January has been a very busy month in P4a!
We have started our new class novel study, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and we are really enjoying it so far. We have been using our reading strategies (such as summarising and questioning) at home to learn more about the book and share this with our group every Friday. We learned to write a newspaper article about Mr Wonka opening his factory and the first two lucky Golden Ticket finders!
In Maths, we have been learning the 7, 8 and 9 times tables and playing lots of Maths games to help us practise. The Pyramids have been learning about data handling and have been reading information from different graphs and tables. We also learned how to conduct a survey and use tally marks. The Cuboids have been learning to multiply 2 digit numbers and to work with HTU. The Spheres been learning to calculate the area of a shape by counting squares. We even did some Primary 5 work and learned to calculate perimeter and the area by multiplying the sides of a shape! We also learned to divide with remainders using bus stop calculations. We have been taking part in a Maths survey to show what we enjoy about Numeracy!
We have chosen a brand new social studies topic – Ancient Greece! We have been doing a lot of independent research and finding lots of facts! We explored Ancient Greek cities, mountains, islands and seas on a map and learned that Athens is the capital city. We listened to the Greek Mythology story about the Trojan War and have started listening to myth about The Minotaur, we are excited to see what will happen next!
We celebrated Robert Burns day by wearing tartan and learned a little about him. We learned some ceilidh dances, our favourite was Virginia Reel. We even inspired P6a to have a dance off! Of course, we were the winners! We also celebrated Chinese New Year for a few of our classmates. We learned some facts during comprehension, created a fact file and watched some videos and learned how to draw very tricky Chinese dragon! We had lots of fun creating riddles for the class to solve! We also learned about the Civil Rights Movement and celebrated Martin Luther King Day.
We have been learning about Other World Religions. Some people in the class came dressed in clothes showing their culture/religions and some even created PowerPoint presentations for us. We learned a lot and had a lovely time. We have continued to learn some more Makaton from our class experts!
