Hawks Preview sheet 19.9.16

W/C 19.9.16 Preview Sheet

 

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

 

Next week we will be learning about:

 

Different types of word groups:

·        common nouns eg table, wall, dog

·        proper nouns eg London, Clare

·        abstract nouns eg ecstatic, melancholy

·        collective nouns eg flock, herd

·        verbs (doing words) eg leap, pounce, shimmy

·        speech verbs (how speech is spoken) eg yelled, whispered

·        adverbs (explains how the verb is done) slowly, quickly

·        adjectives (descriptive words)

 

Fronted adverbials (extra information added before the verb)

eg. Awkwardly, James stepped into the room.

Completely exhausted, Emma collapsed after the race.

 

Maths

 

Next week we will be:

 

·        Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 (starter activity)

eg 676 x 10 = 6760               54.4 x 1000 = 54400

·        Rounding whole numbers

eg. 6547 to the nearest 100 = 6500

·        Identifying the value of each digit to three decimal places.

eg. 7.678 = 7 units, 6 tenths, 7 hundredths and 8 thousandths.

·        Rounding decimals with three decimal places to the nearest one or two decimal places.

Eg. 4.567 to two decimals places = 4.57

     4.567 to one decimal place = 4.6 (5 or more, you round up and 4 or less, you round down.

·        Rounding decimals with three decimal places to the nearest whole number.

Eg. 67.873 rounded to the nearest whole number = 68