Week 2

Welcome to Week 2 of Year 2!  This week we are starting to get into the swing of things with our first full week.

Homework:
The children brought theirhomework folders home today. In them are their homework book (with the homeword grid glued in), this week's spelling word list and their reading log. Readers will come home for the first time on Tuesday. The 'Studyladder' login details have been glued to the inside cover of the homework book. You can find a link to it on the Homework page of the blog. The spelling words are also there in case the list gets misplaced. We have asked the children to keep the reading record, homework book, spelling list and reader in their homework folder so that all of their homework items remain together.  This will help them learn responsibility for their belongings. We ask that the homework folder gets returned to school daily so the children can get a new book.

It is important children read regularly at home to support the reading and literacy activities we do in the classroom.  Like with everything else, PRACTISE MAKES PERFECT! Even if your child is reading independently, please still listen to them read some pages aloud. It is important for them to still listen to you read aloud too so read a page or a paragraph of their book. Asking questions about what your child is reading will help them develop their comprehension skills as well.

In maths we are revising the 100s chart and beginning to explore 100 to 200.  You can help your child by doing lots of counting - forwards, backwards, in 2s, 5s and 10s.

In english we are beginning our literacy unit on recipes.

Have you heard about our class pets? Can you guess what they are? Stay tuned!

Have a good week,
Felicity & Melissa