On Homework
Aug. 28th, 2018 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
danieldwilliamMy Lovely Wife and I have just received the Captain's P4 Home Work Grid for term one. The scheme of arrangement for homework is that he has to pick one activity from this list each week and do it, and sometimes make a short report about it. He gets spelling homework as well. The Grid is below.
Activity 1: Literacy: Write a paragraph using WOW words to describe one character in Charlotte’s Web. Type up and post as a comment on your learning journals under this terms homework grid.
Activity 2: Literacy: Listen/watch/read a news article that interests you about a current issue. Discuss it with someone at home.
Activity 3: Maths: What’s my shape? Write a description of a 3D shape using faces, vertices and edges. Post on your learning journals and your class will try to guess which shape you have described.
Activity 4: Numeracy: Practice your place value skills using this game: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/place-value/place-value-charts.Your target is to focus on the word section of the game.
Activity 5: Health and Wellbeing: Small things make a difference: what could you change in your day to be eco-friendly? For example, turning the tap off when your brush your teeth, unplugging games that are not being used and thinking about how to reduce, reuse, recycle. Post your action on your learning journal.
Activity 6: Health and Wellbeing: Take the opportunity to head outside and challenge yourself to run/jog a mile. How long does this take you? Could you improve your time later in the term?
Activity 7: IDL/Topic: Make a list of the ingredients included in your dinner. Post them on your learning journals in their food types or categories. Extension: Could you help in the kitchen to prepare the meal or set the table for dinner?
Activity 8: Expressive Arts: Create a fruit face in the style of artist Arcimboldo. Use the link for inspiration. https://kinderart.com/art-lessons/drawing/fruit-and-vegetable-portraits/ Make your face out of fruit, snap a picture and bring it into school!
This seems much more interesting than homework I remember at the same age. I like the fact that he is encouraged to engage with other people, his class mates in Activity 3, someone from home in 2 and to get involved in the kitchen in 7.
I'm particularly looking forward to Activity 2. I get good chat from him when we discuss the news. I'm also looking forward to doing some cooking with him and even going for a run.
Activity 1: Literacy: Write a paragraph using WOW words to describe one character in Charlotte’s Web. Type up and post as a comment on your learning journals under this terms homework grid.
Activity 2: Literacy: Listen/watch/read a news article that interests you about a current issue. Discuss it with someone at home.
Activity 3: Maths: What’s my shape? Write a description of a 3D shape using faces, vertices and edges. Post on your learning journals and your class will try to guess which shape you have described.
Activity 4: Numeracy: Practice your place value skills using this game: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/place-value/place-value-charts.Your target is to focus on the word section of the game.
Activity 5: Health and Wellbeing: Small things make a difference: what could you change in your day to be eco-friendly? For example, turning the tap off when your brush your teeth, unplugging games that are not being used and thinking about how to reduce, reuse, recycle. Post your action on your learning journal.
Activity 6: Health and Wellbeing: Take the opportunity to head outside and challenge yourself to run/jog a mile. How long does this take you? Could you improve your time later in the term?
Activity 7: IDL/Topic: Make a list of the ingredients included in your dinner. Post them on your learning journals in their food types or categories. Extension: Could you help in the kitchen to prepare the meal or set the table for dinner?
Activity 8: Expressive Arts: Create a fruit face in the style of artist Arcimboldo. Use the link for inspiration. https://kinderart.com/art-lessons/drawing/fruit-and-vegetable-portraits/ Make your face out of fruit, snap a picture and bring it into school!
This seems much more interesting than homework I remember at the same age. I like the fact that he is encouraged to engage with other people, his class mates in Activity 3, someone from home in 2 and to get involved in the kitchen in 7.
I'm particularly looking forward to Activity 2. I get good chat from him when we discuss the news. I'm also looking forward to doing some cooking with him and even going for a run.
