Author: hthom63

Year 5/6T Homework 20/5/13 to 24/5/2013
Student Name:

Spelling List
agreement
amusement
argument
blindness
breathless
dizziness
employment
emptiness
fearlessness
flawless
friendliness
fruitless
government
hopeless
payment
politeness
powerlessness
priceless
punishment
replacement
saltiness
tactless
thoughtless

Use commas in these sentences.
Joan Tim’s sister came too.
It was a long bumpy dusty ride.
Tommy went but we stayed on.
When the clock struck twelve Cinderella ran away.
As if they had one voice they yelled “Hooray!”
Tired but happy the children went home.
Richard the boy next door was there.

Homework Checklist Tick when done. / M T W T F
Reading for 15 minutes daily.	£ £ £ £ £
Misspelt words written 2 times daily.	£ £ £ £ £
Tricky times tables written once daily.	£ £ £ £ £
Writing is neat and legible.	£ £ £ £ £
2 sentences written daily.	£ £ £ £ £
Spelling page is completed.	£
Reading page is completed.	£
Maths page is completed.	£
Problem/Science page is completed.	£

Reading Images Examine the pet images below.
I Would choose picture
First reason:
Second reason:
Editing: Edit this passage of text about helping in the kitchen. Can you find 15 errors?

A dog shelter wants to choose one of these pictures in an advertisement to encourage people to adopt a dog. Choose the picture you would recommend and give two convincing reasons to support your choice.

3D Nets Examine the nets below. Colour the nets of a cube?
How many ways can you correctly represent the net of a square based pyramid?

I am a three digit number.
I can be divided by 3.
My hundreds digit is ⅓ of my tens digit.
If you reverse me I am divisible by 6.
I am ___ ___ ___

Problem Solving - Guess and Check.
Have your first guess by placing a number from 0—9 in the hundreds, tens and ones boxes. Follow the clues. If your first guess is wrong refine it by changing either the hundreds, tens or ones digits. Each guess will get you closer to the answer.

	Hundreds	Tens	Units
Guess One
Guess Two
Guess Three
Guess Four

Science Choose a substance and place a teaspoon of it in a glass. Decide if it will dissolve in water (soluble) or not (insoluble). Write your prediction in the table. Add 4 teaspoons of water to the glass and stir for one minute. When the water settles observe the result and record if the substance was soluble or insoluble. Was your prediction correct? Try another substance.
Answer the questions below after you have tried as many of the substances as you can.