Christmas Advent Calendar

Congratulations Room 8/26 on a wonderful year of learning in Year 2!

Thank you for being so amazing in Room 8/26 this year. I have had a wonderful time teaching you! I am going to miss you all so much next year!

Here is a Christmas advent calendar I have made for you to enjoy with your family at home:

Advent Calendar

Have a great break with your family!

Miss Moston

IALT Follow the beat.

I am learning my basic facts

We have been learning our basic facts in class. On the ipads I can play the game, slide maths, with my friends to practice. I loved playing this and look forward to getting better at my maths!

I am learning to retell the story.

"I am learning to place them into the right order. I found it tricky to match them all up. The next step for me is to move up a group."

Evita

I am learning to create and use simple graphic organisers with support

We have been learning how to use popplet on the laptops/ ipads. This is my brainstorm about my bedroom. 

"I am learning to think of my ideas that describe my bedroom. I am proud of myself for using describing words. It can be tricky to think of all of the things in my bedroom because I have lots of stuff."

Evita

Art Exhibition 2017

For the 2017 Elm Park School Art Exhibition we created our own butterflies. Here is my painted butterfly and also my Kidpix butterfly.

"I am proud of my butterfly because I took my time to make it neat and blend the paint. I found it tricky to not mix the colours because it is going to look ridiculous and crazy."

Evita

I am learning to write a cinquain poem

We have been learning how to write cinquain poems. We will be successful when we:

•  use descriptive language
•  follow the structure of a cinquain poem. 
•  not repeat the same words.

A cinquain poem is made up of 5 lines. 

This first line is one word (title).

The second line is two describing words.

The third line is three verbs (doing words).

The fourth line is four words to describe a feeling. 

The fifth line is one word.

This cinquain poem is on my favourite colour!

I am learning to use reading eggs independently

Reading Eggs is one of our favourite activities to play on the laptops.

"I am learning to match the letters the begin with the same letter. I find it easy because all I need to do it press the ones that match. It's hard when it's not the same."

Celebrating Matariki in Room 8/26

Matariki is the Maori New Year, it is an important Maori celebration. The seven stars that make up Matariki are Matariki, Tupu-a-nuku, Waiti, Waita, Waipuna-a-rangi and Ururangi. There are lots of different ways to celebrate Matariki such as through music, songs, food and family.       

In Room 8/26 we celebrated Matariki by having a feast, making star cookies, reflecting on our goals for the term, learning a waiata (song) and going to the Auckland Museum to learn more about Matariki.

We are learning to tell the time.

In Room 8/26 we have been learning how to tell the time. We have been focusing on o'clock and half past. 

Check out our awesome clocks we made next time you are in the classroom.

We are learning how to catch and pass small balls.

For PE we have been learning how to catch and pass small balls. 

To pass the ball we need to have our hands up in the shape of a W and push the ball out from our chest. To catch the ball we need to have our hands up ready.

We have been showing our school value of Resilience by not giving up.

I am learning to solve addition and subtraction problems that involve the number 10

"I am learning to plus and minus. I am good at counting with the teacher. I find it tricky to answer questions without my hands."

I am learning to answer question to show my understanding.

"I am learning to answer question. I am proud of myself because I found all the answers. Sometimes I say the words wrong or I don't know them. Miss Moston or my Mum can help me to say them correctly. "

I am learning to use describing words

On Friday it was Elm Parks school Jubilee birthday. I saw children wearing colourful party hats and I saw lots of parents. I also saw a yummy birthday cake and the cake has decorations. The decorations were blue snowflakes. Its so pretty, I love it.

"I like writing because I am good at it. I am proud of the words I used to describe the cake. Next time I could use more describing words to describe other things."

I am learning my sight words to help me with my reading

"Myself was a hard word to learn because it was so long. I can sound out words I don't know. "
Evita

I am learning to use my senses to help me with my writing.

In class we have been using the Quiver App on the ipads. First, we coloured in our animal and then we used the ipads to make it come to life. For writing we used some of our senses to help us write about our animal.

"I like story writing because I can write about lots of things. I could get better at using full stops. Miss Moston could help me by showing me where to use my capital letters and full stops."

Evita

I am learning how to read graphs and talk about them

For Maths we have been learning all about Statistics in Room 26/8. We have been learning about bar graphs, pie graphs and pictographs. I am learning how to read the graph and talk about the results.

"Helena because all her boxes are coloured in. It was easy because I can look at the lines and count up to 12."

I am learning to float using a pool noodle

This term we are learning Water Skills. We are learning how to get in and out of the pool properly and how to be safe in and around water.

Welcome to my 2017 Learning Journey

This year I am in Room 26/8 and my teacher is Miss Moston.