What a busy week it has been! We certainly seem to have packed a lot in this week and as I look around the classroom this afternoon after Golden Time and choir with Karen there are lots of tired faces. Hopefully the October holidays will be a good chance for everyone to recharge their batteries. Our class are looking forward to futsal and the class novel assembly tomorrow. By the way, next term pupils will only need their gym kit on Tuesdays and Fridays.
In language this week we have continued to focus on writing in complete sentences and paragraphs. We have also tried to use a wider variety of joining words in our writing. Every morning when the pupils first come in we use different pictures as a stimulus in our short creative response writing sessions. The class report that they are already beginning to feel more confident about their sentence construction. Pupils have also been working hard to develop correct letter formation and joins in their handwriting. Yesterday we reviewed the grammar terms we had worked on so far; common and proper nouns, adjectives, singular/ plural and verbs by playing a corners type game which the class really enjoyed. We then worked on prepositions which quite a few people are still unsure about so we will re visit this aspect.
In Number Talk sessions this week we have been working on developing the strategy of using doubles to help us work out calculations. It’s taking the class a wee while to get back into thinking about different number strategies and we will come back to this after the holidays when everyone is a bit more refreshed! We are coming to the end of our work on place value but will continue to re visit it throughout the session. After the holidays our main focus will be addition, subtraction and money.
The class have been watching the Charlotte’s Web movie so that we could compare the book to the film. They have really enjoyed watching it as a class and some commented that the classroom was like the cinema with the lights off and comfy cushions to sit on. The only thing missing was the popcorn! When asked for their opinions/ to compare the book and film some comments were;
“The different accents in the film made it more interesting.”
“It was more interesting watching the film cause you could see more details in the picture than the story told you.”
“I prefer the story because if you listen carefully you can use your imagination.”
We have started work on our Scotland / Malawi topic and began with a carousel to find out what we knew about both countries. There were some very interesting ideas which were great for discussion. Pupils worked as a group on these activities and we were reminded of the importance of being co-operative, taking turns and listening to each other.
