November 2019 – Class 2 -2019/20

Our learning 29.11.19

Although it was a 4 day week for the pupils, we have still been very busy in Class 2. Here is some of what we were learning –

putting the correct missing connectives in sentences
counting in 5s and 2, without using the hundred square for support
time loop cards
telling and setting the time on analogue clocks
alphabetising words and using this skill to help us use our word books more effectively
predicting what will happen next in stories
re-reading to help us understand things in books better
telling and writing the digital time
how to do press ups and lunges
what it is like to travel in space
some of the similarities and differences between life in space and life on earth (including clothes, food, sleeping and even the toilet!)
designing and creating some crafts for the ….. Christmas Fayre!

See you next week, in December…!!!

Term 2 Planning Map

Here is a copy of our Term 2 planning map showing an overview of our learning this term. This will be slightly different for each child but shows the board themes.

Class 2 Term 2 Planning Map

Our learning this week 22.11.19

Here is some of what we have been learning about this week –

ordering words alphabetically
using connectives to add more detail to our writing
improving our recall of our doubles addition sums
revising all our double phonics sounds so far
telling the time on analogue clocks
giving court rulings of guilt and not guilty to role play situations acted out
creating fact sheets using the notes we had taken from our research
discussing the Milky Way and wider universe in space
completing our solar system quiz
continuing building our fitness through HIIT sessions
discussing what is required for happy play-times

Hector working on increasing his speed at answering doubles sums

Alphabetical ordering some of our spelling words

The steps of making our planet fact sheets – researching, making notes and then creating the final fact sheet

Fitness groups on the MUGA – Shuttle runs, squats, skipping and burpees

Class 2’s thoughts on what makes a happy playtime

Another busy week in Class 2. We have had more visits in class from our Serbian guests and there was an assembly to celebrate their 2 weeks on Friday. Friday was also our mass to celebrate St Albert The Great, who our school is named after.

Here are some of the things we have been learning –

learning about the hours within a day and the seasons in a year linked to the movement of planet earth
ordering months
matching months to seasons
exploring more connectives in writing
space quiz using our knowledge so far
researching using the internet and books
using contents and index pages to find information
naming the planets in order
skipping and burpees in P.E
summarising our stories in our reading books
answering comprehension questions
the diagraph ‘th’ in phonics
discussing the feeling guilty in PATHS
beginning work on telling the time

Taking turns being the sun and the earth to understand days and seasons

Sorting months into seasons

Space quiz results

Internet and book research about our planet

Ordering the planets correctly

Our learning 8.11.19

We have been busy bees this week. Here is some of what we have been learning –

what connectives are and using them in our sentences
quick recall of our doubles sums
working out the missing numbers in patterns
what planets are in the solar system
giving a reason for the choice we make using evidence we know
recognising ordering and spelling days of the week and months of the year
working out some anagrams
discussing celebrations that happen in specific months
how to plank
correct formation for the letter h and H
thinking about different points of view
discussing the importance of the ‘think’ step between ‘feel’ and ‘do’
the ‘sh’ digraph
counting the syllables to help spell words
discussing listening and turn taking as important things that friendships need
acting out some different scenarios

Ordering the days of the week

Ivo working hard to learn the days of the week

Spelling – using syllables to help us remember how to spell the days and months

Some of the connectives we discussed and used in our writing

Some anagrams work as the challenge task in maths

Our sh words

Recording our doubles sums before testing ourselves with the flashcards

Class 2’s thoughts on what is important in friendships

Serbian visitors

There are 8 visitors from Serbia at St Albert’s for the next 2 weeks and they will be visiting all the classes to learn about education in Scotland.

The children met the visitors at assembly today and they have shared this video link for you and the children to learn a bit more about their school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lKHEDDy6UI&feature=youtu.be

Syllables, space and spooky children!

In spelling this week we were learning about syllables, which are the chunks or beats in a word. This is helpful when learning to spell longer words. We counted syllables in lots of different words and practised clapping out the different parts of the word. This is one of the many different activities we can do at home to practise our words, if they are longer. It is not a very helpful activity to learner shorter 3 or 4 letter words.

We continued revising addition and subtraction sums this week in maths and also began work on our new time topic. Firstly we are working on longer periods of time – days, months and seasons. This will also be linking in with our space topic which we will be starting properly next week. We have been enjoying our class novel Flat Stanley in Space at the end of each day.

On Tuesday we completed our technology lesson building our spider webs using twigs, string and glue. There were a variety of strategies used by the different children, creating some really great interesting webs!