Each fortnight Kindergarten are introduced to a new story book which they study in depth. Our focus at the moment is predicting. With this book we looked at the title of the story and the front cover. The children discussed that the characters must be Grandpa and Thomas and that something was going to happen relating to the green umbrella. The children were then asked to draw a picture and think on a sentence to go with their predictions.

Once we had finished reading the book the children had a discussion on where they thought Grandpa and Thomas would go once they left the beach. The photos show some of their predictions.

In Year 2 we have been doing a lot of predicting! We have been working on using the information that a text gives us in the title, on the front and back covers, and sometimes in a blurb, along with our background knowledge and things we already know about the topic in the text to make predictions about what the text is going to tell us. We make predictions about the purpose of the texts that we read, i.e. is it informative, imaginative or persuasive? What is it trying to do for us – inform us, entertain us or change our opinion?

In our reading groups, we work with our peers to use the information given to us with our background knowledge to make predictions about our text. Enjoy reading some of our predictions!

Thank you to Year 3 for helping Year 4 with their Liturgy.

Working together we can all make a difference!

This week in Stage 3 we have been looking at Roald Dahl's 'The Tortoise and the Hare.' The focus in our class rooms has been predicting. In our reading groups, students have been looking at book covers and blurbs to make their predictions, sharing what they think will happen in the story. It has been amazing listening to everyone's predictions, and even more fascinating listening to their reasons why!