We were learnng how to search on Google images for pictures of animals and then copy and paste them onto a word document.

Maths

We are learning to take numbers away and the different words used which mean ‘take away’. Ask your child some problems eg ‘What is 10 take away 4?’   ‘?=7-5’   ‘2 less than 8’  ‘5 fewer than 10’  ‘9 subtract 5’ etc. Do LOTS of similar examples orally and practise some EVERY day to get quicker and more accurate. Try writing some in your jotter too.

Try these take away sums too;

Sounds

This week’s sound is magic ‘u-e’ (cube, rude, flute etc). Practise reading the ‘u-e’ words highlighted in yellow at the back of your homework jotter.

Complete the ‘u-e’ worksheet and stick it in your jotter.

Try these games; http://www.galacticphonics.com/longvowels/u-e/interactive/uespell/uespell.htm

http://more2.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/long-u/load.htm?f

https://gb.education.com/game/silent-e-bus-stop-spelling/

Spelling

This week’s words are; was, you, her, she, they.

Use the 5 rules of spelling (LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE and CHECK).

Write each word in small and then capital letters 3 times.

Reading

Practise your book every night and ask your child questions to check their understanding. If the book has a contents, index or glossary, talk about them and see if your child can find answers to your questions eg ‘What page is _____ on?’ See if they can prove they are right by finding the page with the answer on it. ‘What does (a particular word) mean?’ ‘What pages tell you about _____?’ etc.

Common Reading Words

Practise reading your words in yellow from the word wall at the back of your jotter and any words from your word wallet. Do this EVERY night.

Handwriting

Practise forming the letters ‘b, h, k, m, n, p and r’ correctly. Make sure your child starts at the right place and writes each letter the correct size (tall letters twice as big as small ones).

Write a whole row of each one in small and capital letters.

Today we were finding all the facts for 14. We had to split number 14 up and find all the possible ways to make 14. We found 15 different possibilities! How many ways can you remember?

We were learning to tell the o’clock time today using the computer.

Sounds

We will be revising ‘ow’ (snow, glow etc) and introducing ‘ew’ (few, blew, grew etc). Practise reading the words highlighted in pink and green at the back of your homework jotter.

Make up the ‘ew’ from your word list by using this game; http://www.ictgames.com/soundButtons/index.html

Select the bar at the right marked ‘vowel phonemes’ and choose ‘ew’. Then select ‘alphabet’ also to allow you to spell the words

Complete the ‘ew’ worksheet and stick it in your jotter.

Try this game;

http://www.galacticphonics.com/longvowels/ew/interactive/ewspell/ewspell.htm

 Spelling

This week’s words are – be, my, that, see, he.

Use the 5 rules of spelling (LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE and CHECK).

Can you write a story using as many of these spelling words as you can? Underline the words you use.Can you find these words in a story?

Reading

Practise your book every night and ask your child questions to check their understanding. See if they can prove they are right by finding the page with the answer on it.

Common Reading Words

Practise reading your words in pink from the word wall at the back of your jotter and any words from your word wallet. Do this EVERY night.

Maths

We are learning to count on to find the missing number so we find all the facts for 12. Try these sums;

 We will also be learning digital and analogue o’clock times. Try these games; http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/4705

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/playgame/116

We have been working hard finding all the facts that add to 11 and 12.

Primary 7 have been designing and making a city for the future. We were asked to come along and judge who we thought had the best ideas.  We will find out who got the most votes later.

We used our puppets today to help us say our own name and our puppets names. We also learned about French food from Madame Miller.

Today we had great fun doing lots of activities for Sports Relief to help us be fit and healthy and raise money for a good cause. We built Sport Relief characters using construction materials, made a healthy lunch box , kept fit with dance moves,  yoga and games and even got to design a new game in the gym hall and try it out. We will all be getting fitter and healthier if we keep this up!

Today we went to the I.C.T room and we played some games to help with our adding and  doubling sums.

Mrs. Keith came to our class today to teach us all about what a fraction is. We got to use the foam shapes to see which ones were one half of a larger shape.