Yr 4 Looking Back and Forth - Friday 9th June
Friday 9th June– Looking Back & Forth in Year 4
Looking back:
This week, was a very busy week. The children began a new unit of work in English and started to explore a new text. The class has begun to look at decimals in maths as well. Preparations are well underway for the MTC next week. On Friday, the children had a go at a mock one. In science the children went on a bug hunt, which proved to be very popular.
Questions to ask at home -
- What is a numerator?
- What is a denominator?
- What is reported speech?
- What is direct speech?
- Is a tenth bigger or smaller than 10?
- What is a unit fraction?
- What is a non-unit fraction?
Children’s highlights of the week
- Maths, working on decimals
- Running races
- Finding about the new story
- Having a go on the MTC try it out
- Lunch
- The bug hunt
- E. with Mr Biggs
- Finishing our money containers
Looking forward:
This week, the class will continue to explore their new text. In maths, we will be looking at tenths as a decimal.
Homework in Year 4
Maths – MTC preparation – using TTRockstars
English – no homework – TTRockstars
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
- The children from Elizabethfontein will be joining us on Tuesday and on Wednesday there will be a welcome assembly
- MTC (Multiplication Timestables Check) on Tuesday
- Sports day on Friday. The children will need, sunscreen on, a hat, a sturdy waterbottle and a T-shirt in their house colour.
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.