Week Beginning 6th March

March 6, 2017

WB: 6^th March

Our key learning objectives this week will be:

Maths-We will be finding fractions of amounts and problem solving & reasoning about fractions.

Reading- We will be continuing our class read: Harper and the Circus of Dreams.

Writing- We will be assessing our ‘Day at the zoo’ recounts and thinking of our own next steps. We will also be finishing our non-chronological reports of animals.

Science- Ourselves- how to be healthy and fit.

Topic- How are you? – with strong links to Science and History.

PE- On Mondays: dance with Miss Handley

On Thursdays: Gymnastics

RE-Our RE topic this term is Islam. We will be looking at beliefs that Muslims have.

Maths objectives that you could help with at home:

Continue to think about fractions of amounts in a practical context e.g. sharing objects.
Understanding the size of fractions e.g. that ¼ is smaller than a 1/3
Understanding how to count in ½’s using a number line

SPaG objectives that you could help with at home:

Spelling words with contractions e.g. can’t, won’t, don’t, isn’t
Adding adjectives (describing words) to simple sentences
Using suffixes at the ends of words e.g. happily, engagement, plentiful and talking about the spelling rules
How the ends of words changed when adding –ed for the past tense.
Adding adverbs to verbs e.g. walked slowly, smiled happily
Using different sentence types in writing; most importantly questions & exclamations

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