Learning Overview
It has been a busy week in P3 and we have many highlights to share. In Word Boost we loved listening to the story of Myron’s Magic Cow and learning the boost words astonished, co-operate, nervous, separate, nudge and continue. In reading we have focused on using punctuation to help us read with expression. As we thought about how to #MakeA Change in our school for #AntiBullyingWeek we created instructions on how to be a good friend. Our focus in writing these instructions was to identify clear steps and to use strong verbs.
Maths has been great fun as we have been learning how to add using number buddies and doubles and we have come up with lots of creative ideas to help us learn including using rekenreks, counting beads, number squares and counters.
Our work on resilience has continued as we have considered what activities make us feel good and then we used our drama skills to mime these feelings. The children had so many great ideas such as reading, swimming, baking, running, gardening and dancing.
And of course our visit to the cinema was great fun….
Pupil Voice
“We have learnt how to join letters and to keep our letters the same size” Christopher, Mark and Mirren.
“In Anti Bullying week we talked about helping each other in the playground. We have all tried to be extra-nice to each other” Micah, Victoria and Ibad.
“We have written imaginative stories using the Mighty Writer board. We shared our stories with the class and recorded them using iPads” Evie, Eve and Abigail.
Parental Involvement
Help your child to add using doubles to 20 e.g. 6+6, 7+7 then progress on to near doubles e.g. 6+7, 7+8. The materials in the maths bag will come in handy here. We loved listening to this song to help us learn – click here to listen.
Hit the Button is a great game to play to work on doubles too.
P3, I love the doubles song, it is one of my personal favourites, Hit the Button is also a super game to help your numeracy learning – have fun at home trying them out. I was very impressed at the handwriting in your class this week and was delighted to see some of you this week with the Golden Ticket.