Some more Greek web sites

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/people/index.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/greece/schools.htm

Science tomorrow

Could you bring your torches again please

Examples of how to use connectives

http://www.stickyball.net/vocab/328.html

Maths this week

This week we are looking at multiplication and finding fractions of numbers.
http://cfd.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/schools/cfd/web/Maths%20project/Fractions%20%26%20Decimals/ not really what we are doing but lots of links to maths sites here
http://jmathpage.com/ This is an australian page to help your maths
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/Math/math_kids.html even more games here.Havn't been able to come up with what we need this week but if you brush up and speed up your multiplication skills it will all be a lot easier.

Homework continued

Mon test 11A1-5
Tuesday-Literacy sheet for Thursday Test 11 A6-10
Wednesday-Test 11 all of B
Thursday-TEFL homework for Monday
Test 11C1-5
FridayMaths sheet and maths test 11 C 6-10

Homework this week

Monday -spellings and a sentenccredential,credulous,incredulouse defining each word-If the children do not know the meaning of the word they will not be able to do the spelling test-primary, primarily, primate, prime, primrose,primula, Prime Minister,prime number,prima donna, credit,incredible,credible,creditable,
incredulous.Please sign spelling book.

Charlotte's web questions for this week only read ch 1 and 2

Chapters 1 and 2

L  Where is this story set and at what time of day does the story begin?

L  Think about the characters. What sort of person is Fern? How do you know?

L  Is her brother like her? Look at the pictures on pages 10 & 11 to help with your comparisons.

L  Is her father a bad man for wanting to kill the pig?

L  How does the relationship between Wilbur and Fern grow? Find evidence of their feelings for each other.

L  Does Fern treat him like a pig is usually treated? Give some examples.

L  How does the end of chapter give a clue about what is to come?

Stig of the dump questions .Please only read ch 1 and 2

Chapter 2

Digging With Stig, pages 12 – 19

What time of year is it?

Why do you think Barney and Lou are at their grandmother’s house?

Do you think Lou is older or younger than Barney? Why?

Why did Barney start to doubt that Stig was real?

What made him decide that Stig was real?

What do you think had happened to the hole?

What did Barney want to take to Stig?

What did he take?

What had been used to cover the hole in the cliff?

What did Barney do with the carrots? Why?

How did Barney know that Stig liked the carrots?

Pages 20 - 24

Why did the dump look more cheerful?

Why do you think Barney almost expected Stig to take the apple with his teeth?

Why didn’t Stig’s den look cheerful?

What did Stig use to dig with?

Why were the new piles of chalk placed away from Stig’s door?

Why didn’t Barney invite Stig to lunch?

How do you think Barney’s Grandmother would have reacted to Stig coming to lunch?

Some help with squared numbers one of our maths topics this week

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number/number_patterns/read1.shtml

Pe Tomorrow

We have dance on Wednesday afternoon so don't forget your PE kit in a bag.

Science tomorrow

Please bring a torch that works to school for science tomorrow(Wednesday).
If you want to grow a sunflower you must bring a pot.

Greece

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/

Spellings and homework

Spellings-Technology,biology,ecology,geology,zoology,ornithology,mythology,astrology,archaeology, campanology, terminology,meteorology,microbiology,criminology,psychology,anthropology.
Homework
Monday-Do TEFL sheets and test 9 maths A 1-5(IF you haven't got the sheet do it tomorrow)
Tuesday -Rest of part A maths .15 spelling sentences defining the words for this week.
Wednesday-Maths sec B 1-5 and redraft complaint letter.
Thursday- Maths sheet Finish sec B

Friday-Section C and maths homework

Please read

http://www.laprovincia.es/gran-canaria/2010/07/25/greenpeace-culpa-alcalde-mogan-vertidos/313858.html
look up words in the dictionary to translate them to English ready for letter of complaint tomorrow

New science topic -Light

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/how_we_see_things/read2.shtmlNew science topic

Grrek figures for our vases

It would be great if the children could plan their own figures for their vases at home for art next week. here are some sites to help
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/greece/interactive.htm

http://greece.mrdonn.org/theseus.html-Some greek myths to read.
Homework
Monday learn spellings Maths test 8A1-5 sentences for all 22 spellingsLearn all meanings as well. extreme
Tuesday-Redraft complaint letter for this Friday.On plain paper.
Maths test A6-10
Wednesday-Literacy sheet for Thursday(the next day)Maths Part B
Thursday-Maths sheet for Monday
Friday maths sheet part c.
External,extreme,exact, expel, exaggerate, excavate, excellence,excellent,exit,exclaim, except,exchange,exceed,exclusive, excursion,exhaust, madam,apology,sir,complaint, sincerely,faithfully

Maths test.

There will be a short maths test on 3D shapes,Mean,mode,median,range and interpreting line graphs and other graphs on Monday.The children have their maths books in their bag and on older posts on the blog there is lots of help.

Reading

If you are reading Charlottes web please read up to chapter 13
Here are the questions
When did Charlotte like to do her weaving?
What did Avery have in his hand on page 69 (beginning of chapter 10) and what didFern have in her hair?
What does idiosyncrasy mean?
What does pestering mean?

If you are reading Stig of the Dump, please read up toChapter 7
Here are your questions
What animal did Stig want to hunt at first?
What did Stig do to the hunting hound?
What sweets did the Snargets give Stig?
Find a word that begins with C that means slightly mad.Find a wordbeginning with v thatmeans disappear.

Science test.

Children will have their test tomorrow. Please look on blog for pages to help with forces
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/ go into forces in action and friction on this web page