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 LOVE reading.  I like working on the independent cards sometimes but sometimes it kind of boring because I have to work on my own and they take a long time.  I do like working on the fiction card because it 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.

(Reflection: absent)

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

WALT Write a Cinquain Poem

K.F.C

Red, White

Eating, Salty, Sweet

K.F.C is yummy!

Food

Ella

Reflection:

"I like writing. I like to write about LOL. I need to remember to write about

other things too and write more sentences so there is lots of 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.

WAL our Basic Facts

Playing Slide Maths with a friend

Ella's Reflection:

"Sometimes I like Maths.  I liked playing Slide Maths with Abbie because we were practising our basic facts.  I am proud that I got 24 out of 30 for my basic facts test. "

WALT Choose Words to Make Our Writing More Interesting

The Sun is like a ball of lava because it is a hot ball.

The Moon is like gray cheese because it is gray and looks like cheese.

Ella

Writing Reflection

I like writing about similes.

I’m so proud when I do my full stops. The next step for me is to use more similes in my stories.

WALT Identify the Characters and the Setting

"I like reading.  I can read chapter books.  I read to my mum, my dad and also my nan.  When I get stuck I try sounding it out or they tell me.  I love Reading Express because it helps me learn to read and be a good reader."

Ella

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.

I Am Learning About Contractions

Ella's Reflection:

I like reading.  I like reading chapter books about rainbow magic.

When I don't know the words it is tricky sometimes.

If I get stuck I can sound it out.

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 Add Detail To Our Writing

Ella's Reflection

I like to write about other people's stories. 

Sometimes it is tricky to write hard words. 

When I get stuck I can get my teacher to help me. 

We Are Learning To Read Graphs - Statistics Strand Term 1

Ella's Reflection:

I am learning about graphs.

It is hard because I didn't understand the words.

My mum or my teacher can help me.

My Welcome Post 2018

Welcome to my Year 2 Learning Blog. My name is Ella. This year I am in Room 9 and my teacher is Mrs Koroa. My goal for this year is to do very good painting. 

I hope you will enjoy my blog and leave lots of feedback.