In literacy this week we continued our journal work. Students were asked to write for a variety of purposes, such as reflecting on their weekends, writing silly sentences using rhyming words and writing about something they learned after a visit from a couple of geckos. We continue to focus on spelling words phonetically, leaving spaces between words and using end punctuation.
Students are asked to participate in self-selected reading on a daily basis. We have spent a lot of time talking about how this looks. These are a few of our "rules" for reading to self:
- I need to find a space where I can read by myself
- I should not be talking to my friends
- I need to choose a book I find interesting
- I should be looking at the book and trying to read the story using pictures and looking for familiar words on the page
Our home reading program has been running for a few weeks. Students should be actively engaged in reading at home on a daily basis, and books should be exchanged every couple of days. Please send a note if you would like your child to try choosing a book at the next level. We go to the library every Friday. Please ensure that your child is returning library books so that new ones can be brought home each week.
In math this week, we have continued with our day count (We have reached 30 days of school!) and representing numbers in various ways:
- printing the number
- printing the word
- showing the number using ten frames
- deciding whether the number is even or odd
- showing the number using using tally marks
- showing the number using coins
- using ten-sticks and ones
- using roman numerals
- using equations
In art, we have completed our colour wheel work and used oil pastels to create abstract "cool art" using cool colours. Ask your child to explain how colour mixing on the colour wheel is the same as a rainbow. Who knew? Interesting things happen when we use our powers of observation!
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