These are very busy times, not just in the 1/2 team, but across the whole school as we prepare for Student Led Conferences this coming Tuesday August 23rd! We hope to see as many of you there and can't wait to share our learning with you. Below are some other things we've been up to for the past fortnight.
In Maths we've been learning how to read, record and display data. This has involved selecting some good questions we could survey the rest of the class about, gathering their responses using tally marks and then finally, graphing the data in a column graph.
This week we've also been revisiting the operations of addition and subtraction. There have been many worded problems to solve using a range of strategies like counting on, 10s facts, doubling, adding 10 and so on. It's been a great opportunity to jump (feet first) into the Learning Pit, problem solve our way out and learn! See if you can solve this problem together: ? + ? + ? = 27. Reply in the comments if you have a solution!
This past fortnight we've been learning how to make predictions in our Reader's Workshop time. We have talked about how predicting helps us to be better readers because we "stay tuned" and want to know what happens next. You can predict before, during and after reading. The best way to predict is by using your schema (what we already know and have experienced) and the clues in the text to make a smart guess. Students have again used a "menu" of activities for reading tasks so that there is more choice in the different types of activities we do. The next time you're reading a new book, maybe you could make some predictions about what the book will be about and what will happen next.
Writer's Workshop sessions have involved revising, editing and publishing our fantastic picture story books. These are coming along very nicely and we are doing the best writing we can so that our readers can enjoy the stories when we're finished! It's great to see some of the fantastic ideas of important and interesting moments from our Writer's Notebooks be developed into imaginative stories. Perhaps you might like to write another picture story book at home.
This time has been spent refining our posters/brochures on Maps and Geography and also in preparation for Student Led Conferences next week.
Don't forget to check out 1/2P's performance of the Student Led Conference song at the top of the page. Until next time,
Mr Pidd and the 1/2 team