We are beginning to find our feet in P5, we have used the last few days looking at where we are in our learning, setting new targets for this year (literacy, numeracy and HWB) and it is our responsibility to make sure that we are making time in the week to make sure we work on these. Some of us gave ourselves time scales of when we would like to complete the target. Share at home what your new targets are!
We have been working on spelling, this will come home next week and may be different to what was done last year. We will all be looking at the same spelling pattern across the week and the children will be able to work at their level through the words that they can make with that pattern. It is very important that the children can actually apply the spelling in their writing and not just learn it for a week and forget about it. The children will be using the words across the week in all different aspects of literacy which will make it more meaningful to them.
Reading books will begin next week alongside our class novel. These will form some of our teaching across the week and will be used in a wide variety of activities. It is important that children are not just reading the reading book provided and be reading another book at home, by this stage the children should be able to read for enjoyment and it should be part of their routine at home.
Our focus in numeracy at the moment is place value, we have been doing some work on 3 and 4 digit numbers and making sure that we understand the process when we are adding 10s, 100s etc to these numbers. Groups as always are very fluid and children will be working alongside lots of different people in all different areas. We have got our basic facts up and running again too and already some of us are moving up a level.
Today we looked at ways to make a number, 3 numbers were given and it was our choice which one we chose. We are looking to be able to identify ourselves where we are in our learning and being able to justify why we are choosing certain things. Share with someone at home what number you chose and the ways you made that number.
Friendship has been a topic of talk this week. As we are a new class it is important that we look our for each other and it is our responsibility to make sure that we are all happy and that we have someone to play with. We must make sure at all times we are respecting each others rights and if we do want some space and privacy, then that is okay.
Woah, that was a long one! Thursday again tomorrow, PE after break! Rainbow day with a twist on Friday! Check the main school blog for info! See you all tomorrow! 🙂
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