Primary 3/4

Dear Parent.

                     P.3/4 are doing 'Looking after our planet ' for their class project.Therefore for homework this term I would like each child to do their own mini project .I will provide a list of animals to choose from and a few guidelines.It can be handed in in the first week of June.

Yours Sincerely

                          Linda Simpson 

Dear Parent ,

                      P.3/4 would like to invite you to their short play , about an indian boy ,on Tuesday 24th March. They will also be talking about their project.  It will start at 2.00pm.  Hope to see you then.

                                             Yours Sincerely

                                                            Linda Simpson

        Homework for 23rd March

Spelling using the games.

Sums:

P.3.- Tables work - see jotter

P.4 - division using a different sign

Project - We are having a 'POW WOW ' on Tues. 24th March.I have asked each child to choose one of the following to MAKE for that day.

a bow and arrow, or a parfleche ,or a coup stick ,or a cradleboard.

The children should know what these objecta are.

Homework for week beg. 23rd February

SPELLING - Finish the list or choose 5 words that you have difficulty with and practise them using the games.

READING - Library book and complete the task card .[see jotter]

SUMS - P.4 - Sheet on dividing

               P.3. - Sheet on multiplying

This homework is to cover the next 2 short weeks and so can be handed in on Fri.20th Feb.

P.3 and P.4 can continue with the rest of the spelling words on their sheet using the games to help practise.

P.3 can learn the 2 , 3 ,4 and 5  times tables.

P.4 learn the 6 ,7, 8 and 9 times tables to help with dividing .

For language they can read their library book and carry out the task in their pink homework jotter.

HOMEWORK  FOR 3OTH JANUARY

P.4  Make times sums in jotter - x9

       spelling - good green hand  head help home house how

P.3 -SUMS IN JOTTER -  + , -  TO 99

      SPELLING - or our other out over

p.3/4  Language - make up an indian name for yourself and write in     your jotter.Remember it has to have something to do with you.

Dear Parent

This is a summary of the work that P.3/4 will be doing this term up until the long week-end in February.

P.E. - Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

P.4 only - swimming on Monday at Alness pool for 7 weeks.

Maths:- P.3   Mental maths daily ,3D shape, money to 50p, 99p, change from 20p, 50p -  concept of multiplying 2.3.4.5 x tables, problem solving - guess, check and improve.

P.4 - mental maths daily  3D shape, using tables in multiplyig and dividing. Problem solving - guess, check and improve.

Language  Spelling  -  P.3/4 - continue with common words     teach phonemes - Adding 'ing', analogies

Handwriting - 2nd and 3rd join

Reading - Highland Literacy Project

Writing - Scene setting, writing imaginative stories, report writing

Punctuation and grammar

Health -  Finish road safety -  Green Cross Code

E.S. Native Americans

R.M.E. Stories, beliefs and main characters of other religions

If there are any queries please make an appointment to see me

Yours sincerely

Linda Simpson

HOMEWORK for FRI. 23RD JAN. 2009

P.4 - sums - multiplying units by 9

        spelling - fly , four , found , girl , gave , give

P.3 - sums add ,subtract money to 99p.

         spelling - much , must , now , off , old , only

P.3/4  SPELLING - use games to practise the words

P.4  WRITING - WRITE 2 ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE EACH WORD :

apple , cake , dog , tree , city , sky 

P.3 WRITING - WRITE 1 ADJECTIVE TO DESCRIBE EACH OF THE

                            WORDS ABOVE.

Dear Parent

The following information explains what P.3/4 will be working on in the Summer Term 2008:-

 Art homework for 23rd April.

Drawing a variety of fruit, think of tone, texture and colour.

R.E:       Stories and beliefs from Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam.

Project: Development of the T.V.

Health: Exploring physical factors in relation to our health and looking  

after ourselves.  

Spelling: Revise magic ‘e’ words and vowel diagraphs. Prefixes – un, re, dis, pre – Suffixes – er, est, y.

Handwriting: Tricky letters – ss and ff. The 8 break letters – (letters which don’t join) b g j p  q x y z

Reading: Highland Literacy Project. Reading books with chapters. Reading for information -  teaching children to find information from factual books.

Writer’s Craft -  Discussing the ways an author uses punctuation, phrases, words, description to write a story.

Writing – a news report, weather report, cartoon strip with speech bubbles, joining sentences with and, or, but (for P.3) so, because, then, that (for P.4)

Maths: P.4 -  practising all tables 2 – 9,

Number -  dividing by equal sharing, dividing with remainders, dividing by grouping, linking tables to division, using mental methods to help, divide with remainders, solving problems using division.

Money – change from a pound, how to write an amount over a pound, add and subtract an amount of money over a pound.

Measure -  quarter metre, change metres to cms and vice versa, find area by counting squares

Maths P.3 -  practise tables 2 – 5, divide by equal sharing, recognise the

Divide sign, share with remainders, link tables to division, know what a half and a quarter are and write as a number, work out ½, ¼ of a number.

Divide by grouping.

Money -  recognise a pound and what coins make a pound.

Measure -  length -  metre, cm, using a ruler, weight -  kg, volume – litre, area -  counting squares

Mental -  2 – 5 tables for P.3

2-     9 tables for P.4

quick way of + and – 9 and 11

Time -  o’clock, half-past, 1 hour before, later etc, digital time.

If you have any questions please get in touch.

Yours sincerely

Linda Simpson

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