In Numeracy, our focus is currently on creating and extending various numeric and geometric patterns. We have definitely come up with a great list of strategies to use when showing our thinking around patterns. Although our focus has been on patterning, our patterns have looked at other areas of the curriculum such as, perimeter, graphing as well as transformation geometry. We should wrap up our focus on patterns and move to 2D Geometry by the beginning of next week.
In Literacy, we are currently making connections as we read, by reading and listening to music as a form of text. We are making more meaningful connections by digging deep into our schema and connecting with characters, author's messages, settings and problems. We continue to make connections to the world around us, ourselves and to other texts as well.
In writing, our focus has been on opinion writing and looking for ways to hook our readers. We are focusing our writing on introductions. We are hooking our reader, stating our position and briefly describing three reasons and a conclusion. Ask your child to show you what they have been working on in their Google Drive Folder (Language).
Please stay tuned in the next couple of weeks, with Christmas fast approaching we will be holding some exciting events at school.
A Porcari