Friday, 15 June 2012

Todos a leer en vacaciones


La lectura es muy importante para sus hijos, les ayuda a adquirir vocabulario y a comprender mejor el idioma.  Los invito a practicarla durante las vacaciones.  Abajo encontraran unos websites que pueden utilizar.



Biblioteca


La biblioteca estará abierta por los siguientes lunes el 25 de junio, el 2, 9, y 16 de Julio de las 10 am a las 12 m para que puedan venir a prestar libros.
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The Library will be open the following days: 25th of June; 2nd, 9th and 16th of July from 10.00 am to 12.00pm if you would like to get some books.

Repaso para las vacaciones


NUMERACY

Vocabulario Matemático

=
equals
is the same as
makes
total
altogether (+)
leaves (-)
answer
+
add
and
plus
more
greater
bigger
count on
sum

-
take-away
subtract
minus
less
fewer
smaller
count back
difference
x
multiply
times
lots of
sets of
groups of
repeated addition
once, twice, three times
÷
divide
share between
share equally
repeated subtraction
one each, two each

Examples of questions to practise Mental Math
·         What whole number comes immediately after one hundred and seventy nine?
·         Round 48 to the nearest 10.
·         Write three numbers that add up to 27
·         Write 389 cents in dollars and cents
·         Write the odd number immediately  before 79
·         In year 3 there are 76 children, 39 are girls.  How many of them are boys?
·         What number is half way between 90 and 100?
·         Complete the number sequence 78, 80, 82…….
·         I think of a number then half it.  The answer is 9.  What was my number?
·         What is one quarter of 20?
·         How many seconds are there in 2 minutes?
·         What number is ten less than ninety nine?
·         Sam had 15 sweets. Tim has 3 sweets for every ones of Sam.  How many sweets have Tim?
·         If today is Friday what day will it be in 6 days time?
·         Write the missing number in the empty box 698 = 600 + _____ +8
·         How many hundreds in 549?
·         Give them a set of shapes and ask them to tick the one that has no lines of symmetry.
·         It is 7:35 what time will it be in an hour and a half?
·         Loop the only number which is divisible both by 5 and 10: 25, 40, 55, 105
·         Put a ring round the number of grams that are the same as 3.5 kg:  35 g, 305 g, 3500 g
·         In the number 865 what is the 6 digit worth?
·         Which months have 30 days?
·         Which months have 31 days?
·         How many months are there in 1 year?
·         How many Fridays are there in January?
·         Which is the shortest month?
·         How many Tuesdays are there in September?
·         What day is Christmas day this year?
·         What date is your birthday?


Key Numeracy objectives:

·         2 and 3 digit numbers addition and subtraction up to 1000
·         Interpretation of data from bar graphs, pictographs, Venn diagrams and carol diagrams.
·         Make a bar graph, pictograph, Venn diagram and a Carol Diagram lifting information from a tally chart or a frequency chart.
·         Identifying 2D and 3D shapes by names and properties.
·         Rounding to the nearest 10 and 100
·         Reading and telling time to the exact minute.
·         Understand elapse time.
·         Identifying and completing number patterns.
·         Know by heart 2,3,4,5,6 and 10 timetables.
·         Place value
·         Identifying right angles and symmetry.
·         Working out different amounts with money and giving out change.
·         Practise explaining your work or thinking process.
·         Fractions


LITERACY
Key Stage 2 Spelling
Year 2-3
about
did
home
next
should
want
pink
six
after
do
house
night
sister
water
Monday
four
again
don’t
how
not
so
way
Tuesday
five
an
door
if
now
some
were
Wednesday
seven
another
dig
jump
off
take
what
Saturday
eight
as
down
just
old
than
when
Friday
nine
back
first
last
once
that
where
Thursday
ten
ball
from
laugh
one
their
who
Sunday
eleven
be
girl
little
or
them
will
January
twelve
because
good
lived
our
then
with
March
fourteen
bed
got
love
out
there
would
June
twenty
been
had
made
over
these
your
October
eighteen
boy
half
make
people
three
red
August
fifteen
brother
has
man
push
time
blue
December
seventeen
but
have
many
pull
too
green
May
thirteen
by
help
more
put
took
yellow
February
nineteen
call
her
much
ran
tree
white
April
sixteen
came
here
must
saw
two
black
November

called
him
name
school
us
gray
July

can’t
his
new
seen
very
purple
September




























Connectives

Connectives help us to write longer, more interesting sentences.

and
but
so
because
although
though
after
for      
until
yet
then
as
or
when
while
so
however
therefore
since












Prepositions

about

along

among

by

inside

as well as

underneath

 

above

around

aside

down

into

close to

in place of

across

at

before

from

near

outside

under

 

after

behind

below

in

next

onto

 

against

beside

between

beyond

off

except for

 

opposite

over

within

far from

on

up

 

out

round

without

instead of

ahead of

in spite of



Objectivos para repasar:

  • Identify and name nouns, adjectives and verbs within a sentence.
  • Write extended sentences using adjectives and connectives appropriately.
  • Use sentence punctuation appropriately: (full stops, commas, speech marks, exclamation marks, question marks)
  • Use capital letters appropriately (Beginning of a sentence and a proper nouns)
  • Appropriate use of pronouns (he, she, him, her, it, its, you, )
  • Change singular words into plurals.
  • Change verbs to past tense.
  • Organise creative writing in paragraphs to develop sequence of related ideas.
  • Know the parts of a letter and how to write a letter.
  • Identify rhyming words.
  • Separate words into syllables.
  • Identify instructional writing characteristics.
  • Write instructions in an imperative way.
  • Use a or an appropriately: (an eagle, a tree)
  • Practise speaking English, discussing an idea, expressing feelings and thoughts.
  • Practise talking and presenting information in front of people. (poise, tone of voice, clarity and fluency)
  • Practise reading comprehension answering close and open questions, inferring information from a text.
  • Practise reading with expression and intonation.


HANDWRITING

  • Have the children practise appropriate letter formation and making joined and small handwriting.


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