This week in numeracy we have been learning about communicative pairs.
Leo- “We know that 2×3 is the same as 3×2”
Aaron- “Another example would be 2×5 is the same as 5×2”
To help us learn about communicative pairs and to help us understand that the total would be the same we have been using cubes.
We have also been playing a game to refresh our memory of equal groups. The link to the game is included below
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=multiplication
We have been choosing the option to show the answer.
To help us with our instant recall of the two times table we have been playing this super fun beatbox game, you can choose your own instruments to be played along with the times table.
We also have been listening to the two times table songs for practise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=850t1vjTZGg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUIB-dZRCiA
We have continued to learn how to lay out different amounts of money. We have been using the coins in class for help. We have also been using the ten frames to add different numbers together within 20.
An example would be layout 4 coins that could make 15p or layout 5 coins to make 20p.
In writing this week we have been using adjectives to describe stormy weather.
To begin the lesson we watched a clip from The little Mermaid were a storm hits the boat. This gave us lots of ideas for what a storm looks like, what it sounds like and how we might feel during a storm.
Here are a few examples of our descriptions,
Lilly “In the storm I felt sea sick.”
Josephine “The storm is windy and lightening is flashing.”
Kayden “The weather was dark and stormy.”
Also this week we have been practising forming out letters in handwriting. We firstly trace the letters and then we try to write them independently.
Primary 2 had a special visit from Mr Keggie this week. Mr Keggie is a postman and he came to tell us all about his job.
He told us lots of interesting information about the sorting offices, the post boxes, the uniform and the positives and negatives of the job. Mr Keggie loves being a postman and he was even able to tell us all about how the mail gets to the Isle of Coll because he has been to the Island. Mr Keggie also takes mail to the airport and he showed us a special pass to get in and out of the airport.
This week we have begun celebrating the 40th anniversary of the school. On Wednesday Archbishop Leo Cushley came to celebrate mass with us. This was a very special day for the school.
On Thursday we had a day of Fun. We completed superhero arts and crafts in the morning and had a fun party with cake and watched a superhero movie.
Have a lovely weekend from Primary 2 and Miss Boyes.
