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Learning this Week 

READING: (Fluency and Comprehension)

This week students will continue to practise the reading comprehension strategy- finding the main idea of a passage. Students will also continue to practise reading fluently when they read aloud various texts.

WRITING: (Persuasive text)

This week students will continue to explore the purpose, features and language used in persuasive texts. They will also learn how to structure a persuasive argument by using paragraphs. Students will practise writing about their own opinion and use evidence to support their ideas, and will also have time for free choice writing. 

MATHS: (skip counting and repeated addition)

This week students will continue to explore skip counting and repeated addition, as an introduction to multiplication. Students will also explore maps and use language to describe the directions between locations on a map.

Spelling and Grammar

In Spelling this week, we will be focusing on the following: 

• Spelling choices, rules and skills:

-We will read and spell words with the silent letters  'k' (like in knee), 'b' (like in lamb) and'w' (like in wrap).

• Tricky words : decided, know, where

 At home, you can support your child by doing the following activities: 

• Child writes the word, saying each sound as he/she writes.

• Draw child’s attention to the target phonic pattern.

• Help child choose the correct spelling pattern if there are options.

We will also be focusing on the words decided, know, where

At home, you can support your child by doing the following activities: 

• Child writes the word several times, saying each letter name as he/she writes.

• Child writes a sentence using the target word.

In Grammar this week, we will continue to focus on verb choices.

** Differentiated learning will be present in each class to cater for all students individual learning requirements.