Thursday Celebration Night and DVD Purchase

Please be aware that the DVD purchase needs to be in tomorrow so that we can print and create the right amount. (We apologise about the late notice and hope you can get one as it is great keepsake)

Also our celebration note needs to be returned to allow the students to stay late on Thursday. We look forward to our shared dinner and seeing you (the parents) at 6pm to view our year in pictures.

Week 8, Term 4

If any parents are wondering how we start the beginning of the day, please feel free to take a look at our Drive Time document.

Work due: throughout week 8 and by Monday Week 9 (...the last week of 2016!!!)

STUDYLADDER
No Studyladder

MULTIPLICATION FACTS
There will be a multiplication facts test sometime this week. Practise those you most need to know.

ENGLISH/ MEDIA ARTS
Robot Story - make sure you have shared your story with two class members. Some students have not done this yet. They will edit it by adding comments/suggestions. Make sure you edit two other stories (more if you want), and write a comment, with your name, at the top of the story when you have finished editing.

FLOOR PLAN of your DREAM HOME

Dream homes should be finished and furnished, with all costings.

Once finished you need to give us a tour (3 minutes maximum) IN JAPANESE.

Refer to the Japanese in the Classroom document for sentence patterns and vocabulary.

We will present these in week 8 and 9.

GEOGRAPHY

Finish storyboard for 15 second advertisement. Group activity. Is there anything you can work on at home? Finding pictures? Adding directions to your storyboard Slides presentation? Produce your own music? Work due ASAP

LSCWC 
Students are expected to complete three LSCWC (Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check) by Tuesday morning.                                                           (LSD)

READING
Read for ten minutes every night or twenty minutes three times in a week.
We will be asking students about what they have read.


(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo

Week 7, Term 4

Drive Time

If any parents are wondering how we start the beginning of the day, please feel free to take a look at our Drive Time document.

Work due: Monday Week 8

GEOGRAPHY

Due to Geography assessments we have minimal homework expectations this week.

The presentations are going well and we only have a few more to do.

Students need to give some thought to their travel destination advertisement storyboards. This is a group activity and you will need to share a Google Slides file. Use the suggestions/comment function to negotiate and plan together which photos/pictures/text will be best, and what your engaging message will be.

STUDYLADDER
No Studyladder

MULTIPLICATION FACTS
There will be a multiplication facts test sometime this week. Practise those you most need to know.

ENGLISH/ MEDIA ARTS
Robot Story - make sure you have shared your story with two class members. They will edit it by adding comments/suggestions. Make sure you edit two other stories (more if you want), and write a comment, with your name, at the top of the story when you have finished editing.

FLOOR PLAN of your DREAM HOME

Dream homes should be finished and furnished, with all costings.

Once finished you need to give us a tour (3 minutes maximum) IN JAPANESE.

Refer to the Japanese in the Classroom document for sentence patterns and vocabulary.

We will present these in week 8 and 9.

LSCWC 
Students are expected to complete three LSCWC (Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check) by Tuesday morning.                                                           (LSD)

READING
Read for ten minutes every night or twenty minutes three times in a week.
We will be asking students about what they have read.



(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo

Week 6, Term 4

Drive Time

If any parents are wondering how we start the beginning of the day, please feel free to take a look at our Drive Time document.

Work due: Monday Week 4

Due to Geography assessments we have minimal homework expectations this week.

STUDYLADDER
No Studyladder

MULTIPLICATION FACTS
Revise 5x and 11x tables - with an adult.

ENGLISH/ MEDIA ARTS
Robot Story is now due - but if you want to spend extra time at home making it longer or better, please feel free to do so.
   
LSCWC 
Students are expected to complete three LSCWC (Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check) by Tuesday morning.                                                           (LSD)

READING
Read for ten minutes every night or twenty minutes three times in a week.
We will be asking students about what they have read.

GEOGRAPHY
Groups are now presenting for assessment. (Presentations start Thursday) Make sure you have written your cue cards and give time to practise them to best prepare yourself for speaking in front of your peers.


(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo

Week 5, Term 4

Drive Time

If any parents are wondering how we start the beginning of the day, please feel free to take a look at our Drive Time document.

Work due: Monday Week 4

STUDYLADDER
No Studyladder

MULTIPLICATION FACTS
Revise 5x and 11x tables - with an adult.

ENGLISH/ MEDIA ARTS
Robot Story is now due - but if you want to spend extra time at home making it longer or better, please feel free to do so.
   
LSCWC 
Students are expected to complete three LSCWC (Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check) by Tuesday morning.                                                           (LSD)

READING
Read for ten minutes every night or twenty minutes three times in a week.
We will be asking students about what they have read.

GEOGRAPHY
Groups are now presenting for assessment. (Presentations start Thursday) Make sure you have written your cue cards and give time to practice them to best prepare yourself for speaking in front of your peers.
Also take on board the feedback given to our first presentations and make improvements to your slides, transitions, information and answers to the main questions.

JAPANESE
There will be one more Japanese test on Wednesday: RA RI RU RE RO WA WO N (10 minutes)

(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo

Week 4, Term 4

Drive Time

If any parents are wondering how we start the beginning of the day, please feel free to take a look at our Drive Time document.

Work due: Monday Week 4

STUDYLADDER
No Studyladder

MULTIPLICATION FACTS
Revise 5x and 11x tables - with an adult.

