This weeks Boggle...
Classes have the week to find as many words as they can in the grid, according to the following rules:
The letters must be adjoining in a 'chain'. (Letter cubes in the chain may be adjacent horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.)
Words must contain at least three letters.
No letter cube may be used more than once within a single word.Whilst looking for as many words as possible is a good strategy, it is worth bearing in mind that longer words score more highly, so one 5-letter word is worth two 4-letter words.
The scoring is as follows:
Fewer than 3 Letters: no score
3 Letters: 1 point
4 Letters: 2 point
5 Letters: 3 points
6 Letters: 4 points
7 Letters: 6 points
8 or More Letters: 11 points
Note: Although the 'Qu' cube occupies a single space in the grid, it counts as two letters for the purpose of scoring.
Full credit is awarded for both the singular and plural forms of a noun provided you list them as separate words, so cat and cats each score a point. The same is true for all other derived forms (e.g. chew, chews, chewed, etc.).
If a word appears more than once in the grid, it may not be counted twice.
Any dictionary word is allowed. As in most word games, you will not receive credit for proper names, abbreviations, contractions, hyphenated words, or foreign words that Mr K can't find.
Words within other words are permissible. This can be a valuable fact to remember, for if you spot the word part, you can also write down par and art. In this case, it is also a word in reverse: trap.
A good knowledge of anagrams will help. If you notice the letters S, T, O, and P arranged in a 2x2 square, you will be able to write not only stop but also opts, tops, spot, post, and pots, scoring a total of 10 points.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Homework Week 6...
This week, your activity is to find 5 interesting words and make a baldadash out of them...remember a baldadash is a word with 4 options for meanings...EXAMPLE...
Scolionophobia
· (A) Fear of colours
· (B) Fear of food
· (C) Fear of school
· (D) Fear of computers
By Darna and Susan
Well done to the following people who completed this weeks homework...Alex :), Lexi (on her blog well done, Jasmine F (on her blog, )Billy :), Arna, Kayla (on her blog - well done), Victoria, Tash, Susan (on her blog), Ryan
and again, the following people did not do their homework...Rhys - none all term; Jake, Keanu (none all term), Luke, Jolene (none all term), Laquesha (none all term, Tere (none all term), Henry (only done one homework all term), Wilton not finished, Mapu, Jasmin (none done this term), Abby, Brooke, Kit (none handed in this term), Nikolai, Roxanne, Jack and Cherokee.
Scolionophobia
· (A) Fear of colours
· (B) Fear of food
· (C) Fear of school
· (D) Fear of computers
By Darna and Susan
Well done to the following people who completed this weeks homework...Alex :), Lexi (on her blog well done, Jasmine F (on her blog, )Billy :), Arna, Kayla (on her blog - well done), Victoria, Tash, Susan (on her blog), Ryan
and again, the following people did not do their homework...Rhys - none all term; Jake, Keanu (none all term), Luke, Jolene (none all term), Laquesha (none all term, Tere (none all term), Henry (only done one homework all term), Wilton not finished, Mapu, Jasmin (none done this term), Abby, Brooke, Kit (none handed in this term), Nikolai, Roxanne, Jack and Cherokee.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Week 5
Well, half way through the term this week.
Very few students completed the last homework activity, so I am 're-building' on that and am sending home an emergency home plan for students to fill in with their parents.
I am now a member of the Red Cross Emergency Response Team...so am undertaking training in Emergency Reponse and Rescues...fascinating stuff...but i must say learning how to tie 8 different types of knots was certainly a challenge. I have just completed a weekend course, one of many...though have to miss the next one on swift water rescue (which I would definitely prefer to do in Summer!! anyway)
Check out http://www.getthru.govt.nz/ for more info...
take care
Trish
Very few students completed the last homework activity, so I am 're-building' on that and am sending home an emergency home plan for students to fill in with their parents.
I am now a member of the Red Cross Emergency Response Team...so am undertaking training in Emergency Reponse and Rescues...fascinating stuff...but i must say learning how to tie 8 different types of knots was certainly a challenge. I have just completed a weekend course, one of many...though have to miss the next one on swift water rescue (which I would definitely prefer to do in Summer!! anyway)
Check out http://www.getthru.govt.nz/ for more info...
take care
Trish
WELL DONE TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE WHO DID THEIR HOMEWORK...Ryan, Alex, Lexi, Roxanne, Jasmine F and Tash. Only 6 out of 31 people in the class :(...
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Week Two AND THREE Home Activities
Due to the shortened weeks...(Teacher Only Day and Labour Day)
How Prepared is your family in an Emergency?
I went up to the Civil Defence day in Masterton on Sunday. It was really interesting to see how well prepared you would have to be to survive for 3 days in an emergency. Each person needs 15-20 litres per day in order to be well prepared - does your family have this put aside in case of emergency?
