Year 2/3

Year 2/3 Cluster News

Home Inquiry  

Mathematics: What do you think of when you hear the term: measurement? What types of things might you measure at home? Discuss.  

 

Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes at home per night.  

 

Inquiry: What properties would you use to describe a piece of clothing? Think is it soft, is it textured, is it coloured?  

 

Learning this week:  

Literacy: Jolly Spelling: Year 2 sound focus this week is: ear. The Year 3 sound focus this week is: ear, ere, eer Below are the two lists of words we will be using at school to practise the sounds with.  

Year 2 – ear  

Year 3 – ear, ere, eer 

grip 

milk 

ear 

dear 

year 

tear 

spear 

earrings 

zero 

equals 

deer 

hear 

steer 

peer 

rear 

cheer 

here 

clear 

mere 

gearbox 

fearful 

sneering 

interfere 

dreary 

disappear 

smeary 

appearance  

atmosphere 

Year 2 Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words 

Learning this week:  

Writer’s Workshop: We will continue our next writing study focusing on expanding our vocabulary. We will explore the Parts of Speech throughout this unit: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and more...  

 

Mathematics: We will begin learning about measurement this week, including mass, capacity and length.  

 

Unit of Inquiry: We will continue our unit of inquiry: Sharing the Planet on Properties. The central idea is: Understanding properties and features allows us to see things more effectively. 

Announcements:  

Year 2 Camp -  is at AFL Max, West Beach, from Tuesday 19th November until Wednesday 20th November. More details will be sent home before the end of term.   

Please communicate with your child’s teacher if you have any questions about the Camp.  

If you would like to put in an expression of interest to assist with supervising on the Year 2 Camp, please ensure you are a registered volunteer. Please email your classroom teacher, even if you have notified them previously of your interest.   

This involves having the following up to date:  

  • Working With Children Check (WWCC)   
  • Responding to Abuse, Harm and Neglect training (RRHAN-EC)   
  • Valuing Safe Communities (VSC) training  

https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/parent-portal/volunteering/   

 

Special Persons Afternoon – Please note that the date has changed for Special Person’s Afternoon (SPA). It will now be Friday the 20th of September (Week 9, Friday).   

 

Blessings for the week ahead,

Brodie Trezona  

Year 2/3 Teacher 

Trezona.brodie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au