Class News
Kindergarten
In Spelling, Kinder are breaking words down into individual sounds. This is called segmenting. Segmenting is a critical skill for Spelling. In segmenting, we take the individual sounds apart. For example, say the word ham aloud and listen for the three separate sounds:
From the examples above you can see that we are making words using the letters: m a t s p. We sound out the word, make it with letter blocks, spell it using the letter names and write it in our spelling books.
In our Reading/Literacy groups, we practice writing high frequency words such as is, the, in, on mini-whiteboards. We use these words to write sentences in our books. We are making great progress with our writing. Check out the examples below.
Year 1
In Year 1 this term, we are focussing on narrative writing. We have started the term analysing the story of Peter Rabbit and looking at the different narrative elements that are used. Here are some writing samples from when we were asked to retell the story of Peter Rabbit to Miss Payton, as if she had never heard the story before. She thinks we did a FANTASTIC job!
Year 2
Over the last week Year 2 have been working on improving their sentences by using adjectives. We have identified them in books, we have read and experimented with our own sentences. (I still need to send photos through)
Year 3
Over the last few weeks, Year 3's writing focus has been persuasive texts. Some of the topics that the students have written about are: Everybody should learn to swim; Everybody should learn to cook; Did Despereaux deserve his punishment? Explain.
Samples of students' writing are below. We hope you enjoy reading them.
Year 4
In Year 4 we are really enjoying reading the novel, "Charlotte's Web" by E. B. White. We looked at a scene from the movie last week, that presented part of the story we had not read. We discussed our observations of the picture, then we started to write our own narrative around the scene.
We wrote our Orientation and bumped it up - that means we read over our work then wrote the paragraph again adding more detail and description to make it more interesting. We also try to add rich vocabulary. We then started on the complication. Some of us have been working on the series of events. There are some examples of our work below.
Mrs Carroll is very pleased with our efforts and enthusiasm!
Year 5/6
In Year 5/6, we have started the term looking at how to create SIZZLING STARTS. We viewed a clip of a spear fisherman who encountered a Great White Shark. We brainstormed words to use and then experimented with many ways to start, but starting in the action, with an emotion or using one of our senses, worked magnificently. Each of our sizzling starts completely drew the reader into the story. We all impressed each other, and ourselves. Read on...
