Primary School - January Monthly Newsletter
Primary School - January Monthly Newsletter
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Read in Writing Text: Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Reading:
*Vocabulary
To explore the meaning of words in context by ‘reading around the word’ and independently explore its meaning in the broader context of a section or paragraph.
To understand the term ‘motif’ and how it differs from a symbol and how it relates to Wonder.
*Inference
To draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives justify inferences with evidence.
To gain an understanding of key concepts.
*Predict
To support predictions by using relevant evidence from the text.
To continue to make connections with other themes previously discussed – friendship and bullying.
*Explain
To provide reasoned justifications for their views.
To explain how the voice changed from August’s section to Olivia’s.
*Retrieve
To confidently skim and scan, and also use the skill of reading before and after to retrieve information.
*Summarise
To explore themes in the book and gain early interpretations of key characters in the story.
To summarise the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph, identifying key details to support the main ideas.
To begin to explore the theme of growing up.
*Compare
To compare the two siblings to understand their relationship and continue to develop understanding of varied POVs in the story.
Writing:
To write a personal narrative about a big change in their own life or based on the theme.
To write a narrative poem about their first-day experiences.
To write the internal monologue of the characters.
To write in third person omniscient.
To write an apology letter as a character.
Grammar and Punctuation:
To extend sentences with expanded noun phrases.
To write sentences in passive and active voice.
To use past perfect tense of verb in sentences.
To use modal verbs of possibility in sentences.
To identify the verbs of degree (sentence placement).
To omit the relative pronoun in sentences.
To use prefixes to show the opposite meaning.
To identify prefixes and their meaning.
Spelling:
To add suffixes beginning with vowel letters to word sending in -fer.
To spell and use words with a long /e/ sound spelt ‘ie’ or ‘ei’ after c (and exceptions).
To spell use word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning.
Speaking:
To re-enacted scenes and hot seated character.
Number: Fractions
Use common factors to simplify fractions; use common multiples to express fractions in the same denomination
Compare and order fractions, including fractions > 1
Add and subtract fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers, using the concept of equivalent fractions
Multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers, supported by materials and diagrams
Multiply simple pairs of proper fractions, writing the answer in its simplest form
Divide proper fractions by whole numbers
Recall and use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals and percentages, including in different contexts
Measurement : Imperial and Metric Measures
Use, read, write and convert between standard units, converting measurements of length, mass, volume and time from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit, and vice versa, using decimal notation to up to three decimal places
Solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation up to three decimal places where appropriate
Convert between miles and kilometres
Physics: Light
To consolidate the key ideas from Year 3 about the behaviour of light, including light sources and shadows
To describe how a mirror reflects an image of an object
To apply understanding of how light travels to explain how a periscope and other applications of mirrors work
To understand how a pinhole camera works and, using suitable representations, show how this helps us to understand how we see things. To identify the variables that affect the size of a shadow, and plan a fair test to investigate one of them
To carry out a fair test to investigate the relationship between shadow size and an independent variable
To recognise that whilst light does travel in straight lines, sometimes it changes direction when travelling from one thing into another
To understand that white light is made of many colours and these can be separated out
To give examples to explain the way that light behaves.
Working Scientifically:
Identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments Using test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests. Recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, and bar and line graphs.
Planning different types of enquiries to answer questions including recognising and controlling variables where necessary.
Arabic A
خلال هذا الشهر سيتمكن الطلاب من :
-التعرف على معاني مفردات وتراكيب قصة / أنا حرّ .
- إظهار القدرة على القراءة الجهرية الواضحة مع مراعاة الضبط والتنغيم .
-الإجابة عن أسئلة تظهر الفهم للقصة .
- تحديد بنية القصة ( الشخصيات - الزمان - المكان- المشكلة - الحل ) .
-تحديد علاقات التضاد والترادف بين الكلمات .
- التعرف على ( كان و أخواتها) و عناصر الجملة و إعرابها و أنواع خبرها ) .
-توظيف كان و أخواتها في جمل صحيحة . - أن يتعرف معاني مفردات النص الشعري ( وطن النجوم ) و يظهر القدرة على تحديد المعنى الإجمالي للنص و تحديد أنواع الإيقاع اللفظي فيه .
- الإجابة عن أسئلة تظهر الفهم لنص الاستماع ( سرّ المنديل ) .
-كتابة ما يملى عليه بخط واضح ومرتب متجنبًا الأخطاء الإملائية .
_ كتابة النص الإقناعي مراعيًا البداية والوسط والنهاية متضمنًا الأدلة و البراهين لإظهار وجهة نظره .
Arabic B
In the month of January, students were able:
To write a paragraph about the winter holiday.
To learn about the three meals.
To present a content about Favorite food.
To answer the reading comprehension questions(Food).
To answer the questions of the recorded text(Healthy and Unhealthy food).
To use prepositions in sentences. To write a paragraph correctly (Spelling).
To write a conversation between(Waiter and customer).
To answer the questions after listening.
To compare the types of clothes.
To describe the picture in correct sentences by using adjectives.
To talk about his country's traditional clothes.
To compare his country clothes and his colleague's clothes.
To answer the reading comprehension (Clothes).
Islamic A
سيتعلم الطلاب خلال هذا الشهر ما يلي:
القرآن الكريم: (سورة عبس)
الحديث الشريف:يسروا ولا تعسروا
العقيدة:سورة النازعات
السيرة والشخصيات:الهجرة إلى المدينة
ومن خلالها استطاع الطالب أن يظهر قدرة على أن:
القرآن الكريم:سورة عبس
-أن يبين المعنى الإجمالي للآيات
الحديث الشريف:يسروا ولا تعسروا
-أن يبين المعنى الإجمالي للآيات
العقيدة :سورة النازعات
-أن يعدد أحداث يوم القيامة
السيرة والشخصيات
-أن يسرد احداث الهجرة إلى المدينة
Islamic B
Students will start reciting Surah Al Infitaar 6-11 ayah with tajweed and makhraj.
They will learn the translation of these ayah's.
They will also find out how Al Qur'an will become our intercessor on the day of judgement.
Computing
Python Programming:
To be able to rectify errors and execute the programs
To be able to use conditional statements
Art
Define monochromatic art.
Recognize and understand the relationship between tints and shades of a colour to create a monochromatic painting.
PE
Dribbling with one hand while walking
Dribbling with change of hand while running
Chest and bounce pass
Layup shots and rebound
Drama
CHARACTERISATION
Dialogue and Speech:
How a character's words reveal their personality and emotions.
Differentiating between characters based on their speech.
Reading and acting out character dialogues.
To identify key classical civilizations and explain what makes a civilization ‘classical’.
To understand the Greek version of democracy and explain the purpose and process of voting.
To understand what virtues are and how patience and forgiveness can help develop moral character.
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