{"id":333561,"date":"2026-10-08T14:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=333561"},"modified":"2026-10-08T14:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:00:47","slug":"the-cats-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2026\/10\/08\/the-cats-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"The CATS communities !"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Cats families,<\/h3>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This week, we continued exploring our central idea:<\/p>\n

Community spaces can have positive effects on people’s lives.<\/p>\n

We focused on community spaces and thought about how different places help people in different ways. We looked closely at places such as wadis, parks, schools, shops and other spaces in our communities.<\/p>\n

Using a Wadi in Oman as an example, students became observers and writers!<\/p>\n

They thought about what they might:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc40 SEE
\n\ud83d\udc42 HEAR
\n\ud83d\udc97 FEEL
\n\ud83d\udcad IMAGINE<\/p>\n

We used these ideas to build vocabulary and help us write descriptive sentences about community spaces.<\/p>\n

Students are beginning to understand that a good writer doesn’t just tell the reader what a place is. A good writer helps the reader imagine being there!<\/h6>\n

WRITING<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our writing this week connected closely with our Unit of Inquiry.<\/p>\n

Students used their senses to collect ideas before writing. We practised adding describing words and details to make our writing more interesting.<\/p>\n

We are working on:<\/h6>\n

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    Thinking of ideas before writing<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      Using our senses to add details<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        Writing complete sentences<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          Choosing interesting vocabulary<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            Reading our writing back and improving it<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
            We especially enjoyed using our SEE, HEAR, FEEL and IMAGINE word banks to help us get our ideas onto paper. \ud83d\udcdd<\/p>\n

            PHONICS & READING<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

            In phonics, we continued practising our sounds and applying our phonics knowledge when reading and writing words.<\/p>\n

            We are also continuing to work on:<\/h6>\n

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              Blending sounds<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                Reading familiar words<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                  Building our sight-word vocabulary<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                    Reading with greater confidence<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                      Using new vocabulary when speaking and writing<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                      Our goal is to become more independent readers and writers every week! \ud83c\udf31<\/h6>\n
                      MATHEMATICS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

                      In Mathematics, we continued developing our understanding addition, subtractions and place value. We are working hard to explain our mathematical thinking using complete sentences.<\/p>\n


                      \nLANGUAGE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

                      This week gave us lots of opportunities to develop our English vocabulary.<\/p>\n

                      We practised sentence starters such as:<\/p>\n

                      \u201cI can see\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

                      \u201cI can hear\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

                      \u201cI feel\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

                      \u201cI imagine\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

                      \u201cPeople use this space to\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

                      \u201cThis community space is important because\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

                      These simple sentence structures help us communicate our ideas clearly and confidently.<\/p>\n

                      LEARNER PROFILE & ATL<\/p>\n

                      This week we were especially:<\/p>\n

                      \ud83d\udd0d INQUIRERS
                      \nWe observed our surroundings and asked questions.<\/p>\n

                      \ud83d\udcad THINKERS
                      \nWe used our observations to develop new ideas.<\/p>\n

                      \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f COMMUNICATORS
                      \nWe shared our thinking with our classmates.<\/p>\n

                      \ud83e\udd1d CARING
                      \nWe thought about how community spaces can help people and make communities better.<\/h6>\n

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                      • TRY IT AT HOME!<\/strong><\/span>\n

                        When you are out with your child this weekend, choose one community space together.<\/span><\/p>\n

                        It could be a:<\/span><\/p>\n

                        \ud83c\udf33 Park<\/span>
                        \n\ud83c\udfeb School<\/span>
                        \n\ud83d\udecd\ufe0f Shop<\/span>
                        \n\ud83c\udfe5 Hospital<\/span>
                        \n\ud83d\udd4c Mosque<\/span>
                        \n\ud83c\udf3f Wadi<\/span>
                        \n\ud83c\udfd6\ufe0f Beach<\/span>
                        \n\ud83d\udcda Library<\/span><\/p>\n

                        Ask your child:<\/span><\/p>\n

                        What can you SEE? \ud83d\udc40<\/span>
                        \nWhat can you HEAR? \ud83d\udc42<\/span>
                        \nHow does this place make you FEEL? \ud83d\udc97<\/span>
                        \nWhat can you IMAGINE happening here? \ud83d\udcad<\/span><\/p>\n

                        You could even challenge them to write 3 sentences about the place!<\/span>
                        \n
                        \nWHAT A WEEK!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

                        It has been lovely to see the children becoming more confident at sharing their ideas, using new vocabulary and putting their observations into writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

                        We are learning that the world around us is full of things to notice, question and wonder about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                        Have a wonderful weekend!<\/span><\/p>\n

                        Ms Cami<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                        Dear Cats families, \u00a0 This week, we continued exploring our central idea: Community spaces can have positive effects on people’s lives. We focused on community spaces and thought about how different places help people in different ways. We looked closely at places such as wadis, parks, schools, shops and other spaces in our communities. Using […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1211,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-333561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grade-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}