Category: Primary 2

Please find attached an overview of P2s learning for this final term.  It has been a quick session so far, packed with amazing opportunities and learning experiences, and term 4 will be no exception.

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As we prepare for returning to school this week, don’t forget to make the most of this extreme weather as this is the type of things that make memories to last a lifetime.

Get a head start –

Writing – When we return to school we will be completing a personal piece of writing all about our time off school during these snow days.  We will be writing about all the different activities that you got up to (both inside and outside) and what we liked and disliked about having so much snow.  You could start to think about what you will write in your story.

Spelling – also on or return we will be going over our key words again and looking to see how many you can remember how to spell without checking.  you could prepare for this by using the key word lists you have at home.

Numeracy – we will revise again our knowledge of the coins we use in everyday life and complete some simple calculations with these, this will also help us look at the numbers to 100 too.  Also we will be rounding up our work on division (grouping).

Topic – This week we will begin to look at modern transport with a particular focus on Space Travel.  Much of our work will be about rockets, and hopefully we will get a chance to use materials to design our own rocket model.

Mrs Currie

Good morning everyone!  Here are some more activities you might like to try today.

Well done to all the children who have sent in pictures of what you have been doing.  It is lovely to see all of your activities.

I’ve set up a new snowy day challenge on Sumdog which runs for today only.  Log in and try to earn an extra 250 coins.

Draw a picture of yourself in the snow and write a few sentences underneath to describe your picture.  You can bring it in to school on Monday.

Why not try some baking?  I’m going to do some baking later and I’ll share my picture on Class Dojo.  You’ll need to read your recipe and measure your ingredients.

Read lots of books or if you prefer listen to online audio books http://www.storylineonline.net/ Primary 3 children can also update their Reading Passports. Primary 2 children can keep a note of books read and we’ll add them to our class chart next week.

Stay safe in the snow.

 

 

Please click the link below to find out what P2 are learning this term.

P2 Learning Adventure

For P.E we used the equipment in the hall.it was very fun

we watched an author talk about his books and some of his story’s were funny .We also looked at the maths and we were adding big numbers a together .

we also made porridge it was tasty .

Stay, play and learn was a fabulous way to the end the term!  Hopefully everyone managed to sample some of our activities in class.

This term in numeracy and maths we have been learning how important it is to stretch our brains and have a positive attitude towards numeracy.  If we don’t get something correct first time, this is not a failure but an opportunity to grow our brains and stretch our learning.  We start each maths lesson with a positive message,  today we showcased one of the songs we have been learning, have a watch and I guarantee you will be singing it all evening.

 

In our number talks we have been learning to discuss the strategies of finding out how many there are and then sharing how we could see it and work it out.  Over the course of the term we have used concrete material such as the cubes and counting beads to start a number talk, and then we moved onto using our interactive whiteboard with the Rekenrek (this was on show today at Stay, Play and Learn).

In our numeracy work we have been looking at numbers to 100, counting to 100 in 1s and 10s.  We have been partitioning numbers to allow us to understand the place value of tens and units (sometimes called ones). The children have all built double digit numbers using sticks of ten cubes and single cubes for units, they have then progressed onto being able to draw a simple picture of this, try it out at home by drawing a double digit number like this (Blue = 23  Pink = 15)

We have also began work on finding the number (one/two) before and after up to 100 and next term we will progress onto using the less than and greater than symbols to compare the value of numbers.

In addition and subtraction we are using number stories (calculations) up to 20.  Again we have been using a combination of counting beads, number lines, cubes and our fingers to help us.  Some of us can now see a number line in our heads and work out answers this way.  Using the game Hit The Button and Sumdog are good ways of engaging with addition and subtraction calculations.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

In our literacy work we have been using good questioning to engage with the texts we are reading.  Everyone has now got a bookmark with some questions on it to lead discussions at home to help deepen our comprehension of what we are reading.  If anyone has lost their book mark, please dojo to request a new one.  And in class we are using the Blooms Button questions to guide our discussions.  These questions ask us to use creative thinking, apply our knowledge, remember and understand and also evaluate and analyse what we are reading.

In our talking and listening, we have been using a no hands up rule in class to allow everyone an equal chance of sharing ideas; we use lolly sticks with our names on it to see who will answer/contribute.  We understand the value of listening to others as we can learn from each other and we have been given a lot of opportunities for think/pair/share with a partner.

We are continuing to use our vowel house to deepen our understanding of phonics and spelling.  Each vowel sound forms part of the story and we are learning that there is more than one way to make a vowel sound for example oi and oy (sometimes there are rules that can help us know which one to use).  We are also learning key words in class, a lot of these words don’t follow our spelling rules and so we call then our photograph words (sight words).  Here are some of the ways we have been learning how to remember the spellings; THE = Tired Hungry Elephants, SAID = Sally Anne Is Dancing, WAS = Worms And Snakes.  You can even make up your own!

In our writing we have been trying to extend our writing by using the conjunctions and/because.  We have also learned some ordering opening words for our sentences to help the reader know when or what order things happened in.  Some examples are One day, Later, Next, First, After…

Our main focus for our topic work has been Hot and Cold Climates and Scotland.  We have now learned where Scotland is on a world map and now know that the capital city of Scotland is Edinburgh.  Next term we will be focusing our interdisciplinary learning on science and enterprise, very exciting things to come.

It has been a really busy term, enjoy the holiday.

 

Another busy week in P2.

This week was Inspirational Maths week.  One of the inspirational lessons we completed was “Piano Fingers”.  For this we numbered our fingers and then had to use the correct finger to press the numbered piano keys.  This inspired us to think about how we use our fingers to help us count.  When we count with our fingers we do not always just count in ones.  Sometimes we make each finger worth ten and count up to 100.  We use little tunes to help us do this, ask us to show you.

Here is a picture of us all trying to find different ways to make five with our fingers, the challenge was to try not have the same combination of fingers as the person next to us!

 

 

In our writing we have been focusing on using connective (joining words) in our sentences.  The two connectives we have discussed are “and” and “because”.  We learned a little story to help us learn how to spell “because”,

b-illy

e-ats

c-arrots

a-nd

u-sually

s-ome

e-ggs

This week we also had our special feast day Mass to celebrate St. Ninian.  We learned the story of St Ninian and how he grew up and travelled from Scotland to Rome to become a Bishop.  We even had an extra long playtime as a treat!  Luckily it was dry!

For handwriting we have focused on learning how letters can join using lead in lines and flicks.  We have practised l, i, t, c, o and a.  From these letters we now know how to join our writing for the word “cat” and “cot”.  As a challenge, what other small words can you make using these letters and try to join them up when you write them.  Good luck!