We Are Learning To write a diamante poem.

We have been learning about Diamante poem's this term. We can:

• use interesting (adjectives) words
• compare two topics
• use verbs (doing) words

"We are learning to write a diamante poem. I find it tricky to think of ideas. It is easy to know what topic we are writing about it."

Henry

We Are Learning To use Reading Eggs independently.

"I am learning to read the words. I find it easy to log in. I find it tricky to listen to the sentence. My goal is to finish reading eggs and start Reading Eggspress."

Henry

We Are Learning To skip count in 2's, 5's and 10's

I Am Learning To create a wearable piece of art

Wearable Art Showcase 

For the past 2 terms, Room 10 and 11 have been learning about Space. We have been exploring the different planets and the galaxy. We decided for our wearable art piece that we would make galaxy skirts and capes with the planets on it. 

We learnt many different art techniques such as water colouring, flicking of paint, dabbing of paint and blending colours together. It was a long process but are all very proud of the final product!

We Are Learning About 2D and 2D shapes

Room 10 and 11 have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes.

We made our shape with toothpicks and marshmallows, yum! After we made our shape we got to eat it. 

"I am learning to make 2D and 3D shapes. I found it tricky to make a cylinder and other 3D shapes. I found it easy to make 2D shapes."

We Are Learning To make simple inferences

"We are learning to answer inference questions. We found it easy to answer some of the questions. We found it hard to think about it because the answer isn’t in the book."

Maths Olympiad Team

Well done to the Room 10/11 Maths Team for participating in the Year 2 Maths Olympiad! 

I Am Learning To write a recount

I Am Learning To write a recount about blowing bubbles. 

I will be successful when I have:

• A title 
• An introduction
• Sequence words to begin my sentences
• Used the 5 W's (who, what, when, where, why)

"I am learning to make a recount about bubbles. I found it easy to write my words. I found it tricky to remember to write in the right order."

We Are Learning To discuss the characters, setting and plot of a fiction story.

"We are learning to find who the characters are, setting and what the story is about. Finding the characters is the easiest. It is tricky to talk about the plot. "

We Are Learning To solve addition and subtraction problems with the number 10.

"I am learning to solve problems with 10. I find it easy to do addition because I can use my fingers. I find it tricky to write some numbers. "

I Am Learning To use describing words

For Mother’s Day we did some special Mother’s Day writing using Word Art.

We are learning to use describing words in our writing

I will know I have been successful when:

I use some interesting words to describe my Mum

"I am learning to write describing words. I found it easy to write the letters. I find it tricky to remember to write next to the margin."

I Am Learning To kick a ball.

On Friday, we were lucky enough to go on the field and learn some football skills. We had so much fun playing football and learning new games.I had fun because soccer is my favourite.

We Are Learning To read with fluency and expression.

Every week we learn a new poem that we take home to share with our families. We worked with our group to pick our favourite and practised reading it.

"I am learning to do reading. I am so proud of myself because I did my reading. It can be tricky to listen to the poem."

We Are Learning To add details to our writing

"I am learning to write about myself. I found it easy to do basketball. I found it tricky to write some words."

Self-portraits 2018

Check out our AMAZING Self Portraits!

We have been learning to sketch our faces using a sketch pencil.

We used our different types of lines (whispering lines, loop the loop lines and skinny lines). Then we went over it in pastels to make them stand out. Lastly, we added some funky glasses to our faces!

We Are Learning How to read the graph and talk about the results.

For Maths we have been learning all about Statistics in Room 11. We have been learning about bar graphs, pie graphs and pictographs. Here is an activity I can do on Mathletics to help me.

"I am learning to read graphs. I find it easy to add them together. I find it tricky to count them all up."

Welcome to my 2018 Learning Journey.

This year I am in Room 11 and my teacher is Miss Moston.