Picture story

How to do the lowest common multiple and highest common factor

Homework proof reading task

Directions: fill the blank with either it’s or its.

1. It's about time you showed up!
2. It was its first time out of the cage.
3. Its feet were covered with sand.
4. Get up, it's time for school.
5. I’m glad to see you: it's been a long time.
6. It's important to study hard for tests.
7. The bear protected its cubs.
8. It's my turn to go down the slide.
9. The dog felt great with its new hair cut.
10. It's too late to eat dinner.
11. My car is old and its paint is peeling.
12. The bird realised that the wind had blown its nest away.
13. The game came to its conclusion.
14. Turn down the music, it's hurting my ears.

Venn diagram

create a venn diagram for differences between year 7 and 8 

Homework Little Red Hen

Capital letters are in RED 
Fullstops are in BLUE
Apostrophes in contractions are in PURPLE
Commas are in GREEN
Speech marks are in YELLOW
Words that have been used incorrectly are in ORANGE
10 Highlighted Verbs PINK BOXES  

Life jackets

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article? Hawks bay harbour master and 8 people who got fined. 

2. What was the key event from the news article? People not wearing life jackets. 

3. When did this event take place? March 11 2014

4. Why did this event happen? Because the 8 people on the boat didn't wear life jackets. 

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?  People fined were seen putting their life jackets on only as the entered the harbour in the hope to not get caught.

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article. 8 people were seen putting their life jacket on just as they entered the Hawks Bay Harbour the 8 people got fined $300 dollars each for not wearing a life jacket.

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place. The event took place in Hawks Bay  Hawke's bay is reconised on the world stage for its award winning wines.

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future. March 11 2014 these people won't be seen not wearing a life jacket again.

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place. Because the 8 people did not wear life jackets. 

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article. Safety : is when every one is being safe and not doing silly things. Life jackets : Life jackets are a flotation device that helps you float when you fall out of the boat.

Harbour Master : Like a police of the sea.  

When to use the word too

a) Too is a word which is often confused with to. Research to find out when we should use too. (Too has two meanings, what are they?) Explain in your own words in your post.

Too

Has two uses.

You use too when you are indicating something extra excessively.

When it means also.

Renee ties her hair up and Marieka does too.

b) Write four sentences using too. Two for each meaning.

There were too many people at the cricket game.

This is too yummy to give away.

It was raining too heavy to go outside.

Too practicing

Too practicing

Too practicing