Week 4 Homework

Room 7- Homework Week 4 - Due Friday 24th February 

1. Reading – 15 – 20 minutes per night. Remember to complete your reading log in the front/back of your homework book.

2.     Mathematics – Basic fact practise.

3.     Mathletics – complete the set tasks by going to www.mathletics.co.nz/

Sign in using your username and password

4.     Maths Equations – Write the following equations on a new page in your book and solve them. Show your working like you did in class.

You may like to use the rounding and compensating strategy     

Eg 18 + 24

     +2     -2

     20  + 22 = 42

18 + 26           19 + 32                   16 + 29      27 + 16               78 + 13

16 + 49           37 + 24          22  + 13      13 + 24             31 + 38

5.Grammar  - Complete the worksheet on the back about verbs

6. Weekly spelling – Learn the following words

Verb Activity

A verb is a doing word.  Highlight the verbs in the method about how to make Frangipani cupcakes. The first one has been done for you.

Frangipani cupcakes  

Ingredients:

• 1 quantity of prepared basic cupcakes
• 1 quantity of prepared buttercream icing
• white marshmallows
• yellow food colouring

Method:

1. Tint the buttercream icing with the yellow food colouring to make a sunny yellow.

2. Generously coat each cupcake.

3. Cut marshmallows in half-way along the barrel side with scissors. Pinch each end to make petal shapes.

4. Arrange on the top of the cupcakes to form a flower

5. Using a cotton bud, dip the end in the yellow food colouring and paint the marshmallows just on the flower center ends so they have a blush of yellow in the center.