Term 2

Kahikatea Homework Week 1

Act Now – Shape your future!
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Inquiry Topic: A matter of fact! Task 2. Reading Dear Parents,
• Key Idea This Friday 6th May is the school Cross Country.
Changes occur when materials are mixed, heated and cooled. We will be starting around 1.30. Parents are
There are simple patterns in physical phenomena most welcome at the event, look out for a notice
Lines of Inquiry coming home soon. Please ensure your child has
• Different materials behave in specific ways in certain conditions the correct running gear this week.
• Matter changes and interacts Please sign your child’s homework book so you
• Energy affects matter know how much homework they have done.

Task 1 Spelling Task 2 Task 3 Task 4

1. Learn your Spelling words for Reading Basic facts ANZAC Day was celebrated in
Friday’s spelling test. Read a book of Each night learn 2 the school holidays this year.
2. This week’s spelling is on Spelling City. your choice basic facts that you As most classes wil be learning
Rm 5 for at least 10 got incorrect or didn’t about the ANZAC’s this week
http://www.spellingcity.com/sallyruss/ -15 minutes do so that your score your task is to make an
Rms 6, 7, 8 & 17 EACH night! improves each week! ANZAC poppy to add to our
http://www.spellingcity.com/kahikatea/ display.
Try some of the games and activities. Tips for Quality Homework
Dear parents, Your poppy;
3. EACH night write 3 good sentences in Please * Make a colourful heading for each -must be no bigger than an A4
sign your child’s
your Homefun notebook. Each sentence homework! section. piece of paper.
should contain one of your spelling words, * Use pencil for writing and coloured - can be made of anything for
• It was great to see so
and have a capital letter, full stop as well pencils for headings and illustrations. example fabric, paper, wood
as make sense. * many parents
Rule off at a ruler after each
neatly with etc.
interviews last week. We
section. -must be cut out ready to go
Make sure you check your work yourself
when you have finished. * hope youhardest
Try your found with
it useful.
spelling and on the wall on Friday.
Task 3. Basic facts Thanks also, t o those
• neatness. -be inventive!
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