Wednesday, February 20, 2008
19th and 20th February
We have begun new units of work in English, maths and geography as we begin our new half term.
Our English focus is on "argument" and "discussion" texts. We are learning how to organise and phrase convincing arguments on paper - first, by studying these kinds of texts to think about how different points are presented and the kinds of connectives writers use to build their argument and the sorts of persuasive language they use. We will be using the skills we learn in a week or so to write some argument/discussion texts related to our new geography topic which is all about planning proposals in the local area. (We have begun this topic by finding maps and pictures of our area on the internet using Google Maps and Windows Live Local.)
In maths, we have spent a couple of days revising and extending our skills on measuring and drawing angles and also using our knowledge of the properties of shape to calculate angles given only certain facts.
Our English focus is on "argument" and "discussion" texts. We are learning how to organise and phrase convincing arguments on paper - first, by studying these kinds of texts to think about how different points are presented and the kinds of connectives writers use to build their argument and the sorts of persuasive language they use. We will be using the skills we learn in a week or so to write some argument/discussion texts related to our new geography topic which is all about planning proposals in the local area. (We have begun this topic by finding maps and pictures of our area on the internet using Google Maps and Windows Live Local.)
In maths, we have spent a couple of days revising and extending our skills on measuring and drawing angles and also using our knowledge of the properties of shape to calculate angles given only certain facts.
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