Year 4 & 5 Homework Term 2: Weeks 1-5 Bring your homework to school each Friday for marking. 1. Practise learning your spelling words each night. 3. Read for 20 minutes each night and document this in your reading log.

2. Complete the Mathematics worksheet each week. 4. Choose two activities from the grid below to complete each week and colour in the squares.

Optional: Complete the Weekly Quiz on the class Weebly at: www.ffcdrps.weebly.com Click on the homework tab.

Optional: ( When available to students)If you have a Mathletics and/or Reading Eggs account, complete the activities the teachers have set for you each week.

Family Spend time with your family by playing a game. You might play something outside, a board game or a card game.

VocabularyChoose an unfamiliar word from your spelling list and use it conversation with your family each day of the week. Can you teach someone else the definition of your word?

Get outside and off the couch!

Participate in an organised sport session or walk around your neighbourhood with an adult. Aim for 20 minutes each afternoon.

Consonants and Vowels For one day of the week, write your spelling words with red vowels and blue consonants.

For example:

organisationeffective

Relax

Occasionally in class, we listen to beautiful music to help with concentration. Listen to some relaxing music at home. You could listen to music when you draw, read, complete a puzzle or when you are helping out around the house.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ChMy3qROI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hFRYPvtEeU

Drawing Times TablesAre there some times tables that you find tricky to remember? Draw them into a picture to help.For example: 12 x 9 = 108

Word Search Make as many words as you can using the letters in the grid and write them in your book.

Spelling Word SearchLook through magazines, newspapers and books and make a tally each time you find one of your spelling words. What were your top 3 words?

1…………... 2……………. 3……………

Sleep JournalKeep a journal in your homework book documenting what time you go to sleep and when you get up. You can also visit the links below for more information.Quiz - http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=1771#3 Video - http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3809197.htm

Grocery Shopping MathsWhile shopping with an adult, round off the cost of each item to the nearest dollar and estimate the total cost. Predict how much change you will receive from $100.

Housework

Complete these activities this week

● Pack your own lunchbox

Literal and Inferential QuestionsWrite 2 literal and 2 inferential questions about the book you are reading. Remember that for literal questions we can find the answer directly in the text. Inferential questions make us read “between the lines” and work out

● Clean your room

● Wipe down the table

● Find items in your house to recycle

the answer by considering the hints and clues.

Riddles Answer the following riddles:1) Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat. Everyone ate one burger, yet, only three burgers were eaten. How is this possible?

2) A man was walking outside when it started to rain. The man didn’t have an umbrella and he wasn’t wearing a hat. His clothes got soaked, yet, not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

Now, make your own riddle and test your family.

Mother’s DayThis year, Mother’s Day is held on the 14th of May. Create something special for your mum to give to her on the day. You could write an acrostic poem, design a card or make origami flowers. To make origami flowers visit the link below:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFHGsHdY8w4

Movies Tell a Story

Watch a G or PG rated movie with your parents and then discuss the setting, characters, plot(storyline) and underlying themes.To guide your discussion ask:

Did it have a sizzling start?

What was the complication? What was the resolution?How was suspense created?

How did the setting support the development of the plot?

Who were the main characters? What did their conversations with other characters and their actions reveal about their personality?

Did the movie make you think about the importance of something special such as friendship, family, honesty or courage?

Mabo Day

Mabo Day is held on June 3.It commemorates the courageous efforts of Eddie Mabo, a significant figure in Australian history.

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3765672.htm

Follow the link above to watch the BTN video about Mabo. Read the comment section and with your parents’ permission, add your own comment.

What Makes you a Great Friend? Trace around your hand and take the Five Finger Friendship Challenge!

Comic Strips Tell

Create your own comic strip.

Think about the main characters and what they will say, the sequence of events and the setting.Remember that comics are often humorous and the characters’ physical traits are usually exaggerated.

The Protagonist and Antagonist

List the protagonists and antagonists of your favourite movies or books.

Character Traits

Find character traits in a book you are reading. Think about whether the author has used the character’s feelings, thoughts, actions or dialogue

Characterisation

Paint or draw a detailed representation/picture of a fictional character. Reveal as much about the character as possible in the detail.

(what characters say to each other) to reveal the character’s traits to the reader. Examine the examples on the left to guide you.

- Pursed lips indicate anger

-Harry Potter’s glasses show us that he has a hard home life: “He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Scotch tape…”