Term 1 - Week 5!

Spelling

Dear Parents,! Welcome to Take Flights homework for 2014.! Homework is designed to give parents / caregivers an overview about what their child is learning at school and the opportunity to support them with their reading, writing and math.! Our class blog can be visited at " http://takeight.blog.welcomebay.school.nz/!

Please spend 5 10 minutes each night learning your words. Answers should be both verbal and written.

Word

Mo n

Tu e

We d

Th u

Tes t

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Practice writing all your numbers up to 20. Be careful not to write any numbers backwards.

Math

Ideas for Spelling homework!

- www.spellingcity.com! - Rainbow writing! - Reading the words! - Finding other words with the same spelling pattern! - Using the word in a sentence.! - Writing the words in alphabetical order

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Subtraction practice. Practice subtraction problems up to 20. See how quick you can solve subtraction problems involving 5 or 10. E.g. 5 - 3 = ? or 10 - 6 = ?

Chunk Challenge!
Teacher says ...

Year 2 = bl Year 1 = an
Look through to nd all the words you can which contain the bl or an chunk. It could be at the start, middle or end of a word.

Inquiry

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Discuss with your family what you used you HE.A.R.T. cards for last Thursday.!

What other choices could we have for our next H.E.A.R.T. rewards day?! What are you going to do at school to earn more H.E.A.R.T. cards for the next 5 weeks?