Year 2/3
Year 2/3 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes at home per night. Let’s finish the premiers reading challenge as a class again this year!
High Frequency Words: Will be reviewed again in Term 2.
Mathematics: Can you show the fractions:
Are there any others you can show? Remember: the bottom number (denominator) is how many equal parts there are, and the top number (numerator) is how many parts you have.
Inquiry: Research symbols from a country or culture of your choice this week. It would be great if you could research a country where your family is from.
Learning this week:
Literacy: Word Study: Year 2 sound focus this week is: si = zh. Year 3 sound focus this week is: suffix able. Below are the two lists of words we will be using at school to practice the sounds with.
Year 2 – si for zh | Year 3 – suffix able | |
fist best occasion division revision invasion explosion television fraction estimate | avoidable profitable available portable adaptable dependable breakable usable lovable | irritable enjoyable debatable changeable disposable desirable miserable variable noticeable |
Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words
Writer’s Workshop: we will continue our writing unit ‘Symbolic Storytelling’ focusing on using symbols in the stories we write.
Readers Workshop: we will continue our unit focusing on reading like writers. We will aim to identify strategies and techniques we can use in our writing, like big and bold and different grammatical features.
Mathematics: We will finish looking at fractions this week and explore using turns.
Unit of Inquiry: This semester (Term 1 & Term 2) we will have an ongoing unit of inquiry: Who We Are with a theme of resilience. This will continue across both terms with focus lessons occurring weekly.
Reminders:
Mr T Absent – Mr T will be away Thursday and Friday Week 10. (April 3-4). Mr Schwartz will be in for STEM on Thursday and will have 2/3TR on Friday.
Celebration of Learning – Our Celebration of Learning is in Week 11 this term. Tuesday 8th April @ 6pm.
Premier’s Reading Challenge: This year in 2/3TR students will have their own individual records to track the books they read. Students are required to read eight books from the book list and four free choice books. Year 3s will be borrowing yellow dot books from the Library and the Year 2s blue dots. The full list of suitable books for your child can be found online at this link: https://premiersreadingchallenge.sa.edu.au/book-list/
As you read books at home, please feel free to email them to me so I can help your child to add them to their list or alternatively feel free to visit the classroom before or after school to add them to the list with your child. The recording sheets will be kept at school. We will also aim to read some books as a class to help to complete our records.
School Calendar:
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/
Blessings for the week ahead,
Brodie Trezona & Cloe Richardson