HOMEWORK CONTRACT – Week 1

Write your spelling words each day using LOOK – SAY – COVER – WRITE - CHECK

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday DAY On the 26th 1788, Captain Arthur 1) When is ? Phillip and the arrived at ______Cove. The 26th January is celebrated each 2) Why do we celebrate Australia Day? year as Australia Day. This day is a public ______holiday. There are many public celebrations to take part in around the country on 3) What ceremonies take place on Australia Day? Australia Day. Citizenship ceremonies take ______place on Australia Day as well as the 4) What are of the Year and the presentation of the Order of Australia and Order of Australia awarded for? awards for ______outstanding achievement. It is a day of 5) Name this year’s Australian of the Year. great national pride for all . ______

Correct the following paragraph. Write the following words in Add punctuation. alphabetical order. Read to see if it sounds right. Australia ______our family decided to spend australia day at the flag ______

beach it was a beautiful sunny day and the citizenship ______

celebrations ______beach was crowded look at all the australian ceremonies ______flags I said. I had asked my parents to buy me Australian ______

a towel with the australian flag on it but the First Fleet ______

shop had sold out awards ______

Circle the item in each row that WAS NOT invented by Australians. boomerang wheel woomera didgeridoo the Ute lawn mower Hills Hoist can opener

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Number Facts Problem solving

x 4 3 5 9 11 1. Matthew has $45. He wants to buy tickets to an Australia Day concert for himself and 4 8 friends. If the tickets cost $9 each how much change will Matthew receive? 6 ______7 2. Matthew’s friend has a $20 note. If he buys an 5 Australian Cap to wear to the concert for $7.60, how much money will he have left? 4 ______10 3. It will take half an hour for Matthew to travel to the concert. If the concert begins at a quarter 2 to eleven in the morning, what time will he 3 need to leave home? ______

Write the correct name of Algorithms each of the angles below. 1) 2) 1) 514 + 2) 238 + 3) 127 -

429 423 89

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4) 269 - 5) 224 + 6) 307 -

156 27 188

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