Year 2
Welcome to Year 2
Africa
Welcome back!
We hope you have all had a fantastic half term.
For Summer 2, we will be starting our new topic of Africa to link with the Lion King. We will be starting with making masks and puppets for our Lion King production at the end of the year!
We will continue to make ourselves more aware of the world around us by watching the BBC Newsround and reading First News. This will support our speaking and listening skills as well as helping us gain knowledge by identifying countries, continents and oceans.
Miss Bond and Miss Davies
Reading
The reading challenge will continue this year. The children need to read at least four times a week for ten weeks to receive their reading badge at the end of term. Please record when you read in the Partnership Book as then we also know when to change the book.
Doodle Maths and maths homework
We will be giving out maths homework booklets based on the work we have been doing in class. These will go out on Monday to be returned the following Monday. Please complete this in the lined book as it gives children room to do their corrections if needed.
However, if you feel that your child/ren will continue to benefit from using doodle maths, please do keep up the good work!
Spellings- After half term, we will be changing the spelling lists to include some common exception words which are in blue. We will be learning the spelling rules in class, so while you should still practise these words, please focus on the common exception words.
There are no more spellings :)
We have learnt a mnemonic for because (big elephants can't always use small exits or Bertie eats cakes at Uncle Sid's estate), maybe your children could make up their own mnemonics for the other two common exception words. We would love to hear them!
Upcoming Dates:
13th of June- Praise in the Park
Week Commencing 1st July
Core Subject information
Over the next few weeks we will be making our ostrich puppets for the Lion King production. We will be using our DT skills to design and make two ostriches for two children to wear during 'Circle of Life' in the production.
We will also be finishing making our Lion King pop up books and writing a letter to our new teacher.
Key Vocabulary
An expanded noun phrase gives more detail or information about a noun. This is usually done by adding adjectives to describe the noun, for example, "She walked through the dark, mysterious forest." In this example, the words dark and mysterious have been used to expand the noun phrase.
Verb tenses tell us when an action took place in the present, past or future. When a child is writing a story, they need to make sure that whether it is written in the past or present tense, the tense is kept consistent throughout.
We will be focusing on the simple present and past.
Writing a sentence in the present tense usually means the verb will end in -ing or -s.
For example; I am walking down the corridor. He walks down the corridor.
Writing a sentence in the past tense usually means the verb will end in -ed.
For example; I walked down the corridor. He walked down the corridor.
There are some irregular verbs that do not follow these rules. This includes words like eat and ate, catch and caught, drink and drank etc.
Writing a sentence in the future tense usually means the word 'will' will appear in the sentence.
For example; I will go to the cinema. She will go to the park.
Stars of the Week
Anna and Emily
Dojo Points Winner.
Arthur
Look at what we have been doing!
Important Information and Resources
Here is a list of different websites and apps that I have found if you wish to do some extra practice at home. To follow a link, copy and paste it into the search bar.
Literacy/SPAG:
http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/lit_sites/alpha_drag/widepage.htm - punctuate sentences with capital letters and full stops.
http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/ngfl/english/caerphilly/adjectives/index.htm - a game for practising adjectives.
Times Tables
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - quick-fire practice for all the different times tables.
http://www.mad4maths.com/5_x_multiplication_table_math_game/ - a funny game that's good for practising your 5 and 3 times tables
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/ma13tabl-game-tables-grid-find - a times tables game that gets you thinking about the relationship between the two numbers that are multiplied together
Maths
http://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html - a hundred square that lets you splat numbers with different colours to help you see patterns. Really useful for number work.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/ma24weig-game-taking-measures-weight - a game that lets you practise measuring different objects and thinking about what equipment you need to use to measure.
Science
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?b=science/characteristic_material - a fun game that lets you revise the properties of different materials.
Book Reviews
Book title: Belle’s Friendship Invention
Author: Disney
Fiction/Non-fiction: Fiction
What is the book about?
Belle sees an invention that she really likes very much. She became friends with the girl who made the invention her name is Simone. They decided to send some letters to the people that they liked. They were the florist, the book seller and Bella’s Dad.
Who would you recommend the book to? Why?
I would recommend the book to a little girl because little girl’s mostly like Disney.
What ages and interests is this book suitable for? Why?
5 6 or 7 year olds, because they can understand the book.
Rating? 3/5
By Ellie Hyde