Year 2/3
Year 2/3 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
Reading: Aim to read for 15 minutes each night at home.
Mathematics: On a farm there were some hens and sheep. Altogether there were 8 heads and 22 feet. How many hens were there?
Home Inquiry: Bring in any recyclable materials from home to use to make something new!
Learning this week:
Literacy: Word Study: The year 2 sound focus this week is or. The year 3 sound focus this week is air, are, ear, ere.
Year 2 - or | Year 3 – air, are, ear, ere | |
grip milk bear tear pear wear swear underwear weight volume | fair mare spare fairy bare there airless dairy flare | repair airport compare fanfare prepare bearable hairdresser somewhere wherewithal |
Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words
Writer’s Workshop: we will finish the term practicing editing our work and adding in correct punctuation.
Mathematics: We will continue exploring money this week. We will be inquiring into how many cents make a dollar and how the Australian currency system works.
Unit of Inquiry: Our main unit of inquiry this term is Sharing the Planet. We are inquiring into recycling and how it impacts us and the world around us.
Over the next couple of weeks, we will be using recyclable materials to make different things. Any spare or specific materials from home that they would like to use for making can be brought to school.
Reminders
Christmas Concert - Friday 28th November
Our Christmas concert is fast approaching. For this amazing event, we ask the following;
Children are dropped to the classroom at 6:45pm
Children are dressed in yellow top/dress and yellow skirt or plain shorts/pants
We can’t wait to see you there.
Year 5/6 Business Unit
School Calendar:
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/
Blessings for the week ahead,
Brodie Trezona & Cloe Richardson
Trezona.brodie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Richardson.cloe@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
