Transdipinary Theme: Sharing the Planet

Central Idea: People’s behaviour impacts on the habitats of other living things.

Lines of Inquiry:

An inquiry into…

• different types of livings things (Form)
• what living things need to survive (Connection)
• human responsibility to the survival of living things (Responsibility)

Central Idea: The operations of addition and subtraction are related to each other and used to process information to solve problems.

Lines of Inquiry:

An inquiry into…

• the different ways to model/show addition and subtraction
• mental strategies that can be used to solve addition and subtraction
• written strategies that can be used to solve addition and subtraction

Here are some questions we will be exploring throughout this UOI, maybe some of them you could discuss at home whilst you are monitoring your child with their Mathletics or Podigiy Home Learning.

1. What are the different ways I can model addition and subtraction?
2. How can trading games help practice addition and subtraction?
3. What are the different ways to add and subtract on paper?
4. Where do I use addition and subtraction in my world?
5. What are the ways I can add and subtract in my head?
6. Why do I have to add and subtract in my head?
7. How do I know when I should use a mental or written strategy?
8. How does place value help me add and subtract?
9. What is an equivalent number sentence?
10. How can I use different numbers to get the same answers?
11. What is regrouping/trading?
12. How can I demonstrate regrouping?
13. How does regrouping and renaming help me add and subtract?
14. How does estimation help me check my answers?
15. How can rounding help me know if my answers are reasonable?
16. How can symbols be used to represent numbers in equivalent number sentences?

Writing – we will be continuing our work with Ms Jeves and how we can use interesting language whilst writing non-fiction texts.  The children have also spent some time recently publishing their own writing!  We have discussed the important steps in the writing process of revising and editing also.

Reading – we will be focussing on the comprehension strategy of Determining importance for our current UOI. Readers read with a purpose and look for what is important. We have been practising different ways of note-taking and looking for the important words in a text. 

Throughout the year we will focus on all of the comprehension strategies to help with our understanding, fluency, and comprehension.

Maths – please continue to work on the Mathletics tasks that your teacher has set for you. Your child has also ben enrolled in an online Maths programme called Prodigy game that we are also able to monitor, you can also create a parent account. 

Practicing and reviewing quick recall of your number facts is important!  There is a great online program called Hit the Button which can help you to do this.

Prodigy – all 3 classes can continue their Prodigy maths gaming at home too!

Reading – please continue reading nightly together and signing your child’s diary.  A comment every week would be a nice touch too.  There are also questions in the front of the reading diaries that you could ask your child to help them with their comprehension. Don’t forget the importance of reading TO your child also. 

Spelling –  please continue to learn your personal words at home ready for our buddy test on Friday.

Mandarin –