Author: Chris Kelly

Jaguar Class The Rainforest Home Learning Grid
Please choose two pieces of topic homework to complete during the course of the term.. Spelling tests and maths quizzes will take place weekly. I look forward to seeing your wonderful creations!

Write an Amazon Rainforest themed poem of your choice. You may choose to write an acrostic poem or one which uses rhyming couplets. / If each consonant is worth 5 points and each vowel 10 points—how many points does each line earn?	Create a PowerPoint presentation or leaflet on the Amazon rainforest. What interesting facts could you include that others may not know?	We will be making a rainforest habitat model in class. Can you bring in a small shoebox and some materials? Could you use materials from our natural environment?	Combine the features of two animals from the rainforest to create your own new animal. What name would you give it? Which features did you choose and why?	Create your own rainforest board game. Decide: what the track will be, number of players, adventures, obstacles, rewards, quiz questions, etc.
Write an imaginative story about the life of a child surviving in the rainforest. How did they get there? Where will they end up? What will they see? Who or what might they be afraid of?	Design your own Save Our Rainforest poster—what dangers are the rainforests facing?	The Rainforest	Mqke your own Rainforest style musical instrument. What type of noise will it make? How will it make it?	Write a diary, as if you are an animal living in the Amazon Rainforest during deforestation. How would you feel when the machines came and began to destroy your home?
Maths Facts / There will be a times / tables quiz each Monday.	Mathletics / Assigned activities will be set each Monday. Can you earn 1000 points each week? We still need to win the Maths Mammoth!	Reading / Please share reading with your child and make a note of it in their blue contact books. Ten minutes a day can make a real difference.	Spellings / This term the children will bring home new words on Thursday to learn for the following Thursday.	These are suggested ideas, if your child thinks of something different to do then have a go. Most / importantly—have fun!