P7 - Wed 27 February 2013

Reading
P7C
You have now been 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 5th March.

P7H

You have now been set up in bugclub  http://www.bugclub.co.uk/

Your task is to read the 2 books alloacted by the end of this term (only 3 weeks away) and answer the questions linked to the book.

The school-id is hlkt, you will need your user name and password to sign on


Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Wednesday  6 March. Words this week are based on words ending in 'ent' or 'ant'. These may be found at: These words may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=8199842

Pupils working solely on the core list are expected to:

• research at least another 3 words ending in 'ent' or 'ant'; try to choose challenging words to add to your list, or
• 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=7665580

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


Social Studies/Science - Research / Presentation
You are to research into an influential Scottish citizen who has made significant contribution to enhancing society.

Areas of influence could be :
Art, Business, Engineering, Exploration, Literature, Law, Medicine, Music, Science, Sport

You should put your findings together by creating a Biography on your citizen.
Target word count 250 words


NOTE - This is a 2 week activity. You have until the 13th March to complete your research.

You should also be prepared to explain to the class your research and include why you selected this particular citizen to report on.Your talk should last at least 2 minutes.

You may find the following websites helpful:


Numeracy and Mathematics


For this week:

 P7 H - Have tasks set up on the Maths website -http://www.studyladder.co.uk/
All groups have tasks working with fractions 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 tasks set in  www.studyladder.co.uk ;

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