Grade 4 Overview Sunday 20/01/2013 Thursday 24/01/ 2013.

Literacy

Informal Letters Continued We are continuing our informal

letters and preparing to write them to our assistants in the school. Students can think about questions that would like to ask either the teacher assistants, security, cleaners or canteen staff in their letters.

We are introducing Antonyms(words that mean the opposite ie Hot and Cold, Big and Small) and Synonyms(words that mean the same ie: Big-Large-GiantHuge) Encourage your child to find examples of these in the house and when outside.

Mathematics

Unit 5 Big Numbers Multiplication and Estimation 5.7-5.9 We will be continuing with our multiplication this week. Please practice with your child their basic multiplication facts. There will also be a subtraction quiz on Thursday. Please practice basic subtraction questions in order to get ready.
Unit of Learning: Migration Central Idea: Migration is a response to challenges, risks and

Unit of Inquiry

opportunities.
Lines of Inquiry: Reasons why people Migrate (perspective) Migration throughout History (change) Effects of migration on communities, cultures, and individuals (connection) We will be (pretend) migrating this week. Encourage your child to think about why people migrate to new countries and how this migration might affect their family and the new country

Spelling -idge pattern

equation yet filled heat bridge fridge ridge cartridge partridge porridge

Arabic Islamic

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