress to Level C.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/multiply10and100/index.shtml

Then try the following

http://weddell.sqweebs.com/x10x100/x10%20x100.swf (Select one of the seven answers provided).


P7 B

Use the link below to investigate 'Area' and 'Perimeter' of shape. Read the introduction before working through the activities. Start at Level 1 and see if you can progress to Level 3.

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/perimeter_and_area/index.html