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

IALT follow the beat

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 learning to retell the story. I found it tricky to find the sentences in the book. The next step for me is to keep practising at home."

Jenny

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 describe my bedroom. I am proud of myself for sounding out the words. It can be tricky to spell unknown words. I can ask the teacher or my friends."

Jenny

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 the background is different. I found it tricky to do the wings because it was hard to do with the sketch pencil."

Jenny

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 play reading games by myself.

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

"I am learning to play reading games by myself. I like this game because it sings songs. I am learning how to get eggs, I feel proud when I get eggs. It is easy because I know my rhyming words. If I find something tricky I can ask the teacher or get friends to help me."

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 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.

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 count on to solve addition problems.

"I am learning to count up numbers. I am proud of myself for being able to do it by myself. I find it tricky to count numbers over 100. "

I am learning to answer questions to show my understanding.

"I am learning to answer questions about the book. I am proud of myself for reading lots of words. I find it tricky to read the words I haven't read before. The teacher can help by showing me how to sound out the word."

I am learning to use describing words

On Friday it was Elm Park’s 50th birthday. It was a very hot day. It was a very fun day. We all went to the auditorium. We all dressed up and our teacher too. It was very noisy. I saw colours. I was scared. Did you like Elm Parks birthday? Yes. It was a very fun day. It was the best day every. I like school.

"I am good at story writing. I am proud of myself for using the words from my brainstorm in my writing. Next time I could try to use more describing words. "

I am learning about non fiction and fiction texts

"I like reading because it helps me with my spelling. I sometimes find some words tricky to say."

Jenny

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

In class we have been using the Quiver App on the ipads. 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 like writing because it helps me with my reading. I found it tricky sounding out some of the words."

Jenny

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.

"Julie because she has the smallest compared to the others. It was easy because I can see their names."

I am learning how to float using a pool noodle

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.