Weeks 7 and 8 News

Jolly Grammar – We have looked at the different ways to make long i (i_e, ie, y and igh) and long u (u_e, ue, u, and ew) sounds. We have been using adverbs to describe our verbs and changing verbs to the past tense. During week 9 we won’t be doing our usual JG program.

Maths – We have started our topic on addition. We have revised some helpful strategies such as rainbow facts, counting on, chunking, number splitting, friendly numbers and turnarounds. See if your child can explain why these strategies are useful when adding numbers together.

Literacy Rotations – We have been finding verbs in our readers, inferring independently and sorting nouns, verbs and adjectives. Oxford Owl is proving to be very popular both at home and school. Great those families who are recording Oxford Owl reading in their child’s diary as a reading record.

Digital Technologies is our new inquiry topic, now that Geography has come to a close.

Book boxes need fresh books brought in from home please. Due to swimming next week, we’ll miss our library borrowing lesson. Students can borrow before school or use the digital library. Info on how to log onto that was posted earlier in the year.

Swimming is on next week! Bathers on under uniforms each day please. An extra snack is a good idea too, as swimming makes us hungry. The sign in sheet for parent attendance will be out each day in the classroom.

Thanks to IG and RW’s mums for cutting up activities for us and sharpening pencils. Much appreciated! Also thanks for supporting nude food Wednesdays. Lots of families are continuing it on throughout the week.

Casual day is on the last day of term to support the RSPCA. A gold coin donation please if you choose to wear white and blue – the colours of the RSPCA.

Friday weeks 8 and 9 I won’t be in room 12. We are lucky to have Karen Hedger working with us. Thanks Karen!

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