Homework

1. Spelling. Find and write down 10 nouns (remember – a noun is a thing) that end in y. (e.g. story, berry) Then write the plural for each of these nouns. (e.g. stories, berries) Note: not all y endings change to ies e.g. valley – valleys
 * Room 2 Homework Week 7 Term 3 **

2. Read an article in the local paper that is about the Ranfurly Shield. Identify the key words in this article. Use the key words to write a summary of the article.

3. The Shield: - Research
 * 1) Who was Lord Ranfurly?
 * 2) Why is it called the Ranfurly Shield?
 * 3) When and where was the Ranfurly Shield first contested?
 * 4) What is the Shield made of?
 * 5) What is a province?
 * 6) How many provinces have won the Ranfurly Shield?
 * 7) Which province has held the Shield for the longest time?
 * 8) What effect does wining the Ranfurly Shield have on a community?
 * 9) What are the dimensions (length, height, width) and weight of the Shield?

4. Math Your task is to design a net, that when folded will enclose the Shield. (i.e. a box for the Shield).

varieties, volunteering, sincerely, interesting, probably, special, appreciate, sanctuary, motivate, excitement, politely. Start with a plain sentence – **I stood on the snow and made a snowball**. – And transform it into a high powered sentence – **I waited shivering, snow tempting me to shape my first icy missile**. Transform these sentences; 1.The mountain was misty and cold. 2. My ski boots were really tight. 3. It was noisy in the dining room. 4. The trout moved on my line. 5. we played in the hot pools. Find out the names of the Maori Kings and Queen of New Zealand. When did they live? Who is king now? Where does he live? Look at the grid below. Trace around the hexagons so they tessalate. Colour the grid so it is covered in repeating patterns, based on hexagons. Use at least 3 colours. []
 * Homework Room 2 Week 5 Term 3 2013 **
 * __ Spelling: Learn to spell these words. __**
 * __ Writing – Transforming sentences. __**
 * Reading (internet or library reading) **
 * __ Maths __**
 * Hurrah - Term 3. Camp next week!!! **
 * Homework Week 3 Term 3 **
 * 1 . Pack your gear for camp. Check and double check you have everything. Things to remember: baking, packed lunch on the first day (lots of food) and drink, no phones, ipods, lollies, money. **
 * 2. New Zealand has had 5 Kings, 1 queen and now has a sixth king. Use this website and find out who they are, how they came to be kings and a queen, and whether they did a good job in their role. Record in your homework book. **
 * 3. Check that you have done all the maths you should have done by now. Hand in your work book on Thursday. **

We are learning that church is people. They are the Body of Christ These are ideas about Church. Use these ideas to create a rap showing what it means to be ‘church.’
 * Homework Week 2 Term 3 **
 * 1. Check your gear for camp and return your signed gear list. **
 * 2. Return this week's camp newsletter. **
 * 3. We have Mass on Friday - tell your family. **
 * 4. Your family tree - complete it to a high standard. Remember to be inspired by family tree images on the internet. **
 * 5. How long can you make this list: words the have a lone "aa" sound and use the spelling pattern 'eigh' or 'aigh' e.g. straight and freight (2 lists). Check each word is spelt correctly. Can you get 10 words in each list ? Write a rhyming poem using these words. **
 * 6. Using class time and home time - write a rap about 'church' (not the place). Remember to incorporate ideas we discussed in class, (see below). **

1. Return all those permission slips and newsletters you got on Monday. 2. Make sure your camp clothing is sorted. 3. Family tree. Interview somemembers of your family (Mum, Dad, maybe Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles) and find out what they know about people who are part of your family tree. Keep a pen and paper handy. Write down what they tell you. Think about how you can incorporate this information into yur family tree. 4. New Zealand is a beautiful place. Watch this video. [] Think about how you could make a similar video, highlighting the Franklin area. Find and look at a map that shows Franklin. On it, mark places you think could be used to present the Franklin area and make a not saying what you think that area would show (e.g. Kariotahi Beach, beautiful sunsets, wild ocean & paragliders). Be sure to include Pukekohe (what would you show in Pukekohe)? 5. Keep up the reading!! 6. Find the first page with fractions in your homework book and complete that page.
 * Is a community
 * People
 * Anyone can be part
 * Built of living stones
 * People of God
 * People on a sacred journey
 * People all have different parts to play
 * Body of Christ
 * We are Christ’s hands and feet, ears and voice, eyes and understanding
 * People who are called to care for the poor, very sick, lonely, discouraged, homeless, dying
 * Homework Week 1 Term 3 **

