Christmas Advent Calendar

Congratulations Room 8/26 on a wonderful year of learning in Year 2!

Thank you for being so amazing in Room 8/26 this year. I have had a wonderful time teaching you! I am going to miss you all so much next year!

Here is a Christmas advent calendar I have made for you to enjoy with your family at home:

Advent Calendar

Have a great break with your family!

Miss Moston

IALT follow the beat

I am learning my basic facts

We have been learning our basic facts in class. On the ipads I can play the game, slide maths, with my friends to practice. I loved playing this and look forward to getting better at my maths!

I am learning to answer questions about the text I am reading.

"I am learning to answer the questions using the book to help. I am proud of myself for doing everything right. I liked the kiwi story because I like nature. I found it tricky to answer the tree questions because there were so many questions."

Kevan

I am learning to create and use simple graphic organisers with support

We have been learning how to use popplet on the laptops/ ipads. This is my brainstorm about my bedroom. 

"I am learning to try and think of all the things in my bedroom. I am proud of myself for writing lots of ideas. It can be tricky to write all of the things in my room."

Kevan

Art Exhibition 2017

For the 2017 Elm Park School Art Exhibition we created our own butterflies. Here is my painted butterfly and also my Kidpix butterfly.

"I am proud of my butterfly because it’s  background is different from the others. I found it tricky to do the body because the body was hard."
Kevan

I am learning to write a cinquain poem.

We have been learning how to write cinquain poems. We will be successful when we:

•  use descriptive language
•  follow the structure of a cinquain poem. 
•  not repeat the same words.

A cinquain poem is made up of 5 lines. 

This first line is one word (title).

The second line is two describing words.

The third line is three verbs (doing words).

The fourth line is four words to describe a feeling. 

The fifth line is one word.

This cinquain poem is on my favourite animal!

I am learning my sight words.

Reading Eggs is one of our favourite activities to play on the laptops.

"I am learning to match the words with the right ones. I find this easy because you just need to match them up. I know these words from reading and spelling. I find it tricky sometimes on Reading Eggs, especially when I am playing the lesson that the balls are popping."

Celebrating Matariki in Room 8/26

Matariki is the Maori New Year, it is an important Maori celebration. The seven stars that make up Matariki are Matariki, Tupu-a-nuku, Waiti, Waita, Waipuna-a-rangi and Ururangi. There are lots of different ways to celebrate Matariki such as through music, songs, food and family.       

In Room 8/26 we celebrated Matariki by having a feast, making star cookies, reflecting on our goals for the term, learning a waiata (song) and going to the Auckland Museum to learn more about Matariki.

We are learning to tell the time.

In Room 8/26 we have been learning how to tell the time. We have been focusing on o'clock and half past. 

Check out our awesome clocks we made next time you are in the classroom.

We are learning how to catch and pass small balls.

For PE we have been learning how to catch and pass small balls. 

To pass the ball we need to have our hands up in the shape of a W and push the ball out from our chest. To catch the ball we need to have our hands up ready.

We have been showing our school value of Resilience by not giving up.

I am learning to use describing words

Everybody celebrates Chinese New Year. They celebrate it for 15 days. People have red lanterns to. Chinese people celebrate Chinese New Year. Do you? There is a lion that attacks people.

"I am learning to use describing words. I am proud of myself for sounding out my words. I find it tricky to write a long sentence or story."

I am learning to count on to solve addition problems.

"I am learning to count on. I am proud of myself for writing the right numbers and answers. I find it tricky to find the answer after I've counted on."

I am learning to summarise information with the teacher’s help.

I will know I have been successful when:

• I can find the main ideas in the text
• I can identify the key words in the text

"I am learning to find pieces of information. I am proud of myself for sounding out tricky words. I find it tricky because I don't know what summarising means. "

I am learning about non-fiction and fiction texts

"I like reading. When I come across a tricky word I can sound it out."
Kevan

I am learning to use my senses to help me with my writing.

In class we have been using the Quiver App on the ipads. First, we coloured in our animal and then we used the ipads to make it come to life. For writing we used some of our senses to help us write about our animal.

"I like writing words. I could get better at putting my full stops and capital letters in the right places."

Kevan

I am learning how to read graphs and talk about them

For Maths we have been learning all about Statistics in Room 26/8. We have been learning about bar graphs, pie graphs and pictographs. I am learning how to read the graph and talk about the results.

"Julie because all the others are bigger. It was easy because I can see that the others have more."

I am learning how to stop the football

Today Room 26/8 went to the field to learn how to play football. We were learning how to kick the football and stop it. 

Welcome to my 2017 Learning Journey

This year I am in Room 26/8 and my teacher is Miss Moston.