Home+Learning

=Home Learning=

In Year 6, the requirements for home learning are:

Sometimes there will also be home learning based around our inquiry topic. A link to the research projects can be found under Inquiry.
 * learn your weekly spelling words
 * read for at least 30 minutes each night
 * do at least 45 minutes of Mathletics a week (or practise your basic facts)
 * complete 1 hour per week (or more) on a mini-inquiry (due on Mondays)
 * TERM 1
 * TERM 2
 * Week 1: ANZAC Day (due Monday 30 April)
 * Week 2: Vincent Van Gogh (due Monday 7 May)
 * Week 3: Yeast (due Monday 14 May)
 * Week 4: Animal Research and Poetry (due Monday 21 May)
 * Week 5: no home learning - just learn the next 5 words in your Word Study book.
 * Week 6: Your House (due Tuesday 5 June - remember Monday is a holiday!)
 * Week 7: Fairy Tale Retelling (due Monday 11 June)
 * Week 8: Learn to use Google SketchUp (due Monday 18 June)
 * Week 9: Inventions (due Thursday 28 June)

If you are struggling with ideas about what to do for home learning, or if you want some extra things to do, here are some cool websites you can use.

Weekly spelling words
Word Safari Spelling Wizard Spelling City (this website also has other spelling games you can play)

Reading
CBBC Newsround (news stories from around the world, written for kids)

Maths
__Mathletics__ Rainforest Maths (log in with your Mathletics login) Maths Quiz (basic facts practice)

General Spelling Practice
Battleship: 100 Most Misspelled Words Hangman: 300 Most Frequently Used Words

Grammar
Wacky Web Tales (a Mad Libs-type game) Or try using the Mad Libs widget! media type="custom" key="8700098"