Welcome to Year 4
This week in numeracy we have been looking at equivalent fractions, as well as comparing and ordering them. We will also be looking at drawing bar charts, and asking and answering questions on what we have found.
In literacy we have been making our stories even better by adding adverbial phrases, fronted adverbials and subordinate clauses. We are still reading the Butterfly Lion and enjoying it very much.
Our spellings for this week are…
forgetting
forgotten
beginning
beginner
preferred
gardening
gardener
limiting
limited
limitation
Our writing task for this week is…
Interview your hero. What questions could you ask them? What information do you want to find out about them? How did they start out? Where are they from? Who was their hero? What was their childhood like? Make it exciting!
Welcome back Ithaca and Cyprus!
This week we have been using different mental strategies to solve addition and subtraction calculations. We will also be looking at classifying shapes, in particular triangles.
In Literacy we have been writing our own stories that raise issues or dilemmas. We have been finding exciting words we can use, such as adverbs and adjectives.
Our spellings for this week are…
do not
don’t
haven’t
you’ll
you will
I’d
you’ve
won’t
quarter
regular
Remember to change your books as soon as you have read them, and to practise your times tables!
Your writing task this week: This week we would like you to be journalists and write a newspaper report on Penelope the school chicken escaping. Who might have witnessed the escape? What would your headline be? Who could you interview? Make it exciting!
Cyprus and Ithaca Blog: Week Beginning: 18.9.17
Welcome back to Cyprus and Ithaca class,
This week we have been very busy focusing on column method addition and subtraction. We have also been practising some mental maths and learning about Carroll Diagrams.
In Literacy we have been focusing on expressing our opinions within different forms of Narrative. We have focused on The Suit Case Kid, The Diary of a Killer Cat and The Iron Man. We learnt how to write an informal letter, a diary entry and how to write an opinion. In Topic we have learnt about Classification and Vertebrates and Invertebrates.
The homework challenge for this week is:
- Write a diary entry in first person pretending to be Hogarth the Killer Cat. You must write an entry of what you plan to do over the weekend and why.
- Learn Spellings for our weekly spelling test which will happen every Friday:
Supermarket
Superfood
Antiseptic
Antisocial
Interview
Happily
Information
Incorrect
Autobiography
Enthusiastically
Have a relaxing weekend
Miss Raval and Mrs Winters
Welcome back to Cyprus and Ithaca class,
This week we have been very busy focusing on the multiples of 10, 100 and 1000. We have also been learning how to round off numbers and focusing on shapes and measurements!!!!
In Literacy we have been focusing on Non-Chronological Reports and how to write them. This linked in very nicely to our Topic for the term which is animals and habitats. Children were encouraged to conduct and collect their own research through a variety of resources to compile their report.
The homework challenge for this week is:
- Write a story about your adventure to a magical island.
- Learn Spellings for our weekly spelling test which will happen every Friday:
gym
syrup
trouble
country
eight
grey
return
recycle
symbolises
amendments
Have a restful weekend!!!
Miss Raval and Mrs Winters
Welcome to Year 4!
This week we are getting to know each other and reviewing the St Cyprian’s Way.
For our learning challenge this week, we are asking the children to research their class islands. Ithaca or Cyprus. This can presented however the like. We would like these in by next Friday, the 15th.
The Year 4 team are looking forward to this academic year and working with the new pupils.
Spellings for Friday 30/06/17:
unhappy
released
remained
misplaced
distinguish
disappeared
disturbed
disappearance
unusual
misunderstood
As our topic of electricity comes to an end, we are asking the children to either bring in cardboard boxes and plastic bottles or make their own robot out of cardboard at home!
This will be due Friday 26th May as we are going to use our knowledge of circuits to make them light up!
Thank you for your cooperation!
Miss Clarke 🙂
Literacy – This week we are continuing to look at poetry, in particular rhyming couplets. We are continuing to explore the use of simile, rhythm, and alliteration, as well as free verse poetry. By the end of the week, the children will be writing their own free verse simile poem.
Numeracy – We are focusing on calculating using pounds and pence, with all the operations. Towards the end of the week, we will begin looking at finding and describing a pattern or relationship.
Science – This week we are continuing to explore how circuits work, and why they might not work. We will also be discussing the role of switches and why we need them in everyday life.
Spellings – antique, unique, cheque, grotesque, mosque, straight, island, learn, length, material
Literacy – This week we are looking at poetry, in particular the different features. We are exploring the use of language, rythym, onomatopoeia, aliteration and rhyming couplets, as well as free verse poetry. By the end of the week, the children will be writing their own free verse poem.
Numeracy – We are focussing on word problems, for all operations. The children will be using the RUCSAC method to solve the calculations, using their knowledge of number, and inverse. We will also be reviewing our knowledge of time, and converting between hours, days, minutes, seconds, months and years.
Science – This week we are exploring how circuits work, and why they might not work. We will be making our own circuits and discussing different conductors that we could use to help us.
Spellings – league, tongue, fatigue, colleague, plague, imagine, important, increase, heart, history
chef
machine
quiche
brochure
chalet
chiffon
moustache
parachute
strange
women