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STATEMENT OF INTENT- TERM 2 WEEK 6

READING: (Fluency and Comprehension)

This week in Reading, we are continuing to explore comprehension strategies. Students will begin to practise the strategy questioning. They will practise asking questions about the text before, during and after reading.

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

In our Storybook lessons, we will begin to explore the text called Turtle's Song by Kim Michelle Toft. We will focus on vocabulary, narrative elements and answering questions. Our feature vocabulary words for this text are: pounds, shatter, feast

WRITING: (Self Evaluations)

This week students will be beginning writing their Self Evaluations. Students will be thinking and answering ‘What I am proud of…’, ‘I showed a growth mindset when…’ and ‘My highlight of the semester was…’

MATHS: (Addition/Subtraction and Measurement)

In Maths this week, we are learning to add and subtract two-digit numbers using base-10 blocks, with and without regrouping.

We will also continue our unit on Measurement, focusing on learning to identify suitable informal units of measurement for mass.

SPELLING and GRAMMAR

In Spelling this week, we will focus on:

-spelling words with the sound /ir/ and explore the different spelling choices (ir, ur, er)

-spelling words with the /ow/ sound and explore the different spelling choices.

We will be focusing on the tricky words: helpful, lose

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 learning about different kinds of verbs.

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

Wellbeing

In Wellbeing this week, we will continue our Respectful Relationships lessons.

The Resilience, rights and respectful relationships (RRRR) teaching and learning resource has been designed to support primary teachers to provide social and emotional learning and respectful relationships education.

This week in both our first wellbeing session, students will:

- learn about the ways people differ.

- describe some of the ways families can be different.

-share ideas about how we can show respect for others, regardless of our diversity.

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