In Science we are learning about how sound vibrations are carried by waves throught the air. We used the Read to Learn strategy to identify the key words in a text all about the five senses. We then used these key words to create a new text of our own which was a poster all about the five senses. We drew an illustration of each of the five senses , describing them using key words and scientific vocabularly.
We chose an appropriate lauout for our posters and used a range of punctuation, openers, connectives and WOW words.
During maths week in September we discussed how maths can be applied outside the classroom. We brought in items from home to show how we could use our maths knowledge in real life.
Alisha – I brought in an egg timer and measuring spoons. We use these at home when cooking .
Beth M – I brought in a recipe for rice crispy cakes. We used the measurements to help us measure out the correct amount of ingredients.
Jessica – I brought in a cereal box which had information about weight on it.
Renaska – I brought in digital scales which we use at home to measure the weight of ingredients.
During maths week we had a visit from a lady who worked in TESCO in Barrhead who told us about all the ways she used maths in her job. We were surprised at how often she had to use her maths skills.
Alisha – she used maths to take inventory of stock of each product.
Riley – she used addition and subtraction to count out the correct change to give to customers.
Pr 4/3 collected information on our favourite rainforest animal using tally marks. We then displayed this information by creating a bar graph. What was our favourite rainforest animal ?
Primary 4/3 worked with a partner to decide on success criteria for creating a poster. They looked at a variety of ready made posters and decided with their partner why it was successful. They then used their ideas to create a list of success criteria to use when they make their own posters.
Primary 4/3 have been enjoying learning about ‘The Skeleton’ and ‘The Organs’ in Science. Primary 4 carried out research using videos and the internet to make notes. They used their notes to create these informative and eye-catching posters on their chosen human organ. Primary 3 created these labelled diagrams to show that they know the names and position of important bones of the skeleton.
P4 have been looking at adjectives and how they help to make a picture in a sentence. They had to write about someone who lived in their house. This was to make it easier as they would know lots of details about that person. We had some very good pictures painted with words.
Here is the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janiero. We discovered that it looks over the city of Rio and is 38 metres in height. It is also 28 metres from finger tip to finger tip. We worked out how many classes would need to be put on top of one another to reach it and how many classes side by side would fit into the outstretched arms.We were shocked. It did make it very real for us though, as none of us have actually seen it. It also weighs 30 tons.
We have been learning to use linked script to improve our handwriting skills. We have been learning how to join letters together without taking our pencil off of the page. Many of us enjoy handwriting and are beginning to use these lovely joins in our day to day class work.
We have been learning to create an ancient map showing the location of Scotland and Egypt. We made our map look ancient by crunching it up, tearing the edges and staining it with teabags. We needed to watch and listen carefully while our teacher demonstrated this technique. We could use this technique in the future to make other documents look ancient.
