Now I have access to the blog, I will try and update you all with some things we have been learning in class on Thursdays and Fridays.

Data Handling:

Here is our working wall all about the number of bee friendly plants we have in the playground. The children gathered the data and made graphs to show their findings.

Growing food:

Last week, P4 planted some basil and dill seeds. I am looking after them over the holidays but here’s how much they have grown so far.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Pattie

 

 

 

What a fabulous day P4 have had today at the zoo! Thank you to all of the parents who could come along and help, I hope you had as much fun as we did.

For next week’s short talk, Primary 4 should prepare and practise for a short talk about a holiday or trip they enjoyed. They should make a list of headings on paper for the areas they want to talk about, to remind them what they are going to include in their talk. For example:

• Where I went for my holiday/trip
• When I went and how we got there
• Who went with me
• Where we stayed
• The places we visited
• The best things about it

This talk should be prepared for next Tuesday 1st October. Please note pupils should not bring a speech to read aloud from. We will be assessing pupils on how clearly and audibly they speak and if they can speak at a good pace, not too fast or slow. They should also practise making eye contact with their audience.

Miss Brooks

Primary 4 are learning how to recognise the features of non-chronological reports. They will also be planning and writing a report of this kind in class. Their homework task is to research some information on an animal that lives in a rainforest habitat. They can use library books to do this or they can find out and note down information available on the Internet. They should find out some information about the following areas:

1. The animal’s location in the world
2. The appearance of the animal.
3. What it eats
4. What threats does it face/enemies does it have
5. Fun facts about the animal.                                                                                                                         They should bring their facts to class on paper on Tuesday 24th Sept. to use in their planning for the report. Thank you. Miss Brooks.

Dear Parent/Carer,

The pupils of Primary 4 should learn the rest of the words in List 1 for next Monday.

Thank you. Miss Brooks

As part of this term’s Talking and Listening work, Primary 4 have a new homework task.  They should prepare and practise for a solo talk on the subject of a hobby that they enjoy.

They will be asked to give a short talk to the class on this subject. At home they should think about what points they would like to share with the class on this subject and make a list of reminders on a piece of paper to look at as they give the talk in class. e.g. when they started their hobby, how they got interested in it, what they enjoy most about it, where they do it, who else is involved. They should not come to school with a written script to read from.

It would be useful to prepare by giving their talk to family members who can check if they are speaking loudly and clearly and at a reasonable pace, before they do it in class.

They should be ready to give their talk on 23rd Sept. 2019.

 

Dear Parents/ Carers,

Here is a list of active spelling ideas that you can use with your child to help them learn how to spell the common words.

Active Spelling strategies

Write a word in one colour. Trace over it in lots of different colours to make a rainbow word.

Give your child a newspaper or leaflet. Ask them to circle letters in colour, in the right order, to spell out their words.

Make a word search with your words. List them underneath.

Play charades with your words. When someone has guessed the word, spell it.

Write your words in colourful bubble writing.

Write your spelling words forwards and then backwards and then spell them out loud forwards.

Make a square of 4 rows of dots with 4 dots in each row. Before taking a turn, the player must spell a spelling word. If the word is correct, he/ she connects two dots. When a player forms a square, he can write his/her initials in the box. Player with most squares at the end wins.

Draw and colour a picture then hide your words inside the picture. Let someone try to find your words and check if you wrote them with the right spelling.

Write each word in your list in a pyramid. The first letter in the word should be at the top, the next two below then three underneath that and so on.

Write your words in a list and the rewrite them in ABC order.

Write all your words out and then trace over the vowels in each word in colour.

Write out all your words in normal writing, and then write them all out in squiggly writing.

Count your spelling words. Draw a shape for each word and then write your words inside the boxes. Or write the words around the outside of each shape.

Write your words with a finger in the air for a parent to guess the word you have written.

Write your words one at a time with your finger on your mum or dad’s back. They should then try to guess the word you wrote.

Write the entire list end to end as one long word with each word in a different colour.

Write each of your words in a box of sand.

Draw a hopscotch board outside on the ground with chalk. Put in letters instead of the numbers and hop your words as you spell them out.

Cut the letters for each of your words from an old newspaper or magazine and stick them down on a sheet of paper with glue.

Draw a picture of a great big flower with lots of petals. Write each of your words in colour on the petals. Add more petals if you need to.

Draw a picture of bees. Add a word to each bee. Then add some flowers.

Type your words on the computer on a Word document then change each word to a different size and font.

Use a voice recorder and spell each of your words without looking at them. Play it back and check with the sheet to see if you got them right. Repeat until you get them all right.

Use Scrabble tiles or alphabet pasta to spell out your words.

Make up a song or rap that includes saying and spelling out your words.

Make your words with Plasticene or play dough.

Miss Brooks

 

Dear Parents/ Carers,

Primary 4 have a new set of lists of common words in their homework folders to learn to spell. This week they are starting on List 1 from the first hundred words. These words should be learned at home for this Friday, when they will be assessed on them. They should only learn to spell the first 15 words of this list for Friday. To make learning more fun I will be adding some active spelling strategies in the next blog. The children can use to help with learning their words.

Miss Brooks