Ciao,
Wow! What an amazing fortnight it has been. The students were very busy last week preparing and implementing their Student Led Conferences. It was so wonderful to watch all the students share their learning with their special person. We also had Book Week in week 7 and we were fortunate enough to have grade 6 students come into our class and read a story to us at eating time each day for the week. All the student looked incredible in their costumes!
MATHS
In Maths, we continued our exploration of addition and subtraction, using different and new strategies to work out maths problems. We learnt about equivalence, where two different equations balanced and equalled the same answer. E.g. 10-4 = 3+3
This week we have revisited two dimensional and three dimensional shapes, specifically learning how to transform them to make patterns and tessellations. We have explored the different tessellations that are around our school, including bricks and soccer ball pattern. We have created different tessellations with wooden shapes using the methods of flip, slide or turn.
Do you have any tessellations in or around your house?
READING
What do you think we have been learning in Reader’s Workshop this week?
Well, we have been learning how to ask deeper questions. Questioning helps by deepening our understanding of a text. There are so many ways to question, but here are a few that the students have used this fortnight; 4 levels of questioning (Robot, Detective, Judge and Inventor), reverse questions where you have an answer and think of all the questions and questioning before, during and after a text. This week the students used the ‘menu’ for questioning again. They love the independence and choice it enables them to have in their learning.
WRITING
In Writing, we have been moving through the writing cycle learning how to publish a letter. Last week we explored many different types of letter styles. Thanks to Australia Post we now have a great understanding of how to write a personal letter and what to we can add including; interesting things that have happened at school, sports team, friends, a holiday, birthday, achievements and questions. http://auspost.com.au/education/letterwriting/students/personal-letters.html.
With Father’s Day coming up this week maybe you could write a letter to your Dad or Grandpa?
INQUIRY
We have started unpacking our new inquiry topic on ‘Weather impacts upon our lives’. We are looking into the all different types of weather we have not only in Australia, but the world. We are also exploring the different seasons in Australia which ties in nicely to the start of spring.
Don’t forget week 9 is the start of swimming lessons for 1/2B, 1/2P and 1/2R at Bellarine Aquatic and Sports Centre.
Ciao,
Miss Ritchie and the 1/2 Team
Wow! What an amazing fortnight it has been. The students were very busy last week preparing and implementing their Student Led Conferences. It was so wonderful to watch all the students share their learning with their special person. We also had Book Week in week 7 and we were fortunate enough to have grade 6 students come into our class and read a story to us at eating time each day for the week. All the student looked incredible in their costumes!
MATHS
In Maths, we continued our exploration of addition and subtraction, using different and new strategies to work out maths problems. We learnt about equivalence, where two different equations balanced and equalled the same answer. E.g. 10-4 = 3+3
This week we have revisited two dimensional and three dimensional shapes, specifically learning how to transform them to make patterns and tessellations. We have explored the different tessellations that are around our school, including bricks and soccer ball pattern. We have created different tessellations with wooden shapes using the methods of flip, slide or turn.
Do you have any tessellations in or around your house?
READING
What do you think we have been learning in Reader’s Workshop this week?
Well, we have been learning how to ask deeper questions. Questioning helps by deepening our understanding of a text. There are so many ways to question, but here are a few that the students have used this fortnight; 4 levels of questioning (Robot, Detective, Judge and Inventor), reverse questions where you have an answer and think of all the questions and questioning before, during and after a text. This week the students used the ‘menu’ for questioning again. They love the independence and choice it enables them to have in their learning.
WRITING
In Writing, we have been moving through the writing cycle learning how to publish a letter. Last week we explored many different types of letter styles. Thanks to Australia Post we now have a great understanding of how to write a personal letter and what to we can add including; interesting things that have happened at school, sports team, friends, a holiday, birthday, achievements and questions. http://auspost.com.au/education/letterwriting/students/personal-letters.html.
With Father’s Day coming up this week maybe you could write a letter to your Dad or Grandpa?
INQUIRY
We have started unpacking our new inquiry topic on ‘Weather impacts upon our lives’. We are looking into the all different types of weather we have not only in Australia, but the world. We are also exploring the different seasons in Australia which ties in nicely to the start of spring.
Don’t forget week 9 is the start of swimming lessons for 1/2B, 1/2P and 1/2R at Bellarine Aquatic and Sports Centre.
Ciao,
Miss Ritchie and the 1/2 Team
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