Year 6 Homework – Term 4 – (Week 6-8)

Remember to READ EVERY NIGHT!Practice your reading goal
Don’t forget to fill in your Read It! Home Reading Log
Have you reached the 100, 150 and 200 club?
Reading Eggs - / English / Spelling / Mathematics / Science
6 / Explain the difference between written and spoken language and write an example of both. / Look Say Spelling Cover Write Check
Look at the word, say the word, spell the word out loud, cover the word up, write the word next to the word you were looking at. / Complete the following calculations:
a)3.256 + 5.247
b)1.289 – 0.344
c)10.457 – 8.457
d)5.619 – 3.880
/ Explain how scientists, by collecting data, can help to gain a greater understanding of living things and the environment in which they live.
7 / Three strategies authors use when writing are to
-Engage
-Persuade and
-Inform
Write a sentence using each of these characteristics. / Rhyming Words
Write each of your spelling words. Next to each word, write a rhyming word (can be nonsense words) / Record the following as
a) a fraction, b) a decimal and c) a percentage
1)One quarter
2)Two thirds
3)Six tenths
8 / How can visual techniques and images help to inform readers and viewers of a text? / Sentences
Write sentences using at least 5 of your spelling words (underline your spelling words) / Give definitions of:-
Transformation
Rotation
Translation
Reflection
Online Learning / Spelling City
/ Study Ladder
6 Unit 8 Spelling overview
Lesson concepts / Week / Focus
Spelling knowledge – Visual (V), Phonological (P), Morphemic (M), Etymological (E) / Suggested spelling words
CORE WORDS OPTIONAL WORDS / Weekly overview / Resources
Spelling new words —Use of base words, morphemes, spelling patterns: technical words, words adopted from other languages / 1 / Diagnostic assessment
VPME /
  • diagnostic spelling assessment
  • student feedback and planning
/ Website — C2C Spelling Curriculum into the classroom (C2C) — Spelling P–7
Supporting learning resource — Strategies to support the four spelling knowledges
Text — Bear, Donald. R; Invernizzi, Marcia; Templeton, Shane; Johnstone, Francine, 2012, Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction, 5th edn, Pearson, Boston
Text — Hornsby, D; Wilson, L, 2011, Teaching phonics in context, Pearson, Australia
Text — Hill, Susan, 2012, Developing early literacy: Assessment and teaching, 2ndedn, Eleanor Curtain Publishing, Australia
2 / Greek roots – ‘aster’, ‘scope’ and ‘hydro’
E / asteroid
astrology
astrologer
astronomy
astronomer / astronaut
asterisk
stethoscope
telescope
gyroscope / periscope
kaleidoscope
horoscope
hydrant
hydrotherapy / dehydrate
rehydrate
hydration
hydroponics
hydrolysis /
  • pre-test
  • Greek root history and meaning
  • word sort
  • who am I?
  • post-test

3 / More complex compound words
M
Prefixes – ‘pro’and ‘fore’
M / praiseworthy
afterthought
commonplace
pigeonhole
underground / masterpiece
checkerboard
troublemaker
firefighter
paperback / proactive
pronoun
prognosis
promotion
projection / foreshadow
foreground
forethought
forefinger
forecast /
  • pre-test
  • compound concentration
  • prefix meaning
  • open word sort
  • post-test

4 / Consolidation
VPME / Review, reinforce and extend student learning
5 / Dictionary skills
Word games
VPME /
  • online spelling activities
  • dictionary race
  • word board games
  • ‘Dictionary’ game