1. Where To With Our Learning This Term? -> -> -> Term 2, 2019

2. Where To With Our Learning This Term?
Reading
We will continue:
Our Lexile reading with quizzes.
Our R.E.D. sessions with real reading.
Micro reading sessions and running records.
We will begin:
A regular ‘Story Time’ session with rich texts (the good stuff!).
A focus on fairy tales.
Reading non-fiction texts for our minibeasts inquiry.
Reading stories about creation for Religion.

3. Where To With Our Learning This Term?
Writing
We will continue:
Writing stories and persuasive texts.
Learning what makes good writing.
Practising and using bold beginnings (sizzling starts).
Using ‘cap fines’ and i-fines’!
We will begin:
Using a planning graph to help build great writing.
Going for a term without using dialogue!
Increasing interest and developing fulfilling finishes.
Learning about informative writing (later in the term).

4. Where To With Our Learning This Term?
Spelling
We will continue:
Our weekly spelling tasks with more say about what words we’re choosing.
Our weekly spelling tests on Fridays.
Handwriting
We will continue:
Handwriting lessons (later in the term).
We will begin:
A weekly handwriting task.
Receiving pen licences (grade 4)

5. Where To With Our Learning This Term?
Maths
We will continue:
20 Sum Challenges
Earning last term’s brag tags.
We will begin:
New topics this term:
Addition and Subtraction
Fractions & Decimals
Time
Location (if we get time for all of these!)
Problem Solving sessions.
Earning a whole new set of brag tags.

6. Where To With Our Learning This Term?
Religion
We will continue:
Our daily prayer
Reading scripture to learn about Jesus’ message.
(and finish off) learning about the events of Easter
We will begin:
New topics this term:
‘Creation’
‘The Holy Spirit’
‘Eucharist’
Some of us will make our First Eucharist this term.

7. Where To With Our Learning This Term?
e-learning
We will continue our regular morning sessions using:
See Saw to share our work and enjoy our community.
Literacy Pro for book recommendations and quizzes.
Matific and Studyladder to increase our maths skills.
Google docs and slides to record and share our learning.

8. Where To With Our Learning This Term?
Inquiry
Our new unit is ‘Friend or Foe?’
To learn about ‘biological science’ we’re going to be looking at minibeasts.
Here are some example questions we might look into to get us started:
What is a minibeast?
What is a life cycle?
How do living things depend on each other and the environment to survive?
We will have the ‘Insectarium’ come and visit us Thursday in Week 2.

9. Where To With Our Learning This Term?
Events
ANZAC Day
‘The Cyber Bully’ show
Mother’s Day (stall)
NAPLAN (Grades 3 & 5)
Eucharist (most Grade 4 students)
PAT Assessment
Music on Mondays
Reports
+ the ‘usuals’
Daily Gathering and Prayer
Art and Italian on Tuesdays.
Library borrowing and Sport on Wednesdays.
STEM on Thursdays
Teacher “thank you”s on Fridays.
Assemblies every 2nd Friday.
Special lunches

10. Where To With Our Learning This Term?
Other Notes
Everyone now has Learning Book 2 in their tubs. Finish Book 1 then take it home if you haven’t already.
We need to collect all our ‘Counting’ unit pieces together.
Please keep the caddies tidy!
Hats stay on until the end of April.
Winter uniforms start beginning of May

11. Where To With Our Learning This Term?
We remember what makes learning work!
Participation
Friendship
Behaviour
Concentration
Persistence
Organisation

12. Where To With Our Learning This Term?
We remember what’s important to us!
It’s important to be friendly.
We care for our classroom.
It’s important to use manners.
We follow teacher direction.
It’s important to be kind.
We move and work safely.
It’s important to take turns.

13. Let’s have a great Term Two,
learning together,
laughing together,
and helping each other out!