This week we were incredibly excited to welcome a digital piano into our classroom. We are looking forward to using it to support our learning in expressive arts.
Month: October 2022
Prediction
This morning we introduced a new reading skill, we were learning all about prediction. We watched a video clip on prediction and updated our language journals with the strategies we can use to predict effectively.
Finally we got the chance to put our new skill to use! In groups we read stories and predicted what might happen next.
We used all the reading strategies we have learned so far to help us pull out the information we need to make sensible predictions.
Then we had a lot of fun coming up with predictions that had a twist!
It was an exciting language lesson today!
Fun Day
Yesterday we had an amazing day! First thing we watched a stage production of Sleeping Beauty. Then we had a visit from Aisling Fowler a newly published author.
In the afternoon we had our mixed sports and it was loads of fun too!
Certificate Winners
Certificate Winners!
Oh What a Beautiful Rainbow!
The view from our classroom this afternoon.
Treasure!
Yesterday we were revisiting co-ordinates, grid references and compasses. To support and reinforce our learning we each designed a treasure map.
Today we used our maps in pairs to challenge each other to find places on our maps and to create directions using our positional language knowledge.
Quick on the Draw
Reading skills have been a big focus for us this year and today we put our skills to the test by taking part in a quick on the draw activity.
The children got to choose the questions relating to their text that they wished to answer and the order they would like to answer them in.
The feedback from the children included:
- This is good
- Quite hard and easy
- Awesome
- I like it
- Super awesome
There was a real buzz of excitement in the classroom!
Gymnastics
Skimming and Scanning
Over the last couple of weeks we have been learning about and applying the reading skills of skimming and scanning.
Skimming is reading something quickly to find the main idea.
Scanning is reading something quickly to find a specific piece of information.
Today we used these skills to explore a text on magnets, combining our new reading skill with learning about science.
