Reading
Keep reading! I have refreshed the book collection in our class library so there is plenty to choose from!
Maths
Keep practicing times tables, either on TTRS, on paper or saying them. Practice division too!
I have set up a “Battle of the Bands” on TTRS. It will end on the 23rd May ad there will be a prize for each member of the winning house.
Spellings
We are continuing with homophones:
whether or weather
week or weak
not or knot
tuck or took
plain and plane
be and bee
hear or here.
Reading
Keep reading! We have 2 new iPads so can now do Accelerated Reader quizzes.
Maths
Keep practicing times tables, either on TTRS, on paper or saying them. Practice division too!
Spellings
This week’s spellings are homophones:
whether or weather
week or weak
not or knot
tuck or took
plain and plane
be and bee
hear or here.
Reading - Keep reading at home, even 5 minutes a day is great.
Spellings - Words with the prefix re-
recycle
rearrange
reappear
redecorate
refresh
replay
reheat
Maths
Practice 4 and 8 times tables. Our next topic is time. Please could you use analogue clocks to tell the time to the nearest hour, quarter of an hour or five minutes.
Homework
Keep reading! Even a couple of minutes a day helps.
Maths
Continue using TTRS or practicing all the times tables so far. 2,3,4,5,6,8 and 10.
Spellings
climb
improve
because
again
water
only
sure.
Reading - Keep reading and talking about the books you are reading.
Spellings this week:
We are revisiting words ending in cian:
musician
electrician
optician
mathematician
magician
politician
April
Maths
Keep practicing multiplication and division. Focussing on the 3, 6, 8 and 4 times tables
Maths
Practice the 6, 8 and 9 times tables.
English
Spellings this week (Continued from last week)
guard
imagine
straight
through
regular
often
recent
Maths
Practice multiplication, particularly the 8 and 9 times tables.
English
Spellings this week:
guard
imagine
straight
through
regular
often
recent
Maths:
Practice multiplication and division, either on paper or on TTRS.
Spellings:
Practice any words you find difficult from this list:
door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, child, children, wild, climb, most, only, both, old, cold, gold, hold, told, every, everybody, even, great, break, steak, pretty, beautiful, after, fast, last, past, father, class, grass, pass, plant, path, bath, hour, move, prove, improve, sure, sugar, eye, could, should, would, who, whole, any, many, clothes, busy, people, water, again, half, money, Mr, Mrs, parents and Christmas.
Maths: Speedy recall of multiplication and division facts for the 6 and 8 times tables.
Please use TT Rockstars to practice a variety of times tables. All children should have their log in stuck in their reading log.
We have also been measuring in metres, centimetres and millimetres. If you can, please try measuring real world things with your child.
Daily reading - please bring reading books and logs EVERY DAY!
Spellings to be tested on Friday
musician
electrician
optician
mathematician
magician
politician
March
Thank you, Mr Bourn
Maths: Speedy recall of multiplication and division facts for the 6 and 8 times tables.
Please use TT Rockstars to practice a variety of times tables. All children should have their log in stuck in their reading log.
Daily reading - please bring reading books and logs EVERY DAY!
Thank-you,
Mr Bourn
Spellings:
Set A:
Centre
Certain
Circle
Early
Eight
Eighth
Enough
Set B:
Many
Busy
Again
Half
Build
Learn
Heart
Maths: Speedy recall of multiplication and division facts for the 6 and 8 times tables.
Please use TT Rockstars to practice a variety of times tables. All children should have their log in stuck in their reading log.
Daily reading - please bring reading books and logs EVERY DAY!
Spelling and Maths tests will be on Friday 9th February.
Thank-you,
Mrs Holden
Spellings:
Set A:
Busy
Business
Group
Pressure
Quarter
Suppose
Strange
Set B:
Hour
After
Sure
Sugar
Could
Should
Would
Maths: Speedy recall of multiplication and division facts, particularly for 3’s and 4’s please.
Please use TT Rockstars to practice a variety of times tables. All children should have their log in stuck in their reading log.
Daily reading - please bring reading books and logs EVERY DAY!
Spelling and Maths tests will be on Friday 2nd February.
Thank-you,
Mrs Holden
Spellings:
Set A:
Breath
Century
Extreme
Height
Island
Though
Although
Set B:
Old
Every
Fast
Last
Past
Mr
Mrs
Maths: Expanded multiplication column method. Please support your children in doing the Maths worksheet sent home today, I would like them to do their working on the squared paper please. To be returned by Friday 26th January. We have been looking at this method in our Maths lessons and it would really help them to consolidate their learning at home. Please see the photo to show how you would work out the answers.
Please use TT Rockstars to practice a variety of times tables. Log in details are stuck in reading logs. Mainly focus on the 2,3,4,5,6,8 and 10 times tables please. We will have a times table test on all of these next week.
Daily reading - please bring reading books and logs EVERY DAY!
Spelling and Maths tests will be on Friday 26th January.
Thank-you,
Mrs Holden
Spellings:
Set A:
Bicycle
Different
Forward
Occasion
Occasionally
Strength
Weight
Set B:
Most
Even
Great
Break
Steak
Who
People
Maths: Speedy recall of multiplication and division facts for the 8 times table.
Please use TT Rockstars to practice a variety of times tables. All children should have their log in stuck in their reading log.
Daily reading - please bring reading books and logs EVERY DAY!
Spelling and Maths tests will be on Friday 19th January.
Thank-you,
Mrs Holden
Spellings:
Set A:
Experiment
February
Grammar
History
Perhaps
Sentence
Therefore
Set B:
Poor
Child
Plant
Path
Bath
Whole
Any
Maths: Speedy recall of multiplication and division facts for the 2,3,4,5,6 and 10 times tables. All of these have been set before, so they should hopefully be familiar with them all.
Please use TT Rockstars to practice a variety of times tables. Log in details are stuck in reading logs if they were in school. Please ensure your child asks for their log in details next week, if they aren’t in their reading log.
Daily reading - please bring reading books and logs EVERY DAY!
Spelling and Maths tests will be on Friday 12th January.
Thank-you,
Mrs Holden
Spellings:
Set A:
Calendar
Decide
Favourite
Naughty
Question
Reign
Various
Set B:
Find
Kind
Mind
Move
Prove
Improve
Clothes
Maths - the 4 and 6 times tables, speedy recall without children counting through the times table to find the answer, please.
Daily reading
Spellings:
Set A:
Breathe
Complete
Difficult
Famous
Opposite
Possess
Possession
Set B:
Everybody
Father
Class
Grass
Pass
Money
Parents
Maths - the 6 times table, speedy recall without children counting through the times table to find the answer, please.
Daily reading
Spellings:
Set A:
would
because
terrible
horrible
dangerous
disappear
beneath
beautiful
Set B:
because
children
climb
both
behind
only
beautiful
pretty
Maths:
4 times table and the inverse (dividing by 4).
Daily Reading
Spellings:
Set A:
Believe
Continue
Earth
Experience
Guide
Interest
Remember
Set B:
Door
Cold
Gold
Hold
Told
Eye
Water
Maths:
3 times table and the inverse (dividing by 3).
Daily Reading
Spellings (the test will be on Friday 10th November):
Set A:
Caught
Consider
Exercise
Heart
Important
Possible
Knowledge
Set B:
Floor
Because
Behind
Children
Wild
Climb
Only
Maths
Times table practice (the test will be on Friday 10th November):
3 times tables
We are looking for speedy recall, where children can remember the answer without going through their times tables to find the answer. The 3 times tables sheet which they have come home with is a prompt for parents/carers to ask children in and out of order, frequently. Thank-you!
Daily Reading
