November/December

NUMBER

• Recognise fractions and understand their link with division
• Calculate fractions of amounts
• Order fractions
• Make equivalent fractions
• Simplify fractions
• Convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions
• Relate fractions to decimal equivalents
• Read write and order decimals (to 2 decimal places)
• Round decimals to the nearest whole number
• Add and subtract decimals

MEASURES

• Recognise angle as a measure of turn
• Know the relationship between some metric units

SHAPE and SPACE

• Recognise and describe the 4 types of triangle.
• Calculate missing angles in triangles
• Investigate 2.D shapes and explore tessellation
• Recognise 3.D. shapes and describe these in terms of faces, edges and vertices
• Plot coordinates in the first quadrant

HANDLING DATA

• Construct and interpret Carroll Diagrams

TSPC

• Use and apply knowledge of number to 9999
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November and December

READING:

• Monthly book swap visits at Shantallow library.
• Continued ‘Accelerated Reading’ participation in class and at home.
• Completing our class novel, Under the Hawthorn Tree by Marita Conlon McKenna.
• Daily reading sessions in class.
• Daily reading for homework.
• Accelerated reading tests online.
• Comprehension tasks, puzzles and lessons.

WRITING:

• The ‘6 Steps of Writing’ tasks.
• Recount writing.
• Diary entries.
• Talking and listening activities.

GRAMMAR:

• Punctuation
• Pronouns.
• 1^ST, 2^ND & 3^RD person pronouns.
• Dictionary work.
• Speech, direct and indirect.
• Dictionary and Thesaurus activities.