Knuckles, Knees and Gnomes
This week in English, we have been looking at words that begin with silent letters. The children brainstormed lots of words that have a silent first letter, like knight, knit, knee, knapsack and gnome. We will be doing more work on this concept in the coming weeks. Here are some websites you can go to for more practise.
Silent letter worksheets
Silent letter resources
Silent invaders
Silent letter games
Connectives and Conjunctions
We have also started exploring connectives and conjunctions in English this week. These are words that we use to join two or more short sentences together. The students had a great time making "silly sentences" and then joining two of these sentences together using connectives like so, then, when, and, but and until.
Turn Around Trains
As part of our focus on addition and subtraction this week we have been looking at "turn around" facts. This basically means that if you swap the numbers in an addition problem around, the answer remains the same. So, 5+6=11, and 6+5=11. Magic!!! To help the children practise this concept, we used unifix blocks to make "turn around trains". The children made their trains, drew them and wrote the equation, then turned them around.
Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
We also spent a lot of time this week doing worded addition and subtraction problems. Many of the children find doing addition and subtraction equations simple, but we found out that we need lots more practise with doing word problems. The focus for these lessons was getting students to read the question first, and ask themselves the question "What do I need to find out, to answer this problem correctly?". Sometimes, a question might appear to be an addition problem, but really, to get the answer you need to subtract! These sorts of "real life" maths problems are really important for developing the childrens' problem solving skills. And let's face it, they really are very useful in
everyday life too.
After practising solving some different word problems, by drawing the problem, the children had a go of writing their own problems. As you can see, the children did some fantastic work!
The Water Cycle
In integrated studies this week, we have been continuing to learn about water and why this resource is so precious. We have been learning about the water cycle, and the children are getting a good understanding of evaporation, condensation and precipitation. We are going to do some more science experiments next week to help us get a really good idea about this concept.
We are also learning a song about the water cycle. If your child wants to practise this at home, here it is.
At home you could.....
Pin It now!
No comments:
Post a Comment