Book Week Theme (Room 8)

The Book Week themeis Your Treasure
Room 8 are teaming up with their buddy classes (Rooms 19 & 20)
Our treasure is our Teddies and our costumes are our PJs (nightwear)
We have had a good chat about this theme and how it is a great example of a treasure we have as kids, perhaps our most valuable item. Our parents the take that treasure as it holds such wonderful memories.
As the older examples and mentors we are for our young buddy class we all thought their choice was a good one.
If a teddy is an issue please ask as my son has too many on his bed. Trackies, uggies, dressing gowns, onesies etc are all fine. Just make sure they are warm enough
Steve

Week 4, Term 3

REMINDER
WRITER'S FESTIVAL is this week, and room 7&8 had an engaging presentation from Deborah Abela and Dan McGuiness this morning.

READING
This weeks questions are from the pdf in your civics folder 'Civics wk1 and wk2' pages 9,10 & 11. Complete activities titled 'Definitions 1', 'Definitions 2' and 'Quiz'. They all relate to last weeks reading activities. To answer the questions you may need to use some of the reading skills you have learnt such as scanning and skimming, going back over the reading material to help find an answer. 

Use the document created in week 1 to answer the questions, include a heading 'week 4 homework' and a date.
We will check and mark all questions on Friday.

SPELLING
Complete your look, say, cover, write, check in their LSCWC small notebook.
The 4 boxes in their LSCWC book need to be completed by Thursday.
It is best that they complete a LSCWC on separate nights. Some kids have shown great improvement with a practice test also given by their parents on one night. Please get them to slip/staple any extra practice evidence into their book, to show us.(LSD)

MATHS

• On a treasure map I found, the instructions were: From the palm tree, take two steps North, then four steps East. Where might I have started and where would I finish? Show this on a grid map that also uses one or more quadrants from the cartesian plane. Think carefully about how you would represent this information accurately on a  map that uses cardinal directions. 
• Spend a few minutes discussing with an adult about how the DPS or SEXTANT* (for deep space navigation) might work. *N.B this is not the other kind of sextant primarily used for ocean navigation...but maybe they're related.

JAPANESE

Continue to work on your own slides presentation that displays all the characters we have learned so far. Spend a few minutes each night reviewing the characters. There will be a test on Wednesday week 4 (A, TSU, HA, RE, MO, YO, SO, ZO, YA, CHI). There will also be a test on these words:  samui, hare, kumori, atsui, kyou.

DRAMA

'What skills are neeed to be a good mime?' (2-3 sentences)

(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo
(HD) - Homework Dojo
(B) - Brave risk

Week 2, Term 3

REMINDER
WRITER'S FESTIVAL is Week 4, starting with our visiting authors Deborah Abela and Dan McGuiness on Monday August 13th.  We have started reading 'Grimsdon' by Deborah Abela for our class novel.
Please pay for this incursion as soon as possible if you have not done so already. We consider this incursion to be very worthwhile, and extremely good value for money.
Table points (200/100) and class points (20 per student) if all payments made.

READING
Read and answer the Civics PDFs in their Google Drive: (Monday to Thursday)
For Week 2 the documents are:
1) Read PDF 'Australian Democracy' pages 1-11.
2) Read  'A Good Representative' + and complete activity on A4 paper. Make a 'Job Advertisement' poster.
What kind of skills would a federal representative need?

Use the document created on Monday to answer the questions, unless told otherwise.
We will check and mark all questions on Friday.

SPELLING
Complete your look, say, cover, write, check in their LSCWC small notebook.
The 4 boxes in their LSCWC book need to be completed by Thursday.
It is best that they complete a LSCWC on separate nights. Some kids have shown great improvement with a practice test also given by their parents on one night. Please get them to slip/staple any extra practice evidence into their book, to show us.(LSD)

MATHS
See Maths tasks at the end of the Drive Time document. There are three. We will look at the first one on Tueday morning. The rest by Friday.

JAPANESE

Continue to work on your own slides presentation that displays all the characters we have learned so far. Spend a few minutes each night reviewing the characters. There will be a test on Friday week 10 (NE, TE, DE, MU, I). There will also be a test on these words:  ii, tenki, desu, ne, migi, hidari, mae, ushiro.

DRAMA

Drama homework this week.


(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo
(HD) - Homework Dojo
(B) - Brave risk

Week 1, Term 3

WELCOME BACK TO TERM 3
Hope you all had a relaxing holiday and you're now  re-energised for a fun-filled, action packed Term 3.

