From the 1/2 Classrooms

Welcome to Week 8! We hope everyone had a restful and relaxing King's Birthday long weekend :)

Literacy- Information texts:

Over the last few weeks in Literacy we have been looking at information texts, these texts serve a purpose of informing the reader or explaining about a topic. In reading groups, students have been reading a variety of information texts looking at the different features. Students have been looking at identifying and understanding the purpose of different features including;

• contents page 
• index page 
• title 
• subheadings 
• captions 
• glossary 
• diagram
• pictures

We have looked at information texts on ladybirds, honeybees and composting, all topics linking back to our Integrated Studies topic, Raw to Ready. Students have been identifying the information text features in each of these topics. 

Students then began planning their own information text. Students were given an information text and had to come up with their own dot points of important information for each subheading. It was great to see students identifying the important information from the overall text and understanding which subheading the information belonged to. 

Then students began to write their own draft of an information text on either honeybees or compost, using information they had gathered during reading group activities. We brainstormed different subheadings students could include and revisited what features of an information text they would need to include. One of the most important parts of an information text is the general statement, this is a short summary of what the information text will be about. 

After drafting our information texts, we began writing our final copies. Students were able to include features such as a title, paragraphs, diagram and subheadings. 

The students have really enjoyed learning about and writing their own information texts, here are a few of our favourite things we've learnt:

Belinda-  information text have mini subheadings

Yining-  bees have two stomachs and 5 eyes 

Avnee- compost is made from dead plants 

Leia- only honeybees make honey and collect pollen

Eliza- only bees make honey 

Elise- information texts have facts 

Jacqueline- I learnt what a caption is, they are information about the picture 

Ali- only honeybees make honey 

Zen- how bees measure time on earth 

Heidi- honeybees have a thorax

Ruby- bees can't see the colour red 

Salote- adjectives make information texts more exciting 

George- a general statement is a couple of sentences about the whole text 

Amelia- there are paragraphs, each paragraph is about a different sub topic 

Myra- an adjective is a word which describes something, they are important in information texts

Xander- I learnt how to make compost

Alex- I learnt food scraps go in compost 

Dakota- bees have stinky feet

Envie- I learnt bees cannot see the colour red 

Jaime- leaves can go in compost bins

Jayden- bees make honey, and I like honey

Jaime- green and brown layers go in compost 

Rayan- bees fly super high 

Tida- bees make honey and honeybee is the name of the bee who makes honey 

Rosha- bees have stinky feet 

Matilda- meat and eggs attract mice and rats into compost so don't put these in your compost bin

Celina- compost breaks down into a helpful soil 

Numeracy- June Calendar

In Numeracy, each month we have been creating a calendar page to create a 2025 calendar at the end of the year. Last week and this week we have been working on this month's page for June. We discussed what events occur in June, what the last date of June is, what season June is in, and who in the class has a birthday in June. What events does your family have in June?

Thank you for reading! 

Kind regards, 

Grade 1 and 2 Teachers