English- This week we have started learning about Persuasive Writing. In pairs and groups students discuss a topic given to them and come up with whether they agree or disagree with the statement and come up with reasons for both. They then complete a persuasive writing piece. They also completed explicit spelling lessons learning about homophones, revised some irregular words, Antonyms and Synonyms, we revised the floss rule and looked at doubling consonants in the middle of words. The children also completed comprehension, grammar and handwriting lessons. We look forward to speeches next week for The Public Speaking Competition.
Mathematics – This week the children focused on Addition. We looked at number facts,adding with doubles, bridging to 10, addition on the number line and adding in any order. The children finished off the week with problem-solving questions and multiplication fluency practice where they consolidated their knowledge of multiples of 5’s and
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