Year 2/3
Year 2/3 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
High Frequency Words: Most students have now explored the first 300 High-Frequency words. Words can be re-sent home for practice if required.
Mathematics: What are the most common shapes you can see in your home?
Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes at home per night.
Inquiry: What colours could be a good match for the feelings / thoughts: hungry, sad, mad and silly.
Learning this week:
Literacy: Jolly Spelling: Year 2 sound focus this week is: ei & eigh. The Year 3 sound focus this week is: a for ai Below are the two lists of words we will be using at school to practise the sounds with.
Year 2 – ei & eigh | Year 3 – a for ai | |
grub slug eight eighteen eighty weigh reindeer neighbour child children | crazy taste basic baby haste maple inhaler pastry acorn
| stable vacant chamber plague chaotic stranger adjacent newspaper conversation |
Year 2 Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words
Learning this week:
Writer’s Workshop: We will continue our craft study on the theme: Writing is magic! Linking with the book week theme. We will provide students with ample opportunities to craft, create and weave magic into their own writing, with a focus on editing skills and using different punctuation.
Reader’s Workshop: we will spend the term exploring the elements of reading as part of our unit of inquiry – How We Express Ourselves. This week we will begin using some comprehension questions while reading to improve our comprehension skills.
Mathematics: We will begin exploring shapes and objects this week in mathematics.
Unit of Inquiry: We will continue our new UOI – How We Express Ourselves – with a focus on the elements of the arts. We will begin unpacking the elements of drama, dance and media arts and explore using these elements.
Announcements:
Tri Skills – Please note that we have Tri Skills for the next four weeks (Week 4 – 7). This will happen on Thursday’s, so please wear PE uniform on Thursdays for the next four weeks. Week 4 – 15th August; Week 5- 22nd August; Week 6- 29th August; Week 7 – 5th September.
Book Week – Book Week is fast approaching us, it will be happening in Week 5. Our dress up day will be on Monday the 19th of August. The theme this year is Reading is Magic! More information to come soon.
Ping Pong A Thon – The annual Ping Pong A Thon is happening this coming Friday – August 16th. The day will be a casual clothes day, with a gold coin donation to be brought in to go towards fundraising for this event.
Premier’s Reading Challenge – Please keep reading books at home to help your children to fill in their PRC lists. We will also be completing books as a class to help as well.
Special Persons Afternoon – Please note that the date has changed for Special Person’s Afternoon (SPA). It will now be Friday the 20th September (Week 9, Friday).
Blessings for the week ahead,
Brodie Trezona
Year 2/3 Teacher