Blakes

Catch Up Term 3 2014

Hi Blake,

Here are some of the things you have missed.

Reading:

We have been reading Tomorrow when the War Began. If you would like to catch up on this, we have
read up to chapter 11.

In focus groups we have been working on whatever YOU need to work on. These are the strategies you
should be looking at:

Understanding Sequence

Comparing & Contrasting.

Attached is a reading activity to practice both.

We also looked at visualising as a strategy using your 5 senses to describe a place, person or thing.

Writing:

Last term we looked at figurative language and how to use it effectively to make your writing more
descriptive. We had mini lessons to explore writing interesting descriptions to describe people, places
and different objects.

Here is a link of a rap song we watched, which describes different types of figurative language.

Youtube Rap Song

We wrote ballads for our Writers Gift. You might like to have a go, using as much figurative language
as you can, and as suitable for your piece.

Maths:

We have worked on revising number skills so times tables, recognising and using decimal numbers
and had a look at percentages. We went shopping and the students had to work out how much
discount they received if they got a certain percentage off the original price.

We looked at different angles how to classify them i.e. obtuse, acute, reflex, straight angle. We also
looked at measuring them accurately with a protractor. Finally we learned how to find the angle sum
of a given shape i.e. the angle sum of a triangle will always be 180. The angle sum of a square will
always be 360.

We did the fractions, decimals and percentage test as a diagnostic so for me to find out what you
already know about fractions.

Ive also attached some activities you could try to catch up on maths.

Thats it! (Not as much as you may think)

Hope that helps,

Miss E J