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Spelling

Core words

gently, simply, visibly, sparkly, wriggly

Mild words

wrinkly, possibly, grumbly, terribly

Hot words

comfortably, probably, miserably, subtly

Maths and numeracy

In maths and numeracy we will be focusing on mixed numbers and improper fractions. To practice please use the link below to play the fractions and mixed numbers building game.

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/fraction-matcher/latest/fraction-matcher_en.html

Learning Across the Curriculum

Either research another or continue with your previous presentation on an issue facing people in your community i.e. homelessness, cost of living crisis, energy crisis etc.

Hello,

This week the spelling homework is a little different. Today we did a spelling assessment in class. Any words that your child misspelled on the assessment are the target words for this week. Your child may be confident and able to spell some of their words accurately on their second attempt, but we are going to take this week to really focus on those words and the sounds/patterns within them, to ensure total mastery.

Your child will have copied their words down and taken them home, either in their homework jotter or on scrap paper if the jotter was not returned to school.

Please choose 2 activities from the grid below:

Our maths homework is similar to last week’s also. I would like to give all children a chance to complete 2 activities from the multiplication grid from last week. If you have done 2 already, you can choose 2 more different ones!

You can also play blooket games at home to practise multiplication facts. Try to challenge yourself!

https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=65b3bb803efbf73738e57043

https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=65b3bae3e0638d2207fe3ea3

https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=65b3bc19f60bcc690c4a367f

Good luck Primary 4!

Mrs Rush

Hello everyone,

This week in spelling we are revising the 3 ‘-ing’ spelling rules that we have been learning over the past 3 weeks.

The spelling words will be in homework jotters, but just in case the full list of spelling words are here:

I would like you to pick 2 tasks from the spelling grid this week:

This week I have assigned “blookets” as homework, to practise multiplication skills.

You can choose from 3 different levels of challenge.

https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=65b3bb803efbf73738e57043

https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=65b3bae3e0638d2207fe3ea3

https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=65b3bc19f60bcc690c4a367f

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Mrs Rush

Spelling

In the next few weeks in spelling we will be focusing on irregular plural forms of plurals. This week we will look at words which end in ‘f’. The rule is the ‘f’ is removed and ‘ves’ is then added to the end of the word.

e.g. leaf- leaves

There are some exceptions though, like words which end with a ‘ff’, which just have a ‘s’ added on.

e.g. cliff- cliffs

Core words:

elf-elves

leaf- leaves

knife- knives

cliff- cliffs

bluff- bluffs

sniff- sniffs

Mild words

loaf- loaves

self- selves

shelf- shelves

cuff- cuffs

Hot words

dwarf- dwarves

yourself- yourselves

roof- roofs

wife- wives

Maths and Numeracy

This week in numeracy the focus will be on money. Learners should choose five items they would like to buy. This could be anything from a pencil case to a new games console. They should choose three different retailers and show the price from them then underline which one they would buy from.

Children should be wary of hidden costs or savings associated with different buying options i.e. money off, delivery costs etc.

Learning Across the Curriculum

Choose one character from the Spiderwick Chronicles or Matilda and create a character fact file. Your fact file should include, their name, a picture of them and at least five facts.

Happy New Year everyone!

I hope you all had a lovely break.

The children have been sharing their “Celebrations and Food” homework presentations. They have worked so hard on these and they have done so well! I will post some photos on the blog of them once everyone has had a chance to present in class. Thank you, parents and carers, for your support in this.

Last week we learned a new spelling rule for adding -ing. When the root word ends with 2 consonants you just add -ing

e.g fast– fasting, walk– walking, help– helping

This week the rule we are learning is this: when the root word has a ‘short’ vowel and only one consonant after it, you double the consonant and add -ing.

e.g put– putting,

run– running

split– splitting

Our spelling words this week are:

batting, sitting, running, humming, sunning, winning, betting, wedding, stunning, cramming, jetting, blotting, setting, rubbing, shutting, drumming, jamming, ramming, splitting, letting

Please practise them using 2 of the activities from the grid below.

Each child has been given an activity to practise copying a symmetrical image.

We have been creating beautiful and complex symmetrical images in class and really challenging ourselves.

Mrs Rush