Primary 4Activities you can do with your child on a daily basis.
ReadingRead to your child. Reading is very important. (20mins)See below some links where you can find books for your child; https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Pages/eBooks.aspxwww.starfall.com
Children can also access Accelerated Reader online to complete quizzes using the following website.
https://ukhosted24.renlearn.co.uk//2234939 Please type the link into search bar- do not google. Enter user name and password. If you need your child’s user name or password please email Mr Gallagher [email protected] or send him a message through Facebook.
High Frequency Words. (Attached below)Select 6 words from your child’s HFW class list each week.Practise reading and writing these words each day. Think of how you can put each word into a sentence.
Writing – NewsDraw a picture of your daily news. Add a label/title. Write sentences about your picture. Remember full stops, spaces, capital letters and adjectives. Read your news to someone at home.
Mental MathsPlease see below the core competences for Primary 4 children. Work through these on a daily basis to keep their mental maths skills fresh.
Identify missing numbers in a sequence within 100
Count orally in 1’s, 2’s, 10’s Forwards and backwards to/from a given number within 100
Count orally in 5’s Forwards and backwards to/from a multiple of 5 within 100
Add/Subtract 1, 2, 0, to/from any number, answers within 100
Subtract a single digit from 20 Know position of tens digit and indicate its
value Add 2 single digit numbers, bridging the 10 Know any number subtracted from itself
leaves 0 Know that subtracting ‘adjacent’ numbers
leaves 1 Know half of all even numbers to 20 and half
of 50, 100 Know all single digit subtraction facts within
10 Find what must be added to a multiple of 10
to male 100 Find what to add/subtract to/from any 2 digit
number to make next/previous multiple of 10 Add. Subtract 10 or a multiple of 10 to/from a
2 digit number, answers within 100 Add/ subtract 9/11 to from any 2 digit
number, answers within 100 Add/subtract 21, 31, 19, 29 etc to/from any 2
digit number, answers within 100 Know doubles of multiples to 100 to double
50 Know multiplication facts for 1X, 2X, 5X,
10X
NumeracyIn addition to Mental Maths activities listed above, your child can access Mathletics online. This is a fun interactive learning website which includes all areas of Numeracy. Your child has been given their own login details for this website.http://community.mathletics.com/signin