English News

3-6

Spelling - Soundwaves

Week 6  

Week 7 

Week 8 

Kim Hill 

Years 3-6 English Coordinator

K-2 News

Kids News is a great website where students can read what is happening in the world today but in child friendly language.  It has different levelled articles that are suitable from Year 3 and upwards. Students in lower grades that are reading beyond their grade level would also find this a great resource. Students can listen to articles in a podcast format, read articles, watch videos, complete quizzes, polls and activities. Click on the picture for the link if you think this is something your child would benefit from.  Remember the more we read the more we succeed! 

Phonics Update 

Kindergarten   

Week 6: Soft g and c: (rule: the g and c are soft when followed by an e, i or y)   gem  gent   gel  angel  cent  cents  magic  pencil  

Week 7: consolidating week practising this tricky concept

 Year 1 

Week 6: /are/ and /eer/: care  fare  bare  scare  stare  share  spare  deer  peer  steer  cheer  sneer  career

Week 7 - 8: /oo/ as in look  and adding ed when making the soft t morphology:  book  cook  took  shook  crook  foot  book  hook  booked cooked  hooked  looked  jumped  fixed  danced  washed  helped  blinked

Year 2

Week 6 - 10: Year 2 have now learnt the complete Extended Phonetic Code.  They will continue to revise the sounds that students might have had more difficulty grasping for the remainder of the year in preparation for Year 3 

Mrs Kate Gill

K-2 English Coordinator