Welcome to 5/6 Homework 2014. This year homework will be available on this blog site. Students have the option of completing their homework either on Google docs, in a Word document on the computer or in a hard copy.

Students will need to bring their homework in each Friday, but the end result is not due until Friday 21st March. Students need to learn to manage their time so that they complete the homework over a longer period of time than in previous year levels.

If students require any help with homework they should ask their classroom teacher prior to the due date.

Enjoy!

 

You will need to read every night and record your reading on the reading tracker.  While you are reading focus on the CAFE strategies that we have covered in class as well as your individual goals. Complete each of the following activities while reading;

– Use your prior knowledge and experiences to make predictions about the text, supporting your predictions with evidence.

– Use post it notes to ask questions before, during and after reading to help monitor your understanding.

– Visualise while reading, creating mind pictures and movies in your head. Draw a picture to represent your visualisation.

– Summarise what you have read remember key ideas, events and details.

This term we are focussing on narrative writing. Using one of the pictures below as a prompt, write a narrative. Make sure you include a plan and that your narrative is structured correctly with a clear orientation, complication and resolution. Also ensure that you are using ‘show and not tell’ writing to hook the reader in.

Complete the following budgeting activity;

What is a budget?

A budget is a list that helps you remember how much money you have to buy things.

How to make a budget;

1. Write down the money that you get.

2. Write down the money that you spend when you buy things.

 Here is how it works:

If your parents give you $2 a week for pocket money, then your “Income” (or Money) is $2.

If you want to buy a toy that costs $6, then you know you won’t have enough money yet. You only have $2 now.

So you have to earn 4 more dollars to buy the toy.

$6 Toy

1. $2 “Income” (Money) = $4 Still Needed to Buy the Toy.

If you save your allowance for three weeks, then you can buy the toy!

$2 Week 1 Allowance + $2 Week 2 Allowance + $2 Week 3 Allowance = $6 Total “Income” (Money)

If you save your money for three weeks, you will have enough money to buy the toy!

Your challenge is to create a ‘make believe’ budget for the next 4 weeks. We will give you $25 a week in imaginary money (a total of $100) which will need to last you until homework is due. You will need to use catalogues and/or websites (e.g. Woolworths and Coles) to budget enough money for you to purchase essential foods that you will need to survive (and maybe some treats if you budget well) e.g. bread, milk, meat etc.

Below is an example of a budget which might help to get you started. Don’t forget that the $25 needs to last you for the week. You will be paid your ‘imaginary money,’ each Friday, so don’t over spend.

Sample Weekly Budget for Kids Money	How Much Money Do I Have?	How I Got the Money
Allowance	$2.00	$2 a week for helping Mom & Dad
Birthday Money	$5.00	$5 from Grandma in my birthday card
Other Money	50 Cents	I found two quarters in the sofa!
All Of My Money Together	$7.50	All my money added up
Things I need to Buy	How Much Does It Cost?	Why I Want To Buy It
New Toy	$6	I saw it at the toy store and I like it!
Birthday Gift for Mom (Ring)	$4	Mom will like the pretty ring!
Candy Bar	60 Cents	Buy a Candy bar at School
What it All Costs	$10.60	Everything I want to buy together
Do I have enough money?   (Money – Cost)	-$3.10	Oops! I don’t have enough money yet! I still need $3.10.

 

You must read EVERY NIGHT.

During your reading complete 5 activities from the list below-

• Postcard: write a postcard to a character in the book, explaining how you feel about their actions.
• Mapmaker: draw a detailed map of the book’s setting.
• Moviemaker: write a “pitch” to a producer explaining why the story would or would not make a great movie.
• Trailer: if your book was going to be made into a movie, which scenes would be the best to put into a trailer? Create a story board which outlines the best scenes in the book for this.
• Billboard: as in the movies, take what seems the most compelling image(s) and create an ad for the book if it were to be made into a movie.
• Adjective-itis: pick five adjectives for the book or character(s), and explain how they apply.
• Collage: create a collage around themes or characters in the book.
• Book Review: write a review of your book.     
• Dear Author: write to the author of your book, asking any questions about the book.
• Timeline: create a timeline that includes the events in the novel.
• Gender-Bender: rewrite a scene and change the gender of the characters to show how they might act differently e.g. how would Boys Without Names be different if the main character was a female?
• Fictional Friends: who of all the characters would you want for a friend? Why? What would you do or talk about together?
• State of the Union: the Prime Minister wants to recommend a book to the nation: tell him one important realization you had while reading this book and why he should recommend it.
• Dear Diary: keep a diary as if you were a character in the story. Write down events that happen during the story and reflect on how they affected the      character and why.

PROCEDURE WRITING!

Choose a fun/interesting procedure to write at home.

Make sure your procedure includes:

– a relevant title.

– goal.

– materials.

– steps.

– relevant images or diagrams.

NARRATIVE WRITING!

Answer the following questions:

1.  Miss Spink was driving home when she spotted a big green gorilla on the side of the road. She screeched to a stop, jumped out of her car. She saw the outline of a number on the gorilla. She couldn’t quite see the number, but she knew it was a 4 digit number. And:

She remembered seeing a number 1.

In the hundreds place she remembers the number is 3 times the number in the thousands place.

She said the number in the ones place is 4 times the number in the tens place.

Finally she said the number 2 is sitting in the thousands place.

What is the number?

2. Mrs Cotter bought 7 t-shirts, one for each of seven of her friends, for $9.95 each. The cashier charged her an additional $13.07 in sales tax. She left the store with  $7.28. How much money did Mrs Cotter start with?

3.

a) If you saved $2.00 on January 1, $4.00 on February 1, $6.00 on March 1, $8.00 on April 1, and so on, how much money would you save in one year?

b) If you saved $2.00 on January 1, $4.00 on February 1, $8.00 on March 1, $16.00 on April 1, and so on. How much money would you save in one year?

4. Miss Zinghini made a list of all the whole numbers between 1 to 100. How many times did she write the number 2?