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Welcome to Miss Hall's Primary Six Class!
Literacy - November - December 2020
Language & Literacy – During Term 1
Talking & Listening
- Speak clearly and coherently
- Adapt behaviour and language to suit different situations and contexts.
- Identify some aspects of talk which vary between formal and informal occasions.
Reading (At appropriately differentiated levels)
- Engage in guided and shared reading sessions using both fiction & non-fiction texts.
- Develop our literal and inference reading comprehension skills.
Writing (At appropriately differentiated levels)
Grammar & Punctuation
- Verbs (past, present and future) and adverbs (to qualify dialogue verbs)
- Understand the meanings and spellings of words using prefixes: auto, bi, trans, tele and circum.
- Investigate word order and which words are essential to meaning.
Writing
Playscripts:
- Write scenes for a play applying conventions such as stage directions and conversations between characters.
Poetry:
- Examine poems by significant authors and writing a poem using an author’s structure.
Numeracy - November - December 2020
Mathematics & Numeracy – During Term 1 we will be studying:
Number
- Add and subtract fractions with same denominator.
- Understand tenths and 1 decimal place numbers.
- Read and write 1 decimal place numbers.
- Know the number before, after and between 1 decimal place numbers.
- Find missing numbers in a sequence of 1 decimal place numbers (increasing and decreasing).
Measures
- Calculate area.
- Convert between 12 hour and 24 hour time.
- Understand the concept of volume.
Handling Data
- Interpret pie charts
Shape and Space
- 2D shape – lines of symmetry.
- Parallel and perpendicular lines.
- Whole, half and quarter turns.
Mental Maths
- Quick recall of multiplication and division facts.
World Around Us - November - December 2020
World Around Us (Topic Work) –
In November we will complete our learning on The Vikings.
Some of the activities we will be involved in are:
- Explore the role of men, women and children.
- Identify reasons for raiding or settling.
- Investigate Viking beliefs and Gods.
December: Christmas around the World
Some of the activities we will be involved in are:
- Locate countries on a world map or atlas.
- Explore Christmas traditions in a range of countries.
- Research origins of Christmas cards, Christmas trees and decorations.
- Plan and construct a Christmas card with a moving part.
- Construct a sleigh and test how far it travels.
Using ICT
Explore: Research Christmas traditions in different countries.
Evaluate: Discuss ICT work with teacher. Talk about any improvements or changes that could have been made.
Exhibit: Save work using an appropriate file name.
Exchange: Post comments about learning on Google Classroom.
Express: Create a digital Christmas card.
Contact Details
Dungannon Primary School,
Circular Rd,
Dungannon,
County Tyrone,
BT71 6BE
T: 028 8772 2250
