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STATEMENT OF INTENT- TERM 2 WEEK 1

READING: (Fluency and Comprehension)

This week in Reading, we are continuing to explore comprehension strategies. Students will practise making connections between the text and their own life (personal connections).

Students are continuing to build their reading fluency by reading and talking about a range of different texts. We are working towards becoming confident readers and reflective thinkers who can express our ideas clearly and convincingly.

In our Storybook lessons, we will be exploring the text 'The Stone Lion' by Margaret Wild, focusing on vocabulary, narrative elements and answering questions. Our feature vocabulary words for this text are: generous, stumble, pace.

WRITING: (Narrative text- Storytelling)

This week students will begin to practise Storytelling through the text, 'Tiddalick: The Frog who caused a Flood' (A Dreamtime Story). We will create a Story Map from the Narrative text to support our retell.

Students will also have an opportunity to work on free choice writing.

MATHS: (Place Value and Measurement)

This week students will be revisiting some Place Value concepts from Term 1. We will practise estimating and placing numbers on open number lines and round numbers to the nearest 10/100. We will also begin our unit on Measurment.

SPELLING and GRAMMAR

In Spelling this week, we will:

-Read and write words with the letters ‘ew’, ‘ue’, ‘u_e’

-Recognise that these letters make the sound /ū/

We will be focusing on the tricky words: really, animal, because

At home, you can support your child by doing the following activities:

Child writes the word, saying each sound as he/she writes.
Draw child’s attention to the target phonic pattern.
Help child choose the correct spelling pattern if there are options.

At home, you can support your child by doing the following activities:

Child writes the word several times, saying each letter name as he/she writes.
Child writes a sentence using the target word.

In Grammar this week, students will be focusing on adjectives (describing words).

** Differentiated learning will be present in each class to cater for all students individual learning requirements.

Wellbeing

In Wellbeing this week, we will revisit strategies students can use when they have big emotions.

-Students can understand the Zones of Regulation.

-Students think of strategies I can use when they are in the blue, red or yellow zone.

Students will be creating their own 'calming strategies' strips to have when they are feeling dysregulated.

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