ENGLISH/ MEDIA ARTS
This week read your story (one main character is a robot) through to an adult and do a basic edit - does it make sense? Are there capitals and full stops? Are paragraphs in the correct place? (15 minutes)
   
LSCWC 
Students are expected to complete three LSCWC (Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check) by Tuesday morning.                                                           (LSD)

READING
Read for ten minutes every night or twenty minutes three times in a week.
We will be asking students about what they have read.

GEOGRAPHY
Groups are now presenting for assessment. Make sure you have written your cue cards and give time to practice them to best prepare yourself for speaking in front of your peers.
Also take on board the feedback given to our first presentations and make improvements to your slides, transitions, information and answers to the main questions.

JAPANESE
There will be five short Japanese hiragana writing tests starting on Wednesday week 4, through to Tuesday week 5. The first test (9/11/16) will be on a i u e o and ka ki ku ke ko. You will have 5 minutes to revise before the test, but use some homework time if you need to brush up on them. (5 minutes)

(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo

Week 3, Term 4

Drive Time

If any parents are wondering how we start the beginning of the day, please feel free to take a look at our Drive Time document.

Work due: Monday Week 4

STUDYLADDER
No Studyladder

MULTIPLICATION FACTS
Revise 4x and 7x tables - with an adult.

ENGLISH/ MEDIA ARTS

Over the next few weeks you will be writing a story. One of the main characters must be a robot. For this week's homework begin writing your orientation on a new google doc.  Focus on character, but you may like to give some thought to where and when your story is taking place. It's OK if you change these details later, however you should also have a complication and resolution in mind, and changing the orientation may affect these. (20minutes)

     
LSCWC 
Students are expected to complete three LSCWC (Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check) by Tuesday morning.                                                           (LSD)

READING
Read for ten minutes every night or twenty minutes three times in a week.
We will be asking students about what they have read.


JAPANESE
Spend 5 minutes practising your hiragana writing in your new graph book. You may cover these, but only with a Japanese theme. Term 4 Week 3 focus is on ra ri ru re ro, and wa wo n.

(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo

Week 2, Term 4

Drive Time

If any parents are wondering how we start the beginning of the day, please feel free to take a look at our Drive Time document.

Work due: Monday Week 3

STUDYLADDER
No Studyladder

MULTIPLICATION FACTS
Revise 6x and 8x tables - with an adult.

ENGLISH/ MEDIA ARTS

Write a summary, in your own words, of the orientation of the first part of Big Hero 6.  (20minutes)

The following topic-groups (blue) still need to present information about the topic they researched. Make sure you have information to share. This is not homework but work over due. Groups that have presented should spend a few minutes completing their shared document if they haven't already: Tokyo, San Francisco, Japanese robots, American robots, history of robots / timeline, animation/cartoons, comics, Astro Boy, Robots in war, 'The Hero’s Journey' (Joseph Campbell) / The Heroine’s Journey.
It's the typist's/ editor's job to arrange the information.
     
LSCWC 
Students are expected to complete three LSCWC (Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check) by Tuesday morning.                                                           (LSD)

READING
Read for ten minutes every night or twenty minutes three times in a week.
We will be asking students about what they have read.


JAPANESE
Practice reading your 3 slides presentations.
Spend 5 minutes practising your hiragana writing in your new graph book. You may cover these, but only with a Japanese theme. Term 4 Week 2 focus is on ma mi mu me mo, and ya yu yo.

(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo

Week 1, Term 4

WELCOME BACK to Term 4

Drive Time
If any parents are wondering how we start the beginning of the day, please feel free to take a look at our Drive Time document.


Work due: Monday Week 2

STUDYLADDER
No Studyladder

MULTIPLICATION FACTS
Revise 7x and 9x tables - with an adult.

ENGLISH/ MEDIA ARTS
Continue researching your set topic and sharing it within your group: Tokyo, San Francisco, Japanese robots, American robots, history of robots / timeline, animation/cartoons, comics, Astro Boy, Robots in war, 'The Hero’s Journey' (Joseph Campbell) / The Heroine’s Journey.
It's the typist's/ editor's job to arrange the information. (20min)
       
LSCWC 
Students are expected to complete three LSCWC (Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check) by Tuesday morning.                                                           (LSD)

READING
Read for ten minutes every night or twenty minutes three times in a week.
We will be asking students about what they have read.


JAPANESE
Practice reading your 3 slides presentations.
Spend 5 minutes practising your hiragana writing in your new graph book. You may cover these, but only with a Japanese theme. Term 4 Week 1 focus is on na ni nu ne no, and ha hi hu he ho.

(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo

Week 9, Term 3

SCIENCE
On Google Drive in science folder.
1) Put pictures in life cycle order.
2) Add information to the pictures.

STUDYLADDER
Students have begun 'window shopping' to furnish their houses. This may require  money and finance related maths.
Spend some time on tasks that you think will help you in this area. You will be asked to explain your choices. Why did you pick these tasks? Which did you make a priority?
         
Due Monday Week 10  
         
LSCWC 
Students are expected to complete three LSCWC (Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check) by Tuesday morning.                                                           (LSD)

READING
Read for ten minutes every night or twenty minutes three times in a week.


JAPANESE
Practice reading your 3 slides presentations.
Spend 5 minutes practising your hiragana writing in your new graph book. You may cover these, but only with a Japanese theme.

(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo