Homework

__Student Choice Reading Homework__ Each week, you may choose from the activities listed below. __You must choose at least one activity from EACH COLUMN.__ Each assignment has been assigned a point value. __Your activities MUST add up to 7 or more points by the end of the week!__ The homework is due each Friday. Complete the activities you choose in your homework book. Use the Spelling and Vocabulary Words for these activities (sent home each week?.

__(2 pt)__
 * SPELLING/ VOCAB ACTIVITIES ||  WRITING ACTIVITIES  ||  READING ACTIVITIES  ||
 * Create a word search with your spelling words and then find them.

[|__http://www.puzzle-maker.com/WS/__] ||  Write an email to a friend pretending that you are a famous Kiwi. Tell them about where you were born, where you live and what you are famous for. (2 pts) ||  Write to a letter to your favourite author. Tell them why they are your favourite author and what you most like about their books. (2 pts) || underline the vowels. (1 pt) ||  Finish off this sentence and expand on it. The paragraph must be at least 6 lines. “Tom pushed the cellar door open slowly and crept down the creaky oak stairs…”.(2 pts) ||  Read a book of your choice, record its title and pages you have read, describe what happened in the story and what was your favourite or least favourite part. (2 pts) || (2 pts) ||  Write a fact file about a new piece of technology - eg, an i-phone. When was it invented? What does it look like? Create a google doc with photos (3 pts) ||  Read a book of your choice for 30 minutes. Make a list of the characters and write 4 character traits each character possesses. (2 pts) || the same initial letter. Be sure to underline your spelling words.
 * Write your spelling words and
 * Write each vocabulary word in a sentence.
 * Choose 5 of your spelling words and write five alliteration sentences. Alliteration uses the same initial letter. You may include a word or two that do not begin with

Examples: __Deep down__ in the __dungeon__, ||  Write a funny limerick using the format from last term (2 pts)  ||  Make a google slide on a current event that has happened recently in New Zealand. Pretend you are a reporter for the news. (3 pt) || Write the words and their values. Example: __thing__ t (5¢) + h (10¢) + i (15¢) + n (5¢) + g (5¢) = 40¢
 * Choose 10 spelling words. Using the money chart, add up the cost of each of your words.

(3pts) ||  Write a letter to your future self. What are you doing? Where are you living? What things have been invented(2 pts) ||  Read a book for 30 minutes and write 4 sentences explaining what author’s purpose is and how you know. (3 pts.) || (2 pts) ||  Find three words that you think no one in your class will know the meaning of. Write it down and make sure YOU know the definition - write this down too. (3 pts) ||  Find a book on our current topic. Write some interesting facts (at least 5) that you got from this book. (1 pt)
 * Write a story using all your spelling. Highlight or underline your words.

|| || Write a short paragraph about something that you are good at and why.
 * Play 2 games or activities on [|__www.spellingcity.com__] our list for the week. (1 pt)

(3 pts) ||  Read a book of your choice to an adult or friend. Once you have read the story, tell the adult what you read about. (2 pts) ||
 * Mandatory Activity (1 pt)

__This is done EVERY night__ ➢ Read your AR book for 20 minutes and summarize what you’ve read to an adult. || Write an e-mail to John Key telling him about something that YOU think is important and would like to change. eg - speed limits around schools, more pocket money… (3pts) ||  Read for enjoyment. Read a book of your choice for at least 15 minutes a night. (1 pt) ||



__Senior School Oral Language Term 4__

** There are many goals/purposes for Oral Language: time management – being prepared on your day, public speaking skills – delivering a prepared piece to a class of peers, listening/comprehension skills – being able to listen and respond to questions from peers and educating/teaching others – being able to give clear, concise information. ** Being prepared for your Oral Language is part of the homework expectations. You will need to be prepared to share on your day each week.

Eden Parneet Keelia Emily || Kaylee Damian Darshan Toni-Rae || Amani Spandana Todd Kodey || Jackie Hunter Isabella Jake Taylor || Find an interesting word that you think the rest of the class will not already know. Teach this word to the class, describing it’s meaning and how it can be used in a story/sentence. || Share a website or app that you enjoy using and that you think others will as well. What can we learn from it? How could we use it in class in a valuable way? (Must be school appropriate) || Create a poster/presentation/song… advertising the must own house of the future, what is it made out of? what features does it have? where is it? || Share your favourite part of Gymnastics and Taekwondo so far, which activity are you enjoying the most? ||
 * Children Speaking ||  ||
 * Monday || Simrin Hayley
 * Tuesday || Rosheen Hannah
 * Wednesday || Tabitha Katia
 * Thursday || Jack Alisi
 * || Week || Subject ||
 * || Week 1 || __My Holidays:__ Talk about your holidays, no preparation required. What was the most interesting/exciting thing that you did. ||
 * || Week 2 || __Spelling/Vocabulary:__
 * || Week 3 || __App/Website we should use:__
 * || Week 4 || __Topic:__
 * || Week 5 || __Gymnastics/ Tae Kwon Do:__
 * || Week 6 || __Book or Movie recommendation:__Share your favourite book or movie with the class, why is it your favourite? Describe a scene/ read a passage to try and convince your classmates to see/read it. ||
 * || Week 7 || __Values:__ Choose one value to share with the class. Why is the value important to you and how have you used it this year? How do you think this value will help you as an adult? ||
 * || Week 8 || __News Reporter:__ Share a story from the news using the summary page provided as a guide. The story could be from the newspaper, tv news, internet or radio. Check out [|__kiwikidsnews.co.nz__] for other news ideas. ||
 * || Week 9 || __Year Reflection:__ Share with the class what your highlight of the year was and why. Tell us something that you learned. What is one goal you have for next year? ||
 * || Week 10 || No Oral Language this week. ||