Home+Learning

= = =Home Learning Comets Style!!!=

The Home Learning grid for this term is the same format as last term, it includes some revision of last term's big question. Please remember that it is childrens' responsibility to complete these activities and hand these in to me and have a chance to share their work with the class on a Friday.

Just a note regarding the marking of the homelearning - all children who share their homelearning with the class on a Friday get immediate verbal feedback from both their peers and the teacher. Inb addition there is a chart on our wall with a name list beside which a sticker is put to celebrate those who have completed a section of their homelearning grid.

In addition the students all have spelling words to learn and a book to read each night too. They have a reading diary glued in the back of their homelearning books where they can log the books they read and there is space for an adult sign that they have read each book. They are tested on their spelling words and I sight their reading diaries each Friday.

You can email your homelearning to me at

annem@pekerau.school.nz = =

THE QUESTION
During the week I will often give the Comets a general knowlege question to find the answer to, they can tell me the answer the following day. I will make sure the questions are on the Wikispace so that the children can look them up if they haven't quite remembered them. This task is optional however it has been great to see the enthusiasm so far .....

While the children can use any method they like to find the answer I would like to encourage them to find the answer themselves rather than just ask a parent.

Tuesday 9th October - What is so special about the Dead Sea?