After a fun and very busy week last week, it is nice to settle back into our routines and a normal schedule. In math we continue working on finding patterns in numbers and how they slot and fit together. We have pretty much got our number bonds to 10 mastered and have found that we can use number bonds to help us solve addition and subtraction problems. Our next challenge is mastering number bonds to 20! We have also been exploring how sums can be written either horizontally or vertically, and, that when written in a formal vertical way we can use our knowledge of place value to  break the sums down into smaller easier parts. Allowing us to solve trickier problems with larger numbers.

This week in writing we have been working hard at improving by learning about and exploring adjectives and how we can use them in our sentences. By using adjectives we can bring our stories and work to life by creating description. Our sentences grow from examples of; ‘The monster lived in the swamp.’ To ‘The slimey monster lived in the dark, murky swamp.’ This not only expands our writing, so we are physically writing more, but also creates a more vivid and imaginative picture in the readers head.
We have been planning and creating settings and characters for our writing and narratives making sure to include lots of description and adjectives to bring them to life.