Year 2/3
Year 2/3 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
High Frequency Words: We will begin using these at school, once any unknown words are determined then they will be sent home for practicing.
Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes at home per night. Remember to keep chipping away at your Premiers Reading Challenge for this year.
Inquiry: Can you create a list of places that are important to your family – can you rank them from most to least important. Some examples could be: home, a sports club, church, school, etc…
Learning this week:
Literacy: Jolly Spelling: Year 2 sound focus this week is: silent b Year 3 sound focus this week is: digraphs. Below are the two lists of words we will be using at school to practice the sounds with.
Year 2 – Silent W | Year 3 - TCH | |
chat cash write wrist wreck wrong answer swordfish sister brother | itch catch fetch witch match hutch kitchen snatch butcher | switch sketch crutches watching stretcher ketchup wretched scratching stretching |
Year 2 Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words
Writer’s Workshop: we will explore how writers get new ideas and will spend time exploring the ‘ideas’ section of our writers’ notebooks.
Reader's Workshop: we will continue to explore the reading environment and what is needed to create a space for reading, as well as choosing ‘good fit’ books.
Mathematics: we will be exploring place value and number skills this week.
Unit of Inquiry: We will continue exploring our unit of inquiry: Where We Are in Place and Time, which focuses on Places. This week we will unpack the central idea and lines of inquiry and continue to explore local places of significance.
Reminders:
Premier's Reading Challenge: This year in 2/3T students will have their own individual records to track the books they read. Students are required to read eight books from the book list and four free choice books. Year 3s will be borrowing yellow dot books from the Library and the Year 2s blue dots. The full list of suitable books for your child can be found online at this link: https://premiersreadingchallenge.sa.edu.au/book-list/
As you read books at home, please feel free to email them to me so I can help your child to add them to their list, or alternatively feel free to visit the classroom before or after school to add them to the list with your child. The lists will be kept at school.
School Calendar:
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/
Blessings for the week ahead,
Brodie Trezona
Year 2/3 Teacher