P7 - Week Beginning 30 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 words ending in 'ary' & 'ery'. These may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=2100241

(or you can use the link -

http://www.spellingcity.com/buckstonep7/ and select the Words with - ary, ery endings - 30 Nov list).

Note - Spelling City is using a capital 'M' for Military, you should use a lower-case 'm' - military.

Topic Work - Structures of the Earth

Continue to construct your 3D model of a volcano. The model should show the features of a volcano - which should be labelled.

NOTE - This is the second week of this 2 week activity.

A fun video to help name your volcano is at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcFtpWjZwlE&feature=related


Numeracy & Mathematics

P7 A - We are continuing with a focus on problem solving.

This challenge test your mental addition, whilst trying to beat an opponent with skill and tactics.

http://nrich.maths.org/1272 can you identify the way to win?


http://nrich.maths.org/2464 can you discover the strategy to move the green square in a minimum number of moves ?


Square Group - Find strategy - 7 x 7

Circle Group - Find strategy - 5 x 5

Triangle Group - 4 x 4 minimum moves

Rectangle Group - 3 x 3 minimum moves

Keep a note of your solutions so we can check this out in class.


P7 B - For Numeracy and Maths homework this week, we are working on fractions, we are working on multiples by completing Carroll Diagrams.

Use the website

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/carrollv4.swf

HEXAGON GROUP

Work on the sections concentrating on multiples of 3, 4, 5 and 6

PARALLELOGRAM GROUP

Work on the sections concentrating on multiples of 7, 8, 9 and 10

TRAPEZIUM GROUP

Work on the sections concentrating on multiples of 6, 7, 8, and 9 plus multiples of 2 and 5