This week we have been rehearsing for our Thursday afternoon assembly. The students have had to organise themselves into groups and practise what they are saying, many in their home language. We hope that you were able to attend and enjoy the assembly today. Thank you for sending in your child’s clothing or item of cultural significance.
This week we have worked on a Venn diagram comparing the spaces outside and inside ABIS, we have added UOI vocabulary words to the diagram and then discussed how the spaces are the same or are different.
In maths, we have finished up our ‘Leaping Patterns’ and uncovered the mystery number for Day 21. During these mental maths sessions, we have worked on understanding patterns and how they are applied to a sequence of numbers. The final day was a real challenge where we had to look at the previous days’ patterns and then figure out the mystery number – it was hard! Please have a look here if you would like to challenge yourself:
We have continued working with 2D shapes, identifying which patterns blocks can cover either a hexagon, trapezoid, rhombus or square. We have identified the sides and corners (vertices) of 2D shapes, placed them in order of number of sides, discussed what is a side, labelled shapes with their names and created our own pictures using pattern blocks. Some groups have finished sorting polygons and uploaded these on Seesaw.
For literacy this week, a large part has been focused on writing what to say at our assembly, then practising our presentation voices on stage. We have worked with short vowel sounds and mapped out words we use daily. We have listened to poems, discussed what is poetry and looked for rhyming words.
Our reading strategy this week was:3 ways to read a book: 1) Read the pictures 2) Read the text 3) Retell the story.
Retelling is a short, consistent routine students can use to recall, order and summarise a text. With this retelling routine, students practise important comprehension skills, including:
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Determining key details
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Understanding text structure
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Making inferences
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Synthesizing the main idea
This retelling routine can be used with both nonfiction and fiction texts.
Please see photos here.
Next week:
UOI:
We will finish up our current unit of inquiry by creating a community space which is designed to look after all living things and allow all members to interact with natural spaces. The students will reflect on their understanding of how community spaces contribute to the feeling of well-being. Finally, the students will take action by writing a letter to Mr Robeau suggesting ways to make ABIS a better place for all.
Literacy:
- writing a letter
- using our phonics knowledge to write English words
- use our grammar knowledge to create complete sentences which make sense
- use our punctuation knowledge to use capital letters and full stops
- independent reading sessions
- find rhyming words
Maths:
- mental maths focusing on place value
- continue working with 2D shapes