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 easy for us to work out the answer because we helped each other.  We could use the 100s board to help us count or we could count on or backwards from the biggest number."

WALT Make Connections

"I really like reading.  I like working on the independent cards.  I like working on the Poem card because it is quite short and easy."

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.

I find it quite easy to come up with describing words.  We did this in a group.  Shiloh, Ms Ezekiala and Phontayne and myself worked together.  Next time I will try to add in more describing words when I am writing my story.

Ali

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

Goldfish,

Orange, White

Wiggle, Swim, Float

They hide in the sea

Fish

Reflection:

"I don't like writing.  Sometimes I like writing about Cinquain Poems.  I need to remember

finger-space between my words and sound out the tricky words."

WALT Read to An Audience

Ali's Reflection:

"I like to read to my mum.  When I get stuck on my words my dad helps me.  I am in reading group 4 and we are reading Turquoise and Purple books.  When it is reading time I like to go on the devices and play Sunshine Online."

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.

Ali's reflection:
"I liked learning about 3D shape. I learnt about a trapezoid.  It has 4 sides.  I found a shape like a trapezoid outside was the auditorium steps.  I liked making my shape monster - it was hard to trace out the shape of the monsters mouth."

WAL our Basic Facts

Playing Slide Maths with a friend

Ali's Reflection:

"Sometimes I like Maths.  Sometimes it is tricky for me.  I forgot to practise my basic facts for homework.  I got 10 out of 30 on my test.  Next time I will try to get a higher score if I practise."

WALT Choose Words to Make Our Writing More Interesting

The Moon is like a rock because it is gray.

The Sun is like a big giant basketball because it is orange.

Ali

Writing Reflection

I like to write about similes.

I am so proud when I do good stories.

The next step for me is to practise using different similes.

WALT Identify the Characters and the Setting in the story

"Sometimes I like reading.  I read my books to my baby brother.  When I get stuck on tricky words my parents help me.  I like Reading Eggs - especially playing the games."

Ali

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 Read For Specific Information

We Are Learning To Add Detail To Our Writing

Ali's Reflection 

I like to write about Need for Speed or Fast and Furious 8. 

Sometimes it is tricky to spell some of the words that I don't know. 

When I get stuck I can ask my friends to help. 

We Are Learning To Read Graphs - Statistics Strand Term 1

Ali's Reflection:

I am learning about graphs.

It is easy for me because my dad can help me with my statistics.

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.