Literacy

This week P2 were learning the ow phoneme as in grow, crow and bowl.  They practised spelling different words with ‘ow’ and found ow words in a phoneme story.

In talking and listening this week they were expressing their opinion about the best character in the ‘Wizard of OZ’ after watching M&M productions perform it for them at school.  They all gave reasons why the character they picked was their favourite and they used this in their writing on Thursday.

Numeracy

This week they finished off their fractions unit in Maths.  They all had different sandwich orders to make using what they had learned about halves and quarters.  I’ll post  some pictures of the finished sandwiches next week.

Learning across the Curriculum:

In Health and Wellbeing P2 continued to learn about friendships and that it is important to think about how other people are feeling too. They created a poster about the different ways you can be kind to people.

In social subjects the learned about all the different ways land is used in and around Catrine. They generated a whole class list with their ideas before drawing and labelling some of them in their IDL jotter.

P2 have also really enjoyed using the Bionicles Lego during choosing time and have been busy creating lots of different characters.

The class were also very excited to have a special visitor to the class and meet Mrs Campbell’s baby.

Literacy

This week P2 were learning the ‘ue’ phoneme as in blue, true and glue.  They practised spelling different words with ‘ue’ in them using their rainbow boards and magnetic letters.  Pupils also started learning a new set of common words and used a game to practise them.

In talking and listening and writing this week they were expressing their opinion about which was best – ice cream or cake? They had lots of great reasons about why the one they preferred was best, here are some examples.

“I think cake is the best because it doesn’t give you brain freeze!”

“In my opinion cake is best because it doesn’t melt.”

“I think cake is best because it doesn’t fall off your cone and land on the floor.”

“I like ice cream because it cools you down on a hot day.”

Numeracy

This week P2 have been doing some revision of their adding skills.  They have also been sharing groups of objects into quarters.

Learning across the Curriculum:

P2 have been learning about features of their local environment.  They talked about the River Ayr and where it starts and finishes.  On Thursday they went for a walk along the river to look at all the things around about the river.  They found lots of different plants and insects, crops growing in the field and even found some tadpoles in the river.

In health and wellbeing they created a friendship tree. They each wrote what they thought makes a good friend on a leaf.

In PE they practised for sports day.

Primary 2 pupils have a spelling homework sheet home in their bags.

They have been learning the ‘ue’ phoneme this week and there is a wordsearch to help them practise spelling ‘ue’ words e.g. glue and blue. They also have a new list of common words to practise reading and writing.

Please can this be completed and returned on Monday.

Thanks

Literacy

This week P2 were learning the ‘ew’ phoneme as in chew, stew and few.  They practised spelling different words with ‘ew’ in them using their rainbow boards and magnetic letters.  They also challenged their partner to spell the common words that they have been learning.

This was big talk week and I really enjoyed hearing about everyone’s favourite toy!

In writing P2 were giving their opinion on what animal would make the best pet and reasons why they thought this.

Numeracy

We have been doing more work on quarters this week, finding quarters on shapes and cutting shapes into quarters to make a classroom display.

Learning across the Curriculum:

In Health and Wellbeing this week P2 have been learning about friendships and what makes a good friend.  They  came up with all the ideas below.

P2 have a spelling homework sheet in their bags.

Their spelling words this week all contain the ‘ew’ sound

The boxes at the bottom of the sheet are elkonin boxes, only one sound can go in each box .

I’ve included an example to show you:

e and w are in one box because both letters are needed to make the one sound ‘ew’.

Literacy

This week P2 were  consolidsating their learning on all their ‘magic e’ sounds.  They practised their common words and found missing capital letters and full stops in sentences

In persuasive writing they tried to persuade Mrs Mair to take them to the park!

Just a reminder that it is Big Talk next week. Please send your child ready with their talk to present on the following days:

Monday – Madelijn, Gracie, Emily, Leah

Tuesday – Dalton, Lillie-Rose, Freddy, Harris

Wednesday – Rex, Savannah, Leo, Ashton

Thursday – Daniel, Ella, Jaxon, Meah

Friday – Dawson, Elleana, Ethan, Blair

We can’t wait to hear about all their favourite toy!

Numeracy

In numeracy they continued to learn about halves and practised counting in halves.  They also practised some missing number calculations to help them  with ‘Expressions and Equations’ that they have been working on with Miss Kay.

Learning across the Curriculum:

It was another beautiful afternoon on Thursday and because P2 had done so well with their persuasive writing they managed to convince Mrs Mair to take them to the park.

They also watched a special Newsround all about VE day.

Just a reminder that it is Big Talk next week. Please send your child ready with their talk to present on the following days:

Monday – Madelijn, Gracie, Emily, Leah

Tuesday – Dalton, Lillie-Rose, Freddy, Harris

Wednesday – Rex, Savannah, Leo, Ashton

Thursday – Daniel, Ella, Jaxon, Meah

Friday – Dawson, Elleana, Ethan, Blair

We can’t wait to hear about all their favourite toy!

Just a reminder that it is Big Talk next week. Please send your child ready with their talk to present on the following days:

Monday – Madelijn, Gracie, Emily, Leah

Tuesday – Dalton, Lillie-Rose, Freddy, Harris

Wednesday – Rex, Savannah, Leo, Ashton

Thursday – Daniel, Ella, Jaxon, Meah

Friday – Dawson, Elleana, Ethan, Blair

We can’t wait to hear about all their favourite toy!

Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you are all enjoying the lovely weather we have been having.

Pupils got a list of common words they have been practising to read and spell sent home with them yesterday.  Please get them to read the words  to you  and then practise writing them using some of the activities from the spelling menu below.  This can be completed on the back of the spelling menu sheet they have in their bags and returned on Monday 12th May.

Big Talk

Please remember to complete your Big Talk homework from last week (I’ve re-posted the info below).  If you need any paper or have any questions then please just let me know.

Email: kirsty.mair@eastayrshire.org.uk

This term the class has chosen to talk about ‘My Favourite Toy.’

Some ideas to include in their talk might be:

What is your favourite toy?

Who gave you it or where did you get it?

How do you play with it?

What do you like about it?

How does it make you feel when you play with it?

Any interesting facts about your favourite toy.

The talk should be ready to be presented the week beginning Monday 12th  May. More details will be given shortly (please check Blog) about which day that week your child will be giving their talk.

We look forward to hearing about their toy!

Literacy

This week P2 were learning the u_e phoneme as in cube, tube, tune and rule.  They explored how magic e changes the sound of ‘u’ in different words.

We also started persuasive writing and tried to convince our adults at home to let us have sweets for breakfast!

Numeracy

In numeracy we continued to learn about fractions.  This week we were exploring how to find half of a quantity.  We also practised our doubles to help us link them to finding half.

Learning across the Curriculum:

It was another beautiful afternoon on Thursday so we went to the ball cage and played games with balls and hula hoops.  We also practised our races for sports day.

In PE we started gymnastics and learned how to do pencil, egg and teddy bear rolls.

Please remember to continue working on your Big Talk about ‘My Favourite Toy’ for week beginning 12^th May.  Exact date will follow after the holidays.