Your School Work for Next Week - Week 2

Hi Max,
You have done a great job of keeping up with the class this week. I am going to list here the things I want you to do next week:

Reading
Each day read 1 book - I am giving you a junior journal too which has lots of stories for you to read but you can do your work on one story in it. Just like last week your group is learning to read the book and write down 3 bullet points of things they learnt in the book.
The book called 'Gardens of the Sea' is our big book this week. Please read it and make 3 bullet points of things you learnt. Then on the back cover there is an example of how to draw a 'can you find' scene. I would like you to draw a scene like that. The children in the class will also be doing one. If you take a photo of your picture and email it to me I can put it on the blog for everyone to see.

Writing
We will be writing a recount of the Gardener Storyteller Visit. You can choose something to write about - I will send your red dictionary home with Georgie for you to use at home. You can choose to write on the blog or on paper and then get mum to type it on. I would like you to write 3 sentences each day this week.
Remember that if you are writing on paper you need to sound out your words and underline ones you need to check with your dictionary. After you finish your story you can use your red dictionary to check the words. If you write straight on to the blog you don't need to worry about correcting your words.

Maths
We are learning about fractions this term. Your group is learning to read the fractions - 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 2/4, 3/4, 2/3 etc. They are going to play a fractions bingo game and I will send home a copy you could play against mum. The next lesson your group is learning to share things out - I will send home a worksheet for you to practise that too. Keep up the mathletics and look if there is any fraction work on there you could do.

Inquiry
We are starting our inquiry into fabrics and fibres. Can you write a list for me of 20 things in your house made of fabric or fibre. Then you can think about which are fabrics and which are fibres.

That should keep you pretty busy. We will still try skype each day at about 11.05am. Let's hope it works this week!!

Have a great weekend - can you ask Georgie to come and pick up the books for you on Monday?

Miss Thomas