P4
Week Beginning: 5th July 2021
Learning objectives
English: Non-Fiction - Non-chronological report - with a focus on structure
To be able to know the features of a non-chronological report
Phonics/Spelling:
To be able to read and spell 100 and 200 High Frequency words and some of the 110 NC statutory words
To be able to use a range of different spelling strategies to spell new and familiar words
To be able to use phase 3, 4 or 5 to read and spell words
Mathematics: Time
To be able to tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes
To be able to solve problems involving time duration
IPC: Chocolate
To be able to research where cacao trees are found
To be able to know about the factors affecting the growth of cacao trees
To be able to know and talk about cash crops
Key Vocabulary period
T4W: connectives, headings, subheadings, paragraphs, add on connectives, punctuation, opening hook, factual
Maths: o'clock, half past, quarter to, quarter past, difference, duration, months, days, weeks, hours, seconds. analogue, digital
IPC:
T4W - A Non-chronological report with a focus on structure
This is the new text map.
Please learn the text at home with actions and words.
The focus for this text is structure. These PowerPoints might help.
Numeracy Learning: Time
IPC learning this term: Chocolate
In Art, we’ll be finding out:
How to design a wrapper for our chocolate bar
In History, we’ll be finding out:
Who first discovered chocolate
Who took the first chocolate to Europe
About the importance of cacao beans for trade
In Technology, we’ll be finding out:
How to make our own chocolate
What we can add to chocolate
In Geography, we’ll be finding out:
Where cacao trees are found
About the factors affecting the growth of cacao trees
About cash crops
In International, we’ll be finding out:
What fair trade chocolate is
What other fair trade products there are
How important chocolate is
Homework Daily and Weekly
1. Practise spellings for weekly test each day using one of the methods we've learnt.
2. Read some of the home reader for 15 minutes each day. Parents please don't forget to sign the white diary.
3. Please practise number bonds and times tables so children know the multiplication and division fact.
4. Doodle Maths 7 a day.
Numeracy Home Learning:
Doodlemaths is the daily Maths homework.
Please continue to help your child learn the 3, 4, and 8 times tables and the corresponding division facts.
It would also be great if you could practice telling the time with your child using both analogue and digital clocks. Discuss your daily routine, what time you do things, how long activities take etc.
Spelling and phonics
PHASE 6 Phonics IDEAS and ACTIVITIES
This PowerPoint provides all the general spelling rules.
PHASE 4 and PHASE 5 PHONICS ACTIVITIES
We started our phonics lessons this week, espresso will be a useful tool for Phase 3, Phase 4 and Phase 5 to help you at home.
espresso has a great phonics programme which is easy to use and will really help your child with recognising and reading sounds.
The username is : student 43118
Password: panaga
This website will help your children to practise phonics and spelling.
This site has some fun online games about homophones.
Homework: Termly IPC
Refer to the Home page to see the IPC article on 'Helping your Child with their Learning'
Home Learning: IPC
This Term we will be learning all about chocolate.
Can you research information about chocolate.
Can you present it in a really creative way.
Fairtrade
This week in school we will be learning about the Fairtrade organisation.
Have a look for Fairtrade items at home or in the shops.
Email or bring in empty packets or photographs of Fairtrade items you have found.
Look closely at the image, what do you see?