HOMEWORK


 * __Homework Term Four Y__****__ear 2 Students__**

The Year 2 students at Vermont Primary School will begin homework in Term Four. The tasks are designed for the students to practise the skills and concepts currently being taught at school. Each week the students will be asked to:
 * 1) Read their reader each night
 * 2) Find out the meaning of the //Word of the Week// and use it in a sentence (or story for those looking for a challenge)
 * 3) Choose and complete 1 activity from the Maths Grid (which will be located at the front of their Homework Book)
 * 4) Complete one activity related to our Inquiry Unit

Each student will have their own Homework Book to complete their activities in. The homework will be handed out on a Friday and will be due 1 week later on the Thursday. It will also be placed on the Wiki for those students who accidently leave their Homework Book at school. If you have any questions regarding this please contact your child’s teacher via their Communication Book, we appreciate your support in this area.

We will be running a class incentive program for the Homework. Each week children will earn points for the homework completed. These points can be redeemed for whole class rewards.

Grade 2 Teachers Meredith Simpson, Brierly Parker, Tom Entwistle and Kerryn McConachy


 * Maths Grid:**
 * Week One:**
 * Week Two:**
 * Week Three:**
 * Week Four:**
 * Week Five:**
 * Week Six:**
 * Week Seven:**
 * Week Eight:**
 * Week Nine:**

Below is a helpful list of various questions you can ask your child to encourage deeper exploration of the books they read.
 * Comprehension and Higher Order Thinking**

What? When? Where? How? List the facts in order. || What is meant by? Can you describe.... What is the difference...... What is the main idea? Why did? Explain why.... || Who would you choose? What would happen if? What would you do? Do you know someone like? Would you do the same thing in the same situation? If you had to, what would you do? ||
 * __**Knowledge**__ || __**Comprehension**__ || __**Application**__ ||
 * Who?

Which is better.......? Would you agree that....... What is your opinion of....? Were they right to do.....? Why or why not? Compare 2 characters in the reading. Tell which one you think is better and why? ||
 * **__Evaluation__** ||
 * Was the main character in this reading good or bad? Why?

What part was the most exciting? What part was the saddest? Tell some things that could not have happened in real life. Which things were fact and which were opinion? What would you do that was just like what the person did in the story? Find 5 words in the story that begin with the same sound. List 5 compound words from the story. What was the purpose of...? || Retell the main points of the story from an animals point of view. How could we/you? Make up another ending of the story that still fits the details. Rewrite a sentence from the story but change one thing. Write a new title for this story. Write a 2 line poem about the reading. ||
 * __**Analysis**__ || __**Synthesis**__ ||
 * What part of the reading was funniest?