Next week we will be focussing on subtraction. Have a look at these videos. They explain some subtraction methods which you may have used in school. What do you think? Do you have any questions?
There are many ways of doing subtraction and we have to find those that work consistently for us. You need one “go to” method that you would use for most questions because it always works. There may then be other questions that you use other methods for because it is more efficient.
I’m sure that you have been studying your scripts over the past few days. Next week, we will be looking in depth at the four main characters of the play. What are Grandad, Grandma, Alice and Jack like? What have you noticed about them? What kind of people are they? How would you describe them?
Next week we begin an exciting week of drama and writing about Shakespeare’s Hamlet ending with us watching a live broadcast of the play. Over the weekend, familiarise yourself with the play and have an overview of what the play is about and which characters are in it.
We are going to begin looking at addition and subtraction next week in Maths. You need to complete at least 5 examples of addition and 5 examples of subtraction in your Learning Logs using whichever written method you feel most comfortable with. You should write each question before showing your workings. Choose numbers to add and subtract that you are comfortable using.
For those of you who are checking the blog over the holiday (as requested), you will have an opportunity to get ahead with spellings for next week. They are under Week 8 if you click on the ‘Spellings’ section of the black tab above.