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 for us to work out the answer.  We used the calculator and 100s boards to check our answer.  When know to add on and back from the biggest number.  We had a lot of fun!"

WAL About Compound Words

"I can find compound words.

I can read them and say what the two words are.

I found my own words on the word-card and in the book too.  I know some in my head.

Sometimes I get mixed up with contractions."

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.

Sometimes it's tricky to think of describing words.  I can ask the person next to me for help.  I will show resilience by trying my best and lots of practise.

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

Lollies

Small, Round

Sweet, Yummy, Nice

I like eating lollies

Candy

Reflection:

"I like writing sometimes. I like writing about Rainbows End. I need to remember

to put in capitals and fullstops."

WALT Retell What We Have Read

Abbie's Reflection:

"I like reading.  I like reading about Budgies - non-fiction stories because I have one at home.  My mum helps me when I get stuck on the words.  I liked the story about Hatupatu."

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.

Abbie's Reflection:
"I liked learning about 3D shapes.  I learnt that an octagon has 8 sides.  It was easy.  I liked the shape hunt because we had to find different shapes around the school."

WAL our Basic Facts

Playing Slide Maths with a friend

Abbie's Reflection:

"Sometimes Maths is tricky.  I liked playing Slide Maths with Ella.  I got 15 out of 30 on my test.  Next time I will try harder to get a higher score.  My family are proud of me."

WALT Choose Words to Make Our Writing More Interesting

The Moon is like a rock because it is gray.

The Sun is like an orange.  It is round like an orange.

Abbie

Writing Reflection

I am learning to write a simile.

Sometimes it’s tricky to find the right word to describe something.

I am proud when I finish my work and it sounds interesting.

WALT Find the Digraphs ch, sh, th

"I like reading.  I especially like reading to Mrs Kong.  I am getting better at learning my words."

Abbie

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 Identify Different Punctuation Marks

Abbie's Reflection:

I like to read about Unicorns.

Sometimes it is tricky to read all the words but I can try and sound them out.

I can ask my mum to help me read my books at home.

We Are Learning To Add Detail To Our Writing

Abbie's Reflection

I like to write about going to the beach with my mum. 

Sometimes it is tricky when I get stuck on a word. 

When I get stuck I can ask my friend to help me. 

We Are Learning To Read Graphs - Statistics Strand Term 1

Abbie's Reflection:

I am learning about graphs.  It was tricky because I can't read the words.  My friend can help me.

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.