Level 1 & 2 Wonga Weekly

In Week 5 we are learning about...

📚 LITERACY

In Reading, we will be looking at the mentor text, 'Strictly No Elephants' written by Lisa Mantchev. We will consider how the images add to the meaning the text. We will also consider the message in the story; inclusion of diversity.

In Writing, we will continue to write short narratives. Students will be encouraged to write about the traits that characters can show and emotions they feel when they are solving problems. We will continue our focus on sentence structure, focussing on the conventions that are important when writing narratives.

In Phonics, we will continue our focus on saying and hearing sounds in words to assist us with spelling. We will work on segmenting words into sound parts, this helps us with reading longer words and writing words with greater spelling accuracy.

What you can do at home

Ask your child to segment longer words that they find when reading with you at home. Resist telling them unfamiliar words as soon as they pause, instead you could ask them to 'break the longer word into segments' to help. Your child may start to notice known words inside longer words and base words with added suffixes (endings) when doing this. Being familiar with word parts is another strategy that students can use to help them build fluency.

📚PREMIERS' READING CHALLENGE

Remind your child to upload their reading to their Premiers' Reading Challenge account if you would like them to complete this challenge.

🎲 NUMERACY

We will continue with our focus on multiplication and division. We will use the language 'grouping' and 'sharing' to help us model the skills involved.  We will consider how grouping can also be presented as repeated addition and that groups can also be presented in an array formation, showing items in rows and columns.

This week we will also complete measurement tasks related to the weight of items. We will unpack related vocabulary – lighter, heavier, more, less, similar, equal.

What you can do at home:

Arrays are an arrangement of rows and columns and can help us to efficiently count the total of something. Can you find arrays around the home? Here are some examples to help get you started.

🌄 CBL - Respect

This week will be considering the following question; How do we show respect for others? We will focus on welcoming diversity and celebrating difference. 

This term, our CBL work links directly to the 'Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships' program and we are completing many of the related topics during the term. 

THINGS TO CONSIDER

Please help your child to remember to pack their take home book pocket and iPad into their school bags every day. Not only are these items important learning tools, but remembering this daily process also helps your child build good habits for life. When they remember to bring the tools we need each day they show organisation, commitment and connection to their learning - positive character strengths for your child to show.

Our Gymnastics program continues this Thursday with Session #4. We are noticing that our students are quite hungry after gymnastics, you may consider packing additional snacks in their lunch boxes on a Thursday to help with this. 

At this time of year, we start to run low on supplies of tissues and wipes. If you are willing to donate a box of tissues or a packet of wipes to your child's classroom, we would be very grateful for your kind offering!

🗓 UPCOMING DATES

Thursday 15th August - Gymnastics, Session #4

Friday 16th August - Pop Up Canteen

Monday 19th - Friday 23rd August - Book Week (dress-up parade on Friday)

Thursday 22nd August - Final Gymnastics, Session #5

Friday 23rd August - Pop Up Canteen

Friday 30th August - Father's Day Breakfast