P4/5 worked together to record what they already know about the Victorians, what they want to know and how they want to learn about it. They then made a Queen Victoria flip to learn some facts about Queen Victoria and made the link as to why this time in history is called the Victorian era. Lots of the facts were quite surprising!
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P4/5 were introduced to the 6-Cog Model this week. The model supports discussion and learning about emotions and will be something we use in class. Over the next block, we will look at each part of the model and associated vocabulary to develop our understanding of this.
This weeks problem proved a little trickier! There was a lot of good discussion using ordinal language and experimenting with resources, we just had to remember we had to work it out from both ends!
We have been developing our understanding of adjectives today :) First we identified adjectives in a story, discussed some all together to make some simple sentences more interesting and then tried some in our jotters (the children had to identify where an adjective would go, then rewrite the sentences in their jotters with adjectives that made sense).
Enjoying some ERIC (everyone reading in class) time and then having an opportunity to develop those all important social skills :)
Today, P4/5 helped me solve a really tricky problem! First, they discussed and shared ideas for how we could solve it. Then they decided who they wanted to work with or if they wanted to experiment on their own. They gathered any resources from around the room that they thought might help and tried it out! Once they found an answer, they tried it a different way to see if they got the same answer and prove that they were correct. Lots of mathematical thinking and reasoning. Thank you for your help :)
Today we read 2 stories that are alternatives to classic children’s tales. We read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs as told by the wolf and The Wolf’s Story (his side of Little Red Riding Hood). They all enjoyed hearing ‘the other side’ but were not entirely convinced :) Everyone then chose one as a base for their own stories this week. The writing was marvellous, lots of great ideas and details! When finished, children shared their stories in pairs or small groups and some children then read their stories to the class. Great reading aloud skills and also a great audience :)
Lovely literacy session this morning! Each group has settled into the routine and carousel, they knew exactly what they were doing and when and everyone worked so hard and were respectful to other groups learning too (and kept the noise to a great level). Every group tried four activities today - reading with me, writing station, IDL on IPADs and a Finger Gym station to help the muscles in our fingers and hands become nice and strong :)
After finalising all the promises, everyone then worked in groups to design a display for our class charter. The only specification was that it had to be something everyone could fit on/in. There were amazing ideas- a mansion, a double decker bus, a party boat, an aeroplane and a house on wheels travelling along the road. Once designs were completed, we all voted on our favourite to be made into a display and the winning idea? The Party boat!
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