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St Mary's School Mooroopna
Term 2 Week 4
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Foundation
The Preps have been learning a new short vowel sound: /o/ and have been introduced to the letter ‘c’ making the /k/ sound. They have been learning how to read and spell the following tricky words: I, the my. They are continuing to segment phonemes and have so far covered the following sounds in depth: m, t, a, p, i, f, r, o, s. Prepshave also been learning about the word ‘because’ and how to use it in a sentence to expand the sentence. The Preps are reading the story book, “The Zebra Who Ran Too Fast.”
Gr 1
Grade Ones have been learning about adjectives and how they describe a noun. They have been learning some letter patterns that make the /ew/, /ue/ sound and are reading and writing words with this sound in it.
Grade Ones are completing their study of the storybook – ‘The Pencil.’ They will have a cumulative review as part of their InitialWrite program this week.
Gr 2
Grade Twos have been learning how to use the suffix –f’ul.’ They know that when
–ful is added to the end of a base word, it tells us that the base word is ‘full of’ something. Eg. Joyful - full of joy, meaningful – something that is full of meaning. They know that they suffix ‘ful’ is only spelt with one letter ‘L.’ The Grade Twos can also identify the base word and the prefix or suffix (or both!) of a word. The tricky words they have been learning are: across, mother, brother and lose. Grade Twos will begin revising ‘r-controlled’ vowels this week. As part of their grammar lessons, they have been learning about adjectives and can identify some adjectives in sentences. They know that adjectives describe nouns and tell us more about the noun. Some Grade Twos have been revising the /ew/ /ue/ sound. Grade Twos are finishing up their study of the book, “Counting Colour.” They have written sentences using our key vocab from the book: occasionally, pesky and scanning.
Foundation
In Mathematics, Grade Prep children have been learning how to add two numbers to make ten. They are making ten from two smaller parts. They are using tens frames and play doh to help them explore the number ten and the various ways numbers can be added to make ten.
Gr 1
In their Mathematics, Grade One children are partitioning numbers to 20 into tens and ones and writing number bonds for addition and subtraction problems. This week they will do some problem solving and complete an assessment on the topic of addition and subtraction.
Gr 2
In Mathematics, some of the Grade Two children have been learning how to add and subtract two-digit numbers with regrouping. Other children are adding one-digit numbers to two-digit numbers with base-10 blocks and numbers lines, without bridging to 10.
Gr 3 and 4
In Literacy, students are learning how to plan a body paragraph using single paragraph outline. They are also looking at how to create a written factual and historical account that includes an introduction with the who, what, when, where and why an event, a description of series of events and a conclusion.
In Mathematics, students are learning to add and subtract multiplies of 10. They are also looking at duration of time, comparing time events and estimating duration and representing and writing tenths in decimal format.
In Science, students are learning to compare the physical characteristics of an animal with activity at different stages of its life cycle. They will be able to describe the stages in the life cycle of a frog, identify the structural features of a frog and explain how each of the stages help the frog to move, feed or survive.
Gr 5 and 6
In Mathematics, the Grade 5 and 6s are learning about fractions.
In Literacy, the Grade 5 students are continuing the reading of ‘Black Cockatoo’ whilst the
Year 6s are almost finished reading ‘Us Mob Walawarru’. Students will be writing factual recounts that help depict the events that took place back in the 1960s when Indigenous Australian’s rights were vastly different to today, and what lead to changes to the Referendum.
In Science, the this term is all about Earth Sciences. The Year 6s have been having great discussions around gravity and the planets in our solar system, whilst the Grade 5s continue to channel their inner astronaut and explore space travel.
In Humanities, the Grade 5s are taking a step back in time to understand Australia in the 1800s, whilst the Grade 6 students are exploring and investigating the European empires between the 18th and 20th centuries and their global consequences.