Home Learning
Sport/Game
· What is the sport or game?
· History – When did it start?
Where was it first played?
Explain the early days of the sport or game
· How is it played now?
The rules
Equipment needed
Famous players or people
· 3 reasons why you are interested in this sport/game
Famous Person
· Who is the person?
· Why are they famous?
· Their background - Where are they from?
When were they born?
What did they do when they were young?
How did they start to become famous?
· Any interesting facts about them
World Land Feature
· What is it?
· Where is it?
· Mark it on a map
· Facts about it – eg size, special features, how it was made ...
· Some history of it
· How have people used or been involved with it
Animal
· May be living or extinct
· Includes birds, fish, reptiles, mammals
· Where it lives or used to live – its habitat, country
· Special features
· Facts about its life – size, food, babies, dangers
Man-Made Feature
· What is it?
· Where is it?
· Mark it on a map
· Who built it? Why? When?
· How was it built?
· Some of its special features.
· Interesting facts about it.
You could choose a topic to do a project on.
Think about how you would present it
Choose 5 or more of the following topics to report about, on the country of your choice. You can choose how you present your information.
Cities and towns - Capital City Climate
Language Native animals and plants
Flag Money
Population Food
Celebrations - dances - religions Houses
Land features - rivers, lakes, mountains Clothes
Toys Wars
Technology Economy - shops, jobs, work
Transport Map
Ancient times - history - myths - past/present rulers
MATHS
Some GEOMETRY links to have a play with.
3D Shape Links
https://www.geogebra.org/m/aJv7KdWB
https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Geometric-Solids/
https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Shape-Tool/
https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/
https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/pattern-shapes/
https://www.mathplayground.com/index_geometry.html
Can you do any of these?
Book Quiz
Your aim is to come up with between 10 - 15 questions and their correct answer. Then be creative and present your questions in a quiz using a format of your choice. Below are some suggestions.
Think carefully about the questions you ask. You don’t want to make them too hard eg. What happened on page 14? But not too easy either, eg. What is the name of the book?
Quiz ideas
Username: room11-2020@hornbyprimary.school.nz
Password: Room2020
Slide show using animation for answer
MUSIC
Have a play with this link.
Musical Instrument : Fact file
Name:
Description and diagram with labels:
History: things like - the country where it started, when it started, has it changed,
Insert a link to show what it sounds like.
Make this page look interesting, or put your information on a google drawing.
Here are some other links you might find interesting.
Blogging Activities