This month we will be focusing on the following areas of learning.
Literacy - Genre - Persuasion. We will look at what persuasion means, the different ways there are of persuading others. Letters, balanced arguments, for and against, advertisements, posters, tv, radio, social media. We will talk about the age group they are meant for. Children will be introduced to the language of persuasion - Firstly, secondly, also, I feel that, in my opinion, finally.
We will read The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark and see how Plop the baby owl is persuaded to like the dark by the end of the story.
Reading and spelling of commonly used high frequency words.
Understanding of what we read.
Continuing with nouns and verbs and adjectives. Sentence structure.
Numeracy - ongoing - revision of simple adding, subtracting and appropriate symbols. Understanding that addition can be done in any order but subtraction can’t.
Counting in 2s, 5s, 10, forwards and backwards. Even and odd.
Use of a variety of strategies to solve problems and be able to explain their thought process.
The importance of Place value - groups of 10/100
Representing numbers by expanding/partitioning eg 387 is 300 +80 +7
48 is 40 + 8
Use Topmarks games to reinforce.
Money - amounts, change, shopkeepers method of counting on, solving problems.
Problem Solving - Make a conjecture. How this can help us get unstuck when faced with challenges.
Personal Development and Mutual Understanding - Resilience
What are you afraid of? - WAU connection.
Anti-Bullying Week - Power for Good
World Around Us topic - Light and Dark.
Connected to The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark.
Sources of light. Natural/Artificial light. Shadows. Day/Night. Reflections.
Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities - Working with Others. Thinking differently. Team work. Compromise. Resilience.
