Week 10
As Term 2 comes to an end, we would like to congratulate Room 2 children and their families on a wonderful semester. The children have come a long way in such a short period of time. Well done to all of the merit award recipients for Semester 1. Please continue to support your child through revising concepts in the holidays. A few minutes each day can really make a big difference in supporting your child to retain the concepts taught at school.
Reports
and Portfolios
Reports are due to be sent home this week and they will be
accompanied by your child’s portfolio. We are all very proud of what they are achieving,
and I hope you enjoy looking at some of your child’s work. Please ensure that
the portfolio is returned on your first day of school next term, so that we can
continue to add to their portfolio.
Holiday
revision ideas-
· Finding things that start with initial sounds when at
home or out and about. I Spy is a fun family game that’s great during a car
trip. E.g. “I spy with my little eye something that starts with Mm.”
· Study Ladder activities are updated each week of school
term to support our learning in the classroom.
· Writing letters, with correct formation, using
crayons, textas or paint.
· Reading books together – spotting letters they recognise in the text or identifying rhyming words.
· We would like to encourage you to read to your child each
day. Reading aloud has many benefits for your child’s overall learning and
development. Talk to your child about the story, and ask them questions to
develop their ability to understand the text.
Kindy Literacy-
The children have loved reading and discussing a range of
books at school this term. We have been learning about some of the parts of a
book, such as the cover, title and author, and also how to track the words left
to right when reading. We have used clues from the pictures to predict what
might happen in the story. The sounds
learnt this term were-
Mm as in monkey
Rr as in rat
Cc as in cat
Kk as in kangaroo
Hh as in hen
Ee as in elephant
Dd as in dog
During week 10, we will be reviewing these sounds. We
will also be identifying rhyming words.
Pre-primary Literacy-
We have introduced vowels, double consonants, and initial
blend sounds this term. Students are expected to recognise the sound, identify
and generate words orally that contain them, and read decodable words
containing them. As a form of extension, when ready, students will begin
spelling words containing blends.
Here are our new phonics rules;
Short Vowels: Say the letter sound.
Long Vowels: Say the letter name.
Double consonants: Can be found in the middle or at the
end of a word. They are found after a short vowel sound.
Blends: Two consonant letters blended together; you hear
both sounds.
We have now started our guided reading program. You may
have noticed that your child is bringing home a reader for the week. Please
take the time to share the book with your child. They have been practising
their reading skills during the week using the book. Reading to you is
reinforcing these skills whilst sharing their new skills with you. Please
return these readers each week. The skills we are practising are different each
week. Decodables are teaching your child blending and segmenting skills
(sounding out) and fluency. The non-decodable readers focus on their
comprehension skills (understanding what they read).
Students are continually developing confidence in their
ability to write. Most students are now attempting independent writing and
using their sounds to represent words. Our whole class goals in writing are;
1. Capital letters to begin a sentence
2. Spaces between words
3. A full stop at the end of a sentence
Students also have individual writing goals to develop
their own writing.
Kindy Numeracy-
We are continuing to count, recognise and order numbers 1
– 10. Counting objects at home and stating how many, matching objects to a
number and writing the numbers with correct formation will assist your child as
we move forward with numbers 11 – 20 next term.
Pre-primary Numeracy-
We have now covered numbers to 20. Students are expected
to recognise the number, write the numbers, and make collections to represent
the amount in different ways.
We have also covered breaking numbers into parts and
using this understanding to complete simple addition and subtraction within 10.
In measurement, students have been learning the
mathematical language of longer, shorter, taller, heavier and lighter and
comparing objects by size and weight. They have started to measure an objects
length using informal units (blocks, paperclips etc).
Science-
This term we are covering Physical Science. We have been
investigating how the properties of objects affect the way they move. We have
looked at;
1. Bouncing
2. Rolling
3. Sliding
4. Spinning
We have introduced the term friction. Students know that this
is a force that acts upon all objects while they move, trying to stop or slow
down the object. We have learnt that smooth surfaces create less friction than
rough surfaces and therefore smooth objects can travel further.
DID YOU KNOW?
When your hands are feeling cold
you rub them together. When you rub them together, you create friction between
your hands. This force produces heat that helps to warm your hands.
...We learnt this!
Technology
We have just finished designing and making a car. Our goal:
to have the car that travels the furthest.
Have a
wonderful break and we look forward to seeing you all in Term 3.
