Welcome to this week’s learning in Primary 4.
In Writing we have written our final piece for our genre of Explanation Report Writing. This week was our assessment week where Mrs Hillan will look at our writing and see if we have met all the success criteria needed and see where we would need to go next with it. This week we wrote about the role of a Firefighter. We started off with a discussion around this, then completed our pieces.
In Numeracy we have continued working on our tables. This week we have begun a focus on multiplying a two digit number by a single digit. This is our thoughts so far:
Emily – I thought it was going to be hard but once Mrs Hillan explained how to do it, it was quite easy!
Summer – At first some of us thought it was quite tricky but when we started doing it, it was a bit easier.
Chloe – It was kind of hard and easy at the same time. Some people learned new things.
Shay – I thought it was a bit scary coming to the front of the class to do a sum, but once I saw other people doing it, it seemed fun to do!
Ciaran – I thought it was going to just using one table but it wasn’t.
Lewis – I thought it was going to be hard but when I saw other people doing it, it was easier.
Erin R – It is interesting to find out how other people’s minds work!
Olivia – It was easy but at the beginning I was thinking “How am I supposed to do this?”.
Derry – It’s kind of like other chimney sums only this time using multiplying.
Sophie G – It looked hard at the beginning but when you got to see other people doing it, it became easier.
In Spelling this week we have created a word search using our words as well as testing our partners on the words for the week.
In Reading we have used our prediction skills. We were asked to predict what we think might happen next in the story of The Witches. Here are some of our predictions:
Chloe – I think the boy will talk to his Grandma and she will try and help them.
Sophie C – I think Bruno and the boy are going to go up to the boy’s Grandma but she won’t know who it is.
Summer – I think they are going to the boy’s Grandma’s. At first she’ll be scared and then she will try and help them. They will hear one of the boy’s mice talk.
Lewis – I think the boy and Bruno will go to the boy’s Grandma and she will put them in a cage and keep them.
Erin R – My prediction is when they try to go up the stairs the manager is going to catch them.
Emily – The boy’s Grandma will take care of them until they change back.
Caelan – I think the little boy and Bruno will go to Grandma and then steal all the Action Mouse Makers and smash them.
Sophie G – I think that the boy and Bruno will go to the boy’s Grandma and then she will go to Bruno’s mum and explain.
Alyssa – I think the boy and Bruno will go to Grandma, who will then explain to Bruno’s mum and dad and the manager.
Ryley – The boy and Bruno will go to Gran and she will be scared but then she will try to find a cure.
Gracie – I think the boy is going to explain to Grandma and she is going to go and sneak and grab the bottles and throw them off the balcony.
Rihanna – I think the boy and Bruno will go to Grandma, she will be confused but then she will help them.
In our topic this week we have been working on our note-taking skills. We watched a video about the daily lives of Egyptians and noted down any key facts or pieces of information we particularly liked. We are going to use this information to complete our next writing piece.
This week we have continued our personal class talks where we have been sharing information on a topic of our choice. Mrs Hillan and our peers have been assessing us on our skills in doing this. Mrs Hillan and Mrs Wood have been so impressed by the quality of the talks given as well as how brave everyone has been in standing up in front of the class.
Next week we have a Monday holiday, but we will be ready to learn again on Tuesday!
