Hi Roblox’s Families,
What a week we’ve had in The Roblox’s class! Let me walk you through everything we’ve been up to (and what’s coming up next).
Unit of Inquiry We’ve wrapped up the first part of our “Who We Are” unit ,though don’t worry, this one is ongoing throughout the year. In December, we’ll revisit it with a deeper focus on traditions and beliefs from our cultures. For now, we finished off with a really fun project: a culture collage where students drew images representing their country’s culture. Then, they partnered with a classmate from another country to complete a Venn Diagram together, looking at similarities and differences. The conversations were so thoughtful! Students noticed that, even though our cultures may look different, we all share things like language, greetings, celebrations, special foods, and clothing.
English
This week we practiced colourful semantics, a program that helps us build complete sentences. This will be one of our rotating centers, so I’m making sure the students feel confident with it. We also worked with our short vowel tiles to build CVC words (this will also rotate in centres), and started practicing with Seesaw on the iPads and used Kids A-Z. Once WIDA wraps up , hopefully next week; we’ll have 12 iPads ready for our centers!
Next week in phonics, we will dig into closed syllable words.
Maths
Math this week was all about data! We created tally charts and bar graphs using class data and looked at our favourite fruits. Students learned that a tally chart shows how many people represent something, and then we can transfer that data into a bar graph. We also emphasised that a good bar graph always has a title, plus labeled x and y axes so we can read it clearly. Feel free to ask your child to explain it to you, they should be able to walk you through the process!
New Unit: How We Organise Ourselves
We’ve officially launched our new transdisciplinary theme! To kick things off, we went outside and looked at the places around our school that makes us happy and keeps us healthy (part of our well-being). Students recorded what they saw, thought, and wondered. Our new Central Idea is: Community spaces can have a positive effect on its community members.
The big project for this unit will be group work: designing and creating their own community space that supports happiness and health.
Looking Ahead:
In English, we’ll keep working on colourful semantics as a whole group, with the goal of completing our first centre circuit by Thursday. Centres will include: guided reading, colourful semantics, Nessy App, short vowel tiles, and learning how to post on Seesaw. Groups will be 4 students each.
In phonics, we will work on closed syllables and bonus letters, and move into blends and new digraphs.
In maths, students will take a pre-test on shapes. If you’d like to help them review at home this weekend, go for it! We’ll be learning about 2D shapes and their properties: name, number of sides, straight or curved sides, and how many angles.
Important Dates
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Thursday October 2 – Teacher CPD (in school), students do not come to school on this day
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October 14 – Parent coffee/workshop
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October 16 – Grade 2–3 Assembly
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October 16 – End of ASA Term 1
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October 23 – Term 1 reports published