IMPORTANT REMINDER:
WRITER'S FESTIVAL is Week 4, starting with our visiting authors Deborah Abela and Dan McGuiness on Monday August 13th.  We have started reading 'Grimsdon' by Deborah Abela for our class novel.
Please pay for this incursion as soon as possible if you have not done so already. We consider this incursion to be very worthwhile, and extremely good value for money.

READING
Read and answer the Civics PDFs in their Google Drive: (Monday to Thursday)
What is democracy?
Democratic values - freedom
Democratic values - equality
Who we vote for

Use the document created on Monday to answer the questions.
We will check and mark all questions on Friday.

SPELLING
Complete your look, say, cover, write, check in their LSCWC small notebook.
The 4 boxes in their LSCWC book need to be completed by Thursday.
It is best that they complete a LSCWC on separate nights. Some kids have shown great improvement with a practice test also given by their parents on one night. Please get them to slip/staple any extra practice evidence into their book, to show us.(LSD)

MATHS
Divide the graph paper provided into four parts. Draw a cartesian plane in each section (4 altogether). In each cartesian plane draw the following shapes (triangle, square, pentagon, own choice - more than 5 points). There should be only one shape on each cartesian plane. Now record the co-ordinates for each shape.

JAPANESE

Continue to work on your own slides presentation that displays all the characters we have learned so far. Spend a few minutes each night reviewing the characters. There will be a test on Friday week 10 (NE, TE, DE, MU, I). There will also be a test on these words:  ii, tenki, desu, ne, migi, hidari, mae, ushiro.

SCIENCE

Science homework this week.

DRAMA

Drama homework this week.


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

(B) - Brave risk

Week 10, Term2

(Students will earn a privilege this week if their parent +1s this post)

CLASS CELEBRATION - Don't Forget this Wednesday
Room 7 & 8 have worked hard in Term 2 and deserve to celebrate their efforts and achievements. We will  celebrate with a shared lunch on Wednesday 4th July, Week 10.
We ask that students bring a plate of food to share:
Room 7 - savoury
Room 8 - sweet
Thank you.

READING
Read and answer the Gold Rush comprehension PDFs in their Google Drive. Pages 10,11 & 12.(History folder)
Students continue on entering answers in the document they created last week. Each question directly relates to the comic strip style pages that are also in their drive.
We will check and mark all questions on Friday.

SPELLING
Complete your look, say, cover, write, check in their LSCWC small notebook.
The 4 boxes in their LSCWC book need to be completed by Thursday.
It is best that they complete a LSCWC on separate nights. Some kids have shown great improvement with a practice test also given by their parents on one night. Please get them to slip/staple any extra practice evidence into their book, to show us.(LSD)

HISTORY
Add final touches and edits to their projects which will be graded this week. We recomend that students present the website to someone at home and answer questions about each of their pages and why they have created pages, added information and how they found their information.

Year 5 and Year 6 students have different curriculum focus topics.

We have attached the homework assignments and assessment rubrics below.

Year 5's focus is - Investigating Colonial Life in Australia.

Assignment

Rubric

Year 6's focus is - Contributions to Australian Society.

Assignment

Rubric

Although this is an individual assignment and we will be spending a considerable amount of time in class working on it and explicitly teaching aspects, we are hoping that students take the opportunity to extend their work and presentation skills using their homework time. 

Obviously we don't want parents doing the majority of the assignment for their child but we both encourage that parents take particular interest in this assignment and assist the students with: 

• Researching - locating quality information and visuals (photos and videos)
• Writing - Making sure that the information on their website is in their own words (not copied)
• Website - Helping from a users point of view. Is the website easy to navigate, engaging and informative?

JAPANESE

Continue to work on your own slides presentation that displays all the characters we have learned so far. Spend a few minutes each night reviewing the characters. There will be a test on Friday week 10 (NE, TE, DE, MU, I). There will also be a test on these words:  ii, tenki, desu, ne, migi, hidari, mae, ushiro.

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

(B) - Brave risk

Week 9, Term 2

(Students will earn a privilege this week if their parent +1s this post)

CLASS CELEBRATION
Room 7 & 8 have worked hard in Term 2 and deserve to celebrate their efforts and achievements. We will  celebrate with a shared lunch on Wednesday 4th July, Week 10.
We ask that students bring a plate of food to share:
Room 7 - savoury
Room 8 - sweet
Thank you.

