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Primary 5/6 FK
Welcome to Mr Kelly's Primary 5/6 Class!
Literacy - May - June 2021
Language & Literacy – During Term 3
Talking & Listening
- Talk about what they are learning.
- Understand the techniques of persuasive language.
- Become self-directed by working on their own or with a group.
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
- Know and understand the term ‘metaphor’ and compare with similes.
- Understand how the comma is used to embed phrases and clauses within sentences.
- Know and understand the term ‘preposition’.
- Understand and use apostrophe for contraction and possession.
Writing
- Write metaphors from original ideas.
- Write persuasively on an issue setting out and justifying a personal view.
- Write from another character’s point of view.
- Review and edit writing to produce a final form.
Numeracy - May - June 2021
Mathematics & Numeracy – During Term 3 we will be studying:
Number
- Demonstrate value of any 1 d.p. number.
- Round 1 d.p. numbers to the nearest whole number.
- Know equivalence of simple fractions.
- Find fractions of quantities.
- Recognise simple percentages and know their equivalent fractions.
- Solve a range of multiplication and division problems.
Measures
- Calculate volume.
- Use a thermometer to measure temperature.
- Apply knowledge of metric unites to real life contexts.
Handling Data
- Interpret composite bar charts.
- Extend range of vocabulary when describing likelihood of events.
Shape and Space
- Classify triangles according to their particular properties.
- Identify nets of 3D shapes.
Mental Maths
- Quick recall of multiplication and division facts.
- Mentally multiply any whole number by 10 and 100.
Find what must be added to a 1dp number to make the next whole number.
World Around Us - May - June 2021
World Around Us (Topic Work) –
This term our topic is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Some of the activities we will be involved in are:
- Find out where our waste goes.
- Identify ways to reduce, reuse and recycle.
- Investigate how long it takes items to decompose.
- Compare and contrast Victorian and modern recycling.
- Investigate pollution (land, air and water).
- Explore how to reduce the amount of waste we produce.
- Participate in gardening activities and explore importance of our natural environment.
- Monitor our classroom waste.
Contact Details
Dungannon Primary School,
Circular Rd,
Dungannon,
County Tyrone,
BT71 6BE
T: 028 8772 2250
