Good evening lovely parents and welcome to Term 3!
The year has absolutely flown! I was so excited to see the children back today and I can see that the motivation to learn has continued to grow!
I have loved seeing some of the children's writing from their holidays and it sounds like all the families had a wonderful and relaxing time.
Sight Words
Mrs. Keast and myself are in the process of retesting all the children over the next few weeks and the focus this term is on both the reading AND spelling of the sight words.We are going to be quite thorough in this process and in order to receive the next set, the children need to be able to spell them as I am noticing that some children are having trouble applying sight words into their writing. A way you can help at home is to call out the sight words for your children to write down. This can be in a exercise book or on a scrap piece of paper as a way to build their understanding.
Reading
New reading records have been made for the children for the remainder of the year and I thank all the parents for their diligence when filling out the comments section In using the reading records, both Mrs. Keast and myself would really appreciate any feedback you might have about the book your child reads. This could be a simple sentence such as: great reading tonight, found this book a bit difficult or read this book with ease. This provides Mrs. Keast and myself with a reference to see if your child needs to be retested or if we need to adjust their reading level.
Writing/ Punctuation activities
An area that we have been learning in class both last term and this term is a focus on capital letters and full stops. I have been encouraging all the children to try and apply these in their writing and a way that they can practise this is through the activity Roy the Zebra. It allows children to identify the full stops and capital letters within a sentence in a fun and interactive way. Please click on the link below if you would like to play the game with your child.
Capital Letters
Full Stops
Mathematics
Over the next couple of weeks, we are learning about money. Most of the children have had experience with money and they have enjoyed going to the canteen and using their silver and gold coins to buy things. Today we looked at the different pictures on the coins and we ordered the coins according to their amounts. We found out that although the 50c coin is the biggest, it doesn't mean it holds the biggest value. The children had lots of fun with this Australian Coins video and enjoyed the voices and the little rap each coin did. If you would like to watch the video, please click on the link below.
Australian Coins Video
As a class rewards system I will be giving the children play money if they are seen doing the right thing and at the end of the two weeks, they are going to be able to buy something from the 'shop' (only stationary based items).
If you have any questions or queries, please email me.
Thank you for your support
Miss Prowse