READING
Read and answer the Gold Rush comprehension PDFs in their Google Drive. Pages 6,7 & 8.(History folder)
Students continue on entering answers in the document they created last week. Each question directly relates to the comic strip style pages that are also in their drive.
We will check and mark all questions on Friday.

MATHS
This week's focus is decimals. In the LSCWC book (on the page opposite this weeks LSCWC) please replicate the table below.

Find the amount saved for each BMX (estimate every bike before calculating)

	Full Price	Percentage off	Estimated Amount Saved	Amount Saved
Haro Pro Tribute	$900	20%
Mongoose Supergoose	$1300	30%
Redline	$700	15%
GT Free Style	$480	10%
Free Agent Ambush	$550	5%

b.  Which will be the cheapest Bike?

c. Which one would you buy?

SPELLING
Complete your look, say, cover, write, check in their LSCWC small notebook.
The 4 boxes in their LSCWC book need to be completed by Thursday.
It is best that they complete a LSCWC on separate nights. Some kids have shown great improvement with a practice test also given by their parents on one night. Please get them to slip/staple any extra practice evidence into their book, to show us.(LSD)

HISTORY
Add final touches and edits to their projects which will be graded this week. We recomend that students present the website to someone at home and answer questions about each of their pages and why they have created pages, added information and how they found their information.

Year 5 and Year 6 students have different curriculum focus topics.

We have attached the homework assignments and assessment rubrics below.

Year 5's focus is - Investigating Colonial Life in Australia.

Assignment

Rubric

Year 6's focus is - Contributions to Australian Society.

Assignment

Rubric

Although this is an individual assignment and we will be spending a considerable amount of time in class working on it and explicitly teaching aspects, we are hoping that students take the opportunity to extend their work and presentation skills using their homework time. 

Obviously we don't want parents doing the majority of the assignment for their child but we both encourage that parents take particular interest in this assignment and assist the students with: 

• Researching - locating quality information and visuals (photos and videos)
• Writing - Making sure that the information on their website is in their own words (not copied)
• Website - Helping from a users point of view. Is the website easy to navigate, engaging and informative?

JAPANESE

Continue to work on your own slides presentation that displays all the characters we have learned so far. Spend a few minutes each night reviewing the characters. There will be a test on Friday week 9 (E,U,MA,RO,DO,GI). There will also be a test on these words:  kita, minami, higashi, nishi.(directions NSEW).

(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo
(HD) - Homework Dojo
(B) - Brave risk

Week 8, Term 2

(Students will earn a privilege this week if their parent +1s this post)

READING
Read and answer the Gold Rush comprehension PDFs in their Google Drive. Pages 4 & 5.(History folder)
Students continue on entering answers in the document they created last week. Each question directly relates to the comic strip style pages that are also in their drive.
We will check and mark all questions on Friday.

MATHS
This week's focus is decimals. In the LSCWC book (on the page opposite this weeks LSCWC) please create a numberline from 0 to 10.
Place the following numbers in the correct spot.

5.5       0.5      4/2      24/3    7.5      9/10      60/10   

SPELLING
Complete your look, say, cover, write, check in their LSCWC small notebook.
The 4 boxes in their LSCWC book need to be completed by Thursday.
It is best that they complete a LSCWC on separate nights. Some kids have shown great improvement with a practice test also given by their parents on one night. Please get them to slip/staple any extra practice evidence into their book, to show us.(LSD)

HISTORY
Continue with project.

Year 5 and Year 6 students have different curriculum focus topics.

We have attached the homework assignments and assessment rubrics below.

Year 5's focus is - Investigating Colonial Life in Australia.

Assignment

Rubric

Year 6's focus is - Contributions to Australian Society.

Assignment

Rubric

Although this is an individual assignment and we will be spending a considerable amount of time in class working on it and explicitly teaching aspects, we are hoping that students take the opportunity to extend their work and presentation skills using their homework time. 

Obviously we don't want parents doing the majority of the assignment for their child but we both encourage that parents take particular interest in this assignment and assist the students with: 

• Researching - locating quality information and visuals (photos and videos)
• Writing - Making sure that the information on their website is in their own words (not copied)
• Website - Helping from a users point of view. Is the website easy to navigate, engaging and informative?

JAPANESE

Continue to work on your own slides presentation that displays all the characters we have learned so far. Spend a few minutes each night reviewing the characters. There will be a test on Friday week 8 (RI, KI, NA, NI, MI).

(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo
(HD) - Homework Dojo
(B) - Brave risk

Reports have come home with all students today.

