Good Afternoon,
A few quick notes for you from the Chameleon class.
We are continuing to develop our persuasive writing
and this week the writers workshop mini-lessons have focused around revising
their drafts; the additions that I’ve been teaching are only small but add
incredibly to the letters that pupils are working on. We also had a quick write
lesson in which students worked together to plan and write a letter about
whether children should choose their own bedtime.
The weight unit in math flew by this week, students
completed the pathway quickly and we wrote the quiz on Friday morning. There
were a few people ill therefore they will complete this next week.
We were able to see the first round of presentations
from pupils in science this week and I was blown away by the detail and effort
that some groups put in. Students had researched spectacularly, answering the
big topic well.
Report cards have now come home with pupils. Please
sign and return the second page of the document by Friday 10th February.
The up and coming bike training sessions are below, on
these dates your child will come to school as normal and the school bus will
take us to the training centre. Please ensure that your child brings their
cycling helmet on these dates.
Important Dates
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Bike training dates (update)
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Monday 20th February
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Friday 24th March
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Thursday 27th April
Here is an overview of the areas of study we will
focus on throughout the next week:
English:
Within writers workshop we will be continuing to
improve our persuasive arguments with use of connectives and a final closing
statement.
We will also be officially starting our next readers
workshop unit which is look at non-fiction texts. We will dive into the
difficulty that can come from non-fiction texts and be able to identify the
information we need to remember and the information that we can set aside for
the time being.
Math:
Pupils will be moving on to the next pathway which
focuses around money in the coming week. They will be using money in a
practical sense as we use games to aid understanding as well as incorporating
problem solving into the unit. Pupils will see that solving problems involving
money can be simple and straight forward.
Science:
Pupils are now beginning to inquire into their own
interest based investigation. We have slightly changed the over arching theme
of this section of the inquiry unit from ‘The Interconnectedness of Biomes’ to
‘Adaptations within biomes’. For this pupils will be focusing in on either a
biome and looking at the common adaptations within that biome or looking at a
species of animal and then identifying how that animal has adapted to fit into
the biome in which it lives. Pupils have already begun to research for this and
will continue their research next week.
Deutsch:
Liebe Eltern der Chamäleon-Klasse,
in dieser Woche haben die Schüler ihre Leserollen fertig gestaltet. Nur
noch wenige Kinder müssen kleine Restarbeiten über das Wochenende erledigen.
Empfehlenswert für alle ist es, den Vortrag nochmals zuhause zu üben sowie die
Stelle, die sie ihren Mitschülern vorlesen möchten.
Wir beginnen mit den Präsentationen am Dienstag, den 7.2.2017. Somit
können am Montag noch Fragen geklärt werden, die zuhause beim Üben eventuell
noch aufgetreten sind. Bitte entnehmen Sie der beigefügten Liste, an welchem
Tag Ihr Kind sein Buch vorstellen soll und stellen Sie sicher, dass es zu dem
Termin die Leserolle und das Buch dabei hat.
Bei Krankheit/Zeitmangel durch überlange Referate/Unvorhergesehenes
verschiebt sich der Termin automatisch auf den nächsten ausgeschriebenen
Termin.
Die Referatsdauer sollte 5-10 Minuten betragen inkl. des Vorlesens (1-3
Seiten). Vorgestellt werden nur die Pflichtaufgaben. Falls ein Schüler eine
Wahlaufgabe besonders interessant oder gelungen findet, kann diese exemplarisch
natürlich auch vorgestellt werden.
Ich wünsche Ihnen ein erholsames Wochenende,
freundliche Grüße
Agnes Fojcik
Have a wonderful weekend.
Sincerely,
Mario Civico and the entire Chameleon team.
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