Year 2/3
Year 2/3 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
Mathematics: How much would it cost to buy some groceries? Compare the prices of the same product in different stores.
Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes at home per night.
Inquiry: What changes have happened at home? Have you moved things around in your room or gotten something new?
Learning this week:
Literacy: Jolly Spelling: Year 2 sound focus this week is: soft g. The Year 3 sound focus this week is: soft g Below are the two lists of words we will be using at school to practise the sounds with.
Year 2 - soft g | Year 3 – soft g | |
miss cross giant magic large danger orange vegetable March April | page margin angel digital germ stage giraffe engine change | magical strange energy gender genetic gymnastics emergency dungeon urgency |
Year 2 Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words
Learning this week:
Writer’s Workshop: We will finalise our presentations this week with the aim of presenting our findings on our chosen material by the end of this week.
Mathematics: We will continue exploring money this week and spend some time revisiting the number strand including looking at: place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Unit of Inquiry: We will continue exploring our final unit of inquiry this week: How We Organise Ourselves with a focus on ‘Changing Communities’.
Announcements:
Year 2 Camp - is at AFL Max, West Beach, from Tuesday 19th November until Wednesday 20th November.
Pupil Free Day – Term 4- Please note that Friday Week 5 (15th November) is a Pupil Free Day.
Carols Evening – The annual schools carols evening is being held on Friday, Week 7 (29th November). Please save the date. More information is on its way.
Blessings for the week ahead,
Brodie Trezona
Year 2/3 Teacher