Year 2/3
Golden Grove Lutheran Primary School
Year 2/3 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes per night.
Mathematics: Explore what measuring tools you have in your home. What do they measure?
Home Inquiry: What changes can you see in your garden? Are there more flowers blooming now that it is spring?
Learning this week:
Literacy: Word Study
Year 2 sound focus this week is: soft c
Year 3 sound focus this week is: soft c
Below are the two lists of words we will be using at school to practice the sounds with.
Year 2 – Soft C | Year 3 – Soft C | |
mill tell ice dance city circle police cylinder January February | race space since twice cancel princess office palace voice | silence bounce incident accident medicine cereal vacancy advance cinnamon |
Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words
Writer’s Workshop: We are working towards using paragraphs in our writing. We will be participating in different quick writes and mini lessons to build our understanding of what makes a ‘good’ paragraph.
Mathematics: We are exploring how we measure things in different ways. This week will focus on measuring capacity using informal and formal measurement units.
Unit of Inquiry: Our final unit of inquiry is How the World Works. Our central idea is: ‘Change can occur through human activity and natural processes’. This week we will be inquiring into solids, liquids and gases, and heat energy.
Reminders:
- Pupil Free Day, Friday 13th November, Week 5.
School Calendar:
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/
Blessings for the week ahead,
Brodie Trezona