Maths Homework - week beginning18th January

Maths Activity
This week's homework is all about 2D shapes as we are working hard at the moment to learn some of the vocabulary necessary for this area of maths. The due date is Friday 22nd January.

The children need to divide their homework activity page into 6 equal rectangles. They then write one of the following headings in each box: square, rectangle, circle, semi-circle, triangle - the final box can have the heading of either pentagon, hexagon, heptagon or octagon.

The children then draw each of the shapes as accurately as possible. Underneath each shape they write its facts/properties in bullet form. We will be looking for words such as opposite, parallel, equal, angle, length.

Help at Home
There are many websites to help with 2D shape but here are a few that we have found particularly good and will help you to support your child this week:

http://gammarlessonsinmath.blogspot.com/2009/10/bbc-shapes-2d.html - this is a blog that has some very good examples of shape facts.

http://www.familylearning.org.uk/shapes.html - this website is particularly good for helping parents to support their child in maths.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/triangle.html - all you need to know about triangles!

http://www.mathsisfun.com/quadrilaterals.html - all you need to know about quadrilaterals!

Maths Practise
Please remember that the aim of this weekly practice is to revise key skills and facts already covered in class. It should only take 5-10 mins each evening.
Monday - 2, 4 and 8 x tables (linking to our work on doubling)
Tuesday - 3 and 6 x tables.
Wednesday - Number bonds upto 20 e.g. number bonds to 17 = 17 + 0, 16 + 1, 15 + 2 etc.
Thursday - Halving numbers upto 100!