Primary 2A

 

We have been working so hard in P2A. We have been continuing to use addition strategies in Numeracy. We use concrete tools to make calculations and then write the algorithm. We have also been learning to use a counting on strategy. This amazing learner is using cubes to partition 20. He made 11 + 9 = 20 and 10 + 10 = 20.

We love challenging ourselves to add using higher numbers. We are also developing mental strategies. We use ICT to enhance our learning and Miss Marra is supporting us to ask each other questions.  For example:

Why do you think that?

What do you think of _________’s answer?

How could you show this another way?

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

We apply questioning across other areas of the curriculum to enhance our learning.

   

In Literacy, we are learning to peer-assess our Writing. We are learning to write a description this term. We love reading our writing to the class and then we give feedback linked with our co-created Success Criteria. We are becoming experts at noticing punctuation and identifying next steps.

We have been working hard in Reading and we are developing comprehension skills using Reciprocal Reading strategies. We are focusing on prediction this term and we have a Percy the Predictor puppet to support us with our learning. We take part in echo reading as a class. We read a text on the board using Epic. We love having the opportunity to lead echo reading for our peers.

We are learning to write sentences in Grammar and this helps us to improve our writing. We work independently or in pairs to write sentences with accurate punctuation. We enjoy correcting sentences and sharing our own sentences with each other. We write in our jotters and we sometimes write on our desks with white board pens.

Article 29: We have the right to develop our talents and abilities.

Article 12: We have the right to be heard.

This week in P2

This week in P2 we have been busy creating for our East Calder project all about East Calder Main Street. We have been creating some of the businesses and houses you might see on the street. We have created leaflets all about what you might see on East Calder Main Street.  We were lucky to have Dog’s Trust in to speak with us about how to take care of dogs and keep them happy as well this week. It was great! 

This week in P2

We have been working hard on tally charts and data handling in maths and we have begun to look at creating our own bar charts. We have enjoyed looking at procedure texts in writing and creating our own. We have been working hard practising for our Easter assembly this week as well. It was also our last session with our music project leader, Dave, we were very sad to see him go but we loved having him at ECPS for our music sessions this term.

This week in P2

This week in P2 we took part in science week and did the curly wurly challenge. We had to work in teams to try and stretch the curly wurly as much as possible and then measure it to gather our results. We have been looking at tally marks and graphs in numeracy this week and created our own data. It has been great to see that during the pupils play they have been working on numeracy and maths skills as well. Lots of exciting things happening in P2 before the Easter holidays.

This week in P2

We continue to look at money and measuring in maths. We have started to look more at fractions and learn about halves and quarters. In writing we began looking at procedure texts last week so we created our own cat sock puppets following the steps of the procedure. We love practising our handwriting on the tables to help us with the formation of our letters. As it has been World Book Day this week we took part in a draw along with the author Emily Mackenzie who write ‘There’s broccoli in my ice cream!’. We have also enjoyed our big, cosy read today in our pyjamas.

This week in P2

We have continued to work on our Scotland topic and looked at the Loch Ness Monster this week. We created drawings of what we thought she looked like and started storyboards to create an imaginative story about what would happen if Nessie ended up in our school playground. We continue to look at money in numeracy and have started to look at fractions. We have started our new genre of writing this week and we are looking at procedure texts. We have enjoyed our music sessions with Dave and the music project where we were playing instruments this week.
Also a big congratulations to Mia who used her learning in class to create her own castle to bring in to school. Great job!

This week in P2

We have had a busy week this week in P2. We continued learning about money in our numeracy lessons where we created coin caterpillars and added the amounts to make a total. We also looked at making the same amount but using different coins. We finished looking at information reports in writing and we are moving on to looking at procedures from next week. We created castles from a range of materials and made sure it had some of the parts of a castle that we had been learning about. We are enjoying looking at the history of Scotland and look forward to learning more about the Loch Ness Monster next week.

This week in P2

We have been continuing to look at a new sound in phonics and this week  we focused on the ‘use’ sound. We are still working on division in numeracy and are looking at symmetry and measuring in maths. We enjoy using Epic on the IPads to read a variety of books.  It has been great learning more about our Space topic and learning about stars and galaxies as this was what the pupils wanted to learn. We also worked on what doubles we knew in our Number talk this week. We got a lot of interesting numbers.

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