Class y2a
w/b - 17 th September
Ms Arlene's email address is: aalbert@pdoschool.com
reminders - week beginning 17/9/23
Seesaw - please sign consent, if you have not already done so, so you can access the new communications platform which will replace class pages. PDO School Seesaw Consent QR codes will be sent out on Sunday 24th September.
Sundays - Reading Books home - please return on THURSDAYS.
Mondays - Swimming- Please bring swimming kit in a separate bag.
Wednesdays - PE - Children need PE kit and trainers/sneakers.
Thursdays - Library - library bags and books - some children are not accessing books as they are not bringing in the red bags. Please let me know if you do not have a library bag.
Google Classroom - all of the children have joined the classroom - please spend 10 minutes a day recapping the learning that is happening in the classroom.
PERSONAL LEARNING GOAL
Our personal learning goal for September is 'Respectful.' Please let me know how your child is showing this personal learning goal. ALL of the personal learning goals are important and if you have any pictures or can share something that they have done that reflects this learning goal - we can share as a class.
Congratulations, Tasmin, our learner of the week last week!
English
Reading
The children are continuing learning to read together as a class - with a focus on fluency and expression. When reading with your child, please look at how they deal with punctuation, such as commas and full stops. Whilst listening to them read, a lot of the children do not acknowledge basic punctuation.
The children will be looking at how the author uses vocabulary to portray meaning.
Writing
In writing, the students are finding out about adjectives and verbs this week and their relation to nouns. They are looking at poems and how adventurous vocabulary can be used in emotive writing. Finally, the children will write their own poem based on Winter, to reflect the setting of the story in our class reader.
Handwriting
The children are working on letter formation - this week they are working on s and f. They need to look at letter size and where they start the formation of the letter from.
We are readers in 2A!
maths
This week the children are working on skip jumping of 2s, 5s and 10s. This will be repeated during the year. The children will also be working on 3s.
Key Questions to ask your child;
if I count on in 5s from 0, will I say the number 12? Can you explain your answer? What patterns do you notice?
Skip jumping in 2s, 5s and 10s. Watch this video with your child to reinforce the concept.
Maths Dictionary - this week's vocabulary is on Google Classroom.
The children participating in Active Maths to reinforce understanding of 2s, 5s and 10s. First they went into the playground to make patterns of 2, 5 and 10.
Then they sequenced jumps of 2 forwards and backwards in the learning souq.
ipc
This week, we are focusing on the physical and human geography of our school location, and creating maps using pictures and symbols. They continued with the geography theme by using directional language to describe position and movement.
The children collaborating and communicating to get to the treasure!