Week Three Spelling Words

Group A
amphibian, barometer, carnivore, colonisation, co-ordinate, diet, emphasis, expressive, galaxy, hypotenuse, ion, median, neuter, package, portfolio, reaction, sellotape, suburban, transformation, xylophone.

Group B
American, attachment, cancer, cobweb, co-operation, delight, earthquake, expensive, fragile, ignorance, losing, movement, particularly, preference, refugees, shrieking, squeeze, suitcase, trace, wrestle.

Group C
Amuse, bean, cheap, crust, division, elementary, explode, fright, hero, jacket, loaf, operate, playcentre, rail, saucepan, slime, stray, torch, untie, worst.

Group D
adsent, avenue, bother, character, crossing, discover, factory, gala, honest, level, motor, patch, project, rainy, raincoat, safety, simply, stomach, tick, wasp.

Class and Homework. The Industrial Revolution.

Over the next few weeks you are going to investigate the Industrial Revolution. You will look at what it was and how it affected the way we live today. This is a part of your homework – along with your reading and spelling.

This is a chance to prove that you can work independently, are self-motivated and are able to stay on task when needed. You can work with another person outside of school but in class you will be independent.

You will first investigate and find the answers to the question below. You will use two pages in your homework to collect information. Then you will present it as a A4 poster (double sided) for your sample folder.

These are not one word answers so you will need to put some throught into it.

1.       Who could be seen as a pioneer during the Industrial revolution? What did they do and why was it important?

2.       When and why did the Industrial Revolution happen?

3.       Where in the world was the Industrial Revolution seen to develop from (City and Country)?

4.       What was the Industrial Revolution about? 

5.       Why was the Industrial Revolution seen as an important event in human history?

6.       What important technological improvements were made during this time?

7.       How did it change society and the way cities were built?

8.       What was a negative aspect of the Industrial Revolution?

9.       What was the biggest change in the way people produced things?

10.   How did children live during this time? Tell me about the rich and poor. How were children used as labour during this time?

11.   Create a VENN diagram and compare a child of the industrial revolution and a child growing up the 2012.

 This project is due on Monday 5^th November.

Spelling Words Week Two Term Four

Group A
ampere, badminton, cardiovascular, colon, convention, diction, emotional, exponent, fungus, hymn, invertebrate, media, network, ozone, polystyrene, rational, segment, subsistance, transaction, whanau.

Group B
amazement, attach, canal, clump, conversation, delicate, earnest, expense, fortunate, icicle, loneliness, moveable, parliament, prefer, refrigeration, shearing, squeak, suitable, tournament, worried.

Group C
apology, attractive, bonfire, coach, dart, dwarf, fallen, golf, huge, kauri, magnetic, movies, ourselves, poster, recreation, screw, stray, suggest, untie, worst.

Group D
admit, attention, boss, chalk, crop, disappoint, fact, grabbed, indoors, lonely, navy, phone, photo, pillow, pure, scientist, smart, supper, togs, whale.

What a talented class!!!!!!!

A late thank you to Room 7 for your wonderful effort with our School Production.

Spelling Words Week One Term Four

Welcome to Term 4! Your last term at primary school. This term I have set you a challenge. You must now get your words from this site. As you are inching closer to Intermediate you now need to start being more responsible, self motivated and independent. Be positive and set yourself weekly homework goals.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.
Lester Louis Brown
American Journalist

You still have your spelling and reading as homework. You will also have spelling tasks to complete each week. You will need a dictionary to help you.

The more you get tested at home with your spelling the easier it is. The more you read the better you get and the easier spelling becomes.

Task One: Each group has twenty words to learn. Within each group are words that are underlined. You need to find out what these words mean. Remember you might need to find the root word i.e. expensive - look up the word expense and you will find it. Don't guess what it means find its actual meaning. Set it out in your book as below.

Word - Word family - Meaning

Spell - verb - to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of (a word, syllable, etc.).

Task Two: You then need to write five sentences. Each sentence has at least one word from your list. You can use as many words as you like but you must write five sentences. Remember a sentence has a capital letter and fullstop. 

Group A

alto, bacteria, cardinal, colloquial, contraction, dictator, elliptical, exploration, fungi, hydrogen, inverse, mechanics, negative, oxide, Polynesia, ratio, sediment, stratus, tradition, well-being.

Group B
amateur, Atlantic, campaign, closely, convenience, definitely, dutiful, expedition, formula, humorous, locate, mould, parallel, precious, referred, severe, squash, suitability, tickled, worthy.

Group C
ambulance, beam, chapter, crumb, distant, expensive, friendship, hell, irrigation, lizard, mistake, opera, platform, raft, satisfy, slice, strap, toothpaste, unpack, worn.

Group D
adopted, author, boom, chain, criminal, dancing, explain, future, homework, lettuce, motive, niece, nephew, pat, produce, saddle, signal, stole, thus, wake.

Those student who don't complete the homework know the drill! It's not hard!

We learn wisdom from failure much more than success. We often discover what we WILL do, by finding out what we will NOT do.
Samuel Smiles, 1812 - 1904
Scottish author and social reformer.