Term 1 Week 9

Only a few weeks left till Easter holidays Year 4! Make your best effort to complete some homework for the rest of the term and post on the blog. Your speech topic next week is to talk about the upcoming holidays and any plans you may have. It is important that you plan ahead and have some notes written down to help you in your speech.
Below are your spelling rules, handwriting and dictation passages. There are a couple of Studyladder set tasks also. Have an amazing week learning lots of new and interesting things with your beautiful friends!
Miss Archer

TERM 1 - Week 9   Regular Words “oo” family  book            hook nook            woof hoof             foot wood           soot brook           shook kookaburra

Irregular Words “o” saying short  “u” someone something nothing handsome become income welcome company

More Irregular Words “o” saying short  “u” cover recover discover lovely shovel government

Topic/ Text Words   England           exploring adventurous     Endeavour groceries          historic delicious          compass captain            direction sailor               island cargoes    Terra Australis skilful            Botany Bay navigation        anchor voyage      mysterious      Aborigines    discovery incredible      different

Handwriting Passage for Week 9:

You are welcome into this company.  He has nothing to show for his handsome income.  What has become of him?  Will the government recover from this discovery?  Cover the shovel with some leaves.  It is lovely to see that you have recovered.

Dictation Passage for Week 9:

1.          Have a good look in the cook book.

2.          Bruce shook the hay out of the rug.

3.          I can hook a fish.

4.          The kookaburra kills a snake.

5.          Captain Cook sailed from England to Terra Australis on the “Endeavour”.

6.          Exploring was made possible by the skilful navigation of sailors.