P7 - Week Beginning 31 Jan 2011

Literacy

Reading

We are continuing our study of newspapers. The format will continue as per last weeks homework, reading at least 1 article from a newspaper on a daily basis and reporting back to your group.

To support your journalistic role it would be advantageous to select articles which support the area you have been tasked to complete in the creation of the newspaper at the end of the week.
 
See previous blog messages to remind you of points to report back on.

Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Thursday.

Words this week are based on words ending in 'able' and 'ible'. These may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4720854

Pupils working solely on the core list are expected to research and find:

• at least another 2 words ending in 'able'
• and 2 ending in 'ible'

You may be tested on some of these words at the end of the week.

Remember if you spelt any words incorrectly, you will need to learn these so you can transfer them to your 'friendly' word list in your 'Helpful Spelling Jotter'


P7H list
For those pupils working on tricky personal spelling words, they should learn words 1 to 6 from the above list and the words on the following list, which you have selected for your group.
 
To be agreed by group
http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4738660


P7L list
Everyone in P7L to learn all words from the 'able/ible' lists, plus either 4 extra spelling errors from own work or 4 additional 'able/ible' words, whichever applies to you.

 Scotland Project WorkYou task is create a pamphlet which sells our great nation (Scotland) to the rest of the world. The pamphlet should:

• Be based on A4 paper/card (folded as required).
• Have a heading.
• Use sub-headings.
• You might use a catchy slogan.
• Be clearly set out (in a logical way).
• Contain information relevant to the audience.
• Be eye catching -(attention grabbing pictures)
• and well organised.

NOTE - You have 2 weeks to complete this activity.

Numeracy & Mathematics


Mathematics
Remember we are using a new web-link to access our Maths. This provides you with more opportunities to earn points as your Maths improves. Please remember you have a new sign-on and password so you can sign-on directly rather than as the group.

P7 H - Have tasks set up on the Maths website - http://www.studyladder.co.uk
These all focus on division. (Remember halving a number is the same as dividing by 2, or multiplying by 0.5). Most of you have completed all tasks to date - well done, unfortunately a few of you have some outstanding tasks from previous weeks.

P7 L
Log in to http://www.studyladder.co.uk/ 
Please complete the 2 tasks set for your group linked to multiplication and division.

P7H - Scottish Week Assembly

Remember we need to be ready to perform our Scottish Assembly - Song and Movement routine.

To help you I have posted the words and movements agreed so far on the web.

Words - https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1vmaZ5QlDJ7F4KMbBmeEnpLzBQcsiG76yF03u5jOAfzo

The Scottish compilation we are working with can be downloaded from

http://glo.li/gUoiXc
You will need to log onto Glow to download the file - it should play in iTunes and various other players - an mp3 file.

You can listen to the music online in Glow at:
https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/cebuckstoneprimaryschool/Classes/Primary%207%20-%20Purple/Music/default.aspx

Note this music has been compiled from licenced material - it should only be used for Education purposes.

P7 - Week Beginning 24 Jan 2011

Literacy

Reading

We are continuing our study of newspapers. The format will continue as per last weeks homework, reading at least 1 article from a newspaper on a daily basis and reporting back to your group.

To support your journalistic role it would be advantageous to select articles which support the area you have been tasked to complete in the creation of the newspaper at the end of the week.
 
Points from last weeks blog are copied below:

It would be a good idea to use a highlighter to mark points of interest you want to report back on.

For instance you should identify:

• Vocabulary - which you think is interesting or maybe you do not understand.
• Connectives.
• Openers.
• Punctuation.
• Is it FACT or OPINION?
• Any interesting techniques in the 'headline' eg alliteration, rhyming.
• Could you think of a better headline.
• Why you selected this particular article.

If you do not get a daily paper, you will be able to take home some pages from school or you could view some on-line papers and print off the article to bring into school.

http://dailynewspaper.co.uk/ provides links to all the well known UK daily newspapers
http://www.firstnews.co.uk/news/ is an online newspaper for children age 7 - 14
http://www.newspaperforkids.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm

REMEMBER  you are reviewing TEXT  not AUDIO or VIDEO content



Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Thursday.

Words this week are based on words ending in 'ough' and ' ought'. These may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4654045

Pupils working solely on the core list are expected to research and find:

• at least another 2 words ending in ough
• and 2 ending in ought

You may be tested on some of these words at the end of the week.

