Bubble Fun

Bubble Fun

WALT / Practising to Count On and Count Back

Today we had a visit from the Science in a Van Roadshow.  

We learnt about mixtures, separation and reactions.  We also had some bubble fun.

We decided to see how many bubbles we could blow in ONE breath and then add them together and take them away - this way we could practise our addition and subtraction and basic facts.

Some of us had to blow a few times to make sure we got enough bubbles to count!

"Phontayne and Levi worked out the addition problem.  8 + 4 =12, 12 +10 = 22.  Phontayne also worked it out like this "10 + 4 = 14 and then I counted on in 2s until I got to 22.  We worked out 13-13 = 0 and then there is 5 left over.  The addition was easy and the takeaway was a little harder.  Next time we would use the number line or the wooden hundreds board or the calculators to check our answers."

WALT Make Connections

"I like reading.  I like working on the independent cards sometimes.  The Poem card is good because it is easy.  The Non-fiction card is hard because I get mixed up between fiction and non-fiction." Indie

WALT Write Adjectives

We have been learning to add  describing words to our stories 

to make them more interesting.

Here is a quick describing activity that we did in class.  

We got to choose what animal we wanted to write about.

We used TAGUL to make them into word clouds.

It is easy to write describing words.  I thought hard about what it looked like and what words I could use.  I can also learn to spell the words correctly at the same time.

Showcase Term 4 - Wearable Art

Wearable Art with a Pacific flavour!

Room 9 have spent the last 2 terms creating 2 pieces of Wearable Art.

The first piece was a t-shirt with a painted picture that reminded us of the Pacific.

The girls chose to sketch and paint a Pasifika flower.

The boys chose to draw a sea turtle.

Inside each of these drawings were patterns that we had explored and seen displayed in 

Pasifika artworks.  We practised by sketching these into our art books.

The second artwork created by the girls were hula skirts.  We reused plastic bags and tied them together as we worked in pairs.  At first it was a little tricky but the more we did, the better we got at tying them together.  Like they say - practise makes perfect!

The second artwork displayed by the boys was a Lavalava or Pareu (sarong) 

to compliment their t-shirts. 

 We had a lot of help from Mrs Kong to complete the sarongs, painting of the t-shirts and in the construction of our hula skirts in time for the art show so a BIG THANK YOU to her for all her help!  We couldn't have done it without you.

We hope you enjoy our wonderful creations ... Tamure tamure, e te muremure ra...

WALT Write a Cinquain Poem

WALT Write a Cinquain Poem

Toffee

Clear, Hard

Suck, Chew, Crunch

I like making toffee!

Lolly

Indie

Reflection:

"Sometimes I like writing. I like writing about fun things that I do. I need to remember to

put in capital letters and fullstops in the right places.

My word card in the back of my book can help me check my spelling."

WALT Read to An Audience

Indie's Reflection:

"Reading is ok - but I'm not a big fan of it.  My big sister Tayla helps me with the words sometimes.  I like reading chapter books from the library - I've got heaps at home."

Showcase - Wheels Day

On Wednesday 22nd of August, the Year 2 children participated in Wheels Day. We were showcasing another way we could get to school in conjunction with our school Travelwise programme.

Maths - WALT identify 2D and 3D shapes

WAL about Geometry.

We have learnt that "Geometry" means shapes.  

We already knew a lot about 2D shapes so spent most of our time learning about 3D shapes.  We went on a shape treasure hunt around the school and took photo's of lots of different 3D shapes.  Some were easy to find and others were hard but it was lots of fun!  We made shape monsters using some of the shapes we had learnt about.

Indie's Reflection:

"I liked learning about 3D shapes.  I liked making my shape monster.  I made a circle shape monster.  I know that a circle as a 3D shape is called a ball or sphere.  The trapezoid was hard to find outside."

WAL our Basic Facts

Playing Slide Maths with my friend

Indie's Reflection:

"I like Maths.  I like going on Mathletics Live and versing people.  I practised my basic facts for homework.  I am proud because I got 25 out of 30.  My family are proud of me."

WALT Choose Words to Make Our Writing More Interesting

The Moon is like a grey biscuit because it is round like a ball.

The Sun is like a round orange because it is round like a coin.

Indie

Writing Reflection

I like to write about similes.

I am so proud when I achieve my goal.

The next step for me is to use more similes in my stories.

Counting to 200 ...

WALT Identify the Characters and the Setting in the story

"I like reading.  Sometimes I read my books to mum, dad or Tayla.  When I get stuck on tricky words I sound them out.  I like Reading Eggs - especially Reading Express and versing people."

Indie

Showcase Term 2 - Soccer Skills

This term we had fun with two coaches who taught 

us soccer skills.

It was a little bit tricky learning to control the ball 

as we played against each other in the big soccer arena.

We loved playing Shark Attack because we had to protect our ball.

We Are Learning To Draw A Self-Portrait

Self Portraits

This term Room 9/27 have been learning to sketch a picture of our face.

We practised in our sketch books first and it was a very long process.

First we had to get the shape and size of our head right.  Then we had to work on our features like our eyes, nose, ears and mouth and other details that made us who we are.  Then we added in our hair and neck and shoulders.  It was hard work but we are very proud of our finished pictures which we coloured in using pastels.

We Are Learning To Read For Specific Information

Indie's Reflection:

I like reading about fiction stories.  My favourite story is about a frog.

Sometimes when I read I don't know what the words say -  last night I was reading 'My Brother' and I got stuck on the words 'having' and 'giving'.

My family can help me if I don't know the words at home.

We Are Learning To Add Detail To Our Writing

Indie's Reflection

I like to write about my uncle.

Sometimes it is tricky to sound out the words.

When I get stuck I can look on the word card.

We Are Learning To Read Graphs - Statistics Strand Term 1

Indie's Reflection:

I am learning about graphs.

It is easy for me because my fingers can help me.

We did a pie graph about our eye colour.

My Welcome Post 2018

Welcome to my Year 2 Learning Blog.  This year I am in Room 9 and my teacher is Mrs Koroa. My goal is to get to the highest level in reading.  I hope you will enjoy my blog and leave lots of feedback.