Term 3 week 2
Good afternoon and welcome to week 2 of term 3!!
With this in mind, during gathering time I am very mindful of keeping my eyes on the students to step in if there are any difficulties and to support them in making good seating choices. Please don't think I am being rude if I am not very chatty!!
The students were instrumental in setting the rules around seating locations, with these including;
Reading - All reading is to be written into their reading log, including the name of the book and number of pages and then signed by you.
Spelling - Students are to complete a LCWC of their list words for the week.
Sight Words - If you can please work with your child to complete these every night.
Mental Maths - Students are to complete Days 1-4 of Unit 20 This is marked daily in class each morning. It is fine if students work ahead on this.
Times Tables - Activity Sheet - 9 Times Tables. Students are asked to write out their tables in order on Monday and Tuesday nights and then complete them out of order on Wednesday and Thursday nights.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Mr McSevich
Some of you may be aware that I am encouraging students to become more independent and open to work with others. This provides opportunity to have choice in their work habits, provides reward and hopefully to make and strengthen new friendships.
With this in mind, during gathering time I am very mindful of keeping my eyes on the students to step in if there are any difficulties and to support them in making good seating choices. Please don't think I am being rude if I am not very chatty!!
The students were instrumental in setting the rules around seating locations, with these including;
- Choose to sit next to someone who helps you to be at your best and who you help to be at their best.
- We need a new seat every week.
- We need to sit boy/girl where possible.
- There is no saving seats.
Students will be supported where necessary and may lose the option for choosing their own seat in following weeks if they are breaking these rules.
Part of this independence also involves preparing themselves for the day, so please assist your child by reminding them but allowing them to carry their materials into class for the day.
Our Learning
In our literacy lessons we have begun looking at the purpose and structure of an informative text. We had been sequencing some information about the author Roald Dahl...it was a bit of a challenge making sure we had all the right information in the right boxes!
For our reading comprehension, we are practicing highlighting important information to help us with Finding the Main Idea of a text.
In our maths we have been looking at volume and capacity and will begin Making a List in our Problem Solving sessions on a Friday.
In religion we have been discussing Choices and how we make choices in our everyday lives. We have also talked about making moral choices in the way we treat others...this ties in very well to our theme of Being a WEST person and showing the Spirit of Jesus!
We brainstormed a list of qualities that are shown when we are showing the Spirit of Jesus and then students were asked to pick the quality they felt they did the best. It was very interesting to see and I certainly agreed with the students!
HOMEWORK - WEEK 2
Reading - All reading is to be written into their reading log, including the name of the book and number of pages and then signed by you.
Spelling - Students are to complete a LCWC of their list words for the week.
Sight Words - If you can please work with your child to complete these every night.
Mental Maths - Students are to complete Days 1-4 of Unit 20 This is marked daily in class each morning. It is fine if students work ahead on this.
Times Tables - Activity Sheet - 9 Times Tables. Students are asked to write out their tables in order on Monday and Tuesday nights and then complete them out of order on Wednesday and Thursday nights.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Mr McSevich
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