Christmas Advent Calendar

Congratulations Room 8/26 on a wonderful year of learning in Year 2!

Thank you for being so amazing in Room 8/26 this year. I have had a wonderful time teaching you! I am going to miss you all so much next year!

Here is a Christmas advent calendar I have made for you to enjoy with your family at home:

Advent Calendar

Have a great break with your family!

Miss Moston

I am learning my basic facts.

We have been learning our basic facts in class. On the ipads I can play the game, slide maths, with my friends to practice. I loved playing this and look forward to getting better at my maths!

I am learning to retell the story I am reading.

I am learning to create and use simple graphic organisers with support.

We have been learning how to use popplet on the laptops/ ipads. This is my brainstorm about my bedroom. 

"I am learning to make a brainstorm. I am proud of myself for describing my bedroom. It can be tricky to put the boxes in the right place."
Adelina

Art Exhibition 2017

For the 2017 Elm Park School Art Exhibition we created our own butterflies. Here is my painted butterfly and also my Kidpix butterfly.

"I am proud of my butterfly because I did the ground good. I found it tricky to do the wings and the dots."

Adelina

Writing ALL group

The Boat

Click to read this book, made with Book Creator

https://read.bookcreator.com

I am learning to write a cinquain poem

We have been learning how to write cinquain poems. We will be successful when we:

•  use descriptive language
•  follow the structure of a cinquain poem. 
•  not repeat the same words.

A cinquain poem is made up of 5 lines. 

This first line is one word (title).

The second line is two describing words.

The third line is three verbs (doing words).

The fourth line is four words to describe a feeling. 

The fifth line is one word.

This cinquain poem is on my favourite colour!

I am learning to use reading eggs independently

Reading Eggs is one of our favourite activities to play on the laptops.

"I am learning to race others on reading eggs. I have to count the blue squares and find the right number. I am proud of myself for learning lots. I find it tricky when I have to race the time. If I am stuck I can use my brain."

We are learning to tell the time.

In Room 8/26 we have been learning how to tell the time. We have been focusing on o'clock and half past. 

Check out our awesome clocks we made next time you are in the classroom.

Celebrating Matariki in Room 8/26

Matariki is the Maori New Year, it is an important Maori celebration. The seven stars that make up Matariki are Matariki, Tupu-a-nuku, Waiti, Waita, Waipuna-a-rangi and Ururangi. There are lots of different ways to celebrate Matariki such as through music, songs, food and family.       

In Room 8/26 we celebrated Matariki by having a feast, making star cookies, reflecting on our goals for the term, learning a waiata (song) and going to the Auckland Museum to learn more about Matariki.

We are learning how to catch and pass small balls.

For PE we have been learning how to catch and pass small balls. 

To pass the ball we need to have our hands up in the shape of a W and push the ball out from our chest. To catch the ball we need to have our hands up ready.

We have been showing our school value of Resilience by not giving up.

I am learning to add and subtract problems that involve the number 10

"I am learning to count numbers. I am proud of myself for being able to count the numbers backwards. I find it tricky to do some of the harder problems over 10 because I can't do them on my fingers."

I am learning to use base words and endings to help me read and understand words.

I will know I have been successful when:

• I look carefully through words and notice how they end.
• I know other words that end with the same letters.

"I am learning to make new words. I am proud of myself for trying hard at reading time. I find it tricky to sound out the words. I can keep practising sounding out the words properly."

I am learning to use describing words

"I like writing and I am good at story-writing. I am proud of all the words I wrote in my brainstorm.  I find it hard to spell the words. When the words are tricky I sound them out, I can use the word card to help me."

I am learning the Sight-Words to help me with my reading

"Reading is fun. I found the words lunchtime and playtime tricky because they have two words in them. "

Adelina

I am learning to use my senses to help me with my writing

In class we have been using the Quiver App. First, we coloured in our animal and then we used the ipads to make it come to life. For writing we used some of our senses to help us write about our animal.

"I liked writing about my pukeko. I could get better by remembering to use finger spaces." Adelina

I am learning how to read graphs and talk about them

For Maths we have been learning all about Statistics in Room 26/8. We have been learning about bar graphs, pie graphs and pictographs. I am learning how to read the graph and talk about the results.

"Helena because she has the biggest bar.  It was easy because I can see the blue one is bigger."

I am learning how to get out of the pool safely

This term we are learning Water Skills. We are learning how to get in and out of the pool properly and how to be safe in and around water.

Welcome to my 2017 Learning Journey

This year I am in Room 26/8 and my teacher is Miss Moston.