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!

"It was a little tricky to take the numbers away.  We decided to use a calculator to work the answer out.  We also could of used beans, the fruit or our fingers to help us.  We also can count in our heads from the number 12 - because it is the biggest number."

WAL About Compound Words

"I like reading.  It is tricky to find the words in my book.  Some books have lots of compound words and some books don't.  I will keep practising,"

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.

(Reflection:  Absent)

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

Orange

Oranges, Round

Roll, Slice, Peel

They are tasty!

Trees

Wen Jun

Reflection:

"I don't really like story-writing because you have to always write. Sometimes I can't

figure out what it is I want to write about. I need to remember to

put in finger-spaces and use my word card to check my spelling."

WALT Retell What We Have Read

Wen Jun's Reflection:

"I read my books to my mum or my dad or my brother.  Sometimes my mum help's me learn my words.  I want to move to reading group six by the end of the year.  I will use resilience and try my best."

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.

Wen Jun's Reflection:

"I liked learning about 3D shapes.  It was sometimes tricky to choose a shape for my monster. Sometimes remembering the shape names was a little bit hard.  When we went on a shape hunt it was hard because someone in my group wouldn't share and I couldn't find all the shapes."

WAL our Basic Facts

Wen Jun's Reflection:

"I like Maths.  I love playing Slide Maths.  Sometimes it is tricky to work out the hard basic fact numbers. "

WALT Choose Words to Make Our Writing More Interesting

The Moon is like a silver-ball because it is round.

The Sun is like a ball of gas because it is gassy.

Wen Jun

Writing Reflection

I like to write about similes.

I am so proud when I succeed.

The next step for me is to practise using different similes.

WALT make Rhyming Words

"I like reading sometimes.  I read my books to Mrs Kong, my dad and mum, my brother, my little cousin and Mrs Koroa.

Sometimes it is tricky to sound out the words because they are too big.

I kind of like Reading Eggs but sometimes I would rather play with my friends."

Wen Jun

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 Self-Portraits

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 Our Sight-Words on Lists 1a and 1b

Wen Jun's Reflection:

I like reading about places I know.

Sometimes it is tricky and frustrating to read because I want to know about the story but I don't know what the words.

I can read my books to my aunty sometimes.

We Are Learning To Add Detail To Our Writing

Wen Jun's Reflection 

I like to write about going to the park with my family. 

Sometimes it is tricky when I forget my word card. 

When I get stuck I can robot the word. 

We Are Learning To Read Graphs - Statistics Strand Term 1

Wen Jun's Reflection:

I am learning about graphs.

It is easy for me because I know some of my words and can read the question.

Sometimes it is tricky.

MY Welcome Post 2018

 

Welcome to my Year 2 Learning Blog.  This year I am in Room 9 and my teacher is Mrs Koroa.  

I hope you will enjoy my blog and leave lots of feedback.