P7 - Wed 3 October 2012

REMEMBER - DRESS-DOWN day on Friday 12th October

Reading

Ongoing reading throughout the week, following the plan agreed by each Literature Circle Group. Remember to capture notes on your sheets in support of your allocated role.

In addition to your role you should always be thinking about:

• providing a prediction of what you think will happen next, with information which supports your prediction.
• words you have found interesting/unusual or do not understand.

REMEMBER - you will be reporting back to your group on TUESDAY 9th October.

Groups who have Completed
If you have just completed reading your book, then this weeks task is create a Book Review in electronic format - using WORD, POWERPOINT etc.
A template for a book review can be downloaded from here

Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Wednesday 10th Oct. Words this week are based on 'Money' vocabulary.

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=7323122

Pupils working solely on the core list are expected to:

• research another 3 personal words (errors) from previous weeks / or 3 words of your choice.

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'

P7 Useful Word list
For those pupils working on Useful Words/Personal Spelling Words, they should learn words on the following list, which you have selected for your group.

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=6493364

In addition you should add 2 personal words that you want to learn (these could be based on errors from previous weeks).

Topic Work - Structures of the Earth

Construct a 3D model of a volcano. The model should show the features of a volcano - which should be labelled. (You may create a labelled diagram to support your model).

NOTE - This is Week 2 of this activity. It is planned to review the volcanoes during the final week of this term and weather dependant to take then outdoors to enjoy their explosive nature.

Follow this link to view some examples: http://picasaweb.google.com/buckstonep7a/Public_volcanoes#

Numeracy and Mathematics


P7 H - Have tasks set up on the Maths website -http://www.studyladder.co.uk/
All groups have tasks working with area linked to class work.

Remember to target a score of 8/10 or better - until this is achieved the task will remain on your list.

This week all groups have 2 tasks.

P7 C -  This week in Mathematics and Numeracy P7C will be completing two tasks on area at www.studyladder.co.uk ;

As you only have 2 tasks this week you are expected to spend time on your LEARN-ITS - can you graduate before the October break?
Remember you can also review your LEARN-ITS Follow the link to access copies of the Learn-Its tests.

P7 - Wed 26 September 2012

Reading

Ongoing reading throughout the week, following the plan agreed by each Literature Circle Group. Remember to capture notes on your sheets in support of your allocated role.

In addition to your role you should always be thinking about:

• providing a prediction of what you think will happen next, with information which supports your prediction.
• words you have found interesting/unusual or do not understand.

REMEMBER - you will be reporting back to your group on TUESDAY 2nd October.

Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Wednesday 3rd Oct. Words this week are based on 'Structures of the Earth' vocabulary.


http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4261745

Pupils working solely on the core list are expected to:

• research another 3 personal words (errors) from previous weeks / or 3 words of your choice.

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'

P7 Useful Word list
For those pupils working on Useful Words/Personal Spelling Words, they should learn words on the following list, which you have selected for your group.

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=6373066

In addition you should add 2 personal words that you want to learn (these could be based on errors from previous weeks).

Topic Work - Structures of the Earth

Construct a 3D model of a volcano. The model should show the features of a volcano - which should be labelled. (You may create a labelled diagram to support your model).

NOTE - You have 2 weeks to complete the construction of your volcano.

Follow this link to view some examples: 

http://picasaweb.google.com/buckstonep7a/Public_volcanoes#

Numeracy and Mathematics


P7 H - Have tasks set up on the Maths website -http://www.studyladder.co.uk/
All groups have a task working with direction using a compass & subtraction linked to class work.

Remember to target a score of 8/10 or better - until this is achieved the task will remain on your list.

This week all groups have 3 tasks.

P7 C -  This week in Mathematics and Numeracy P7C will be completing two tasks on position and compass points at www.studyladder.co.uk ;

Remember you can also review your LEARN-ITS Follow the link to access copies of the Learn-Its tests.

P7 - Week Beginning 17 (Wed 19) September 2012

HOMEWORK DATES - These have now changed.


Homework will be discussed in class on Tuesday's during the Literacy Circle Time. It should be completed for:

• the following Tuesday for Reading
• the following Wednesday for all non Reading homework.

REMEMBER to get your homework signed - thank you.

REMEMBER - On Tuesday 25th Sept we are visiting Dynamic Earth. During our visit we will be enjoying a film, a workshop on volcanism and plate tectonics and of course a tour of the visitor attraction.

See http://www.dynamicearth.co.uk/home for a flavour of what to expect.




Reading

Ongoing reading throughout the week, following the plan agreed by each Literature Circle Group. Remember to capture notes on your sheets in support of your allocated role.

In addition to your role you should always be thinking about:

• providing a prediction of what you think will happen next, with information which supports your prediction.
• words you have found interesting/unusual or do not understand.

REMEMBER - you will be reporting back to your group on TUESDAY 25th September.

All Spelling, Maths, and Earth Structure homework to be completed by WEDNESDAY 26th September.

Spelling

Learn Spelling Words for Thursday. Words this week are based on 'small' words which often cause a problem, many of these are homophones. There are a lot (27, which are grouped into 13 'families') but they are not difficult words to spell, you need to make sure you use the correct spelling within a sentence. 

There are 2 lists of words in spelling city, one grouped to aid learning and the other mixed for the test. 


http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=7097208 - (mixed)

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=7103890 - (grouped)

NOTE - You could be tested on these words any time from Wed 26th September.

Topic Work - Structures of the Earth

Carry out your own research to find an interesting natural structure of the Earth. You should:

• Bring in a photo of your structure
• Be able to say why you selected the particular structure
• Provide some facts on your selected structure, eg: background information on how/when it may have been formed.

You will then use this information to create a poster to be displayed in class

Numeracy and Mathematics


P7 H - Have tasks set up on the Maths website -http://www.studyladder.co.uk/
All groups have a task working with money & subtraction linked to class work.

Remember to target a score of 8/10 or better - until this is achieved the task will remain on your list.

This week all groups have 3 tasks.

P7 C -  3 tasks linked to classwork about money & subtraction at www.studyladder.co.uk ;

LEARN-ITS Follow the link to access copies of the Learn-Its tests.  These are held in GLOW, so you will need to Log-On.

P7 - Week Beginning 10 September 2012

REMEMBER to get your homework signed - thank you.

Reading

Ongoing reading throughout the week, following the plan agreed by each Literature Circle Group. Remember to capture notes on your sheets in support of your allocated role.

In addition to your role you should always be thinking about:

• providing a prediction of what you think will happen next, with information which supports your prediction.
• words you have found interesting/unusual or do not understand.

REMEMBER - you will be reporting back to your group on TUESDAY 18th September.