Level 1 & 2 Wonga Weekly

 WEEK 4 LEARNING IN...

📚 LITERACY

In Reading, we will be reading texts that help us develop knowledge of the seasons. In particular,  asking questions to help deepen our understanding of the text.

In Writing, we will be working on sentence structure, trying to vary our sentence beginnings and ensuring our sentences are easy to read and make sense. We will also consider sentence conventions including using capital letters accurately and using punctuation in the right place.

In Phonics, we will be focusing on the digraph 'ng'.  Some words that include this digraph include; long, along, sing, swing, swinging, angle, rectangle

What you can do at home

Continue encouraging your child to read every night. Even if your child is rereading a well loved text for the fourth or fifth time, it is still a valuable exercise, they are building reading  fluency - an important reading skill to develop also helping to practise accuracy and expression. Please remember to record your child's home reading in their Reading Log each day and celebrate the effort they put into daily reading routines.

🎲 NUMERACY

This week we will continue with our focus on addition and subtraction, particularly exploring part, part, whole thinking. When thinking of the two numbers that add together to give a total of 10, we are thinking of the two parts that make the whole. So, 6 and 4 are the two parts that make 10.

Fluency games and challenging tasks will be presented to provide students with a variety of opportunities to practise addition strategies.

What you can do at home

Dice or playing cards are simple tools that can be easily used at home to help your child build confidence and familiarity with simple number facts. Roll two or three dice or deal two or three cards and add the parts together. Remember to encourage your child to count on from the largest number when adding numbers together.

 CBL - Country

This week students will consider the question, 'What is special about country?' 

We will explore what traditional owners respect about country and how indigenous communities connect to it.

🗓 UPCOMING DATES

Monday 6th May - School Assembly starting at 2:30pm

Wednesday 8th May - School Photo Day

Friday 10th May - Mother's Day Morning Tea

Wednesday 15th May - Hot Diggity Dog Day