P7 - Wed 7 November 2012

WELCOME BACK

After a fun filled week at Lagganlia, it is time to return to the indoor classroom which includes homework.

Reading
You will be provided with a new reading book this week. You should read regularly, following the plan agreed by your Literature Circle Group.

You are to read the agreed number of chapters and be prepared to report back to the group following the format discussed in class whilst undertaking the role agreed by your group.

In addition everyone should be prepared to share any words they have found which are either unusual or you do not understand.

You MUST also provide a weekly prediction of what you think will happen next. Remember you must provide your group with information from the text which supports your prediction. (You are able to explain why you think your prediction will occur).

REMEMBER - you will be reporting back to your group on TUESDAY 13th November.

Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Wednesday 14th Nov. Active Lagganlia vocabulary which may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=6500383

These words are based on

• activities you may have been involved in
• how you work together and
• how you feel.

We expect to see some of these words being used in your letters you will write to your instructors at Lagganlia.

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=6500379

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


Language - Summarising Skills/Functional Writing
Having been to Lagganlia you will have an excellent knowledge of what makes it such a wonderful place to visit.

You task is create a pamphlet which sells Lagganlia. 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. 

You might what to include some details 'summarised' from the Lagganlia website - http://www.lagganlia.com/index.html and some comments from visitors (ie you and your friends) about the 'fun' time you can have.

NOTE - You have 2 weeks to complete this activity.

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 time - timetables & map work (distance) 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.