Y4 - Looking Back and Forth - Friday 12th May 2023
Friday 12th May– Looking Back & Forth in Year 4
Looking back:
This week, the children started to look at twisted narratives. These are traditional stories that we know and love, that have ‘different’ endings. We looked at the good characters, as well as the villains. This built on the work we did on Cruella De Ville. The class are eager to get started on their own versions of these contorted tales - watch this space!. Soon, very soon!
In maths, we looked at converting mixed numbers to improper fractions in our fractions work. It was tricky, but we are finding that our knowledge of timestables is really helping in this unit of work.
Questions to ask at home -
- What is an improper fraction?
- What is meant by a ‘twisted narrative’?
- What is reported speech?
- What is direct speech?
- What is a reporting clause?
- What are inverted commas?
Children’s highlights of the week
- Maths – fractions
- Maths with Mrs Hughes
- Sewing – that was really popular with the class!
- PE
- Europe
- Completing the report comments
- TTRockstars
Looking forward:
This week, the class will begin their twisted narratives and continue with their fractions work (adding and subtracting fractions this time).
In the afternoons, the children will; study the countries of Europe, explore more databases, classify leaves in their science work and continue with their sewing, adding embellishments onto their bags.
Homework in Year 4
Maths – blue sheet (again)
English – reported and direct speech Poems
Reading – daily at least 15 mins – remember to take the Accelerated Reader Quizzes
Rockstars – as much as possible 10 mins daily is ideal – at least once a week for 20 mins
Spellings – Mrs Riddell – Please learn them for the test on Wednesday. It is better to look at them for 5 minutes each day than try to learn them all in one night. The children remember them better learnt over the week.
Could the children please complete their homework in pencil or blue/black pen not felt tip.
Timestables – for Thursday - the children will be getting new timestables this week - (these were given out on Friday with how many columns the children need to learn.)
(This can be handed it at anytime before Friday, the children know where the basket is)
Letters and Reminders
- Swimming kits (towels, swim suits, swim hat and flipflops/crocs)
- Please check the newsletter for up-and-coming events and dates for your diaries.
Reminders for this week – Please check the weekly Newsletter for more detail
Nightly reading recorded in reading record – make sure it comes to school on Friday
Reading challenge has started – 20 reads in the reading record =10 housepoints
Please encourage your child to record their reading in their reading records.