Fractions

Here are some games to help practise working out fractions of whole numbers:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/fractions

http://www.mathplayground.com/fractions_fractionof.html




Have fun...

"... and create new texts using my own words..."

There are so many wonderful stories in Greek Mythology,

they have inspired many different types of writing in class. 

Parents will be able to read them next week,

and look at our writing targets.



November Homework Ideas

Here are some ideas for homework.  You don't have to do them all, but you can use your homework books to write down what you discover.

• How many words can you find which originate from Ancient Greece that we use today?
• Ask two adults to tell you when they use fractions in their everyday lives, and how they are used.
• Which words have the prefix "cent"?  What does it mean?
• Look through novels and books at home to find their opening sentence.  Which sentences hook you in to the story?

This week we will be:

• Simplifying Fractions
• Hearing the stories of Heracles
• Drawing the mythological beasts from the story
• Identifying characteristics of playscripts
• Writing playscripts (maybe next week....)

Although I haven't been hearing reading groups throughout the week, we have been doing lots of reading lessons in class.  I would expect fluent readers to be reading their own books at home and sharing favourite books, authors ideas etc with their classmates.  Next term, we will do Book Dectectives on a regular basis.

Well post some pictures later in the week.

Presenting Ancient Greece

Myths and Legends was the topic chosen by pupils this term to inspire learning.  For the past two weeks, we have been finding out about Greek Mythology, which has led to questions about how people lived in Ancient Greece.  To try to find some anwers, we used information books to find 4 or 5 facts we could share with each other.  It's the first time we've done this activity, and we were filmed...

There are some fascinating facts... and now we've watched ourselves, we know what improvements we can make next time.

If you'd like to do a bit more research at home, here's a good website:  http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/greece.html