Your activity this week, is to review what your family has done for emergency preparedness, and then go on to the getthru.govt.nz website and see what you should have in your house. Talk to your family/parents to see if you can help get them ready, and show evidence on Week 4 Friday that you have started to help your family get prepared.
NOTE - Week 5...the people that have completed this task and can SHOW EVIDENCE...Alex, Kayla, Ryan (completed the Household Emergency Plan :)), Wilton (taken photos of his family's things!!), Tash.
Others who did talk to their parents on some aspects about it...Nikolai, Luke, Jas F, Jas R, Mapu hmmmm, Rox, Jake, Rhys, Arna, Billy, Henry, Victoria, Ken, Lexi, Darna, Brooke,
How Prepared is your family in an Emergency?
I went up to the Civil Defence day in Masterton on Sunday. It was really interesting to see how well prepared you would have to be to survive for 3 days in an emergency. Each person needs 15-20 litres per day in order to be well prepared - does your family have this put aside in case of emergency?
Your activity this week, is to review what your family has done for emergency preparedness, and then go on to the getthru.govt.nz website and see what you should have in your house. Talk to your family/parents to see if you can help get them ready, and show evidence on Week 4 Friday that you have started to help your family get prepared.
NOTE - Week 5...the people that have completed this task and can SHOW EVIDENCE...Alex, Kayla, Ryan (completed the Household Emergency Plan :)), Wilton (taken photos of his family's things!!), Tash.
Others who did talk to their parents on some aspects about it...Nikolai, Luke, Jas F, Jas R, Mapu hmmmm, Rox, Jake, Rhys, Arna, Billy, Henry, Victoria, Ken, Lexi, Darna, Brooke,
Well Done to these people...
Week One was a busy week...well done to the following wonderful people who did their maths homework this week...
Tash, Tori, Brooke, Kayla, Rhys, Laquesha
These people did not complete their homework tasks, and are asked to ensure it is done this week please...
Ken, Cherokee, Abby, Kit, Wilton, Keanu, Les, Jack
Celebrations Title Pages were finished by...
Ken, Tash, Kit, Tori, Brooke, Abby, Kayla, Rhys, Les, Keanu, Wilton, Laquesha, Jack
They were not finished by...Cherokee
Tash, Tori, Brooke, Kayla, Rhys, Laquesha
These people did not complete their homework tasks, and are asked to ensure it is done this week please...
Ken, Cherokee, Abby, Kit, Wilton, Keanu, Les, Jack
Celebrations Title Pages were finished by...
Ken, Tash, Kit, Tori, Brooke, Abby, Kayla, Rhys, Les, Keanu, Wilton, Laquesha, Jack
They were not finished by...Cherokee
Monday, October 13, 2008
Week One - Welcome Back
Welcome back everyone!!
This week, we are assembling our maths notebooks. We hope that these will be of use for you not only this year, but in the coming years.
This is due on Friday
Also, if you didnt get your Celebrations title page done, please have this done by Wednesday.
Maths Badges - I have not seen many of these activities...remember to bring them to school so that if you have a moment, then you can work on them. Plus remember that you can have class time to do them on Fridays.
Spelling Lists - all groups should have their spelling words for the week to take home by Tuesday.
All reading/spelling/maths groups have a number of activities to complete this week. Try getting in the habit of taking work to finish if you dont get it finished in class. These are not set homework activities, but more to start get you in the habit of finishing work without always needing to be told.
A great social bookmarking site/thing is http://delicious.com/, and I have set up one for martinborough school...http://delicious.com/martinboroughschool. This is where we can all save our favourites so that everyone at school can share them...MORE about this later this term.
Reminders - Lamb and Calf day next Tuesday; Next Friday is a Teacher Only Day; Week 3 Monday is Labour Day...and of course make sure that you mark in your diary 31 Oct as the Taarga Rally Day.
This week, we are assembling our maths notebooks. We hope that these will be of use for you not only this year, but in the coming years.
This is due on Friday
Also, if you didnt get your Celebrations title page done, please have this done by Wednesday.
Maths Badges - I have not seen many of these activities...remember to bring them to school so that if you have a moment, then you can work on them. Plus remember that you can have class time to do them on Fridays.
Spelling Lists - all groups should have their spelling words for the week to take home by Tuesday.
All reading/spelling/maths groups have a number of activities to complete this week. Try getting in the habit of taking work to finish if you dont get it finished in class. These are not set homework activities, but more to start get you in the habit of finishing work without always needing to be told.
A great social bookmarking site/thing is http://delicious.com/, and I have set up one for martinborough school...http://delicious.com/martinboroughschool. This is where we can all save our favourites so that everyone at school can share them...MORE about this later this term.
Reminders - Lamb and Calf day next Tuesday; Next Friday is a Teacher Only Day; Week 3 Monday is Labour Day...and of course make sure that you mark in your diary 31 Oct as the Taarga Rally Day.
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