We are excited that December is next week and we have been busy preparing for all that is to come next month! Please take a look at our post to see all our hard work.
In Literacy we have all been learning new sounds: ‘sk’, ‘sm’, ‘bl’ and ‘cl’ this week. One of our tasks was to write ‘sk’ words in the skirt. We did this really well and even managed to create our own sentences using these words. We even included some of our other sounds we have learned in P2 into our sentences. During free play some of us created our own mind maps or “word maps” on paper and whiteboards. We were kind and helped each other out with some of the spellings. We had become reporters again this week in P2A. This time we were reporting on Dinosaurs coming to school. We had to think about what would a dinosaur do if they came to Springfield Primary? There were lots of ideas that ranged from wearing dresses in the home corner to giving children piggy backs in the playground. We were also able to create our own interesting headlines that would make people want to read our reports. Miss Muir challenged us to write an opening sentence this time and write more than one sentence for what happened when the dinosaur came.
In Numeracy and Mathematics we have been learning about a new addition strategy called bridging. Some of us have found this challenging so we have been kind by helping each other out. Bridging is when we cross over a 10 then keep counting on whatever is left over. We found it easier when we add the biggest number first then the smallest number. We discovered that it doesn’t matter which way the numbers are in a calculation you will still get the same answer. In partners we were able to create our own calculations with bridging. We also have been recalling our number facts for 11 and 12. Our dinosaurs have been helping us with this learning as well!
We have had fun this week creating Stick Man pictures during free play. We used cold colours to create our pictures and different materials to create our works of art. Miss Muir even has a space on the walls now so we can put up more of our pictures as we like to be creative!
We have also been making our crafts for the Christmas Fayre. We really enjoyed using the glitter to make them! We won’t tell you what we made as it is a surprise but here is a sneak peek…
We hope you have a lovely weekend. See you in December!
P2A and Miss Muir 🙂
