Primary 5 have been working hard on their tasks this week.
In Numeracy we have been looking at Place Value and what this means. We discussed that a number like: 1276 – would mean that the 1 would have the value of 1000 (thousands), the 2 would have the value of 200 (hundreds), the 7 would have the value of 70 (tens) and the 6 would have the value of 6 (ones). We also discussed the possibility of having numbers containing tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands and millions.
We played some good Place Value games online as well as a board game.
The board game:
In Literacy we have been practising our spelling words with some rainbow writing and some partner work. We also created some stories using our spelling words, you can see these below. It is important we practise these at home too.
In Reading we have started looking at the Reciprocal Reading strategy of Summarising – this means:
‘Just to tell you the main parts of the story’ – Sophie C
‘If you have a long story, you shorten it up by saying the main parts of the story.’ – Summer
‘You just add the main facts.’ – Lewis
‘Summarise by saying the key facts.’ – Olivia
‘You need to mention who, what, where, when and why’ – Ariah
In Writing we have been looking at our new genre of Persuasive Writing. We wrote pieces this week about whether we thought fireworks should be made silent or not. Here are some of our pieces:
We look forward to another busy week next week!
