What a great week we have had. It has flown by, I am impressed with our attitude and energy towards our learning.
We have started looking at different strategies for addition and subtraction. Miss Rae carried out some little assessments on us to see where we are in our thinking and it was very interesting to see/hear how our wonderful brains work. From doing the assessments we started to look at adding and subtracting 9 and seeing what strategies we have been using. We then did adding and subtracting 19 and interestingly some of us did the same strategy and others chose a different strategy. I love this about maths, there is not one way to work something out. We talked about how the answer is not actually the most important part of doing a sum. It is our thinking and being able to explain our thinking. We are definitely getting better at this rather than ‘just knowing it’. Ask me how I add/subtract 9/19 and see how it differs from what you do.
Next week we will be looking at jump strategies and the split strategy. More to follow when we have done our thinking…
We looked at El Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) and we explored what this means and how it is celebrated by some. COCO is a great film to watch as family which really explores this and highlights the ways that you can remember loved ones.
We have created some skulls which are a big feature of El Dia de los Muertos and we are going to create a little fact file to demonstrate our understanding. Pictures to follow.
We have been exploring the purpose of a dictionary and how it is important to be able to use one. We have looked at alphabetical order and also identifying types of words (nouns, verbs and adjectives) and using them for looking up definitions of words.
Our new topic is going to be introduced next week and it’s set to be a really interesting one!
Have a great weekend, hopefully some of you are going on the TattyBogle Trail. I am truly amazed at the amount of effort our community has gone to! I can’t wait to have a wander!
Primary 5R 