Welcome back. Happy New Year, wishing you all God’s continued blessings. I hope everyone had a great Christmas. The students enjoyed sharing their best moments of Christmas break…. And now we are back at it.
Numeracy
As students continue to learn regrouping when subtracting two digit numbers, this week we focused on two methods:
- Subtracting by using a number line, starting with the number we are subtracting and ending with the number we are subtracting from. Then adding the amount of jumps between numbers.
- Subtracting by borrowing from the tens column to the ones.
Please see attachment showing both ways.
Students are to use the methods shown in the pictures when doing their homework. Method A shows how students work it out and the other photo shows the explanation of the working out for parents’ reference and the last photo shows Method B.
Literacy
This week for Phonics we focused on words ending with doubled consonants and words with consonants ‘ck’. Students practiced spelling words with the mentioned consonants, searching for them in the dictionary, using them in crossword puzzles and using them in sentences.
In Grammar students continued learning about Proper Nouns and how to write them correctly. They learned that proper nouns can be special nouns/names; of pets, days of the week, months, place and special things.
For writing; students are learning how to properly organize their thoughts and or ideas on paper, by using a graphic organizer before compiling a story.
In comprehension we focused on using text evidence to help answer questions. Students learned that text evidence are pictures, specific things the writer has pointed out, and the author’s use of the senses.
Science
Students are learning about plants surviving in different environments other than the one it is use to. Students are using a flip chart throughout this unit. This will allow them to write what they want to learn and to predict what they think they will learn. As we do prediction, we are able to integrate Science with Literacy; as students are required to make predictions in comprehension after reading the title of the story. Students will also fill in their flip chart with what they are learning and at the end, what they have learned and then compare with their predictions.
Social Studies
Students are learning about the districts of the Cayman Islands. This week we identified the districts and how many they are and named and colour coded them. Students also identified the districts they live in.
Parent and Child homework: Help your child to identify the name of the neighbourhood/street they live in/on and write it down to take to class on Tuesday, when we have our next Social Studies session.
Bible
Students continued learning about David. They learned about David giving thanks to God and how David encourages his people and all people to give thanks to God. Next week we will begin our study on Elijah. Our focus will be on 1 Kings 17: 1-16, Psalm 48, Proverbs 3:5-6.