TUESDAY

20 minutes of reading in English

Maths

Grade 6
Complete questions from class

Grade 5
Complete work issued in class


German Grade 5/6
re-narration (50 - 80 words) of assigned chapters of the book "Insel der blauen Delfine". Send re-narration to birgit.wyss@isr.ch by Monday, January 25


WEDNESDAY

20 minutes of reading in German

Language - An adverb is a word that describes an action verb.

Directions: Fill in the blank lines with the adverb that best fits each
sentence. You can use some of the adverbs below.

playfully carefully sincerely slowly happily
quickly patiently loudly quietly safely

1.) Sarah skipped ____________down the street to see her friend.
2.) The team ran ______________ towards the finish line to win the race.
3.) The librarian told the kids to read their books ________________.
4.) The cat chased the ball around _________________.
5.) Dan waited _______________ for his turn to hit the ball.
6.) The turtle walked ____________ and couldn’t keep up with the rabbit.
7.) Sharon chose the answers for her test ______________ so she would pass.
8.) Mike saw there were no cars coming so he could cross the street _______________.
9.) The kids shouted __________________ as they played in gym class.

French
to learn (how to write) the adjectives




THURSDAY
20 minutes of reading in English
Maths
Have another practice at multiplying fractions.
Some help can be found here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnu16kCRW4U

Fraction Multiplication

1a. 10 11 × 2 10 =	1b. 6 9 × 8 9 =
2a. 4 12 × 4 8 =	2b. 8 12 × 10 11 =
3a. 1 4 × 2 12 =	3b. 7 8 × 8 9 =
4a. 3 4 × 3 12 =	4b. 9 11 × 5 9 =
5a. 4 12 × 10 11 =	5b. 9 11 × 2 6 =
6a. 2 10 × 2 5 =	6b. 4 5 × 1 10 =

FRIDAY
20 minutes of reading in German

Language
Spend 90 seconds listing all the things that you can think of that you might find in a hospital. Now spend 18 minutes and 30 seconds writing a story that includes most of the items that you have on your list. You may not set your story in a hospital.



MONDAY
20 minutes of reading in English

Remember to add to your own blog at least three times a week. This is considered part of your homework. If you can not access your blog at home write the work on a piece of paper and we can use the computers at school.

No swimming tomorrow

TUESDAY
Swimming
20 minutes of reading in English

Language

Find the nouns and sort them into proper and common nouns.

1. Charlie feeds his cows a cool selection of vitamins.

2. It’s a good rule to never put your pet spider into your wallet.

3. Alice advised Anne to visit Baltimore in the spring.

4. Harry was horrified to hear that his horse had hugged his hyena.

5. Many talented boys incorrectly believe that girls are incapable of matching their skills.

6. There are times when I have trouble tackling turkeys.

7. Barbara believed that her beliefs were more logical than the doubts that Edward expressed.

8. Luck is usually a matter of choosing to do wise things.

9. My favorite color is red but I admire your lovely green teeth.

10. Debbie had a strange habit of gargling her soup whenever we dined publicly.

WEDNESDAY

20 minutes of reading in German

Maths

Grade 6
Complete questions from class

Grade 5
Complete work issued in class


THURSDAY
20 minutes of reading in English

Grade 5 Maths Long divison practice

This might help
http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/long-division-animation.html

1: _ 10 )581

2: 19 )1747

3: 15 )1320

4: 17 )902

5: 18 )1630

6: 14 )1237

FRIDAY

20 minutes of reading in German

Language
Write an exaggeration.

Possibly about how sick you were or how bad the food was. This must not be factual but a huge exaggeration. The bigger the better.


MONDAY
20 minutes of reading in English

Remember to add to your own blog at least three times a week. This is considered part of your homework. If you can not access your blog at home write the work on a piece of paper and we can use the computers at school.

Please remember that we have an Information Evening for the fieldtrip on Monday 11th at 17.30


TUESDAY
Swimming
20 minutes of reading in English

Maths

Grade 6
Complete questions from class

Grade 5
Complete work issued in class


German Grade 5/6


WEDNESDAY

20 minutes of reading in German

Language
We need to consider our exhibition, please search on Amazon.com for books that you feel support your proposed area of inquiry. We as a school will endeavour to aquire some of these texts.

Here is a list of good alternative search engines for research
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Research+Tools




THURSDAY
20 minutes of reading in English
Here are some rites of passage to explore

First Hair Cut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_haircut

Bar and Bat Mitzvah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_and_Bat_Mitzvah

Quinceañera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincea%C3%B1era

Russ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ
You can ask Mrs Warren about this one.

and there are lots more


FRIDAY

20 minutes of reading in German

Language
Find a dictionary, you are welcome to take one from school. Open the dictionary 5 times and write down the first word you see, write its definition and write a sentence containing the word.



MONDAY
20 minutes of reading in English

Remember to add to your own blog at least three times a week. This is considered part of your homework. If you can not access your blog at home write the work on a piece of paper and we can use the computers at school.