Year 2/3
Year 2/3 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
Discuss what options you might be interested in selecting or have selected for Glow Week in Week 9.
Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes at home per night.
Learning this week:
Literacy: Word Study
Year 2 sound focus this week is: ie
Year 3 sound focus this week is: ie, y, igh, i_e
Below are the two lists of words we will be using at school to practice the sounds with.
Year 2 – ie | Year 3 – ie, y, igh, i_e | |
club flex flying sight side die bright sunshine thirteen fourteen | life high flies spying dive tied dryer tried alright
| firework alive delight describe asylum lightning frightening butterfly pantomime |
Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words
Writer’s Workshop: We are currently learning about compound sentences. This should wrap up this week. Our oral presentations have been postponed until later in the year.
Mathematics: We will spend the next fortnight sharpening our mental computation skills for addition and subtraction.
Unit of Inquiry: For the last two weeks of this term, we will have an intensive period focusing on our year-long Sharing the Planet UOI – with a focus on relationships.
Reminders:
GLOW WEEK – Week 9
In Week 9, we will again end the semester with GLOW week. A week of learning a new skill for our students. Student surveys have been sent home for F-2 students to be completed with families, and Y3-6 students will do the survey at school using their devices.
School Calendar:
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/
Blessings for the week ahead,
Brodie Trezona