16 - 20 -03-2014

Homework
UoI:
Central Idea: Where we are in Place and Time: Systems and ideas of ancient civilizations are evident in society today.

Tuesday: Past tense and present tense verbs in Greece: Complete the sheet in your HW book. . Mathematics: Monday: Please complete page: 119 Tuesday: Please complete page:121 Wednesday: Please find the alternative Money Number Problem sheet in your book.

EDM Online: Tens and ones exchange or play the grade 2 equivalent game Base 10 Exchange Top It: Animal Top It https://emgames.everydaymathonline.com Other Online Games: http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/poddle-weigh-in/ Advanced: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/weigh/1b.htm

Literacy:
This week we are learning about magic E/Silent E/ Sneaky E. Sneaky E sits at the end of words and makes vowels say their name: eg: hop becomes hope, hat becomes hate and kit becomes kite Online Sneaky E games: http://www.fun4thebrain.com/English/magice.html http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/phonics/silente/matching/ http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/silent-e/play.htm?f

Sunday: Use the loose sheet in your

homework book to create a word box with your spelling sounds.

Tuesday: Be a word detective! See if you can find

your spelling words in books or magazines etc. You can write them or build them by cutting letters out of the magazines.

Monday: Read your individual reader.

Practice your spelling words on the sheet pasted in your book.

Wednesday: Read your group reader. Practice your

spelling words on the sheet pasted in your book.

Past tense verbs: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/blast_the_rocket/big_no_sound/full2.shtml Balloon Pop Verbs http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/verb/balloon_game/ Fill in the verb http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-1-games/ela-games/verbs-to-be.html Blast off verbs http://gotkidsgames.com/sv/1stGradeSV.html Robot verbs http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/verbs.htm

Class Dojos:
We will be recording our class dojos on a Sunday and Wednesday in the HW books. On a Sunday we will write down how many dojos we have at the start of the week. For HW on a Wednesday night please work out with your child how many more dojos they achieved this week. Wednesday: Please record your Dojo weekly scores. E.g.: 26 dojos on Sunday and 30 on Wednesday night, weekly score: 4 dojos.