Yr 4 Looking Back and Forth 21st January
Friday 14th January – Looking Back & Forth in Year 4
Looking back: This week, the children finally read the book ‘Leaf’. We started to discuss our own writing and the subject of our own Outsider Narrative. We looked at an example of a story based on Leaf and responded to it. What it made us think, feel and see? In maths, we completed our progress tests and looked at some of the common errors – we did have a few “do’oh” moments! In the afternoons, the class have looked at the Anglo-Saxon villages and what life was like in them. They had an absolute ball making musical instruments. The children loved this session.
Today, the children had a cracking netball session with Mr Biggs and developed their skills as well as their sportsmanship and working as a team.
Building On
- E. – multi-ball skills that have been developed since Reception
- Arithmetic skills from the Autumn term as well as Year 3
- Reading skills and interpreting the text that the children have been developing since they began to read.
- Learning about Anglo-Saxon settlements, building on the houses and homes work the children completed in Year 2.
- Questions to ask at home
- What is commutative law?
- What happens in the story ‘Leaf’?
- What different passes do you know in netball?
- How are you getting on with your Accelerated Reader quizzes?
- How are you getting on with your TTRockstars?
- What would you find in an Anglo-Saxon village?
- Where did they come from?
- When did they settle in Britain?
Highlights of the week for the children
- Making instruments with Mrs Cooper
- My timestables test
- Spending time with my friends
- Reading the book ‘Leaf’
- Playing glocks
- TTRockstars!
Looking forward:
This week, we will be working on clauses and prepositions in English. In maths, we will look at factor pairs and efficient multiplication. In the afternoons, the children will continue to learn about Anglo-Saxon society as well as more investigations to do with sound. There will also be Netball with Mr Biggs. As well as French, R.E. and many many more wonderful and interesting things!
Homework in Year 4
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.
Maths– pink sheet to be handed in on Thursday /Friday at the latest
English - prepositions sheet (pink sheet) to be handed in on Thursday /Friday at the latest
Could the children please complete their homework in pencil or blue/black pen not felt tip.
Timestables – for Friday All timestables - x3 x4 x8 x16 – these will be muddled up this week.
(This can be handed it at anytime before Friday, the children know where the plastic wallets are)
Letters and Reminders
- Reading records to be in on Thursdays
- Homework to be given in by Friday
- PE on Friday this week
Reminders for this week – Please check the weekly Newsletter for more detail
Children can bring in hand sanitizers for their own personal use.
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.