Week 1

A news report:

• tells you how to make something

• is a list of equipment or materials

• reports about an event or moment in time

• tells you a fictional story

Which of these statements is true?

• Perimeter is the distance around the edge of a shape and Area is the amount of space inside a shape

• Perimeter is the amount of space inside a shape and Area is the distance around the edge of a shape

• Perimeter is going around a 3D shape and Area is the space inside a 3D shape

• Perimeter comes from the word periscope meaning length and Area comes from the word Ares meaning space

To solve the area of a simple shape, you:

• add up all of the side lengths

• multiply length by the width

• multiply the height by the length by the width

• guess a number

For the news report partner Zoom on Thursday, you and your partner needed to discuss:

• The advertisement you wanted to create and your news stories

• Writing your personal news stories together

• What the weather looks like outside, what you have been doing lately and the title of your news show

• The titles of your own news stories, the advertisement you wanted to create and the title of your news show

There are three basic parts to a paragraph. These are:

• supporting detail sentences and a concluding sentence

• the topic sentence, supporting detail sentences and a concluding sentence

• the topic sentence and a concluding sentence

• five sentences giving detail

In a paragraph, the topic sentence gives you:

• a conclusion about the paragraph

• some supporting details for the paragraph

• the main idea for the paragraph

• two to three sentences about the topic

What can be present in a sample of soil?

• Living creatures

• Dirt

• Remains of plants (humus)

• All of the above

The spelling rule for this week was:

• The graph /m/ as in mouse

  The digraph /mm/ as in hammer

  The digraph /mb/ as in lamb

• The letter /u/ making 2 sounds “y” and “oo”

• The prefix dis- Meaning away or negative

• The graph /l/ making the sound “l” as in leg.

What are you graded on for your Oral Presentation? Select the correct answer:

• Volume, standing still, tone and expression

• Volume, reading notes well, eye contact and expression

• Volume, eye contact, tone and expression

• Volume, smiling politely, tone and expression

When giving an Oral Presentation you should:

• be clear on what you are saying and use tone and expression

• be well prepared and practise your speech

• make good eye contact with the audience

• all of the above