1.In the last 50 - 100 years people have started to produce things which will become rubbish almost as soon as they have been purchased. a. Make a list of things that fall into this category (e.g. dink cans, plastic bags...) b. Select one thing off your list and create 10 new ways to re-use that item. c. Select one item off your list and invent a new way the product could be sold without creating rubbish. 2. Reading - Finish a book this week. 3. Maths Mathletics certificate Dragon Math 6 -5th h algebra pages Dragon Math 5 – 5th algebra page At Home With Math 6 – p 27 At Home With Math early stage 6 - p 27
 * __ Homework Room 2 Week 10 __**

How generous is Papatuanuku. Showering the earth with many good things. Go for one, or perhaps many long walks. Take a bag with you. Look at the ground. Collect 10 (or a 100) things that you can use for your ecosystem display. Share them with your group.
 * __ Homework Room 2 Week 9 __**


 * __Watch the matariki video__**
 * __https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtyPIZQiERI__**


 * __Homework Room 2 Week 8 Term 2 2013__**

__**1. Information Technology. **__ Think of an adjective – e.g. It was a __hot__ day. She is a __sleepy__ cat. That was an __anxious__ moment. Use an online thesaurus to find synonyms for this word. (e.g. google thesaurus hot) When you have found synonyms, use them to make a word-find. Go to this website [] and follow the instructions to create a word-find (use all the synonyms). Copy the word find into a word document, and email it to room2@stjosephs.co.nz. Print it our at school and post it into your homework book.  __**2. Writing**__

They stumbled through the night, fearful every moment, of what might lie ahead of them. The moon appeared, then the shape of a house emerged through the darkness. Should they approach, or take a wide path to avoid contact?....

Who are ‘they?’ What should they do and why? – you decide - write the story.


 * __3. Maths __**

Mathletics certificate Dragon Math 6 -3rd & 4th algebra pages Dragon Math 5 – 4th algebra page At Home With Math 6 – p 26 At Home With Math early stage 6 - p 26

1. a. Return you **__parent interview__** form!! b. Return your **__Responsible Use - ICT form__** 2. Check out Zoe’s travel page. Write her a message. 3. un is a prefix; What does it mean? Find 10 words that have the prefix un, and use each word in a sentence. (e.g.undecided) 4. Writing – Look at the photo. Create a story that explains how this situation happened, ... and how it ended.
 * __Homework Room 2 Week 7 Term 2 2013 __**

5. Maths Dragon Math 6 -2nd algebra page Dragon Math 5 – -3rd algebra pageAt Home With Math 6 – p 25At Home With Math early stage 6 - p 25

__**Room 2 Week 6 Term 2 Homework**__ 1.Read Zoe’s travel page and write a reply to her. 2.Find a news item that can be used to talk about social sin (when organisations have rules or processes that make it difficult or unfair for some people.) Explain what it is about, and what is happening that makes it wrong. 3.Maths 1. – earn your mathletics certificate this week. Dragon Math first algebra page Dragon Math 5 – -second algebra page At Home With Math 6 – p 24 At Home With Math early stage 6 - p 24 4.Reading; read at least 20 minutes each day. 5.Writing; Explain- Who would I rather be, Ruby Frost or John Key. Make your decision and explain your choice. Remember to give at least 4 or 5 reasons, and good writing needs to have a variety of different sentence types.