Just a reminder that all reports have come home today. Each reports also have a reminder for the interview bookings for Weeks 8 & 9.

Week 7, Term 2

(Students will earn a privilege this week if their parent +1s this post)

This week students are expected to continue with their History projects.

Year 5 and Year 6 students have different curriculum focus topics.

We have attached the homework assignments and assessment rubrics below.

Year 5's focus is - Investigating Colonial Life in Australia.

Assignment

Rubric

Year 6's focus is - Contributions to Australian Society.

Assignment

Rubric

Although this is an individual assignment and we will be spending a considerable amount of time in class working on it and explicitly teaching aspects, we are hoping that students take the opportunity to extend their work and presentation skills using their homework time. 

Obviously we don't want parents doing the majority of the assignment for their child but we both encourage that parents take particular interest in this assignment and assist the students with: 

• Researching - locating quality information and visuals (photos and videos)
• Writing - Making sure that the information on their website is in their own words (not copied)
• Website - Helping from a users point of view. Is the website easy to navigate, engaging and informative?

MATHS
This week's focus is decimals. In the LSCWC book (on the page opposite this weeks LSCWC) please create a numberline from 0 to 1.
Place the following numbers in the correct spot.

1/10     0.75     1/4    0.8     0.5    2/8     0.01


SPELLING
Complete your look, say, cover, write, check in their LSCWC small notebook.
The 4 boxes in their LSCWC book need to be completed by Thursday.
It is best that they complete a LSCWC on separate nights. Some kids have shown great improvement with a practice test also given by their parents on one night. Please get them to slip/staple any extra practice evidence into their book, to show us.(LSD)

READING
Read and answer the Gold Rush comprehension PDFs in their Google Drive. (History folder)
Students have created a new document in their History folder to answer all questions on. Each question directly relates to the comic strip style pages that are also in their drive.
We will check and mark all questions on Friday.

JAPANESE

Continue to work on your own slides presentation that displays all the characters we have learned so far. Spend a few minutes each night reviewing the characters. There will be a test on Monday week 8 (RI, JI, TO, O, DO).

(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo
(HD) - Homework Dojo
(B) - Brave risk

Week 6, Term 2

This week students are expected to continue with their History projects.

Year 5 and Year 6 students have different curriculum focus topics.

We have attached the homework assignments and assessment rubrics below.

Year 5's focus is - Investigating Colonial Life in Australia.

Assignment

Rubric

Year 6's focus is - Contributions to Australian Society.

Assignment

Rubric

Although this is an individual assignment and we will be spending a considerable amount of time in class working on it and explicitly teaching aspects, we are hoping that students take the opportunity to extend their work and presentation skills using their homework time. 

Obviously we don't want parents doing the majority of the assignment for their child but we both encourage that parents take particular interest in this assignment and assist the students with: 

• Researching - locating quality information and visuals (photos and videos)
• Writing - Making sure that the information on their website is in their own words (not copied)
• Website - Helping from a users point of view. Is the website easy to navigate, engaging and informative?

MATHS
This week's focus is decimals. In the LSCWC book (on the page opposite this weeks LSCWC) please create a numberline from 0 to 1.
Place the following decimals in the correct spot.

0.75     0.25     0.8     0.5     0.1     0.01


SPELLING
Complete your look, say, cover, write, check in their LSCWC small notebook.
The 4 boxes in their LSCWC book need to be completed by Thursday.
It is best that they complete a LSCWC on separate nights. Some kids have shown great improvement with a practice test also given by their parents on one night. Please get them to slip/staple any extra practice evidence into their book, to show us.(LSD)

READING
Read for ten minutes every night or twenty minutes three times in a week.
Please find a way to quietly read to yourself in a sunny place (inside or out). (PLEASE get photo evidence)
Write a journal each week about your weeks reading. Please try to write an entry that details the developments over the week and be descriptive so that a person who has not read the text can clearly imagine the story. (In your LSCWC book by Friday morning)
You may want to include details like: 

• Character developments 
• Describing the setting
• Plot changes
• Predictions of future events

We will be asking students to share their journals throughout the weeks.
Also thank you for all of the photos being emailed to us. Don't stop. We are still collecting the photos for a school presentation.

JAPANESE

Prepare a slides presentation displaying all the characters we have learnt so far.

(SD) - Studyladder Dojo
(LSD) - LSCWC Dojo
(SpellD) - Spelling Dojo
(HD) - Homework Dojo
(B) - Brave risk