--- title: "WB 20.03.23" url: "https://waterside-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2023-03-20-00-00-00-wb-20-03-23" school: "Waterside Primary School" --- # WB 20.03.23 20 March 2023 ![](https://waterside-primary-school.schudio.com/images/blog/3570cc16-9c2d-48e0-a3c0-30f88051e2fa_1x1.jpeg) This week, we have been learning about **classification** of minibeasts. We found out that classification means putting things into **groups** based on their **features**. We spoke about how we can put minibeasts into groups, based whether they have **legs** or not, or if they have **wings** or not. We thought of lots of different ways we could classify minibeasts, and practised sorting them in different ways! ![](https://waterside-primary-school.schudio.com/images/blog/ezgif-3-8767f40988.jpg) In **writing**, we wrote captions/sentences about the **features of a ladybird**. We looked carefully and made observations about their different characteristics, including their legs, colours and wings. We are continuing to work on our **segmenting** to spell phase 3 words, as well as our use of **finger spaces**. ![](https://waterside-primary-school.schudio.com/images/blog/32fb3cd2-a815-46d2-a998-68def32b8150_1x1.jpeg) In **phonics**, we have been practising reading words containing **two or more digraphs**, as well as **compound words** such as ‘popcorn’, ‘carpark’ and ‘farmyard’. We used the **chunking** method to help us read these longer words. ![](https://waterside-primary-school.schudio.com/images/blog/e4036ff4-71dc-4c27-bef9-b35a42433e34_1x1.jpeg) In **Maths**, we have been continuing our learning all about **subtraction**. We have been subtracting using **pictorial representations.** We discussed that when we subtract, we **take an amount away**, so we can cross pictures out to represent this process. To work out the answer, we counted how many pictures remained. Some of use challenged ourselves to solve **subtraction word problems**. We picked out the numbers in the text before writing our subtraction **number sentence**. We remembered that the greater number always comes first when we subtract. We worked out the answer in our heads, or used our fingers to support if needed. 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