Owairaka Team Homework Terms 3 & 4, 2015 

DUE EVERY FORTNIGHT (every two weeks)   

●  Complete TWO homework activities from the table below. Year 4’s ONLY need to complete ONE activity. 

●      If you choose an activity in a coloured box, it is expected it’ll take you two weeks to complete it. ●  Do your BEST work.  Ensure you have beautiful book standards. ●  Remember to fill in your Reading Log and participate in Mathletics. Your teacher will check 

these also.   

ACTING IT OUT Act out a transaction between a customer and a sales assistant, checkout operator etc. Write a script (play). Think carefully about the language used. Video it or act it out in front of your class.

JUNK MAIL SHOPPING You have $20 to spend on your school lunches this week. Cut out and glue in from supermarket brochures what you would buy and what you would pack for your lunch for 5 days. Remember to be healthy.

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY Research and list 10 songs that have money in the lyrics or song title MONEY. Don’t forget to say the artist and the year it was released.

GROCERY SHOPPING Go and help do your family’s groceries. Look at the prices and find things more expensive and cheaper for the same type of thing, e.g. Homebrand flour $1.99 (1.5kg), Champion flour $3.69 (1.5kg). You can use www.countdown.co.nz and sort by price if you like.

CHRISTMAS IS COMING! It’s time to start saving and buying gifts for your family. You have $100 to spend. Divide $100 by the number of people in your family. List their names. What would you buy for each member of your family? What is the price?

WHO’S THAT? Who are the people on our banknotes? Choose ONE of them and research what they are famous. Why do you think they were chosen to be represented on our currency?

DICTIONARY Create a glossary for 10 monetary terms. Provide examples if necessary. You can use pictures if you like.

HOW MANY? How many 3 letter words or more can you make from “FINANCIAL LITERACY”. Remember you can only use a letter the same amount of times it appears.

MONEY MAKER Create a new NZ coin or banknote. Illustrate the front and back. Explain why you chose the person, bird, animal, plant, pattern, value etc.

AROUND THE WORLD New Zealand’s currency is the dollar. a) Research what 10 other countries call their currency. b) How much of each of the foreign currencies can you get for NZ$1?

ORDERING VALUE Choose a supermarket receipt and order the items from least expensive to most expensive Choose a receipt with 10-20 items.

ABC, 123 Create an Alphabet Key about everything to do with Money. If you can think of more words beginning with the same letter, add it too! The more words, the better!

PART 1: BAKING UP A STORM Bake a cake, biscuits, scones, muffins or slice. If you were at a cake stall how much would you price each piece for? How much could you make?

PART 2: BAKING UP A STORM Create a poster to advertise your Cake Stall, include date, venue, price range, why you are fundraising, what you’re selling

WORDS & MONEY Research 5 phrases/idioms that have to do with money, what do they mean? Have you heard them before?

CHA-CHING! Brainstorm as many ways to describe money using poetry, e.g. simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, alliteration, adjectives. Now try to write a poem using some of them.

HEY, BIG SPENDER! Set a money goal for something you need to save for. Be realistic. Plan how you will earn and save the money. How long will you need to save for?

HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR FREE TIME?

Create a 5 day timetable for Monday to Friday. Time table what you do after school. OR create a video blog no longer than 2 minutes to share with your class.

GROW YOUR OWN Have a go growing your own vegetables? Provide photographic evidence and a diary. Did you enjoy the experience? Do you think it is better to grow your own veggies? Why?

INTERVIEW A PARENT Construct a list of 5-10 questions enquiring about how they earned, spent and saved money when they were your age. Interview a parent or caregiver and record their answers.

BACK IN TIME Research what people used before money. How did they get what they needed to live? Write a short explanation (1-2 paragraphs)

PROFESSIONAL SPORT What is the difference between an amateur and a professional athlete? Create a table of 10 professional athletes, the country/team they play for, the sport, how much they earn. Order them from highest to lowest by how much they earn.

NEW ZEALAND’S FLAG Using an A4 piece of paper design a flag, which reflects New Zealand. Be creative. Write a brief explanation why you chose your design.

CURRENT AFFAIRS Watch the news for 3 days in a row. Write what were the stories that were:

a. Sad b. Funny c. Heroic d. Scary

Don’t forget to say what you thought of each. Provide a little blurb about each of the news stories. 

TAP N GO Research this new way of paying and interview 4 people who have this facility. Create a PMI chart to show what people think of it.

 

CLEVER SHOPPER Select your favourite toy and find out how much it costs at 3 different stores. Record the prices and the difference between each store

PAYING THE BILLS Ask your parents for an estimate or the actual cost of living in your house- find out the power, water, phone/internet, Sky TV (if you have it). Work out how much per day your family has to pay for these.   

TO EFTPOS OR NOT TO EFTPOS ‘All 10 year olds should have an eftpos card’ Write a persuasive piece of writing to tell us why or why not.     

HOLIDAY Using brochures and the internet, plan a 7 day family holiday. Make sure you include flights, accommodation, daily activities and meals.

HAVING A PET Everyone loves having a pet, but how much do they actually cost? Find out the costs of having a cat/dog from purchasing the pet to registering it, feeding and housing it for a month. Work out

how much it costs to have a pet each year.

QUIZ Create 10 quiz cards OR a 10 question quiz for your class. Your subject is: MONEY! You may do foreign currency; how much is…? with photos of a variety of coins; NZ coins and banknotes; banking and money word meanings. Be creative.

WHAT IS A BANK? Create an Information Report using either a Flip Book or a Keynote slideshow about “a bank”. Remember you need to classify a bank, and provide information in categories about a bank. You will need to do some research.

PUZZLEMAKER Create a word puzzle using http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/ OR create a wordfind or word jumble nicely on paper. Take a screen capture or print your final puzzle. You will need the answers to! TOPIC: Shopping

PUBLIC TRANSPORT One way to save money is using public transport regularly, rather than running a car. This is possible for some people and not for others. Create a PMI for using Public Transport, e.g., bus, train

DONATING TO A CHARITY What is a charitable trust? Choose and research a Charitable Trust in New Zealand. How do they support the community or a group of people? Where does the money they fundraise go? Would you donate to them? Why?

FREE STUFF Research online or look in the local newspaper, interview your parents and find what activities there are to do in Auckland for free! Create a table listing the venue, the type of activity, and the address for each activity.

RADIO JINGLE Create a radio jingle to advertise a good or service. It must be 30 seconds or less. You need to include in your jingle: name, phone number and other information. Be prepared to share your jingle in front of the class!

GARAGE SALE You’re having a garage sale. Create a sign/poster to advertise your garage sale. It needs to be BOLD, and include the address, time, and any special items for sale.

BARGAIN HUNTING Visit an Opportunity Shop or Secondhand Store and see what bargain you can buy. Record the event… what did you purchase? How much? How much do you think it would have cost you brand new? Is this a good way to find some things? Why?

MONOPOLY Play the board game, Monopoly, any version with your family or friends. Write a recount afterwards about how the game played out. What was your strategy? Did it work for you?

FROM FARM, TO STORE Create a comic using Comic Life or a flow chart (with pictures, if possible) to show the process of growing and getting a fresh, frozen or dried product to the supermarket. You may choose any food item.     

ON SALE! Choose a junk mail brochure and select 5 items. Cut them out and glue them in (or take a photo). What is their original price? What is their discounted price? Work out how much money you would save (the difference for each)?