Year 2/3
Year 2/3 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes at home per night.
Mathematics: If you cut a sandwich into 4 equal parts and eat 1 piece, what fraction did you eat?
Unit of Inquiry: Bring in a photo or an artefact of a place that is special to you and your family. We will share these in class next week.
Learning this week:
Literacy: Word Study
Year 2 sound focus this week is: wa = wo.
Year 3 sound focus this week is: a=o.
Below are the two lists of words we will be using at school to practice the sounds with.
Year 2 – wa = wo | Year 3 – a=o | |
click duck wand wash wasp swan watch swallow May June | swap waft swamp wand wallet squad swatch squat squalid | quality wallaby waddle squabble twaddle quandary wristwatch quantity qualification |
Key: underlined = revision words; bold = high frequency words
Writer’s Workshop: we are currently exploring the parts of speech in our writing. These are nouns, verbs, adjectives, conjunctions and prepositions. We will be learning about what these are and how we use in their writing.
Mathematics: we will spend time this week exploring fractions. We will begin by using physical objects to represent fractions. We will also look at how we can collect data.
Unit of Inquiry:
This term we are inquiring into our Where We Are in Place and Time unit of inquiry – with a focus on Places. We are starting our unit by ‘tuning in’ and exploring the significance of different places in a variety of provocation activities.
School Calendar:
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/
Blessings for the week ahead,
Brodie Trezona