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!

"We blew 25 bubbles the first time and then we blew 16 bubbles the second time.  It was hard to count them all because there were so many and they floated so fast!  When we worked out 25 plus 16 we 20 + 10 + 5 + 6 = 41. When we worked out 25 + 16 + 23 we started with 41 - 1 = 40 +20 = 60 + 4 = 64."

WALT Retell What Happened In The Story

"I like reading Junior Journals.  I like doing the cards but I want more of them like last term.  My favourite card is the orange card - characters, setting and plot because it is easier to do and it makes me learn more things."

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.

Sometimes it is easy and sometimes it is hard to describe different things.  It was tricky to spell scaly, poisonous and dangerous - we checked our words with each other to check our spelling.

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

Spring
Flowers, Blossoms
Planting, Babies, Sunshine
Food is planted
Season

Reflection:

"I like writing.  I like writing about the things I do in the weekends or in the holidays.  I need to keep my writing neat and tidy.  I like it when my writing gets published on my blog."

WALT Read for Information - Junior Journals

Sample of work from independent reading cards:  Drawing and Labelling an object

Rory's reflection:
"I like reading fiction books.  My favourite author is Roald Dahl.  I like reading his books because they are funny and last night I watched one of his books as a movie "Fantastic Mr Fox."

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.

Rory's Reflection:
"I like maths. I like dividing things.  I can do it by myself because it is easy."

Year 2 Maths Olympiad Winners 2018

A massive congratulations to our Year 2 Maths Olympiad winners who raced ahead for a clear win with plenty of time to spare!

Congratulations Math Wizards - We are so proud of you!

Gordon,  Phontayne, Rory & Aaron - Room 9

WAL Our Basic Facts

Playing Slide Maths with my buddy

Rory's Reflection:

"I like Maths.  I love it when I get the sums right.  I liked practising my basic facts for homework.  I am very proud because I got them all right - 50 out of 50."

WALT Choose Words to Make Our Writing More Interesting

The Moon is like Mercury because it’s round and grey.

The Sun is like a fireball because it is very very hot.

Rory

Writing Reflection

I like to write about similes.

I am so proud when I write interesting sentences.

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

WALT List Characteristics of One Character

"I like reading.  I read to my mum, my sister, my dad and my dad's friends and also my grandma and my uncle.  When I get stuck on tricky words I try to sound them out sometimes I don't get them right.

I love Reading Eggs and Express."

Rory

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 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 To An Audience

Rory's Reflection:

I like reading.  

I like reading non-fiction books about animals.

When I get stuck on tricky words I can try and sound them out and looking at the pictures might help me too.

I like to read my books out-loud to my mum.

We Are Learning To Add Detail To Our Writing

Rory's Reflection 

I like to write about boats and anchors. 

Sometimes it is tricky to make the sentences make sense. 

When I get stuck I can get my word card. 

We Are Learning To Read Graphs - Statistics Strand Term 1

Rory's Reflection:

I am learning about graphs.

It is easy for me because I looked at how many trains I needed to put in the picture graphs.

My sister can help me.

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.