Good Afternoon,
A few quick notes for you from the Chameleon class.
This has been a week where I have truly seen a class of
writers. Pupils have been excited about improving and revising their original
draft stories. They have chosen to put extra effort into their writing whenever
they can and they are now using all the skills we have discussed in class. I
believe this has stemmed from the latest rubric which was given out on Monday.
This is for the next check-in which I will be starting with pupils next week.
During this check-in I will be looking at the revisions that children have been
making and ensuring they fully understand the writing process.
Many pupils already seem ready for the check-in and I
am excited to hear what they have written. If you are able to, this weekend,
please have your child read their story aloud to you. Even by just reading it
aloud to someone new can have a big impact on what they notice.
In math we continued with the multiplication path way,
I’ve been incredibly impressed with pupils attitude to the pathway, almost all
seem to be really enjoying the pathway model of teaching as they are able to
work at their own pace, seeking assistance when necessary. All pupils should
have now finished the pathway and today we completed a check-in quiz related to
the pathway.
We began to look at our inquiry unit this week in
science, pupils will be diving into the topic of ‘How does my country impact
the world’. For this they choose a country along with a concept, which we
discuss in class, then pupils will research how their country fits into the
concept and how this has an impact on other countries in the world.
Thank you to all the parents who have already managed to attend
a meeting with myself this week, I will continue to meet with parents next
week.
Most parents have already signed up to a time slot,
thank you for doing this so quickly. Each meeting will aim to last for about 15
minutes. If there is anything in particular that you would like to discuss
please let me know in an email ahead of time. Please also let me know if you
would like me to organize another member of staff to be there to translate as
my German may not be up to par.
Important Dates:
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Monday 14th November to
Thursday 24th November Parent Teacher Interviews being held.
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22nd November School
Photographer
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28th – 29th
November the Usborne book fair will be taking place in the Library. More
information regarding this to follow.
Here is an overview of the areas of study we will
focus on throughout the first week back:
English:
During the mini-lessons next week I will begin to
instruct pupils about how to move on from revising to editing their text. This
will involve looking for punctuation, spelling mistakes and grammar.
I will also be meeting with pupils individually to
complete the revision check in. This will probably take one and a half weeks to
complete.
Math:
Pupils will be starting the division pathway. This is
an area that I feel a lot of pupils will find tricky however, because I was
aware of this previously, I have ensured that the pathway breaks down division
to the very basic steps of splitting amounts up. We will also be looking at
specific language that is related to division such as divisor and prime numbers.
Science:
We will be continuing to look at the inquiry model and
then pupils will be starting to research and dive in to their own inquiry. This
may require pupils to do a little research at home although I will guarantee
some ICT for pupils to research and we will be discussing appropriate
researching methods and how to check the credibility of information found on
the internet.
Humanities:
This week I gave a project out in humanities which
links to our perspective topics. Pupils have chosen a topic that they know
could have two different perspectives; these were discussed in class however
pupils had free choice over the topic itself. Children are going to then
investigate their topic, this will most likely come in the form of an interview
or two, depending on their topic.
German:
Liebe Eltern der Chamäleon-Klasse,
in dieser Woche haben wir als Vorbereitung auf das Lernwörterdiktat in der
nächsten Woche noch einmal die Lernwörter sowie wichtige Rechtschreibstrategien
wiederholt. Besonders haben wir uns dabei auf die Groß- und Kleinschreibung
konzentriert. Außerdem haben die Schüler begonnen, erste Notizen zu ihren
Reizwortgeschichten anzufertigen und Ideen für ihre Geschichten zu entwickeln.
Zudem haben die Schüler das Präteritum wiederholt, da die Geschichten in dieser
Zeitform verfasst werden sollen.
Das Lernwörterdiktat wird in der kommenden Woche am Freitag, den
25.11.2016, abgehalten. Die Bewertungstabelle finden Sie im Anhang.
Ich wünsche Ihnen ein erholsames Wochenende!
Herzliche Grüße
Agnes Fojcik
Have a wonderful weekend.
Sincerely,
Mario Civico and the entire Chameleon team.
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