Primary 2 started the day showing Mr Green their fabulous handwriting and spelling skills. He was very impressed!

Next the boys and girls were in the learning zone.  They told Mr Green all about the skills they were learning and demonstrated how to work together, share resources and take responsibility for tidying up!

After lunch Primary 2 were learning about Global Goals.  They designed superheroes that can help make the goals come true.

Finally a coach from Clyde FC came to take Primary 2 for a football coaching session. We have some fantastic footballers in Primary 2. I might phone the new Scotland manager and arrange a few call ups for the next international match.

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We were in the Learning Zone today. What a great time we had creating stories, art work, construction models, using the I-pads and role playing in the cafe and the puppet theatre.

Sounds

This week’s sound is ‘igh’ (light, fright, highlight etc). Practise reading the ‘igh’ words highlighted in orange at the back of your homework jotter.

Try these games; http://www.galacticphonics.com/longvowels/igh/interactive/ighmatchup.htm

http://www.galacticphonics.com/longvowels/igh/interactive/ighspell/ighspell.htm

Spelling

We will continue to practise these words – will, that, this, then, them, with, see, for, now, down, look.

Can you write a story using at least 5 of the words above? Challenge – can you use all the words in your story?

Reading

We are learning how to summarise the main points in a story. Talk about the most important things from the BEGINNING, MIDDLE and END of the story. Draw a picture and write one sentence to summarise the most important point for each part.

Common Reading Words

Practise reading your words in orange from the word wall at the back of your jotter and any words from your word wallet. Do this EVERY night.

Maths

We are learning how to add on from number 9 using a 10 number frame.

We learned 9 + 3  is the same as 10 + 2. This example shows this;

Draw two 10 frames in your jotter and use small objects to help you with these sums (use smarties/coco pops/pennies etc to count with).

Try these sums;

9 + 2 = ¨       9 + 4 = ¨         9 + 3 = ¨

9 + 6 = ¨       9 + 5 = ¨         9 + 1 = ¨

Try this game to help solve problems using maths vocabulary;

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/blast-off

Choose ‘Count on and back’ and work through the games. How far can you go?

Primary 2 took the school assembly today and taught everyone all about the tradition of Pancake Day. We sung songs, said a poem and played a pancake game, as well as letting everyone listen to the story of ‘Mr. Wolf’s  Pancakes’.  What a good job they did – well done Primary 2!

We learned more about Scottish food and drink, as well as the Loch Ness Monster and other Scottish facts. Well done to our presenters for doing a great job!

We have enjoyed listening and talking about our Scottish research. What a lot of great information we have been finding out about. Thanks to all the parents for their help and support with this. The children loved presenting it to the class too!

Literacy

We are learning about writing instructions and how to start each instruction with a doing word. Try this game together – you may need to read each part to your child and talk about the most sensible choice.

http://www.funenglishgames.com/writinggames/instructions.html

Sounds

This week’s sound is magic ‘e-e’ (here, eve, Steve etc). Practise reading the ‘e-e’ words highlighted in blue at the back of your homework jotter.

Write a sentence using as many words as you can. Underline each ‘e-e’ word.

Spelling

We will continue to practise these words – are, my, her.

Use the 5 rules of spelling (LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE and CHECK) and write each word 3 times in small letters and then 3 times in capitals. Can you find these words in a story?

Reading

We will be learning how to summarise the main points in a story. Talk about the most important things from the BEGINNING, MIDDLE and END of the story. Draw a picture and write one sentence to summarise the most important point for each part.

Maths

We will be learning about adding on from number 10. Try these sums;

Assembly

Keep practising any speaking parts for our assembly on ‘Pancake Day’. The date for our assembly has been changed to Friday 16th February so you have extra time to practise.

We have been busy today sequencing our stories and putting them in order as well as practising our handwriting. Some of us got to present our Scottish project too.

We have been learning to sequence the story we are reading using our reading books.  The sentences were mixed up and we had to sort them in the right order by cutting and sticking them into our jotters. Why not try this at home using your homework reading book?

Sounds

This week’s sound is ‘ea’ (tea, beach, clean etc). Practise reading the ‘ea’ words at the back of your homework jotter.

Complete the ‘ea’ worksheet and stick it in your jotter.

Spelling

This week’s words are; are, my, her.

Practise writing them on a partner’s back. Remember to write on each other’s backs. Write them in your jotter in rainbow writing using the 5 rules of spelling.

Common Reading Words

Practise reading all the common words from your word wallet or the word wall highlighted in pink at the back of your jotter. Practise them every night.

Reading

We will continue to learn about summarising the beginning, middle and end of a story. Give a statement from the book and ask your child if it happened at the BEGINNING, MIDDLE or END of the story. Get them to find the exact page that proves they are correct. Ask your child questions about the story to check their understanding too.

Maths

We have been learning about magic ‘10’ and how it is very special. Complete the maths worksheet and stick it in your jotter.

Primary 2 Assembly

We will be presenting our class assembly about ‘Pancake Day’ to the whole school on Friday 9^th February. Please practise the poem and song as well as any speaking parts your child may be given. Make sure they speak in a loud, slow, clear voice and they are confident with the words written on the page. Here is the song and poem;