We hope you enjoyed the holiday last Wednesday. We apologise for the late post for last week, the website has been down for a number of days and would not let us sign in! Now we have access we have a lot to catch you up on! We have been busy bees here in 2M as we have been investigating the wind last week and looking at water this week. We learnt all about wind using our 5 senses. We brainstormed all the different activities we can do in windy weather. This week we are looking at water and what a precious resource it is. We are going to break up into groups and create posters that let people around our school know how to save water, because every drop counts!
Meet our friend Wizzy the Water Drop
Last week we looked at the sound the letter/s t and tt make. We looked at words such as little and start. This week our sound is oo, our, or, ar, aw and aught. We are looking at words such as door and forty. We have been practicing our drop on letters in handwriting. We have also been practicing our pencil grip before handwriting as this is the most important element to neat handwriting. Our rotations have been a success as we have looked at Verbs, Adjectives, Nouns, Guided Reading, Modelled Reading, Comprehension Strategies and Punctuation. These are all important topics in becoming literate students.
In Mathematics this fortnight, we have looked at grams and kilograms. This was a lot of fun as we were able to use our scales, weights and different objects around the room. We have also been creating our own counting patterns in 2’s, 5’s, 10’s and making our own patterns. We looked at calendars last week and we found that 2M are experts at using a calendar. Again we have worked hard with our money, clocks and shapes. If your child enjoys the computer, encourage them to use this website which we use at school : http://www.studyladder.com.au/?lc_set=
During Art we have been practicing using our scissors. We cut in straight lines and wiggly lines. We enjoy using our scissors and practicing our fine motor skills. We have been working hard on our ‘Inventions’ which are our end of term tasks. Our task is a modification or invention that helps protect people from the weather. Thank-you to those families that have donated construction materials for our tasks such as; cardboard boxes, plastic bottles and straws.
Thank-you to those helpers that are always dedicating their time in our class. We appreciate every minute of your time!
Miss Renee :)
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