2B's Class Blog

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Monday, February 10, 2014

Dear Students and Parents, I'd like to thank you all for helping us have an amazing year in 2B in 2014. Thank you again for the presents and all your kind words - I was humbled by it all. I will be teaching a Year 3 class next year so I will be in contact with your teachers to keep updated about you all.

Good luck for Year 3!

Miss Emma

DOJO cudents can change their dojo avatar and parents can view their child's behaviour on class dojo (https://www.classdojo.com/). If you need a new password please let me know.

NAPLAN

NAPLAN style questions and vocabulary is slowly being introduced in class, and students are completing NAPLAN worksheets to help prepare them for their test next year

Online NAPLAN practice tests are available here
NAPLAN language convention past test

NAPLAN numeracy past test

Reading Eggs Homework

Reading Eggs assignments are now set. These marks are counted towards students homework results. Students will have an assignment to complete on Reading Eggs. These assignments may include comprehension and reading activities. When you log in to Reading Eggs you will need to complete the set assignments before being able to get into Reading Eggspress. If you have lost your login details please email me or ask in class for your details.

Week 7 Homework
Please complete your white homework booklet and continue revision at home.

Studyladder

2B has joined Studyladder. This is an online learning page where children can participate in interactive activities and lessons to support what they have been learning at school. I have listed some English and Maths tasks which children may choose to do to support their revision.

More tasks have been added to Studyladder to support class work. I recommend for every child to have a go on at least some of these tasks, they will be very helpful for revision too.
http://www.studyladder.com.au/

Welcome to Grade 2!
I hope you're looking forward to continuing your learning journey in Grade 2. I will do my best to keep this Class Update page current so you can look on here for anything new happening in our class/school. You can sign up to be notified by email when new things are added onto our blog. Just go on our main class blog page and enter your email address in the box on the right side of the screen.

This blog's purpose is to keep parents informed and active in their child's learning. Students will also be using the blog to access specific interactive activities and videos relevant to what they are learning in class. As part of Maths, children will be working in groups according to their ability, one of the activities groups will have is to play interactive maths activities to keep them engaged in their learning. All online media (which doesn't require my password) which I use in class will be recorded under each subject. Students may choose to use this to help them with their revision or to further understand each topic.

I have introduced Class Dojo in 2B this year. This is a program where I can keep track of children's behaviour and award positive (and negative) points. Each week an automated email will be sent to parents (parents must log onto Class Dojo first and create an account using the password sent out) outlining the reasons why their child got their award.

Please note that this blog and Class Dojo is just something extra which I am doing with our class. Other teachers have different methods of keeping children and parents engaged in and informed about school.

If you have any concerns or queries you are always welcome to set a meeting with me before or after school, alternatively I regularly check my emails so you can also email me at ehill@amitycollege.com

Kind regards,
Miss Emma Hill

Friday, January 3, 2014

HSIE

HSIE
Our topic for Term 4 is 'Wet & Dry Environments'

Speech on project - Due this Friday
HSIE project and speech - Speech is due Friday Week 6. The speech should be 2 minutes long and cover: where it is located, it's size, what sort of environment it is, animals found there, weather conditions, interesting facts and visual supports e.g. maps or pictures of the environment.

This unit provides opportunities for students to explore life in a wet and dry environment. It allows students to focus on people’s interactions with, and responsibilities towards these environments.

By the end of this unit students will be able to:

Explain the differences between the natural and built features of an environment.
Identifies and labels how the elements of an environment rely on each other and how people can change the environment.
Show responsibility towards the environment and understand the need to conserve its natural resources.

- Watch the first part of this video to learn the difference between natural and built environments

- Pictures of natural and built environments

- Watch this slideshow to learn more about wet and dry environments

Science & Technology

SCIENCE

This Term we are learning the topic 'A Place in Time'

By the end of the topic students will be able to:

Use appropriate weather vocabulary when describing the weather
Identify weather symbols e.g. Celsius
Label and explain the water cycle
List the seasons and what occurs in each season
Explain how weather affects our day to day lives.

Learn more about weather and play some weather games on this website
Try some of these activities at home - make sure an adult helps you!

TECHNOLOGY

Watch this video about internet safety

Students will continue to learn Microsoft Word this Term. They will also be learning to memorise the computer keyboard to help with their typing skills.

By the end of the Term students should be able to do the following:

Draw and insert a table
Write, copy and paste information in a table on Microsoft Word
Use appropriate search terms to find relevant information on Google, Students can also use this search engine (kidrex) as it is designed for children
Copy text and images from google onto a Word document.

Students will also be learning to type using the following activities:
Practise your typing skills on these games
Typing lessons and games

Assessment
Students will be assessed on these skills towards the end of the term. This will contribute to 30% of their final Science & Technology grade for the Term.

