Hi
parents,
What
a fantastic weekend! It was great to see you all down at Yallingup on Friday
afternoon. You have a great community down here and I am grateful to be apart
of it. To those that I spoke to, I did manage to achieve my weekend goals of
surfing and establishing my veggie garden, so happy days!
QUOTE
OF THE WEEK
"Be faithful in small
things because it is in them that your strength lies." – Mother Teresa
Sight
Words
Hopefully you have managed to test your child’s
sight word knowledge. Most of the flash cards are ready, so by all means come
in and get the ball rolling. If your child has mastered all of the words on the
list, they will move on to commonly misspelt words.
Home Learning
I have noticed that a number of students are having
their diary signed without completing all of the required tasks. Can I please
ask that you are monitoring your child’s home learning closely? This includes
marking their mental maths each night to ensure they are understanding the
concepts covered. They must also write each task in their diary once it has
been completed or at the beginning of each week to ensure nothing has been
missed. Thank you for all the hard work you put into your child’s education and
playing a role in guiding them to become life-long learners.
HOME
LEARNING WEEK 8
The
following tasks should be completed each night:
1. Reading (readers) - 10mins
2. UNIT 8: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4 of mental maths. (Day
5 will be completed on Friday during class) please note that your child
may complete more than 1 day on any night, however, it is necessary that you
mark their work with them once completed.
3. Times Tables: (x 5)
The
following tasks are only required to be completed once:
1. Physical activity (includes team or club sport, dancing etc) - 15mins
2. Teach your parents something you were taught at school.
3. Tell your parents something that you are grateful for and why?
4. Housework – Learn how to use the washing machine.
When
a task has been completed, your child is required to tick it off in the diary.
COMPREHENSION
STRATEGY FOCUS
To date, we have learnt about a number
of comprehension strategies. These include summarising, inferring, visualising,
questioning and making connections. If you find the opportunity to model these
behaviours (thinking aloud) during home reading, your child will benefit
greatly. Review my previous posts for ideas to help you do this.
NUMERACY
FOCUS
This
week we will be learning about 2D shapes.
Enjoy
the week,
Mr.
Jones
