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Home Learning

Home Learning is a reflection of the concepts and ideas that are being explored in class. Completing your home learning will give you the chance to retrieve information and practise skills independently.

On the next few slides, you will find some reading, writing and numeracy ideas for you to complete at home.

Remember, that you should also be reading your own independent reading book at home each night.

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Handwriting

Instructions:

Use your best handwriting to copy this information from our Inquiry unit.

Your handwriting does not have to be cursive, but you should be working towards a style which is automatic and legible.

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Reading

Throughout the past few weeks, you have been introduced to a diverse range of texts in the hope that you may feel inspired to continue reading them.

We want to open your eyes to the wonder of books and the fact that a hidden gem may be awaiting you. But you have to be open to getting out of your comfort zone!

You may absolutely love a particular style, genre or author but please do not limit yourself to these.

Options while our school library is closed:

Visit your local library

Libby is through your local library-so become a member and read away either with a physical copy of the text, an audio book or an e-book!

Epic is an app that you need your teacher to set up for you.

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Reading

Aim to read for at least 15-20 minutes each night.
Choose an activity from the matrix before if you would like to extend your thinking and delve deeper into the text.

You might like to record yourself reading so you can practise your fluency and expression.	You can make a list of tier 2 or tier 3 vocabulary that you found interesting. Try writing it in a sentence of your own so that you have an example of how to use it in the correct context.	If something has intrigued or frustrated you, or you have a question that you desperately need an answer to, maybe about a character’s motivation or actions, write an email to the author.	List any predictions you make along the way and cross or tick them off as you go. Make changes to your predictions when new information or foreshadowing is given
Constantly question what is happening in your text and why the author made the choices they made	Has the author used any sentence fragments? If so, for what effect?	Have any similes or metaphors been used? Translate what the author is actually saying	Write a brief summary of the chapter you read. Critique the author’s motives and decisions they have made for the characters

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Mathematics

Your times tables are EXTREMELY important and play a huge role in every aspect of Mathematics. Practise is the key to becoming fluent in your retrieval as you should be able to recall the answer to a question instantly!

Choose a times table you need to practise. Write each times table as a complete sentence from 1 through to 12, saying each one aloud so you hear the question and answer

eg: 1x2=2

2x2=4

Draw the table wheel below and write the times table you are practising, in the middle

Get someone to test you on the times table you have been practising.

Using a deck of playing cards (minus the picture cards) you will be shown one card at a time which you need to multiply by the times table you are practising. For an extra challenge… you can have 2 cards revealed to you.

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Extra Resources

Listed below are some suggested resources from your 5/6 teachers. You might like to use these over the term.

Reading	Writing	Maths
		. Maths quizzes: A free website that has multiple quizzes. Maths Playground: Various games related to different areas of numeracy

National Geographic �Kids

World Book Day

Epic! - you will need to ask your parents to help you create a free account!

Libby- Please contact your local Library for more details.

Dance mat typing: practise your typing skills!

Dotted paper: download and print to practise handwriting

Victorian Cursive Font: a model of how to form letters