Yesterday we recapped the units of measure then really focussed on mm’s and cm’s. By the end of the lesson we could all use a ruler accurately to measure in both mm’s and cm’s and we could draw a variety of lines. We looked at both whole cm’s and also other increments. We checked our partners work too, giving critique where errors had been made.
Today we started our writing unit where we found out that we would be writing a narrative as a piece of food! Our narrative will be based on the journey of digestion. We built further background knowledge to start with by watching clips on the process of digestion. We referred back to hook which to support our discussions. We shared facts in mini crews then as a whole crew and created an anchor chart. We then thought about the features our a narrative and which we may use in our own story. We looked at a model text which involved lots of giggles! Here we referred back to the purpose of our writing where we need to ensure we entertain the reader. We text marked with our partner and there were so many opportunities today to practise our own reading fluency. Mrs McClare used timers to focus on our words per minute. When reading the text, we found the narrative features and thought about why they were used. From here we explored some other examples, these were from Y4 children in other schools. We offered praises, notices and wonders in relation to the features and how the pieces looked. Again we read out loud with our partner and text marked as we read. We then shared our ideas with the whole crew. We have really enjoyed our lesson today, a great start to our Monday 🙂
We are loving our new expedition! Today we moved onto understanding about digestion. First we built a human body in mini crews, discussing what we already know. We then moved onto labelling our organs and placing them on our human body.
We then explored the organs in more detail thinking about their role. We thought about which of the organs belong to our digestive system. We watched a video clip to build further background knowledge. We did lots of discussion around each organ thinking about its role and how it adds to the digestive process. We then demonstrated our learning in a mini crew activity. We used picture cards, word cards and explanation cards to match up all the different organs.
From here it got messy! We put the digestive process into practice using biscuits, a banana, water, orange juice and a pair of tights! We loved taking part in this!
We then started writing up our model of the digestive system and will continue to work on this tomorrow.
Our activate today really worked on our fluency and words per minute, something we are really working on this term.
The next part of our activate allowed us to explore a picture, we thought about what the character was doing, who she was, why she was doing what she was doing, what was happening and how she could be feeling! We were then introduced to the title of the story! We took part in a silent conversation using the lenses to answer questions. From here we explored the blurb which we all found very funny!! Again we worked on our fluency skills, taking part in both independent and partner reads. We then explored some of the language in the text and played four corners to assess our understanding. We can’t wait to start reading the story tomorrow 🙂
It has been wonderful to have Crew MI back in the classroom today and what a great start we have had! We have loved getting started with our hook week learning.
We started our learning by looking at the different types of teeth we have!We explored why we have teeth with lots of reading opportunities and lots of focus on our fluency and words per minute. We explored our mouths with a mirror where we looked at the different teeth we have. We labelled a diagram of the teeth then created some writing on the functions of the teeth.
We then moved onto setting up our teeth investigation where we will explore the impact different liquids have on our teeth.
We created our own question and hypothesis then thought about our variables. We listed all the equipment we would use then created our method.
We then explored the best ways to look after our teeth. We watched a video clip all about healthy teeth and visiting the dentist. We looked at how we should be brushing our teeth and even had a go at this! Finally we thought about all the foods and drinks for healthy teeth.
The girls loved going on their cheerleading trip the other week.
Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning for our celebration of learning. What a fantastic performance it was 🙂 We are so proud of everyone and the journey all the children have been on.
We have enjoyed learning about the artist Picasso. We have recreated a snowman in the style of Picasso. We created multiple drafts before our final attempt which we we are all super proud of 🙂
Today we continued to edit and redraft our previous plot point, modifying our nouns. We highlighted the nouns we had used in our own writing then modified each one as we redrafted the plot point. We all tried really hard to do this 🙂
In reading we have started our Christmas reading lessons. All our do now activities involve a quick read which are Christmas related. We are working on our words per minute before answering questions relating to the text. The main part of our reading lesson links to a Christmas advert 🙂 We loved watching the first one today. We then looked at a series of questions together which we unpicked in mini crews and then as a whole crew.
