Year 2/3
Year 2/3 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes at home per night.
Mathematics: Use 2D shapes to create a self-portrait.
Unit of Inquiry: Discuss places that are significant to different book characters.
Learning this week:
Literacy: Word Study
Year 2 sound focus this week is: ai.
Year 3 sound focus this week is ai, ay, a_e.
Below are the two lists of words we will be using at school to practice the sounds with.
Year 2 – ai | Year 3 – ai, ay, a_e | |
next quit make pay main clay waist rainstorm half quarter | stay tail male spray shape crayon painting mainly | layer escape pancake birthday yesterday waiting ailing animate decade |
Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words
Writer’s Workshop: This week we will continue preparing an oral presentation about a significant place.
Mathematics: We will finish exploring how maps are used to represent places and how we can use them. We will also revisit the properties of 2D shapes and 3D objects.
Unit of Inquiry: This term we are inquiring into the Where We Are in Place and Time unit of inquiry – with a focus on places. This week we will be finishing our unit of inquiry and reflecting on what we have learnt.
Reminders:
Monday – 8th June – King’s Birthday Public Holiday
No school next Monday for the public holiday.
School Calendar:
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/
Blessings for the week ahead,
Brodie Trezona