This homework pack contains seven weeks of Literacy and Numeracy tasks designed for Primary 6 students during Nov & Dec. It is suitable for parents, teachers, and tutors to purchase, with explanations and answers provided.

What’s included?

Comprehensions

• Information About Sports Day
• The Journey of a Raindrop
• A Trip to the Giant’s Causeway
• Extract from Stig of the Dump by Clive King
• Spiders of Northern Ireland
• The Summer Visit of the Children
• Extract from Nancy and Plum by Betty MacDonald

Numeracy

• Order a set of consecutive and non-consecutive numbers (increasing and decreasing) within 99,999.
• Round a number within 99,999 to the nearest 10000, 1000, 100 and 10.
• Understand the concept of percentage as “out of 100”.
• Mentally add a single digit to a 1 d.p decimal number.
• Add mixed numbers whose fractional parts have the same denominator.
• Subtract mixed numbers whose fractional parts have the same denominator.
• Multiplying a whole number by 10 and 100 (answers within 99,999).
• Multiply a 2-digit whole number by a 2-digit number, using partitioning.
• Convert between all metric units of length, involving up to 1 d.p
• Convert between all metric units of weight, involving up to 1 d.p
• Convert between metric units of capacity, involving up to 1 d.p
• Use a formula for calculating the area of squares and rectangles, based upon the length of each side.
• Calculate the volume of cubes and cuboids by counting the individual cubes that fill the shape.
• Understand and use the 8 compass points to determine direction and measure the degree of a turn.

Literacy

• Know and understand the four noun types – common, proper, abstract, collective
• Know and understand the four noun types – common, proper, abstract, collective
• Know and understand the four noun types – common, proper, abstract, collective
• Know and understand the term ‘antonym’
• Know and understand the term ‘onomatopoeia’
• Develop further understanding of a wider range of homophones
• Understand how the comma is used to embed phrases and clauses within sentences

Format: pdf

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