Year 2/3
Year 2/3 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes per night.
Mathematics: Look up what chance of rain there is each day this week. Is this always correct?
Home Inquiry: What foods should we eat more often to be healthier? What foods should we eat less?
Learning this week:
Literacy: Word Study
Year 2 sound focus this week is: silent h.
Year 3 sound focus this week is: -o for oa
Below are the two lists of words we will be using at school to practice the sounds with.
Year 2 = silent h | Year 3 – -o = oa | |
belt farm hour ghost rhyme rhythm honest rhinoceros centimetre metre | ago hero dodo zero echo hello mango pianos radios | videos tornado volcano flamingo memento mosquito torpedoes tomatoes potatoes |
Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words
Writer’s Workshop: We are focusing on information writing to end the term. We will be exploring how we can present information in a variety of formats.
Mathematics: We will be exploring chance this week. We will be doing things like flipping coins, rolling dice, and collecting data from these chance experiements.
Unit of Inquiry: We will continue our Who We Are unit of inquiry with a focus on Balanced Lifestyle. We will be exploring the food pyramid and cyber safety this week.
Reminders:
Hats – As the UV steadily increases it is important that students bring their hat to school to wear on days when the UV is above 4.
Sports Day – Friday 11th September
Special Persons Afternoon – Friday 18th September
School Calendar:
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/
Blessings for the week ahead,
Brodie Trezona