Homework for Holly Class
Date: 2nd May 2017
Spelling Activities
Arundel
Bodium
Corfe
disappear
eight
eighth
exercise
experience
experiment
extreme
famous
favourite
February
equipment
especially
excellent
familiar
foreign
forty
frequently
government
identity
immediate(ly)
Children learn spellings in a variety of different ways. In the past, I have listed 8 different activities that the
children could do in order to help them learn them. Please continue to use these with your children. Look
back at past homework sheets for the examples.
Below, I have listed a few more activities that the children could carry out
1. Make a word search using all of the spelling words
2. Make up a crossword puzzle using all the words. Write clues for each word. Give it to an adult to do.
3. What other 3. 4 or 5 letter words can you make from the letters of the most difficult spelling? Is there a
spelling that you can make more words from?
4. Link each of your spellings together like on a scrabble board
5. Write words that are similar to each of your spellings
6. Write the meanings of the word out
7. Write the word into an interesting sentence
The children will be tested on Monday.
Reading
The children should read five times at home during the week. Taking it in turns to read helps the children
to understand what to do at punctuation, how to add expression and intonation and to understand what
pace is required when reading aloud. Please ask questions about the text, as comprehending what they
have read is key. Please sign their yellow Reading Record Book every time they read to, or with, you.
Thank you.
Maths
Learn their mental calculations so that they can travel from one stage to the next swiftly! The children will
be assessed every week and will progress on to the next stage once they have completed their challenge
successfully three times. (All correct in less than 5 minutes) Your child is on stage
.
They will be tested next Monday.
Stage
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Mental calculations
2 numbers that total 100
Two, three, four, five and ten times tables
Two, three, four, five, six and ten times tables
Two, three, four, five, six, seven and ten times tables
Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and ten times tables
Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten times tables
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven and twelve times tables
Decimal point by single digit
Decimal point by multiple of 10
Missing numbers
Speedy tables
I hope this explains the homework to you clearly. If you have any questions then please ask me. I am
available at school or via the school office e-mail address.
Thank you
Mr John Cumming