P7 - Wed 30 January 2013

Literacy - MEDIA Studies
   
Reading

We are continuing our study of newspapers. The format will continue as per last weeks homework, reading at least 5 articles from a newspaper 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.

At least one of the articles should be where the journalist is providing an OPINION on a news item. Highlight key sentences which are the writers or others opinion.

Writing - Magazine Article

You are going to plan a magazine article on ‘Food Packaging.” Think about what is wrong with some food packaging. Think of some arguments you might put to food manufacturers and express your objections. Brainstorm sections for your article. E.g

• An introductory paragraph
• What is over packaging?
• Why is it a problem?
• Why do food manufacturer do it?
• Examples of over packaging
• Examples of sensible packaging
• What can you do?

Make brief notes against each sub heading. Think of a good headline for the article, using alliteration, rhyme or punning?

 

Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Wednesday 30th Jan. Words this week are based on newspaper vocabulary. These words may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=7820947

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.

https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=6994151

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

Numeracy and Mathematics 
P7 H & P7C - Your task this week is to plot on a graph the daily MAX & MIN temperatures for Edinburgh Airport

You can use the data displayed at 
http://www.timeanddate.com/weather/uk/edinburgh/historic

as your source of information (hopefully it will go below 0 degrees)

Remember your graph should have

• A title
• An X axis 
• A Y axis

We can supply graph paper - you will need to decide on how to layout the graph - try and use all the paper.

You should plot the historical temperatures FROM the 24th Jan and continue to plot on a daily basis until the 5th Feb.

P7 - Wed 23 January 2013

Literacy - MEDIA Studies

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. Minimum of 5 articles to share with the class.

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.

In addition one of your newspaper reports should be on an article where you can highlight the following features found in many newspaper articles:

• When
• What
• Who
• Where
• What happened
• Then what happened
• Eye witness
• Conclusion

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 Wednesday 30th Jan. Words this week are based on 'Poetry' vocabulary. These words may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=7639844


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.

https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=6994120

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


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
NEGATIVE NUMBERS linked to class work.


The Miraculous Group only have 1 task in Study Ladder they should also complete the online activity at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/laddergame.html    - Level 3

The Marvellous Group only have 1 task in Study Ladder they should also complete the online activity at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/laddergame.html    - Level2

Both of these groups should write down the results of the game on paper so they can share it in class.

P7 L -  
Please complete the tasks set at www.studyladder.co.uk ;

All groups have a task working with NEGATIVE NUMBERS linked to class work.

The Miraculous Group only have 1 task in Study Ladder they should also complete the online activity at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/laddergame.html    - Level 3

The Marvellous Group only have 1 task in Study Ladder they should also complete the online activity at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/laddergame.html    - Level2

Both of these groups should write down the results of the game on paper so they can share it in class.

P7 - Wed 16 January 2013

Reading

This is week 2 of reading your non-fiction text.

You are to create a Book review, use the link to access a template word file to complete.

Word file
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/58298322/Buckstone/Language/Non-Fiction-Book-Review.doc

Pdf
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/58298322/Buckstone/Language/Non-Fiction-Book-Review.pdf

Scottish Week

Next week is Scottish Week - during the week we will be studying various aspects of Scotland - to help you prepare for the week you should undertake an investigation into the Clan System.

Statement - Scottish Clans today are more about attracting American dollars than preserving Scottish heritage.

Explain and state your opinion on this statement. Remember you need to provide evidence to help justify your opinion clearly giving reasons why you agree or disagree with this. Talk to other people to help you form an opinion.

You should be prepared to present your findings to the class - target a 2 minute talk. If required you can create resources to help support your thoughts - but as this is a 1 week investigation it is not essential.


Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Wednesday 23rd Jan. Words this week are based on 'Scots' vocabulary.
These words may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=7735302

All pupils should discover 3 additional Scottish Words to share with the class.


SPARE NEWSPAPERS
During this term we will be studying newspapers.If you receive a daily newspaper, rather than donate it to the recycle bucket it would be fantastic if you could bring it into school to for the class to use.







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 number - finding the square, cube, square root etc and pattern work- the next number in a sequence 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.


P7 C -  This week in Mathematics and Numeracy P7C will be completing two tasks on number - finding the square, cube, square root etc and pattern work- the next number in a sequence 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 - Wed 9 January 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR P7

Welcome back - we hope you had a great holiday and are refreshed, ready to take on the challenges we have planned for 2013.

Reading

This weeks homework is a 2 Week Task.

You are to study a non fiction book which you have selected. You will be studying this book for 2 Weeks (you will be allocated another task next week).

You are to read all of the book and be ready to report back with your information on TUESDAY 16th January

Week 1:

After reading the non-fiction book you have chosen for homework, select two tasks from the following list and complete.

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• Write a note to your friend telling him or her a bit about this book. Explain why you think he or she ought to read it.
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• Draw a picture of an important part of the book. Explain why you think this part is important.
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• Do you think the writer of this book uses language in an interesting way? Find three examples, then copy them out and explain why you like them.
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• Make up a word search or crossword based on the book.

Numeracy and Mathematics


P7 H - The following Pupils have outstanding homework tasks in studyladder.

It is essential that these are complete before new maths tasks are set on the 16th Jan.

Emily, Tom, Carys, Melony, Ryan, Kathryn and Kyle have outstanding tasks set up on the Maths website -http://www.studyladder.co.uk/