Homework Week 7

Homework Week 7

All homework is due this FRIDAY Week 7 (2/9)

Don't forget you must do study ladder each week. You are to achieve a minimum of 60% of the activities set for you.

Literacy PLURALS

The definition of a plural is: More than one person or thing. There are many rules to follow to spell a plural correctly. This week we will be looking at adding 's' and 'es' again.

Read the following info. You might need to read it twice to make sure you get it!

Adding 's' or 'es' to words that end in O.You can either add an 's' or 'es' to words ending in O. 

If a word ends with an O and the second last letter is a vowel: a,e,i,o,u then we sometimes add 's' Eg: radio/radios, stereo/stereos, video/videos

If a words ends in with an O and the second last letter is a consonant then we sometimes add 's.' Eg kilo/kilos, zero/zeros, piano/pianos, photo/photos

There are exceptions!  sometimes we also add 'es'

Eg: hero/heroes, potato/potatoes, volcano/volcanoes, tomato/tomatoes.

There is no rules for this - It's tricky but the only way to remember them is to learn them.

Spelling rule- Adding "es" or "s" to make a plural	Your list- Adding "es" or "s" to make a plural	5 Words from novel and KLA
potatoes
volcanoes
echoes
merinos
kangaroos

Homework activities:

1.   You need to complete at least 1 activity in class - colour it in yellow.          

2.  You need to complete 1 activity at home for homework - colour them in blue.

Watch the youtube clip about the Bathurst Goldfields and answer the following questions.

Write your answers in a Google doc and then submit it to Google Classroom. Don't forget to attach your work when you submit!

* Create a google doc---->put your name in the title------>complete the questions (make sure they are organised neatly) ----------> go to your teacher's Google Classroom---->submit your work (make sure you attach your doc. Do not share your doc.

1) Do you think the gold nugget at the start of the show is real? Why or why not?
2) Estimate what size you think it approximately is? Answer in centimetres. (use the host as a guide to estimate)
3) Find out where the largest gold nugget was found. (hint: you might want to ask Google a smart/specific question). How much did it weigh and how much was it worth?
4) How much would it be worth in today's market if you found it while you were at Bathurst?
5) Which is heavier, Gold or lead? By how much? Do you think that a lump of gold would be heavy to hold?
6) The presenter and the man panning discuss children catching 'gold fever.' Do you think you will catch it when you are panning? Why or why not?
7) List 3 interesting things you saw between the 2:45 mins and the 4:00 min mark.
8) Why are the children digging in the ground at 4:00 minute mark? Are they bored?
9) When the host lit the candle so he could see where he was working, do you think he was he alluvial mining or shaft mining?

Click---> Conjunction game.

Click---> Make a compound sentence game

Click ---> Is this a compound sentence game.