Hi
parents,
I
hope you had a fantastic weekend! I can’t believe we are already into Week 9 of
Term 2 and the mid-year break is just around the corner.
QUOTE
OF THE WEEK
“It’s nice to be important,
but it’s more important to be nice.” – Unknown.
PLD
SPELLING SOUNDS
Below
are the sounds each group will be focusing on this week:
2a: ‘OW’ – Shown
2b: ‘UR’ – hurt
3a:
‘EY’ – chimney
3b:
‘QU’ – quit
4a:
‘AUGH & OUGH’ as in ‘or’ - daughter
4b:
‘AU’ as ‘ar’ and ‘or’ – laugh, cause
5a:
suffix ‘IBLE’ – intelligible
Please note that next week, all students will sit the PLD Placement Test for next term's groups.
LITERACY
FOCUS
This
week, our reading focus is ‘making connections. Making connections is when
readers make connections between:
·
Text-to-self
·
Text-to-text
When
readers connect a text to something they know or have experienced, they can
understand it better.
Our
writing focus is on Conventions, in particular, ‘CAPITalISATION’.
NUMERACY FOCUS
This
week, we will be investigating ‘number patterns’.
HOME
LEARNING WEEK 9
The
following tasks should be completed each night:
1. Reading (readers) - 10mins
2. UNIT 18: 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: Revise (x7 )
4. Look,
Say, Cover, Write, Check
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. Friendology 101 – What am I grateful for today?
When a task has been completed, your
child is required to tick it off in the diary.
Enjoy
the week,
Mr.
Jones
