Curriculum Foci

Reading and Spelling

Level 1

This term the ‘Reading and Spelling’ program will include the following:

Graphs: y (cry),
Digraphs: ai (rain), ay (play), ee (tree), ea (leaf), oa (boat), ow (snow), ew (grew), ue (glue), ar (star), or (fork), ore (snore), ir (stir), er (fern), ur (surf), a_e (cake), i_e (bike), o_e (bone), e_e (eve),
Trigraphs: igh (light)
Grammar: verbs, homophones, adjectives
Spelling: suffix ‘s’ (plurals), suffix ‘ing’, suffix ‘er’
Other: two syllable words
New Tricky Words: mother, father, brother, sister, cousin, family, two, three, four, why, because, house, before, after, these, work, baby, children
Tricky Words to Revise: said, are her, was, you, very, put, have, were, then, there, they, here, what, want, some, where, should, would, could, saw, friend, school, your, again, home, who, many, any, love, over, says
Storybooks: making predictions, answering comprehension questions (literal & inferential), making connections, learning new vocabulary, writing a response to the story, summarising (beginning, middle, end)
Reading Practise: reading appropriate levelled decodable texts, assisting students to increase their reading stamina, explicit teaching on how to choose ‘good fit’ books, weekly conferencing with their teacher, ongoing practise of increasing their fluency while reading
Assessment: regular reviews are completed to assess reading and spelling growth

Level 2

This term the ‘Reading and Spelling’ program will include the following:

Comprehension Strategies: connecting, visualising, asking questions
Graphs: y (puppy)
Digraphs: ar (star), ey (key), ir (stir), er (herb), ur (surf), ou (cloud), ow (cow), oi (coin), oy (boy), ch (school), ph (phone)
Trigraphs: eer (cheer), ear (hear), air (hair), are (care), ear (bear)
Grammar: noun groups, verbs, adverbs, prepositions
Spelling: adding the suffix ‘er’, ‘s’, ‘ing’, ‘ful’ to a base word, adding the prefix ‘un’ to a base word
Other: how to read and spell multi-syllable words (eg. 2 syllable words)
New Tricky Words: alright, already, across, lose, build, tomorrow, through, surprise
Tricky Words to Revise: always, said, their, they, mother, brother, father, sister, house, about, school, cousin, every, only, there, where
Reading Practise: reading appropriate levelled decodable texts, assisting students to increase their reading stamina, explicit teaching on how to choose ‘good fit’ books, weekly conferencing with their teacher
Assessment: regular reviews are completed to assess reading and spelling growth

Writing

Level 1

This term the ‘Writing’ program will include the following:

Text Types: informative texts, imaginative texts, persuasive texts
Editing: capital letters, punctuation marks ( . ! ? ), editing for meaning, editing spelling
Grammar: adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, time connectives, proper nouns
Lightning Writing: free choice writing to develop ideas, text structure, sentence structure, practise of spelling tricky words (high frequency words), as well as an opportunity to practise their writing goal
Handwriting: letter formation, pencil grip, correct posture, correct entrance and exit points, spacing

Level 2

This term the ‘Writing’ program will include the following:

Text Types: procedural texts, information reports
Editing: capital letters, punctuation marks ( . ! ? ), editing for meaning, editing for text structure, editing spelling
Grammar: imperative verbs, noun groups, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, prepositions,
Handwriting: letter formation, pencil grip, correct posture, correct entrance and exit points, spacing

Writing Skills:

sentence structure, text structure, using paragraphs, use of topic sentences

Mathematics

Level 1

This term the ‘Mathematics’ program will include the following:

Number and Algebra

Money and financial maths - recognising, describing and ordering Australian coins
Fractions - investigating halves
Patterns & algebra - describing number patterns using skip counting, and solving problems with repetition

Measurement and Geometry

Length - comparing measurements using informal units, eg. blocks
Location & transformation - giving and following directions
Shape - recognising, classifying and describing 2D and 3D shapes

Statistics and Probability

Chance - describing the chance of everyday activities in terms of ‘will happen’, ‘might happen’, and ‘won’t happen’

Level 2

This term the ‘Mathematics’ program will include the following:

Number and Algebra

Money and financial maths - recognising, counting and ordering Australian coins and notes
Fractions - investigating halves, quarters & eighths
Patterns & algebra - completing number patterns

Measurement and Geometry

Length - comparing and ordering measurements using informal units, eg. blocks AND using scaled instruments to measure length
Location & transformation - using maps and locations, describe flips and slides, as well as describing half and quarter turns

Statistics and Probability

Chance - identifying, describing and solving outcomes by chance

Humanities

During Term 3, students will continue to work through the school’s Respectful Relationships program focusing on positive coping strategies. Then later in the term, students will investigate the overall topic titled ‘My Town’, where we will inquire into our local community, features of places & their location, traditional owners of our land, and changes to places over time. In addition to the above, students will also complete a unit of work on ‘allergies’ where they will learn what the most common allergens are, symptoms of an allergic reaction, food allergy prevention and management, as well as ways we can help people with allergies.

Level 1/2 Newsletter

Level 1 Teachers: Kiah Allen, Ellie Foster, Grace TyrrellLevel 2 Teachers: Anthony Kelly, Amelia Bond, Elise Hall & Julia Kump

Term 3 · 02 Sep 2021

In this issue

Level 1 Teachers: Kiah Allen, Ellie Foster, Grace Tyrrell
Level 2 Teachers: Anthony Kelly, Amelia Bond, Elise Hall & Julia Kump