Primary 3/4 CK
Welcome to Mrs Kennedy's P3/4 Class!
Numeracy - September - October 2024
PRIMARY 3
Number – Read and write numbers 0-20/some children to 50
Identify one more and one less
Count and write numbers to 20/some children to 50
Order 1st to 20th/50th
Make addition and subtraction number sentences using a range of strategies
Recall addition and subtraction facts to 10
Recall doubles to 5+5
Add numbers in any order
Find the difference between two numbers
Solve missing number problems
Solve simple addition and subtractions problems
Count in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s
Share into equal groups
Recall addition and subtraction facts to 15
Use coins to pay for items
Show different ways of making the same value
Recognise and understand the value of different coins
Solve problems involving money
Shape and Space -
Recognise circle, triangles, squares and rectangles
Recognise and draw rectangles and squares
Use position words including ‘up’, ‘down’ and ‘right’
Recognise whole and half turns
Find half of a shape and half of a group of objects
Measures –
Talk about and compare lengths and heights
Use a ruler to measure lengths, widths and heights
PRIMARY 4
Number –
- Know and understand the value of 2 digit numbers
- Understand what 3 digit numbers represent in relation to numbers bigger than 100
- Add two numbers in any order
- Recall and use addition and subtractions facts to 20
- Use patterns of similar calculations
- Add and subtract a one digit number from a multiple of 10
- Count in steps of 2, 5 and 10 and associated multiplication and division strategies
- Recognising, colouring and writing the following fractions of shapes – ½ ¼ 2/4 ¾
- Find half and one or three quarters of an amount
Shape & Space –
- Name & describe a range of 2D shapes and sort them by comparing them
- Find lines of symmetry in 2D shapes
- Draw common 2D shapes using a ruler
- Create and continue patterns and sequences using 2D shapes and their properties
- Follow directions using north, south, east and west
- Find the position of a square on a grid of squares
Measures –
- Measure and compare lengths
- Tell and write the time quarter past and quarter to the hour
- Read and draw to show the time to five minutes
· A mixture of Data Handling tasks throughout other areas
Literacy - September - October 2024
PRIMARY 3
Talking & Listening –
Listen to and follow instructions
Recall main events
Ask and answer questions
Sustain attentive listening
Reading –
Use pictures to tell a story
Demonstrate reading behaviour when handling books
Track text in the right order
Understand that words need to be read from left to right to make sense
Discriminate between similar/dissimilar pictures, shapes, symbols and letters
Blend sounds to read words
Learn a range of high frequency (often used and seen), sight words
Writing –
Understand the link between written and spoken words
Understand how writing is formed directionally, a word at a time
Understand how letters are formed and used to spell words
Use knowledge of sounds to attempt to write words independently
Write labels or captions for pictures and drawings
Write sentences to match pictures or a sequence of pictures
Use capital letters for writing own name and beginning of sentences
Recognise and locate capital letters when reading
Spelling –
Read and write a range of high frequency (often used) words in a variety of contexts
PRIMARY 4
Talking & Listening -
Listen with sustained concentration to other children and adults
Listen to and follow instructions accurately
Summarise in own words the main idea
Reading –
Read familiar, simple stories and poems independently
Know and understand the terms ‘story/narrative’, ‘characters’ and ‘setting’
Know how to make predictions showing an understanding of ideas, events and characters
Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction texts
Writing –
Use a range of vocabulary in their writing
Use phonological and graphic knowledge and sight vocabulary when spelling during shared, guided and independent work
Create short simple texts on paper and on screen
Write captions for their own work
Show evidence of structure in simple instructions
Write lower and upper case letters using the correct sequence of movements
Write with spaces between words
Recongise full stops and capital letters when reading and name them correctly
Understand and identify what a sentence is and how to best present it
Spelling –
Blending sounds orally to make words
Hear and say sounds in words in the order in which they occur
World Around Us - September - October 2024
Our topic during the first half term is ‘Happy, Healthy Me!’
Children will find out about keeping their minds and bodies healthy and happy through a range of practical and written activities.
They will also carry out some science activities relating to how the human body is made up and works.
They will experience the role play area of “The Doctor’s Surgery”
They will become familiar with bodily related terms through a range of written and practical activities.
They will create a Human Body Rap as part of their learning in music.
Art activities will relate to studying and representing fruit and vegetables through a range of mediums.
Our topic during the second half term is ‘Polar Lands’. The children will learn map skills including continents, oceans, North and South Pole as well as animals found in these areas.
Some activities we will be involved in include:
· Designing a base camp
· Making an igloo
· How to stay warm in extreme cold.
· The life of penguins and polar bears.
· Aurora Art
Contact Details
Dungannon Primary School,
Circular Rd,
Dungannon,
County Tyrone,
BT71 6BE
T: 028 8772 2250
