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<\/p>\nWelcome back to all of our Primary 3 children!\u00a0 It is fantastic to be back at Mount Carmel and we are all delighted to see our friends and are really looking forward to learning lots of new things this term!<\/p>\n
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Literacy<\/u><\/p>\n
Our class novel this term is \u2018The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark\u2019 by Jill Tomlinson.\u00a0 We are really enjoying reading this chapter book and finding out how Plop overcomes his fear of the dark.\u00a0 We are completing comprehension tasks related to the text and enjoying cross-curricular links such as Outdoor Education. <\/p>\n
We are also working in our reading groups and continuing to complete tasks linked to our Bug Club books.\u00a0 In doing this, we are making predictions before reading. We are also looking at the differences between fiction and non-fiction texts.<\/p>\n
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Writing <\/u><\/p>\n
In writing, we are writing personal accounts and focussing on including capital letters, full stops, fingers spaces and ensuring that our letters are formed correctly.\u00a0\u00a0 We are leaning how to write independently, using appropriate punctuation and ordering our sentences to make sure our writing is structured and makes sense.<\/p>\n
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Spelling<\/u><\/p>\n
We are continuing to use the Active Literacy spelling programme.\u00a0 We are revising our known phonemes \u00a0(such as sh, th, wh) and ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_4524.jpg\")
introducing a different phoneme and spelling words each week. We are also practising our common words (words that appear frequently in our writing such as friend, that).\u00a0 We will use say, make\/break, read and write to aid understanding of how words are made.\u00a0 Also we are beginning to use our knowledge of the alphabet to use a dictionary to locate words.<\/p>\n
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Numeracy<\/u><\/p>\n
In numeracy we have been revising our numbers to 100.\u00a0 We are consolidating our number bonds to 20 using both addition and subtraction strategies.\u00a0\u00a0 We are also looking for patterns in the 2, 5 and 10 times tables and moving onto link this with division.\u00a0 We have been practising skip counting and are starting to transfer these skills to our times tables.\u00a0 On a Thursday we will work with Mrs McIntrye on Beyond Number concepts such as 3D shapes and information handling.<\/p>\n
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Health and Wellbeing<\/u><\/p>\n
As part of our PATHS lessons we have revisited the characters Twiggle, Henrietta, Duke and Daphne.\u00a0 In doing this we hav![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_4547.jpg\")
e discussed how to be a good friend and read some of the PATHS story books.\u00a0 We have also made our own class charter with a Lego theme and discussed our rights and responsibilities. During PATHS lessons we have spoken about the importance of rules and that we have rules to keep us safe.\u00a0 We have started to introduce our Pupil of the Day and look forward to giving compliments to our classmates and making them feel special.\u00a0 We will continue to learn more about different emotions and strategies that we can use to calm down.<\/p>\n
Primary 3 look forward to working hard and sharing their learning with you!<\/p>\n
Thank you for your continued support,<\/p>\n
Mrs Strachan\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Welcome back to all of our Primary 3 children!\u00a0 It is fantastic to be back at Mount Carmel and we are all delighted to see our friends and are really looking forward to learning lots of new things this term! Literacy Our class novel this term is \u2018The Owl Who was Afraid of the … Continue reading Primary 3 – Term 1<\/span>