English

ENGLISH

This Term we are studying Information Texts. We will be discussing how to be responsible and be a good neighbour. We will be introducing News this Term where children will need to discuss certain topics in front of the class. All children will have a set week and topic to prepare for. Spelling rules and the grammar and punctuation that we will be learning are listed below. Please note these are not set to the dates below and may be changed throughout the Term according to student's needs.
This website has a range of Informative Texts (news articles) which children will be studying in class: http://teachingkidsnews.com/

GrammarWeek 1
Action Verbs - Watch this video to learn about action verbs
Catapult game - Test your action verbs to win this game
Choose the correct action verb to complete this circuit

Week 2
Past, present and future tense verbs
Watch this slideshow to learn about past, present and future tense verbs

Week 3
Connectives

Week 4
Punctuation - Capital Letters
Capital letter activity

Week 5
Punctuation - Commas

Week 6
Synonyms & antonyms

Week 7
Adverbs

Week 8 - 9
Prepositions

Week 10
Revision
Test your knowledge on parts of speech on this grammar activity
Term 4 News Topics:

Friday weeks 1 & 2 – My neigbours (current or past) OR my close friends Discuss what neighbours/friends do for one another and what they like about their neigbours/friends.
Alanah	Atilla
Amira	Bilal
Aneesa
Friday weeks 3 – My favourite book Bring in your favourite book. Rather than read the story, summarise what happens and explain why this book is your favourite.
Enes	Yezda
Talha	Yusuf
Mehmet	Zak
Friday week 4 – My suburb Discuss the suburb where you live, what you like and/or don’t like about their suburb. Where would you like to live if you could choose to live anywhere?
Malik	Farhi
Arisha	Zane
Talha	Zara
Friday week 5 – My favourite toy Bring in or talk about your favourite toy and why it is your favourite.
Thahiat	Aneesa
Alanah	Atilla
Amira	Bilal

Maths

Maths Assessments

Working Mathematically test will be on Monday 10th November. Addition and subtraction strategies will be tested,along with word problems. The time assessment will be held on Friday 14th November.

Frontrower program

2B is trialling a new Maths program which allows each student to work at their own level across all maths units e.g. Addition & subtraction, geometry etc. Students will first sit a mini test in each unit/domain and after that they can complete work at their level. Students are able to watch videos, use manipulatives, view how similar questions are solved and draw on the page to work each question out. Students will receive 'coins' and stars after completing work which they can purchase clothing for their pig avatar.

It is not a requirement for students to use this program at home, however I do encourage children to use it to extend their maths skills.

https://www.frontrowed.com/

Passcode: vsdlkc

Term 4 learning objectives

This Term children will continue learning their Times Tables to help ensure they are prepared for Year 3. Students will be learning a Times Table each week (see list below). Children should be able to recite most of the Times Tables by the end of the Term. We will also continue learning the following strategies to help chidlren add and subtract without using their fingers:

Jump strategy

Bridging to 10 strategy Play this space game to practice your bridging to 10 skills

Counting on strategy

Double knowledge strategy

Pull down on the cord holding the rock to find the number to jump to the next 10

Week 1-2 Number including ordinal numbers

Children should be able to read and order 3 digit numbers, count forwards and backwards in 2's, 3's, 5's and 10's from any 3 digit number. Students should also be able read the ordinal numbers up to at least the 31st.
Practice your number skills on these interactive activities
Watch this video to learn about 'more than' and 'less than'

Week 3-4 Addition and Subtraction

Students will use the above strategies to add and subtract numbers. Students should now be able to add and subtract without using their fingers.
Bridging to 10 practice
Jump strategy practice
Practise your addition and subtraction skills on these games

Week 5-6 Measurement - Time

Students will learn to read and make time to the hour, half and quarter hours on analogue and digital clocks.
Match the digital time to the analogue clock
Test your time skills on this game

Week 7 Space & Geometry - 2D Shapes (Tessellatios) and Position

Students will learn to identify and make shapes which flip, slide and turn. Students will also follow and give directions using positional vocabulary.
Practice your translation (flip, slide, turn) skills on this game
Read about flipping, sliding and turning shapes

Help arthur and his friends get to places using your positional vocabulary
Follow these map directions

Week 8 Space & Geometry - Angles

Students will be introduced to angles and will compare angles by placing angles on top of another.

Week 9-10 - Number (NAPLAN) & End of Term Exam

Revision of all content taught throughout the Term. Students will be introduced to NAPLAN by completing set naplan tasks from their bumper books.

Times TablesLearn about multiplication by watching these videos

Week 1 - 2 Times Table
Listen to this 2 Times Table Song

Week 2 - 5 Times Table Listen to this school house rock 5 Times Table song

Week 3 - 10 Times Table Listen to the 10 times tables tips on this song

Week 4 - 7 Times Table Watch this Schoolhouse Rock song to remember your 7 times tables

Week 5 - 3 Times Table Listen to this 3 Times table rap