Remember if you spelt any words incorrectly, you will need to learn these so you can transfer them to your 'friendly' word list in your 'Helpful Spelling Jotter'


P7H list
For those pupils working on tricky personal spelling words, they should learn words 1 to 6 from the above list and the words on the following list, which you have selected for your group.
 
To be agreed by group
http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4606380


P7L list
Everyone in P7L to learn all words from the 'ough/ought' lists, plus either 4 extra spelling errors from own work or 4 additional 'ough/ought' words, whichever applies to you. Great spelling results last week- well done everyone!

Research / Presentation
Our focus this term is divided between investigating Scotland and another country and also exploring the appliance of technology to improve our world.

Continue your research into an influential Scottish citizen who has made significant contribution to enhancing society.

You should be prepared to make a presentation of 1 to 2 minutes in length to inform the class about what you have discovered.

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

Did anyone see the BBC News article on Charles Macintosh on Friday 21st Jan?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12250424

Numeracy & Mathematics


Mathematics
Remember we are using a new web-link to access our Maths. This provides you with more opportunities to earn points as your Maths improves. Please remember you have a new sign-on and password so you can sign-on directly rather than as the group.

P7 H - Have tasks set up on the Maths website - http://www.studyladder.co.uk
These all focus on multiplication.Most of you have completed all tasks to date - well done, unfortunately a few of you have some outstanding tasks from previous weeks.

P7 L
Log in to http://www.studyladder.co.uk/ there are 2 tasks for
P7L- 2 tasks for each group: one to improve our speed at the 7 x table, the other to continue work on x by 10, 100 and 1000. Well done to everyone who completed both homework tasks last week, those who didn't will find last week's tasks as well as this week's.

P7 - Week Beginning 17 Jan 2011

Literacy

Reading

During this term we will be studying newspapers. You will be expected to read at least 1 article from a newspaper on a daily basis and report back to your group.

It would be a good idea to use a highlighter to mark points of interest you want to report back on.

For instance you should identify:

• Vocabulary - which you think is interesting or maybe you do not understand.
• Connectives.
• Openers.
• Punctuation.
• Is it FACT or OPINION?
• Any interesting techniques in the 'headline' eg alliteration, rhyming.
• Could you think of a better headline.
• Why you selected this particular article.

If you do not get a daily paper, you will be able to take home some pages from school or you could view some on-line papers and print off the article to bring into school.

http://dailynewspaper.co.uk/ provides links to all the well known UK daily newspapers
http://www.firstnews.co.uk/news/ is an online newspaper for children age 7 - 14
http://www.newspaperforkids.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm

REMEMBER  you are reviewing TEXT  not AUDIO or VIDEO content



Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Thursday.

Words this week are based on words with a suffix, less or ment. These may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4606322

NOTE - spelling city does not allow entering of 'colourless' and 'odourless'. The list displays colour and odour

Pupils working solely on the core list are expected to research and find:

• at least another 2 words ending in ment 
• and 2 ending in less

You may be tested on some of these words at the end of the week.

For those pupils working on tricky personal spelling words, they should learn words 1 to 6 from the above list and the words on the following list, which you have selected for your group.

P7H list
To be agreed by group
http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4606374


P7L list
To be agreed by group
http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4606380


Research / Presentation
Our focus this term is divided between investigating Scotland and another country and also exploring the appliance of technology to improve our world.

You are to research into an influential Scottish citizen who has made significant contribution to enhancing society.

You will then need to prepare a presentation of 1 to 2 minutes in length to inform the class about what you have discovered.

NOTE - You have until the 24th Jan to complete your research - you will be expected to present your findings during Scottish Week.

You may find the following websites helpful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_inventions_and_discoveries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Scottish_inventors


Numeracy & Mathematics


Mathematics
Remember we are using a new web-link to access our Maths. This provides you with more opportunities to earn points as your Maths improves. Please remember you have a new sign-on and password so you can sign-on directly rather than as the group.

P7 H - Have tasks set up Maths website - http://www.studyladder.co.uk
which continue our focus on multiplying by 10,100, 1000 and multiplying decimals.

P7 L
Log in to http://www.studyladder.co.uk/ there are 2 tasks for everybody to help your speed with times tables and to practice halving numbers up to 100.