Reading
Ongoing reading throughout the week, following the plan agreed by each Literature Circle Group or your own literacy plan if you are undertaking a personal book study.
Spelling
Lear
n Spelling Words for Thursday.Words this week are based on our Parliament /Election vocabulary. These words may be found at:
http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=2985332
(or you can use the link -
http://www.spellingcity.com/buckstonep7/ and select the Parliament / Election vocabulary - 22 April list).
Democracy Project Work
To support your understanding of democracy and how it works in the UK, you should select 3 of the homework words and explain their meanings. To support this you should:
- provide a paragraph detailing information about the word and how it relates to democracy / parliament / elections etc.
- You might want to include diagrams / pictures to show any relationships between words.
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/education/resources/teachingResources/wordBank.htm
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/publicInfo/hspw/documents/HTSPW-Eng.pdf
http://www.parliament.uk/education/online-resources/parliament-explained.htm
P7 A
Square Group - Data manipulation / interpretation
Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/
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Circle PLUS
To consolidate understanding compass / direction work.
Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/
.Circle
To consolidate understanding of volume.
Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/
.Triangle
To consolidate understanding of division.
Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/
.Rectangle
To consolidate understanding of bar charts.
Use activities set up on smart kiddies - http://www.smartkiddies.co.uk/
.P7 B Numeracy Activities
HEXAGON GROUP
This week we are working on decimals.
Work on the first two challenges of the 'Crunch Some' sections of the addition, subtraction and multiplication sections of the website. You can make the calculations mentally or by recording them as vertical calculations.
PARALLELOGRAM GROUP
This week we are working on reading scales. We will be working in g and kg, up to 6kg. The examples include halves and decimal values.
TRAPEZIUM GROUP
This week we are working on developing our knowledge of angles. Spin the protractor to help you answer the questions.
