Friday, February 6, 2015

Homework - for students not in Oliver

Home Learning Activities Grade 4/5 – Ms Alison Due: Friday 13th February
Only for students NOT in Oliver


Reading -
You will read a book of your choice for 20 + minutes each day at home.


Mathematics
You will practice your number skills and mental math this week.
Write your plan to do 10 minutes of math + each day. What will you do?
Dice game, Flipper, Multiplication tables quiz? IXL, Mathletics ?
UOI - GLOBAL ISSUE - FACT ARTICLE
Read all the Global issue facts on the board in the classroom.Select one fact that interests you. Ie - 22,000 Children die everyday due to poverty.
You will write a news article based on this fact. You will need to do research to gather additional information for your article. You also need to check the accuracy of your fact using a reliable source.

You will plan first using a template to gather information for your article.
This is the same format we used in class writing a holiday, buddy and endangered animal articles (5 W’s).
This information will form the first 1-2 paragraphs of the article
You will then add an additional paragraph
  • How - This relates to how you can help or make a difference.

To present students will create a catchy headline, write their byline, write 2 - 3 paragraphs and add a picture. This will be presented on a GOOGLE DOC - ready to print and share.

Oral Presentation -
This week you will share your news article related to your chosen fact.

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