Week 4 Newsletter

Room 3 Class Newsletter

Term 3: Week 4                               15.8.14

Dear Parents and Caregivers

It’s hard to believe we are already at the end of Week 4! Teaching is such a wonderful job when you have a class as enthusiastic and excited about learning as Room 3. The children have made such fantastic progress in their learning already. We look forward to AJ and Henry joining us next week. Our class Library day will be Tuesdays from 10.30-11am, beginning next week. Year 0/1 children can issue one book per week.

On Monday I will be sending home a bag of high frequency sight words for you to practise and learn with your child. Once these words are mastered (ie. consistent, instant recognition) I will give you the words for the next level, and so on. Please keep these cards in your child’s reading folder and return them once mastered, at which point the next set wil be issued. More detailed guidelines will be included in the bag.

In writing we continue to focus on Fairy Tales. This week we began looking at ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. The children are learning how to use a Story Map to plan their writing. We have learned how to describe the setting and characters of a story. It’s great to see the children beginning to use some of the high frequency words they are learning in their writing.

In maths we have done a number of fun activities to help us identify odd and even numbers, leading on to skip counting in 2s. Ask your child about ‘Loud’ and ‘Soft’, the two puppets who helped us learn this concept. ‘Soft’ counts the odd numbers in a soft voice, alternating wiith ‘Loud’, who counts the even numbers in a loud voice.

As part of our Inquiry, ‘Change is Good’, the children were able to identify new technologies that have replaced old-fashioned methods for completing everyday tasks e.g. from open fire to heater, and from broom to vacuum cleaner. They completed fantastic drawings to illustrate their understanding. These are on display in the classroom.

The children have worked hard to practise their poems this week. We recorded each other on the iPads to identify areas for improvement and it has been great to see everyone’s confidence grow over the course of the week.

Our class competition will be held in Room 3, on Monday 18 August, at approximately 9.10am. Our judge will be our school Librarian, Lauren Bartram. Mrs Bartram is also judging Room 5, prior to coming over to us, so it is probable we may start a little later than 9.10am. Families are welcome to join us – it will be a short and sweet event!

Here’s hoping for a warmer weekend!

Kind regards

Cara Wallace

  
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