October 2015

Please complete and return this homework by Wednesday 4th November.

Literacy

(This should take no longer than 30 minutes.)

Success Criteria

• Check your punctuation (capital letters, full stops and commas).
• Try to use adventurous vocabulary in your sentences.
• Proof-read your sentences.
• Can you self-assess your work once you have finished, is there an area you need more support with?

Challenge 1 Conjunctions: A conjunction is a word that joins two sentences or clauses.

Use one of the following conjunctions to complete these sentences: when, if because, so, while, although, before and after.

The men were very cold …. they wore gloves.

Ronaldo was sad ….. his team-mates had lost their football match.

Messi read a book ….. he waited for the next match.

Now think of three more sentences using some of the following conjunctions: when, if because, so, while, although, before and after.

Challenge 2 – Proper Nouns: A proper noun is specific and unique, whereas a common noun is much more generic. Proper nouns always need a capital letter

Example: Common noun – Would you like some chocolate?

Proper noun – Would you like some Dairy Milk?

Underline the proper noun

1. The boy threw the ball to his dog, Wilson.
2. My friend moved to China.
3. The new restaurant that was built was a McDonald’s.

Can you think of 3 sentences which use a proper noun? It could be a country, month or a brand of food.

Challenge 3 fronted adverbials: fronted adverbials are adverbial phrases at the beginning of the sentence to give information on when (time)? how (manner)? where (place)? eg: Upon the wall, there sat a child. (Notice the comma after the fronted adverbial).

Can you complete the following sentences:

Before the game started, …….

Silently and sneakily, …..

Walking beside the pitch, …..

Suddenly, …..

Can you think of three more sentences using fronted adverbials?

Maths

(This should take no longer than 30 minutes)

This week, we have been exploring multiplication and division. We have been focusing on mental skills which are used both for quick mathematic skills and the formalised methods.

Success Criteria

• Use known number facts to answer the questions
• Think about the place value of the numbers
• Think carefully about the relations between numbers
• Keep practising to improve your speed and ability
• Self-assess your approach. Is there a quicker or easier way of solving the calculations?

1. **Time challenge** Please choose from the set of questions and time yourself completing them. You must work them out mentally (don’t use any paper to write calculations). Can you write down how long it takes you to answer them, does your time improve if you practice similar questions?

Set 1

a. 100 – 60         b. 3 x 7         c. 100 – 36                d. Double 16                 e. Halve 22

f. £1.00 – 35p      g. 8 x 4            h. 20 x 20                   i. 59 + 10                     j. 64 – 10

Set  2

1. 100 – 65         b. 30 x 7        c. 1000 – 360              d. Double 156             e. 8²+ 20

f. 70 x 80              g. 24 + 17       h. £5.00 – £2.40          i. 12 x 120                    j. 60 x 70

2. Fact Families

Here are some fact families can you complete 3 from the choices below.

2, 6, 12

2×6=12

6×2=12

12÷6=2

12÷2=6

1. 2, 8, 16    b.4, 8, 32     c.12, 2, 24  d. 7, 5, 35    e. 8, 5, 40     f. 6, 8, 48