30 Nov 2018

Year 4 Update – Week15

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Thursday 6th December – Y1- 6 PTA Disco

Friday 7th December – BHS Well-Being Day (details to follow soon)

Wednesday 12th December – BHS Christmas Concert

Thursday 13th December – Year 4 Christmas Lunch

Friday 14th December – 12pm END OF TERM

MathsThis week the students have been focussed on applying the addition strategies that they have been learning to a range of problem-solving and open-ended challenges. They have also reviewed their knowledge of subtraction strategies and have been applying these to mathematical challenges and games.

English This week the students wrote their final information report for the previous unit about butterflies. They demonstrated their understanding of the features of this text type and combined their knowledge of compound and complex sentences.

U.O.I This week we started our new unit of inquiry where the students began to investigate into their understanding of exploration and discoveries. Students also used their Padlet to share what they already know about exploration and discovery such as famous explorers.

Central Idea

Changes in our word can happen through exploration and discovery..

Lines of Inquiry

An inquiry into…

A range of explorers and discoveries (form)
Explorations and discoveries that have changed our world (change)
The reasons why people choose to explore and discover (causation)

Next week, the students will be investigating different explorers and discoveries and looking at the impact they had in different parts of the world.

Central Idea:

An inquiry into: The operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are related to each other and are used to solve problem

Lines of Inquiry:

The different ways to model/show multiplication and division
Mental strategies that can be used to solve multiplication and division
Written strategies that can be used to solve multiplication and division

Writing focus: Writing to persuade

Over the next few weeks, the students will be focusing on different persuasive techniques in writing.

Comprehension Strategies: Summarise and synthesise

We continue our work on our reading comprehension strategy of determining importance by undertaking research into a new animal and making decisions about which information is IMPORTANT and which information is just INTERESTING.

Well done to all our Golden Book winners this week!

Kisten Wong 4W

Ryan Chen 4A

Fae Chui 4A

Thomas Yuan 4A

Oscar Yip 4F

homelearning

Spelling

The students have 8 spellings each week that they will need to practise at home. They will have 3 spelling tests each week to make sure they know how to spell their words correctly on a consistent basis.

Reading

Students should read everyday and talk to an adult about the text they have selected. This can be a chance for them to practise their comprehension strategies.