Junior Years Learning Community
Junior Years - Term 4 - Weeks 1 & 2
Foundation
In Literacy
We have been revising our sound-symbol correspondences for all the letters of the alphabet as well as letter names. We have also been focussing on reading and saying sentences with our new tricky words ‘for’ and ‘or’. We have been busy reading and spelling four letter words and learning about the importance of adding ‘s’ to the end of words to make plurals.
In Numeracy
We have been learning about data. The students have been answering yes/no questions and interpreting results on a pictograph. The students interviewed each other to answer a question with 2 outcomes. They represented their data on a graph.
In Religion
Our topic is, ‘We are Special’. Students have been learning about their talents and gifts. They completed a self-portrait and wrote a sentence about what makes them special.
In Inquiry
Our topic is, 'How did that work?’. We have been exploring how materials can be changed physically by different actions without changing their material composition, including bending, twisting, stretching, crushing, squashing, and breaking into smaller pieces.
At home you could reinforce learning by:
- Listening to your child read their reader each night.
- Practice reading and writing tricky words found in the back of the Home Reading Diary.
- Practice handwriting lowercase letters of the alphabet.
- Practice writing these sentences...
Can I come for a play?
I wish for three dogs.
Is my lunchbox red or pink?
I want some milk.
Please encourage your child to sound out the words when possible
- Complete the maths problems below...
You did a survey to find out who was happy and who was sad. What pictures could you use to represent these feelings?
One a graph about pets owned by the students in our class, I counted two more dogs than cats. What might the graph look like?
Year One
In Literacy
We are reviewing compound words and the sounds for ee (tree) and ea (leaf).
We have been focusing on spelling our tricky words: saw, friends, school, your, again and home.
In Numeracy
We have been learning about Shape. We are making, comparing and classifying familiar shapes. We are recognising familiar shapes and objects in the environment, identifying the similarities and differences between them.
In Religion
Our topic is ‘Our call to Mission’. The students will gain an appreciation of the importance of giving, sharing and helping those in need.
In Inquiry
Our topic is, 'How did that work?’. We have been exploring how materials can be changed physically by different actions without changing their material composition, including bending, twisting, stretching, crushing, squashing, and breaking into smaller pieces.
At home you could reinforce learning by:
- Listening to your child read their reader each night.
- Practice spelling our tricky words (talk, walk, know, laugh, every, people.) and writing them in sentences.
- Practice handwriting on dotted thirds lines.
Complete the maths worded problem below...
These are a few worded problems for Maths:
- Two numbers add up to 10. What could the numbers be? Can you find all the different ways?
- You have $1. What different coins could you have in your hand? Can you find more than one way?
- What are three things in your house that are shorter than your arm and three that are longer? How do you know?
Year Two
In Literacy
We have been learning about spelling two-syllable words. We have been building words using base words, prefixes and suffixes. In grammar, we have been learning about using speech marks. We have been adding speech marks to sentences and writing our own sentences using speech marks to make our writing more interesting.
In Numeracy
We have been learning about data. We have been collecting data using tally marks and making different types of graphs to present our data.
In Religion
Our topic is ‘Our call to Mission’. The students will gain an appreciation of the importance of giving, sharing and helping those in need.
In Inquiry
Our topic is, 'How did that work?’. We have been exploring how materials can be changed physically by different actions without changing their material composition, including bending, twisting, stretching, crushing, squashing, and breaking into smaller pieces.
At home you could reinforce learning by:
- Practice spelling our tricky words, together, alright, across, something, around, already, believe and tomorrow.
- Listening to your child read their reader each night.
Complete a word hunt for two-syllable words.
Complete the maths worded problem below...
These are a few worded problems for Maths:
- You have a pencil, a book, and a shoe. How could you find out which one is the longest without using a ruler? Explain what you would do.
- How many different shapes can you draw that have 4 sides? What is the same and what is different about them?
- You have $2. What different combinations of coins could you use to make $2? Can you find them all?