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Homework in D4 2011

Each student has a homework book. Each fortnight we will start a new Home learning sheet, this sheet is stuck into the learning journal. The homework book should be at school each day and at home each night.

Every night your child should be
 * reading for 15-20 minutes or more.
 * learning and practicing basic facts
 * doing something that could be filled in on the learning sheet.
 * talking to you about what's happening at school or what's happening in NZ and the world and what they have been thinking about or wondering about.

Some nights your child will have extra work set by the teacher. This could include
 * learning spelling words
 * learning new vocabulary words
 * pages from Action English
 * Completing work started in class
 * Finding information
 * Mathematics practice

Spelling - Students are expected to complete 50 points each fortnight by completing various activities. Below are any worksheets that you may require to help complete an activity.

Spelling with a maths twist worksheet

=** National Standards ** =

Click on this file to read the whole document from the Ministry of Education This details National Standards for Year 4 and how you can help at home. Please come in and see us if you want to know more or just want to talk about your child's progress.

=** Book lists ** =

Some parents have mentioned their child needs help finding good books to read These booklists could help

Recommended books for boys - Wayne Mills runs the Kid Lit quiz series around the world he is particularly interested in books for boys but these books are great for anyone, Many are in our school library which will be up and running soon we hope.

Children also benefit from being read too - here are the best New Zealand read alouds as identified by the Christchurch City Libraries.

I have added interactive links to the page that has online games and activities to help the students find or choose books to read. I have included them here so that you can suggest they check them out if you think they would suit your child. Try these sites
 * [|http://www.readingmatters.co.uk/bookchooser.php] put in your details and it gives you suggestions
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[] on this website all the books are chosen and reviewed by 10-15 year olds!
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[] this site has everything choose by your age or by genre and you can write your own reviews to add to the site
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[] a New Zealand bookshop with news and reviews of the latest books- let me know if there is any thing that looks good