Home Learning

Home Learning

All students should read their choice of book for 10 - 15 minutes nightly.

Optional home learning ideas

If you would like to do any home learning this unit here are some ideas: 

• Draw a picture or make a model of a cause of endangered animals 
• Research an endangered animal
• Math - Survey your family and friends and make a graph to show the data
• Mathletics 
• Raz-kids

We have just started our new Unit of Inquiry - ‘Where we are in Place and Time’.

Central idea: ‘Artifacts help us to understand how societies have changed.’

Students will be learning about life long ago and in turn will do a little research into their own family
history.

There are two home learning activities that we would like your child to complete during the inquiry.
Your support and guidance will help strengthen their understanding of what we are covering in class..

• Family Artifact
• Relative interview

Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions that you may have about the project.
This home-learning will run till the end of the unit.

Please continue to read daily.

Name of Artifact________________________________________________________

Name of Artifact Owner_________________________________________________

Family History Artifact

Please help your child choose an artifact (man made object) from your family.

This can be anything from a treasured teddy bear that you kept as a child to your grandmother’s
photograph. It should be something that has been with you or your child for a long time.

If this item is very precious and valuable (and family artifacts usually are), please just take a photo of it
rather than bringing in the actual piece. You can email a picture to me to print if you do not have access
to a printer. If you really want to bring in the actual item, we will do our best to keep it safe.

Along with the artifact, your child should write a detailed description of the item that is at least four
sentences long.

In this description they should name the item, tell us

• how old it is
• who it belonged to
• what makes it so special
• Any other important information they may want to share.

Each child will present their artifact to the class so make sure your child is confident in the information.
The artifact and description will be on display in our classroom. They can use the template above
provided to record their information.

Grandparent or Family friend Interview

You can present this information to class in any way you choose - you can write notes,
made a slide show, video, timeline etc.

Name of the person________________________________________

How are you related to them? _____________________

Age of this person_____________________

Please ask the person that you are interviewing the following questions. Be sure to write down the
answers and ask a grown up if you need help.

1. Where did you grow up and what was it like?

2 What sort of technology did you have as a child?

3. What did you do for fun or what games did you play?

4. How was school different to today?

5. How did you get to school?

6. How did you find information in school?

7. Who was famous then?

8. What could you buy for a dollar?

9. Do you have any old photos, papers, or family artifacts you could share with us?