English – In Read, Write, Inc this week the red group have been reading ‘Hairy Fairy’ which is all about a fairy who couldn’t get a job because he was so hairy! They discussed the story and wrote a letter in the role as the fairy hairy to ask the Fairy Queen for a job with Father Christmas. The blue group have been reading ‘Playday’ which is all about children playing different different games in class. They discussed the story and wrote about playing.
The rest of the class have been focusing on identifying and writing past and present progressive forms of verbs in sentences. Past progressive sentences (a sentence that uses was / were and then a verb with the ‘ing’ suffix): e.g. We were playing football all afternoon. Present progressive sentences (a sentence that uses is / are and then a verb with the ‘ing’ suffix): e.g. My friends are jumping.
Maths – The children have been looking at telling the time using half past, o’clock, quarter past and quarter to.
They have also been recognising and finding a third of shapes and amounts. They used shapes to find one third in as many different ways as they could and used equipment such as bar models and counters to find one third of amounts by sharing objects into three equal groups. Some children were also able to link this to the 3 times tables. They have also been using non-unit fractions to recognise, make and write the fractions 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 1/3 and 2/3.
Science – This week we have been exploring and comparing the differences between things that are living, dead and things that have never been alive and sorting objects into these categories. We also linked this to our work on MRS GREN last week (all the common characteristics shared by all living things), e.g. movement, respiration, sense.
Spellings – To be tested on Friday 17th May. Please write at least 4 sentences using these words in spellings book. 10.05.19
Letters sent home today – Summer newsletter for Class 3. summer newsletter
Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Thomas & Miss Moran