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!"

WALT Make Connections

"I like reading.  I like working on the independent cards.  The cards are easy to do.  Sometimes it is hard to make a connection with the story." Yanni

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.

It was tricky to come up with describing words.  My friends in my group helped me with some of the words. I can try and use these words in my stories.

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 Read for Specific Information - Follow Instructions

Yanni's Reflection:

"I like reading.  I can read to my mum and my dad and my brother.  I like to read my unicorn books.  Reading can help me get better at writing words and I can learn to read faster and faster."

WALT Write a Cinquain Poem

WALT Write a Cinquain Poem

Cheese

Yellow, Tasty

Slice it, Grill it, Melt it

Cheese is tasty like ice-cream!

Milk

Yanni

Reflection:

"I like writing. I like writing about my own things like when we get free-choice.

I need to remember to put in capital letters and fullstops and not use "the"

all the time. Mrs Koroa wants me to write more sentences so my stories are longer

and they have more details."

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.

Yanni's Reflection:

"I liked learning about 3D shapes.  My favourite shape is a rhombus because it looks like a diamond.  My shape monster is a trapezoid and it has 4 sides and 4 corners."

WAL our Basic Facts

Yanni's Reflection:

"I like Maths.  I like going on Mathletics and doing the activities.  Sometimes it is tricky when I can't read the words and I've never played it before. "

WALT Choose Words to Make Our Writing More Interesting

The Moon is like a grey biscuit because it is round.

The Sun is like a fireball because it is fiery.

Yanni

Writing Reflection

I am learning to write a simile.

I am proud when I can write two or three similes.

My next step is to keep practising to write similes.

WALT Identify the Characters and the Setting

"I like reading.  I read my books to my family.  When I get stuck on tricky words I can sound them out.  I like Reading Eggs.  I like doing the fun activities."

Yanni

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.

Congratulations End of Term 1 Award Winner - Special Presentation Assembly

3R Winners Week 11 - Congratulations

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 To Read For Specific Information

Yanni's Reflection:

I like reading animal story.  My favourite animal is a horse.

Sometimes it is hard to read the words.

I can sound out the words I get stuck on.

We Are Learning To Add Detail To Our Writing

Yanni's Reflection 

I like to write about going to the beach. 

Sometimes it is tricky to spell the words. 

When I get stuck I can use the word card. 

We Are Learning To Read Graphs - Statistics Strand Term 1

Yanni's Reflection:

I am learning about graphs.

It is easy for me because my mum can help me with my counting.

It was easy because I can read the words.

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.