__** Room 2 Week 5 Term 2 Homework **__ Choose an animal that is native to NZ __**or**__ lives in NZ’s coastal regions. Describe;
 * where it lives
 * what conditions it needs to live (wet, dry, hot, cold etc)
 * what it eats
 * what eats it
 * one thing people have done to change its environment
 * draw it

You are writing a story based 500 years in the future and this animal has mutated into a super-creature. Answer these questions (be creative) In your story, - is this creature good or evil? -what special powers or abilities has it developed -how has its size changed -what opinion does it have of people -in your story, it appears for the first time. Perhaps it appears suddenly or maybe it appears slowly from behind something. Use your best writing skills to describe it as it appears. Edit your writing; make this writing as good as it can be. Put your writing on your wiki page. __** Room 2 Homework Week 4 Term 2 2013 **__ 1. Writing: Create 10 “what if” questions that would make life interesting if the “what if” actually occurred. e.g. What if my dog could make pancakes?  What if the picture in my room came to life? Choose one of your “what if” questions and write about something that might occure as a result. 2. Reading – read every night. 3. Choose 10 nouns and write the plural for each of these. (e.g. box boxes) 4. Topic – access our wiki page, then follow the instructions to find The Online Encyclopaedia Britannica, through EPIC. Find and use one resource to help your ecosystem study. 5. Math – Dragon Math 6 – p 13 Dragon Math 5 – p 14 At Home With Math 6 – p 23 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">At Home With Math early stage 6 - p 23 __**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 260%;">Room 2 Homework Term 2 Week 3 2013 **__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 190%;">Catholic Schools Day - This Wednesday 24 May. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Make and bring something for our class shared lunch on Wednesday!! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 190%;">Parents are invited to Mass, and then to join us for lunch afterwards.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 190%;">I am a speech maker. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> When you give a speech, you have a chance to change someone’s mind, make them do or not do something. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> A good speech needs good reasons: writing a persuasive speech means finding good reasons to convince someone of your point of view. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> This week work on your speech at home and at school. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> Make sure you bring you speech to school each day so you can continue to work on it there.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Collection; <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> You are going to make an animal (a creature from the ecosystem you are studying) out of used metal. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> This week – collect at least 30 metal bits, put them in a box – like a shoe box, and bring it all to school on Friday. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> As well as collecting, find out 10 things about the environment your animal lives in, what it eats, and what eats it.

National Young Leaders Day - Thursday. Permission slips must be back Tuesday.

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 * __ Room 2 Homework Week 2 Term 2 __**

Find 7 words that obey the rule and use each word in a sentence. e.g. Mum was __mad__. Dad was __madder__. My sister was __maddest__ of all. 3. Imagine that each of these were a speech topic. Write an introductory paragraph for each one using repetition and creating an image that a person could imagine. __ Room 2 Homework Term 2 Week 1 2013 __
 * 1) Collect metal materials that you will use to make your metal art (lids, scres, containers, chains etc, anything metal).
 * 2) When adding __ed__ or __er__ or __est__ to a word, you double the last letter if a short vowel comes in the last syllable.
 * 1) School’s should provide an ipad for each student.
 * 2) Lunchtime should be an hour long.
 * 3) Classrooms should have animals in them.
 * 4) Maths
 * Dragon Math 6** – p 11
 * Dragon Math 5** – p 12
 * At Home With Math 6** – p 21
 * At Home With Math early stage 6 -** p 21,


 * 1) What grows here? Select an area about 1 metre square outside your house. Choose a space that is alive – not paved or concreted. A garden or patch of long grass would be good.
 * Make a list of all the living things you can detect. (You will need to observe this space for some time.)


 * 1) Select some of the things (4-5) that live here, and sketch them.


 * 1) Choose one thing that lives here. Explain why this is a good place for that organism to live. In other words, what does this place have, that the organism needs?


 * 1) __Writing.__ Photograph a creature that lives in this space. Enlarge the photo and look at it. Create a way this creature could be the hero or the villain in a science fiction story. (You can give this creature some superhuman powers.) Describe your superhuman creature.

I am jumping. This is present tense. I have jumped. This is past tense, it has already happened. Find 10 words that end in ‘e’ which can have ed or ing added. Write the words and the 2 other forms of that word.
 * 1) __Adding “ing” to words.__ Many verbs can have **//ing//** or **//ed//** added to change their tense. Eg I will jump on the trampoline. This is future tense because it hasn’t happened yet.
 * chase, chasing, chased (Remember to drop the ‘e’) **

on a piece of paper and try to improve your time each night.
 * 1) __Math__
 * Dragon Math 6** – p 10
 * Dragon Math 5** – p 11
 * At Home With Math 6** – p 20
 * At Home With Math early stage 6 -** p 20, p50, select one column. Do it each night