Year 1/2
Year 1/2 Cluster News
Take Home Books
Decodable and interest books are now being sent home in the clear plastic envelope. The note on Toddle explains the use of interest books.
The Parent Note, which has comprehension questions, and Strategy Bookmark should also remain in the envelope.
Your child will need the clear plastic envelope at school in order to take books home. Interest books can be changed any day. We will remind students on Mondays.
Reading – We encourage approximately 10-15 minutes each night.
Home Inquiry
Year 1 and Year 2: Can you give directions to get from one place to another in your house, to the park or anywhere else? Use words such as go forwards, turn right, turn left.
Mental Computation ideas
Rainbow facts to 10 and 20 revision
https://youtu.be/ue2Yp2Tpd84?si=GcI5dDg1E1xS9yRf
https://youtu.be/VV7a7PL8P-w?si=Gaf10wKhmTEnSP7M
Learning for Week 2:
Literacy:
Reader’s Workshop mini lessons: continuing to identify elements of a narrative (story), including characters, setting, problem/conflict and resolution.
Writer’s Workshop mini lessons: continue to use descriptive words including adjectives and ‘words other than said’ e.g. exclaimed and begin to use words other than ‘then’ to signify a change in time e.g. Later that day we went to the park.
Spelling
Each week there is a focus ‘sound of the week’. Students are introduced to groups of words which use the spelling patterns and revise the alternative spellings of vowel sounds.
The sound of the week is not intended to be a spelling list for you to teach your child at home. It is for you to be aware of what we are teaching at school and you are welcome to use the sound as a starting point for your child to share what they are learning.
Week 3: Revision of the past 4 weeks
Year: 1 ‘o_e’ for the /oa/ sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUp-nnGusvk
Year 2 'oa, o-e, oe, ow' /oa/ sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZHn2UhrLZM
Year 1: ‘u_e’ for the /ue/ sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-H4SezDuo4
Year 2: ‘ue, u_e and ew’ for the /ue/ sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDBHgJG1oiQ
Year 1 and 2: ck e.g. clock https://youtu.be/JbFpfKlrhzw?si=E7_D1FzrfGmovhRU
Year 1: ll e.g. wall https://youtu.be/KG1DVc8E1a8?si=SF7tCnEkOgWFAqOL
Year 2: ch for k sound e.g. character https://youtu.be/pXV6ZZcuCGA?si=qJE3FHOViyjPMyMZ
Grammar Focus
Year 1: initial blends
Year 2: homophones
Mathematics: Mapping - Students are continuing to use positional language to move a person or an object on a pathway. We use the BeeBots (mini programmable robots), BeeBot app on the iPads and a physical grid map on the floor. Students record instructions such as ‘go forward 2 spaces, turn right, go forward 3 spaces’. Year 2 students also use language such as ‘turn a quarter turn clockwise’.
Unit of Inquiry: Sharing the Planet
Central Idea: People live in and interact with the natural world.
Line of Inquiry 1: patterns in the natural world
Line of Inquiry 2: the impact of people’s actions on living things (Year 1)
Line of Inquiry 3: the impact of the natural world on our choices
Line of Inquiry 4: how Indigenous Australians interact with the natural world
Year 1 students make connections between the needs of all living things.
Year 2 students look at the phases of the moon and star constellations.
Christian Studies: Christian Beliefs
Key Idea: Students explore and describe what it means to live in and care for the world (linked to Unit of Inquiry: Sharing the Planet).
Students consider their responsibilities as caretakers of our world, including land, animals, each other and ourselves.
Reminders
Each day students need to bring the following. Please label everything.
Take Home Bags which are also for Library borrowing.
water bottles
a fruit/veg snack
recess
lunch – ‘nude’ food (no wrappers), leave chocolates or lollies for home
hats and sunscreen are not needed
Volunteers
During the year we have excursions, a Year 1 Sleepover and a Year 2 Camp. We are planning excursions this term. If you would like to put in an expression of interest, please ensure you are a registered volunteer.
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/
Communication with Teachers
Please contact us via email or phone. On Toddle, we can see there is a notification but we can’t access the messages. If your child is absent, has an appointment or you plan a holiday, please notify the teacher and the office@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Library Borrowing
The whole class goes to the library on Wednesdays (Year 1/2Z) and Thursdays (Year 1/2AK). A reminder that individual students can borrow books on other days during the week if they would like new books before the class borrowing day.
May God bless your week,
Melanie and Ellen
Melanie Arnold arnold.melanie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Tim Kriewaldt kriewaldt.tim@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Ellen Zimmer zimmer.ellen@goldengrove.sa.edu.au