Term 3

Kahikatea Homework
Explore-Dream: Discover!/ Kia Toro-Kia Moemoea:
Week 3

Tips for Quality Homework

• Colourful headings Explore-Dream: Discover!
• Use HB pencil Kia Toro-Kia Moemoea: Whakahura!
• Coloured pencils for headings sue.mclean@nelsoncentral.school.nz
etc joannag@nelsoncentral.school.nz
• Rule off. viv@nelsoncentral.school.nz
• Try your hardest with spelling choi@nelsoncentral.school.nz
and neatness.
Task 3. Spelling:
1. Learn your spelling words for Friday’s
Task 1. Basic Facts:
spelling Test.
1. Each night learn 2 of the basic
2. This week’s spelling is also on Spelling
facts you got wrong or didn’t
City. Keep a list of which games or
complete.
activities you did.
Some classes have X tables to
http://www.spellingcity.com/Kahikatea/
learn too!
3. Each night write 3 good questions or
sentences in your HOMEFUN notebook.
Task 2. Reading:
Each one should use one of your spelling
Read each night for at least 10
words. Challenge yourself to make
minutes. Discuss your reading
them as funny or interesting as you
with an adult.
can.
Dear parents,
Notebooks come back to school every day.
Put the date, use capital letters and other
* Thanks to those parents who
punctuation in the correct places. Underline
came to Parent/Teacher
the spelling words used. Write neatly and
interviews last week. We hope
check your work!
you found them useful
* The Life Education mobile
Task 4. Make up your own game
classroom is here again this week.
If you haven’t already done so
Over the next few weeks we will be working
please send $3 with your child in a
on writing instructions.
sealed envelope to the office.
In preparation for this:
* Please ensure your child is
1. Make up a game of your own,
wearing appropriate clothing
2. Bring it to school on Friday ready to
that is easy to move in for
teach the game to your classmates,
gymnastics on Tuesday. Also
We will write the instructions at school but
note that children will be doing
you need to be clear about what you will need
gymnastics in bare feet.
and the order you will need to do things in.