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Weekly Update - 27.11.20
Posted: Nov 26, 2020 by: Miss Johansson (L.Johansson) on: Oak Tree Class Blog 2020-2021
Hi all,
I hope you are keeping safe and well. It's been another good week in Oak Tree class.
In English, we have moved onto writing setting descriptions of a trench and the children are enjoying using their sentence skills, which they built on last week, to make their writing powerful and interesting to read. They are also focussing on including figurative language i.e. similes and metaphors and are challenging themselves to include as much powerful vocabulary as possible.
In maths, we have moved onto our new learning ,'Multiplication and Division', and we are currently spending time recapping some important components (i.e. factors, multiples and prime numbers) in order to help us with trickier multiplication and division work/problems.
I have had a good conversation with the children regarding reading at home and how I would like to see them doing more of this to help them progress. It is really important that the children are getting their school reading books changed each week, unless they have a lengthy novel which could take a little longer to get through. I am sending home a nice tip sheet (which you can also access here) detailing ways in which reading can be supported at home, along with a bookmark for the children to have to hand when they are reading to an adult. The bookmark contains good questions you can ask your child whilst listening to them read.
Keep safe!
Miss Johansson
PS. The children have been requesting access to the arithmetic paper which they completed yesterday. Please click here to view/download.