Grade 5/6 Homework

The purpose of homework is to get students into the habit of taking work from school to home and back to school. It fosters positive work habits and allows them to begin to understand the best way that they work. This term, the students will be given all their homework at once. They should not do all of the tasks at once, however, it is expected that they complete at least one task per week. The minimum requirement for each task is what is directly stated within the matrix. This does not mean that the student cannot do more work on a task, if they choose to. It is about developing work independence and self-motivation.

Literacy

Research different types of poems. Write 3 different types of poems on a topic of your choice..

Find a poem that interests you. Write a review of what emotions, ideas and thoughts it inspires within you.

Make sure you include a copy of the poem. (It could also be the lyrics of a song)

Think about your favourite game or sport. Write a procedural text (instructions) on how to play the game. Make sure you include equipment, rules and a map of the field/board.

It would be helpful to include some ‘useful tips’.

Help someone in your family when they are cooking dinner.

Record the ingredients you needed to make the dinner and the steps required.

Photos would be great!

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Use the grid above to make as many words as possible. You can only use each letter once per word (unless it is in the grid twice!)

Mathematics

You have $100 to spend on groceries for the week. This money must feed your entire family of 6 people for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.

Use supermarket websites or catalogues to show pictures and $ amounts of the items you are going to purchase for each meal.

Step 1: Toss a coin 10 times and record your results in a table (heads or tales)

Step 2: Estimate what your results would be in you tossed the same coin 100 times.

Step 3: Toss the coin 100 times and record your results in a table.

Step 4: Write a paragraph explaining your results

Think about some topics in maths that you would like to improve on. Complete some tasks on IXL for this topic.

- Write the tasks done in your homework folder.

Use a piece of grid paper to draw a bird’s eye view of your house. Make sure you include your yard and all of the rooms are drawn as close to scale as you can (use estimation)

Solve the following problems: