It has been a great week in 3ST and we have been so proud to win the attendance trophy as well - our fingers are crossed that we get to keep it next week as well!
In literacy this week, we wrote our Norse Myths that we had learned last week. We made sure to include interesting vocabulary to make it sound amazing. We then moved on to the next couple of pages in our book where a "monstrous black wolf" attacked the town where Arthur lives! We looked at the author's choice of language and how this paints a picture in the reader's mind. After that we worked together to perform that section of the text using the Reader's Theater technique of focusing on the text and making notes of where to change your voice. We moved on to how the townsfolk might have felt before, during and after the attack. We made a freeze-frame of each section and then used comic strip app to thought track it by adding speech and thought bubbles. This has then helped us gain a better understanding of the attack ready for us to write an article for the local Icelandic newspaper!
Our maths focus for this week has been on money! We have recapped on the different coin values and addressed any misconceptions of coins that don't exist such as 3p and 4p etc. We have solved challenges on which values could be made from certain coins, exploring using a bar chart to order coins and then add up the total amount (
more on that can be found by clicking here). Also, we have gained a solid understanding of changing pounds to pence and vice versa although needed to double check that we were writing, for example, 64p in pounds with a 0 for the pounds like £0.64. Finally, we have been adding and subtracting using money and solving problems with this.
Atrix, the wise woman, in the story has told the town that if they travel across the sea to the land of the Viking Gods there was a god who ruled the skies and could relight their fire. As we have already looked at Viking Gods, we decided to explore the Vikings themselves and what we knew about them. We found facts with dates and then created a timeline to show the Viking Era. We found some very interesting facts and some of us had already heard of the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Reading:
We are having a huge push with reading now in 3ST as the majority of children are either not reading at all or only reading a couple of times a week! This means that they are missing out on potential prizes and dojos that they could earn. All children should be aiming to read a minimum of 5 reads a week - even just a couple of pages a night will be enough to get their mark, they just need it logging it in their reading journals.
Have a lovely weekend!
